2nd year accommodation, is it common to have to pay for 52 weeks a year in york?

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2nd year will be even more expensive than 1st year then

I thought you probably only had to pay for 40 weeks

If you are in private accommodation then yes this is usual, in York and elsewhere.

Yes, for private - why would the landlord want an empty property and no rent for 12 weeks?

DC contract runs from 1 July. Not at York but imagine the same in most places.

This has been the case for at least 30 years, probably more - did the student not do any research?

Yes this is normal

No one knows what effect the new Rental laws will have on student properties. But realistically... if there is going to be void periods, the term time rent will ve higher.

Yes, it has been usual for decades.

You have always had to pay for 52 weeks for private accommodation. Uni owned lodgings and colleges vary.

Some landlords allow Summer sub letting which can help with costs.

Yes, most York rentals go from around early July for 52 weeks.
Just to add average yearly rent in York comes out at around £9000…

When I was at university in York 30 years ago you had to pay the full 12 months in second year. Wasn’t quite so expensive then though!

Do you mean in a private let? In which case, yes of course.

Or in Uni owned accomodation? It used to differ depending on how many weeks you were able to stay there, but I don't know the current setup.

If landlords start tenancies on 1 July then would probably be ok as the students need the flat to end of June but if they start them 1 September then the students would just give notice for end of June and have a 3 month void. The other thing is that they can’t have fixed length tenancies so current tenants don’t have to confirm if they are staying or not until a few months before.

It wasn't common when and where I went to University. Student tenancies were for 10 months.

This was before much regulation though so I guess there were landlords who had crap properties and thought they'd let them out cheap to students. To get into the student market they'd let them for 10 months. That's when rentals were shabby and cheap.

In Cambridge and Bath DD had student rentals that were 50 weeks and 48 weeks. They were decent landlords who used the time in-between to do repairs. When she had a 52 week tenancy in 2nd year, the students gave the keys back at the time the agency closed on the final day of the tenancy (31 August) even though they'd all moved out by then. Goodness knows when they check it for cleanliness and repairs if new students move in early on 1 September.

Mine is in a similar location (not York) but the leases for houses off campus vary between 46 and 52 weeks. 50 weeks is quote common so that the landlord has two weeks for repairs and decoration.

Was 52 weeks 35 years ago in Birmingham. A couple of us worked there during the summer holidays rather than go home.

Because a hmo gets more money over a year regardless of an empty period and traditionally landlords used the empty summer period for decorating and repairs.

I inherited my dads house and briefly thought about renting it, at the time if I rented it to a non student it would have been £600 a month rent. or if I’d filled the three bedrooms and put a student in the living room it would have been £300 a month each, so double the rent. Which even for nine months would still be a winner. 🤷‍♀️. Landlords used to be happy enough with this.

Both my kids had 52 week contracts. London and Bristol. Eye watering.

Yes totally standard everywhere.

If halls were budget then private will indeed be more in a lot of cities.

Does mean the student can stay there in the holidays if they have a job locally or yse the uni sports facilities tho (my DS).

You thought about renting it out... but didn't.

You inherited the house... so had no mortgage to cover.

I can see how you are speaking from a position of vast experience...

DD1 private hall second and third year - it's 51 weeks contract. It suits us as not carting stuff back and forth. As she was stopping two years they let her stop a week between contracts for free - rest of block was done up for next year in that time.

The uni accomodation blocks had fewer weeks - nearer 10 months - which is closer to what DH and I had back in the distant past,

DD1 friends in various uni who went into old style shared housing arrangement often had 48-50 week contracts as well.

DD1 has just signed up for private accommodation in Exeter - it is more like Halls rather than a private house but not Uni affiliated. They were asking for 50 weeks and the students for the landlord to agree to 48.

I would have had a mortgage to cover thanks, I actually inherited a third of the house and would have had to formally buy my siblings out.

I appreciate that’s still a privileged position (keep in mind I was orphaned in my late 20s so wasn’t exactly jumping for joy). But regardless of my amazing privilege the income from a ten month student contract would still have been more than a normal non student long term contract. As it was we sold it. I had first refusal on buying it but got cold feet.

Yes it’s standard 52 weeks for private rental yr2 in any uni city. York is expensive for accommodation I know my dc’s friend is paying £200 a week yr2 in York currently.

Yes i guess i thought the landlords would us the summer to do repairs etc

So how do you bet uni owned accommodation in second year then ?