University students give wildly differing accounts of their experience of living in rented rooms in private homes
It is the accommodation of necessity for thousands of third-level students, but “digs” accommodation in private homes still remains unregulated, can be costly and can be a wildly positive or horribly negative experience.
“It felt like I was living with my parents – you always had to let them know where you were going and when you’d be home.”“There were issues with the main door, occasionally my keys wouldn’t work. My own bedroom door didn’t fully close. I didn’t feel safe.” “You never felt like it was your space. I couldn’t invite friends over; I didn’t want them to see where I lived.”
“I felt so much more independent, and I can do whatever I want, whenever I want to. Digs are so lonely. I wasn’t meeting a lot of people, so I had to join societies to make friends and I wasn’t on campus, so I felt like I was missing out.” Hand found a spreadsheet of those who were listing available digs in the area on the DCU website, which provided names and numbers to contact.
Hand remained living in the same digs for his second year at DCU and will stay there again for his third and final year., a room in a property in Dublin was advertised on the website for €750 a month withoccupancy available from Sunday evening to Friday; in Galway a property was listed for €700 a month, which included breakfast and dinner and occupancy from Sunday to Friday; and in Limerick, one of only four advertisements on the site is charging €120 per week.
Also, some universities across Ireland have sample licence agreements online with an online advertisement service where homeowners in the locality can advertise their room to rent on the university’s website.
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