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Some are young professionals or recent graduates, others are middle aged couples and some are retired.<\/p>\n<p>Although most students&#8217; first preference would probably be to share with other students, it is worth considering the advantages of this arrangement as well as its disadvantages.<\/p>\n<h4>\n\t\tAdvantages include\n\t<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Good availability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The rent is generally cheaper (although this is not always the case) and bills are often included in the rent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Owner occupied properties are generally kept in better repair than rented properties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You do not have to commit yourself to a contract. Generally if you pay weekly or monthly you would need to give that amount of notice, this means if it&#8217;s not working, you can end the arrangement fairly painlessly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>All homes are visited every two years by a representative from the Accommodation Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\t\tDisadvantages include\n\t<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s not your home and if you fall out with your landlord\/landlady, you will usually have no option but to find somewhere else to live.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You may have less freedom to bring friends or guests home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You are living by someone else&#8217;s house rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\t\tAdditional tips\n\t<\/h2>\n    <p>Always insist on having a rent book that both parties sign each time money changes hands, so that payment of rent is recorded.<\/p>\n<p>If you pay weekly you should give your host a week&#8217;s notice if you wish to leave. If you pay monthly, when terminating your contract, you should give your host a month&#8217;s notice.<\/p>\n<p>We therefore recommend that you pay weekly until you are settled and happy. Under no circumstances should you pay a whole semester&#8217;s rent in advance unless you are certain you want to stay. Refunds are often hard to obtain.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally you may be asked to pay a deposit when renting a room and many hosts will require a retainer fee or full rental fee if you are away on holiday but still wish to retain the room.<\/p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chi.ac.uk\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PSH-STU-PrivateHome-Aug-13-A4-WEB_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n        Private sector brochure\n    <\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chichesterstudentpad.co.uk\/Accommodation\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisit Studentpad to find private housing\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private Home Private home accommodation Live with a local resident landlord Private Home Accommodation means living in somebody&#8217;s home but on a more independent basis &#8211; under a self-catering arrangement where you would be given access to the kitchen to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":3492,"menu_order":35,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"department":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Private Home - 香港六合论坛<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chi.ac.uk\/student-life\/accommodation\/private-sector-housing\/private-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Private Home - 香港六合论坛\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Private Home Private home accommodation Live with a local resident landlord Private Home Accommodation means living in somebody&#8217;s home but on a more independent basis &#8211; 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