What is an Advanced Rent Payment?

You'll see a prompt to make an Advanced Rent Payment at the point of booking. Find out what this means here.

An Advance Rent Payment is an upfront payment of £250, taken at the point of confirming your booking.

This payment is deducted from your last instalment and is not a payment made in addition to your total rent.

Advance Rent Payments: your questions, answered

Got a question about the Advance Rent Payment? We’ve answered a few of the most common ones we get below.

Do I have to pay a deposit and an Advance Rent Payment?

Advance Rent Payments are only applicable to our properties in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and are in place of deposits.

Advance Rent Payments are not applicable to bookings in any of our properties in Scotland. Instead, bookings made at our Scottish properties will require a deposit. Customers who are rebooking a room in Scotland will have their deposit roll over into the next academic year.

Will my booking be cancelled if I don’t make the Advance Rent Payment?

If you are unable to make the Advance Rent Payment at the end of the booking process, then your booking will not be complete, and you will be required to start the process again.

However, please be aware that the property, room type and tenancy length you originally selected may no longer be available if you make a booking later.

If I pay the Advance Rent Payment, is my booking guaranteed?

Once you have made the Advance Rent Payment and confirmed that all details of your booking are correct, then an account will be created and a confirmation email sent to you.

However, your booking is not guaranteed until you accept the offer of accommodation. You will also need to provide details for your guarantor, and any documentation, to secure your booking.

Accepting the booking and making a payment does not guarantee that any additional requests made when booking have been confirmed; however, property teams will try to accommodate requests as much as possible.

Do I need to make the Advance Rent Payment if I rebook my room?

No, the prompt to make an Advance Rent Payment will only appear if you are booking with us directly and are not a returning resident. If you are booking at one of our Scottish properties, the prompt to make an Advance Rent Payment will not appear.

Take a look at our Payments & Refunds section for more information on rent payments.

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