Purpose built student accommodation: notice to leave tenancy: student survey

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Closes 31 Oct 2024

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Questions

PBSA

By PBSA we mean purpose built student accommodation.

1. Have you stayed in privately owned PBSA or in university / college halls of residence?
2. When did you stay in PBSA/halls of residence?
3. How long was your tenancy agreement for?
4(a). Did your tenancy agreement include notice to leave provisions or information about how to terminate your tenancy early?
4(b). If yes, how easy was it to find this information?
5. What statement best describes your experience of leaving or wanting to leave your accommodation?

For this question, we are specifically interested in experiences that did not involve the emergency provisions introduced to enable students to leave accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. If your only experience of leaving or wanting to leave accommodation was during this time, please select the final option.

6. If applicable, why did you leave or want to leave your PBSA accommodation?
Please note that Questions 7 to 9 apply if you left your accommodation
7. How much notice did you provide?
8(a). Were you able to leave without incurring any financial penalty (anything more than one month rental costs)?
8(b). If no, were any rental costs refunded?
9. If you incurred a financial penalty, how did you pay for this?
10. Did the fact that you would not get your rental costs back, either fully or partially, influence your decision on whether to leave your accommodation?
11. Is there any further information you would like to provide about your stay in purpose-built student accommodation / halls of residence?