Extricating 19 year old DC from crap housing commitment

[ClarkeFangirl]

Greetings hive. Looking for wisdom re student accommodation and tenancy agreements.

My 19yr old non-binary, autistic eldest has, within the last few days, signed a tenancy agreement for a room in a student house, joining a bunch of girls he shared a university accommodation flat with in first year. He stayed in hall for this, second year.

There isn't much discussion between home and him anyway, so we've just gleaned a tiny bit of info about the place. I knew it was the smallest room in the house, but it turns out there's just a skylight and not enough space for a desk. I don't know if there's any other furniture besides the bed.

It costs as much as all the other rooms in the house, and I think more than the not-cheap campus accommodation.

No money has been handed over yet but the TA has been signed. Is there any way we can take this on? DC has, by the sounds of it, agreed to rent a cupboard, not a room. Socially, it would be lovely, but I don't know how a final year student can manage without some working space.

IME, with two previously at uni, private landlords required a guarantor for all students renting e.g. a parent. Therefore if you haven't been asked to sign, it may not be finalized. However, it's possible that this is the right decision for him, even if not ideal.

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I think you need to let him get on with it. My dd has a lovely room with a desk, but works from her bed mainly from what I can work out. In her shared flat last year though they did alter the split of the rent according to room size so maybe this is something he can discuss with them.