A recent poll by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) asked landlords and agents about their experiences renting to students. The poll revealed the top causes of disputes and whether their experiences have encouraged or deterred landlords from renting to students in the future.
There is a general belief within the private rental sector that student tenants may not be the most reliable or responsible of tenants. In fact, some of the feedback TDS received in our recent landlord poll about letting to students , where landlords were posed the question ‘why don’t you let to students?’ included comments such as ‘They tend to be unclean and irresponsible, have too many late-night parties and elements of anti-social behaviour’ but is this really the case?
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