Help needed re uni accomodation.

[triplets]

I am not sure this is the right place to post this, wasn't sure where to go! My daughter has just finished her first year at uni, she stayed in halls. The course ended on the 13th May yet her accommodation had to be paid until the 17th June, she came home as they all did on the 13th. So 5 weeks @£127 is a lot of money lost. She and 5 others will be sharing a house from Sept, the house is owned by a lady who rents and is known to the uni. She has asked them to take over the house from July 1st yet they don't start back until 4th Sept. I understand she doesn't want to be out of pocket but I don't know how they expect these kids to have the money. Their next loan wont go in until mid Sept, by which time she will want three months rent which my daughter just wont have. Is this how it normally works? TIA.

My daughter just texted me. She says landlord demanding 495 for summer but she not gonna be there for summer. Her tenenacy starts from 1 Sept if not doing summer. But been told she has pay summer and has pay by 20th June... seriourly bunch of thieves. She dont have any money and is in debt already. And I don't have that money either. This is wrong. Simple wrong. I refuse her pay rent for when she won't be there. But damn it on her garentee for house. And rent p.p for shared house is dis gusting higher than renting a whole house. What can we do

Its supply and demand.
If they can't let the house out for a few weeks in the Summer, then they need to get the money they need from the people who are using it for 10 months of the year.
Your dd could stay where she is. Some students do - if that is where their job is, then they can live there.
If their job is near home, then it is unfortunate.

Understandable. But after the Manchester attacke my daughtér stress and nervours and she coming home cause she needs too. Stress as is this news not helping her. Think I'm gonna have to talk landlord.

Thing is, it is the Landlords' business.
Each Landlord will decide they need to receive {just making up the amount, but lets say} £5000 a year to make enough to cover costs, damages, and make a living from it. They can either charge £417 per month and have the income spread evenly over 12 months, or, they can agree with you that the student isn't there for 3 months, and say they won't charge for those 3 months, but then they will need to charge £555 per month for 9 months, to ensure they recoup their costs / make enough to make it worth their while.

Don't get me wrong, I know it is hard. I have one dc just graduating and the next one doing A-levels and just about to start, but it is how it is, and needs to be budgeted for. The loan amount for the Summer is calculated with the expectation that the students are there until the end of term - it isn't reduced to cover 2 weeks only, because your dd has chosen to be at home. The loan is still there, to pay the rent.

Most first years are in halls and by far the majority go home after first year exams which finished in May. They may have chosen to go home but that is because often there are no lectures and no work for half of the third term. At DS2's halls there are only a handful left, including him because he does have some presentations to do.
The unis know this and still only offer rooms which are up to July.

Amounts the landlords charge are staggering though.
DS2's house next yearis an old semi made into a 5 bed student house costs £24000 for a year. It seems the height of greed to make them have a 52 week let with no gap between tenants.This allows no time for repairs, maintenance and a professional clean . They have been told they can't move in at the start of the tenancy because builders will be in.
DS1 a hovel flat for four costs £18000 a year.

DC both have uni tenancies that start in the summer and run for a full year - although annoying, it is understandable as the landlord is running a business and wouldn't want a void in their letting income. The only students I know who have different tenancies are those in holiday destinations e.g. a friend of DD attends Exeter Uni's cornwall campus - her landlord wanted her out asap at the end of the summer term.

DD1's is over £35,000 for a 5 bed, 1 bathroom and tiny sitting room. They were told they could have pets (vet students) but the landlord changed his mind once they had signed up. They had to start the contract in July til June but they won't start again at Uni til September. Going rate for that area. Plus bills, plus council tax. It is extortionate. The contract is also punitive - they have to leave the heating on during vacations, pay to have it deep cleaned at the end etc.