2021

We are excited to have this week’s blog written by our guest writer Robert Pigott. Wouldn’t it be amazing if there were a liquid you could drink that was refreshing, had zero calories, actually helped people to lose weight, and made your body work more efficiently?  Better still if it came out of a tap and was piped to every house in the country! Yes, you’ve guessed – this...

We are excited to have this week’s blog written by our guest writer Robert Pigott. Eating well on a student budget in Reading – it doesn’t have to mean eating fast. If budgets are tight, and especially if time is even tighter, it’s easy to short-cut on what you eat.  It can seem a lot easier to visit the kebab or fried chicken shop on the way home, or get a Big Mac in place of the...

The best term of the year if you have got too many exams.. with long days and good weather is a great time for parties and being outdoors..  but don’t forget to plan for next year and getting a decent house sorted out.  Now is a great time to find a decent house close to the University which is in good order, clean and functional.  So what should you look for?  Of...

Don’t forget the Easter holidays will end soon and the students will be back so if you are a landlord with houses to let still you won’t be alone.. with COVID and students missing the first two terms, this summer term will be busier than usual for lettings.  Get your houses advertised now so that when the students are back they are ready to go. House4students is the perfect place for...

If you are person who took the room at the back of the house, furthest away from the Wi-Fi router you will probably be familiar with getting no or patchy Wi-Fi. This is of course very frustrating and can really hamper your studying not to mention entertainment. There are solutions of course, we will go through the 3 most common solutions. 1. Wi-Fi extenders – these pick up the current Wi-Fi...

It’s in these cold and damp months when the windows are closed that mould and condensation can really strike...sometimes it can be because of a leak in the roof or a pipe but far more often is due to the air in the house being very humid. Think about it, a busy house full of people all having showers and then drying their towel on radiators plus doing their washing fills the air with water. This water...

With the stamp duty holiday extended until the 30th June, now is a good time to consider buying investment property. As governments around the World including in the UK have borrowed so freely and excessively through the last year, often in excess of GDP there is likely to be a tied wave of inflation coming and real estate is a good hedge against this over the longer term. With the stamp duty holiday...

With alleged deaths from covid dropping and reported cases falling too, there is an expectation that Boris will lay out steps to reduce restrictions perhaps as early as early March.  Given that the risk for those their 20s is almost non-existent (of course any flu or pneumonia are not without their risk) students should be allowed to return to normal immediately.  In fact, many would argue that they...

It seems quite a lot students have elected to stay at home until the end of the 'lockdown'.  What with classes online and little happening it makes sense, but it does mean they are thousands paying for something they are not using – this is not a good situation for anyone and should worry students and landlords alike. Some commercially and university owned halls of residence have offered rebates and to...

Our new website is almost completed and soon be ready to receive new listings and this is where we can help. If you are landlord or agent, we can arrange photographs, floorplans and virtual tours while if you are landlord, we can manage everything in terms of finding tenants as well as on going management. We are particularly excited about the collaboration with Tube-Media to provide virtual tours of...