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Lack of domesticity blamed for poor student reputation
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A student’s reputation of being a “bad” tenant is reported to be caused by lack of domestic skills and poor hygiene.
A new ICM poll surveyed 1000 British people and found that 71% believe that students showed a lack of care for their student accommodation. Subsequently this has caused a decline of the reputation of the private rented sector as a whole because landlords do not bother reinvesting into the upkeep of their properties.
40% of those surveyed also believed that students showed elements of poor hygiene and did not understand the importance of keeping their homes clean – most importantly areas like the bathroom and kitchen. However they also felt landlords were partly to blame, by not demonstrating to students basic property maintenance skills or cleaning tasks. It was suggested that landlords should include tasks, such as washing shower curtains, cleaning ovens, or scrubbing grouting as part of the students’ rental agreement, therefore shifting responsibility onto their tenants.
Do you think this is fair? Do you think students have poor hygiene? Have landlords had problem student tenants? Let us know what you think by entering your comments below.
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March 30th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
As a student looking to rent for the upcoming year, this comes as bad news. I’m certainly not a student of this category, and thus possibly being refused a letting opportunity would be quite a difficult ordeal. I hope it will not come to that.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Nah you’ll be fine. Sounds like negative bias – like how do people know? have they actually been in student flats or, are are they just basing their views on their own student days…