Finishing year 13 in 2017 part 2

Are there any other private halls he could go into Liney?

I've emailed my own council for advice too.

The Unite halls saga continues. There appears to have been a rather steep price hike between applying for the 'guaranteed' accommodation and the actual offer. I'm feeling distinctly cats-bum about it.

Liney that's crazy. Horsemad DS is in managed halls, I've scoured the small print on their website and there is nothing in the terms and conditions that even mentions council tax :-(

I'll phone the council tomorrow and ask them.

Asked DS1 if he had to have an exemption certificate and he said he didn't but pointed out he was in uni halls, whereas DS2 is in Managed Partnership halls.
Maybe that has some bearing on it?

indulgent, DD got a '7 days to pay' letter just before the bank holiday weekend, dated 22nd! ie pay by Tuesday. But the certificate of exemption from the same council takes longer than that to organise - the council says it'll only be able to issue it to her in early September. Which is nice ...

We're very well organised usually and this seems very odd. We've never had any of these issues before.

We're lucky that DD was actually around in her uni house to receive the letter. Most of the others are home or travelling for the summer.

So glad he has been allocated a room LIney.

Exeter's website says that Exeter city council will be given a list of all students registered on a full time course so they shouldn't be billed for council tax. If they are they should ask for an exemption letter.

That's the same with the uni that DS is going to, but confusing they say they will give the lists but also say that students need to check with the porter manager whether they need to apply for exemption or not!

I know, stonecircle. I was looking at the Unite small print for 2017/18 for something else, and just came across it.

That and my DD's shock demand, made me sit up a bit.

If it is a new thing you'd think universities would be giving it a higher profile and telling students what they need to do.

That's why I'm wondering if it's A New Thing horsemad, sent to torment us.

I don't recall anything to do with certificates of exemption when DS1 went, 2yrs ago.

DS is in Managed Partnership halls and has to obtain a certificate of exemption.

Exeter's website says that Exeter city council will be given a list of all students registered on a full time course so they shouldn't be billed for council tax. If they are they should ask for an exemption letter.

Right now I'd settle for that, tobee.

So fed up with Unite.

Just having a bit of a lol here. Ds got his accommodation offer on Friday. Not one of his 4 choices. In fact it's the one with the absolute least frills. The standard version of the one with the least frills. And, apparently, his room will be the teeniest in the house! I found this out after some student room research. When he saw dd's 1st year room 4 years ago, he thought it looked like a prison cell. But that was palatial in comparison to what his will be like. Oh dear! On the plus side it's cheap, apparently very sociable and his school friend will be living nearby. Let's hope his house mates are a good group.

4.1.3. provide us with a certificate of exemption for council tax. You are responsible for the payment of council tax and you will reimburse us for any council tax we are required to pay as a result of you not providing us with a certificate of exemption.

^^ Unite booking terms and conditions, England

It's in the small print of the terms and conditions for Unite's Reading accommodation (halls).

Also, my other DC who is at a different uni in a private rental has had for the first time a letter from the local council there with a council tax demand for £800+ and when she phoned they said she must apply to them for a certificate. We'd never heard of these certificates before.

I'll dig out the Unite wording.

Has something changed??

Given that council tax applies to properties not individuals, and property housing full time students is exempt, wouldn't it just be the landlord who applies?

DS2 has been in halls and house share and there's never been any discussion about council tax.

No, not if they get their exemption approved by the local council where they are. It should be straightforward.

According to the local council here you don't have to complete the exemption form if you are living in a hall of residence. I assuming that includes accommodation run by Unite as the application was done via the university.

Close shave here with accommodation. We were a bit puzzled as to why we had not yet heard from edinburgh given they start so soon ( 9/9/17) She must have missed an email but even doing a search cant locate it. Anyway final email yesterday caused frantic action as it came with a warning that we had only a short time left to accept, yikes, all in order now but close shave. Amusingly she has been allocated the same Pollock hall house that my younger brother was in in the late 80's.

No, not if they get their exemption approved by the local council where they are. It should be straightforward.

Also they can be on both electoral rolls (home and university town) - but can only vote in one or the other.

I'm feeling quite stressed today - the accommodation is still not properly allocated. They want a deposit by phone - but I want an allocation in writing first. (This is Unite Students btw.)

Will they have to pay council tax?

Don't forget to get the DC to apply for a certificate of exemption from council tax - you can often do this online.

Tully I got the impression when D'S went to University that the parental sessions were directed at overseas parents, many of whom had clearly never been to the UK before. That said I found them interesting and useful. You don't know if/when you might need to steer your DC towards support or careers services. American parents attitudes to the NHS were amusing. They clearly thought it was bad and dangerous and were surprised at the University advice that in the event of an accident you head for A&E.

Crikey ancient, that's so soon!

I don't know anything about parent info sessions. I thought that it was all down to them now they are 18+?!