You can cancel your booking up to 7 days after you accept your offer or pay your deposit (the Initial Cancellation Period), providing you have not already moved in to the property and we will refund your security deposit in full. Deposits will normally be refunded within 28 working days of cancellation, however our legal obligation as a landlord is to secure all deposits with a third party protection scheme. In the event that your deposit has already been sent to the protection scheme by the time you cancel your booking, your refund could take up to 60 days to be refunded due to the protection scheme’s processing period and your deposit refund will come directly from them – you will need your repayment ID which will be sent to you directly by the protection scheme. If the deposit has already been sent to the deposit protection scheme, unfortunately, we are unable to influence their processing time. 

If you cancel your booking after the 7 day Initial Cancellation Period, you will remain liable for the weekly rent (for each and every week or part week) until we are able to re-let the room. If we are able to re-let the room we will release you from the agreement upon payment of a £50 variation of contract fee which we will recover by retaining part or all of your deposit. If you have paid a lower deposit amount, that’s the amount that will be retained.

1ST YEAR APPLICANTS AND 1ST YEAR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY
If you are a prospective first year Undergraduate or Postgraduate student and your offer of a place at your preferred University or Higher Education Institution is withdrawn by the University or Higher Education Institution because you do not achieve the required entry grades, you may be eligible to be released from this agreement.

You must provide written evidence from the University that you do not have a place within 3 calendar days of your results being published (and no later than 28th August, whichever date is sooner). We will release you from the contract without penalty and refund the deposit paid.

You may also be eligible to be released from this agreement if you are a prospective first year Undergraduate student and you choose to go to a different university because you have exceeded your expected grades.

To apply to be released from this agreement in the circumstances referred to above, you must:

These document(s) must be received by us within 3 calendar days (and no later than 28th August, whichever date is sooner) from the date your results are published.

On receipt of the required documentation, it will be verified and, provided we are satisfied, we will cancel your agreement and process the refund of your deposit in full within 30 days.

If you fail to provide the information within 3 days, you will remain liable for the rent for the whole length of the contracted tenancy until another tenant that is acceptable to the landlord is found and the room is able to be re-let.

2ND YEAR & SUBSEQUENT YEAR STUDENTS
IMPORTANT: Once the offer has been accepted and the security deposit paid, the booking is complete, and you have entered a legally binding contract.

You should be certain that you understand the terms of this legally binding contract before accepting it.

You can cancel your tenancy agreement for up to 7 calendar days after the date of the booking, which is known as the Initial Cancellation Period, or ‘Cooling Off Period’, by sending an email to salesenquiries@wearehomesforstudents.com or to your property email address if already in residence.

Providing your booking is cancelled within this Initial Cancellation Period, we will refund your full security deposit.

Please note, refunding the deposit after cancelling the booking may take a number of weeks depending on where it is up to in the process of securing it with the tenancy deposit scheme, and we cannot influence the speed of this refund.

Outside of the Cooling Off Period, termination of your tenancy agreement will only be authorised if a suitable replacement tenant is found, if any applicable legal notice that applies under current legislation is issued, or if your place at your University or Higher Education Institute is withdrawn because you do not achieve the required grades to proceed into your next year.

To apply to be released from this contract if you do not achieve the required grades and your place at university is withdrawn, you must:

These document(s) must be received by us within 3 calendar days from the date you receive this confirmation.

If this confirmation is not received until after your tenancy period has started, you will be liable for the rent from the start of the tenancy until another tenant that is acceptable to the landlord is found and the room is able to be re-let.

On receipt of the required documentation, it will be verified, and provided we are satisfied, we will cancel your agreement and process the refund of your deposit in full within 30 days.

If you fail to provide the information within 3 calendar days, your deposit will not be refunded, and you will remain liable for the rent for the whole length of the contracted tenancy until another tenant that is acceptable to the landlord is found and the room is able to be re-let.

The deposit paid is non-transferable and cannot be moved to another applicant, or another year.

INTERNATIONAL VISA APPLICANTS ONLY

Before your tenancy period has commenced:

Should you fail to be granted your Visa before the tenancy agreement has commenced, you must:

These document(s) must be received by us within 3 calendar days from the date you receive this notification, and MUST be received before 20th September for academic year bookings.

If this confirmation is not received by this date and your tenancy period has started, you will be liable for the rent from the start of the tenancy until another tenant that is acceptable to the landlord is found and the room is able to be re-let.

Providing we receive the correct documentation in the stated time period, you will be released from the tenancy agreement and your deposit will be refunded.

After your tenancy period has commenced:

If your tenancy period has already commenced, and you have NOT collected your keys you will be held rent liable until a suitable replacement tenant is found.

If your Visa is revoked after collecting the keys you must notify the property team immediately (within 48 hours of receiving official notification) by emailing salesenquiries@wearehomesforstudents.com or your property email address if in residence.

You will be required to provide written or email confirmation that the Visa has been revoked by providing official documentation from UK Visas & Immigration, and a letter from the University confirming your release.

You will be unable to remain at the property however will be held rent liable until a suitable replacement tenant is found, or until the end of any applicable legal notice period that applies under current legislation.