Student housing: why you should wait to sign

By David Ellis. Now is the start of the student housing race; while some students will sign up to anywhere with windows and a working shower, hold out for something better, says David Ellis. 
Over the past couple of years, I’ve come to regard house-hunting as something of an endurance test, and secretly think that most estate agents get their kicks terrifying tenants with squalid box-rooms. November is the start of the great studenthousing race, and by the month’s end, some will have signed up to anywhere with windows and a working shower. Read more...