Before you pay for student housing: seven checks
Verify the property, provider, complete price, dates and exit terms before transferring money.
Ask for one written offer
The offer should identify the room, building, contract dates, complete price, deposit, payment schedule and what is included. Screenshots and chat summaries are not substitutes for the final agreement.
Verify who receives the money
Match payment instructions to the named provider or landlord using an independently obtained contact channel. Pause when account details change unexpectedly.
- Provider identity
- Exact property and room type
- Contract start and end
- Deposit handling
- Cancellation and replacement-tenant rules
- Utilities
- Payment recipient
Keep the evidence
Save the listing, offer, signed agreement, receipts and material messages together. If a partner introduced the property, the final contract still controls the booking.
Requirements and provider terms change. Confirm material decisions with the responsible government, university, lender, insurer or accommodation provider.