LETTING AGENTS: YOUR STORIES
Since we last reported tales of mould, mousetraps and terrible experiences with letting agencies, The Tab has received yet more tales of mortifying housing situations. On The Tab’s Facebook page, […]
Daisy Esther PayneSince we last reported tales of mould, mousetraps and terrible experiences with letting agencies, The Tab has received yet more tales of mortifying housing situations.
One reader’s response on Facebook
On The Tab’s Facebook page, our headline stories covering the issue of student housing have received well over 200 likes in total, proving that none of these cases are isolated.
Another student’s story
As the winter begins to set in, we can only expect more problems with student accommodation. What’s more, when we leave our homes over the Christmas period, can we expect further issues to arise with student properties?
Here are just a few pictures we have been sent by angry students who are fed up of their mould ridden and damp student homes…
The filth we live in
Tab reader Emma Phillips sent us this one: her mouldy wardrobe…
Another picture from Emma… The mould behind the wardrobe
This picture was sent in by Olivia Hamlett
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