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Welcome to London Student Housing Group, London's best student landlords where every house is owned let and managed by us directly

ABOUT LONDON STUDENT HOUSING GROUP:

WE ARE FULLY BOOKED FOR ACCADEMIC YEAR STARTING SUMMER 2010. WE ARE NOW BOOKING FOR ACCADEMIC YEAR STARTING SUMMER 2011 AND WILL UPDATE OUR LISTINGS ADVERTS DURING OCTOBER 2010 FOR VIEWINGS FROM FEB 2011 ONWARDS.

London Student Housing Group are a modern dynamic  and  informal  full service  private housing  supplier established specifically to  meet the housing and accommodation  needs  of  students at University in London. We are one of London’s best private student and graduate landlords, we only let our own houses, and  we are registered directly as a private landlord with the University of London Housing Service (ULHS), London School of Economics (LSE), City University, London Metropolitan University, University of Westminster, Southbank University and the College of Law.  Together with place-homes and place4students, London Student Housing Group are part of Place Group UK, one of London's most successful private property groups.     

PROFESSIONAL COMPLIANCE:
We are one of the most well regulated and professionally represented private landlords offering student housing and accommodation in London.  We are members of the Surveyors Ombudsman and the Independent Housing Ombudsman Schemes, together with the National Landlords Association (NLA) and are an Accredited Landlord under the London Landlord Accreditation Scheme (LLAS).  For your complete peace of mind, we  are registered with the Information Commissioner and The Office of Fair Trading under the Consumer Credit Act. We  are separately registered under the Money Laundering Regulations.  If you're interested, more details about our high level of professional compliance can be obtained by clicking  here (web page).

WHAT WE DO:
We  specialise in offering students and graduates  traditional 5 and 6 bedroom victorian  houses situated in Manor House, North London, close to Finsbury Park.  Every student house  is owned, let  and managed by us directly and will have been recently refurbished and remodelled based on the feed back we have received directly from our own students.   

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT:
Because we do not let or manage houses owned by anyone else, we can ensure the high standards which we set are achieved and maintained at all times.  Specifically, all refurbishment and maintenance is carried out in-house to a high and consistent standard by the same building contractors, and all administration is carried out in house by professionally qualified staff. For example we are already prepared for the changes which occur on 01 October 2010. Click here for more details (web page).  

All students renting from us have access to a  named contact at management level (who will normally be the person they meet on their viewing) who  will manage the landlord and tenant relationship, and be contactable directly and informally by telephone text and email throughout the tenancy.  Provided the tenancy terms are adhered to, renting from us  will be completely hassle free, with no unexpected costs, as unlike the vast majority of landlords and agents, we do not charge fees for routine services such as inventories and tenancy agreements and in the most unlikely event that our very informal  approach cannot resolve any problems which may arise, all students also have access to free impartial external mediation through the Independent Housing Ombudsman Scheme of which we are a member and whose service  is conveniently based in Aldwych London WC1.        

If you're interested, more reasons  to rent from us and more information about us generally  can be obtained by clicking  here (web page).  As part of Place Group UK our Business  Statement can be obtained by clicking here (pdf)  and our  Key Benefits Statement  can be obrtained by  clicking here (pdf) and/ or here (web page). 

If you're thinking of renting from us, we will operate a flexible approach  towards assessing  your application. We often don't require external credit assessments of students' guarantors,  and we  never ask for  joint guarantees, so  students' guarantors will only ever be responsible for their own son or daughter's share of the total rent.  Where we do require an external  credit assessment, we will normally waive the fee for this.  

We  recognise that Student  Finance England  can make life difficult for students and take this into account when agreeing payment dates and deadlines. For  those students  who like to  budget, we provide a  generous rent discount for payments made in advance on receipt of loans and grants.     

Whilst most agents and landlords charge substantial administration fees, often equal to one weeks rent (even if the tenancy does not go ahead)  students will not incur such fees when renting through us.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR DEPOSIT: 
Your deposit is safe and fully protected.  Please  click here for full details (pdf).  
 
WHAT  STUDENT HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION IS AVAILABLE:
Our houses are offered to complete groups of 5 or 6 students, with all  utility bills (electric, gas, water, heating) plus freeview tv, 50mb broadband internet and landline telephone included in the rent. Each student has their  own double bedroom with double bed, private washbasin and private flat screen tv, plus access to a communal  area with sofas and flat screen tv and  use of a decked maintenance free garden. Each house has at  least one full sized bathroom with shower and two  further separate shower-rooms with independent  hot water. 

Because we own and manage  our own portfolio of  houses and  also co-operate with  the  two other key local private housing suppliers, larger groups of  students  and graduates can always   be accommodated in houses near to each other and it  is possible to accommodate groups of students  and graduates as large as  ten or  fifteen in number in shared houses which meet all the relevant  safety and planning requirements. 

VIEWINGS AND HOUSING AVAILABILITY LIST:  
We commence  viewings each February for students wishing to start a  tenancy and move in  at the start of the following accademic year  in August or September.  Generally some houses are reserved very early on, and other houses are then taken after the City University  Housing Fair in April   and the University of London Housing Fair in May, both of which we exhibit at by invitation. 

For the best choice of student housing, we recommend that students commence their housing search for the next accademic year from  the start of March, and arrange viewings directly with us from that date.  This avoids the rush around exam time and at the end of term, and allows students the  time  to address any unforseen issues which may arise in their groups. It also  enables students to  make a more informed decision about their choice of housing.  After mid  June there are not normally any houses direct from us left to reserve  for the forthcomming accademic year.     

Please click here for details of the London student Housing Group current Student Housing and Accommodation List.

WHAT DOES THE ALL INCLUSIVE PACKAGE INCLUDE: 
All utility bills (electric, gas, water, heating)  plus freeview tv, 50mb broadband internet and  a landline telephone  are included in the rent  at all sites (unless specifically  stated otherwise).

There is no small print and for full information about the all inclusive package, click here (pdf) and/or here (web page). Details about the telephone service  can be found by clicking here (web page).

WHAT INTERNET IS SUPPLIED:
High speed  50mb  broadband internet  is supplied to all sites (unless specifically stated otherwise) and is accessible as Wireless N and also as Cat 6  Wired  to each and every room.

There is  no small print and for  full information on  the internet available, click here (pdf) and/or here (web page).

WHAT ABOUT LOCATION AND AREA:
Our houses are all within walking distance  each other,  the  zone 2 tube station at Manor House  and  local shops and facilities. 

Manor House  and Haringey  are  close to Finsbury Park, and are an  established  and  popular student area, recommended by  University of London Housing Services and London Metropolitan University Housing Office, and ranked highly in the London Student Housing Guide. 

There is always great demand from students at Kings College (KCL), University College (UCL), School of Pharmacy, London School of Economics (LSE) and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) because of the direct Piccadilly Line  tube  link and direct bus routes, and  from students  at  London Metropolitan University (LMU) Holloway Campus  which  is a  short  bus ride away.  City University and London Metropolitan University (LMU) Whitechapel Campus  are also served by direct bus routes as well as the tube. For students travelling to Middlesex University,  the medical school in Archway is served by a direct bus route, and there is the direct Picadilly Line tube link  to Trent Park campus.  
 
TRANSPORT:
For more information about transport to your university click here.

WHO WE RENT TO ALREADY:  
Remember,  students from Kings College (KCL), University College (UCL),  School of African Studies (SOAS), University of the Arts  (UAL),  Imperial College London, London School of Economics (LSE), City University, London Metropolitan University (LMU), University of Westminster, Southbank University and Middlesex University,  together with  the College of Law and  BPP Law School  already  all rent student housing from us !  

HOW TO CONTACT US:
Click here to use the contact page on this site, or for a printer friendly page click here (pdf).