[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 21% [BULL] Cost: ú63 (30wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 19% [PARA]Cost: ú38 (40wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] All 1st years are given a place in halls (almost [PARA]everyone who wants one), but, after that, fewer than 10% of [PARA]students live in. The choices are based in 3 areas: 6 large halls at[PARA]Stoke Bishop (just under 2 miles north of the University Precinct);[PARA]3 halls near the [ITAL]gorgeous [EITAL]gorge in Clifton (2/3 mile west); and [PARA]student houses in and around the Precinct itself, which are all [PARA]self-catering [ITAL]and scarce[EITAL]. In all, there are 5 catered halls, 4 [PARA]self-catering halls (2 of which are blocks of shared flats) and 19 [PARA]houses for between 9 and 125 students. Nearly 18% of livers in [PARA]have to share and some corridors in some halls and some [PARA]student houses are single sex.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] The demand for spaces is kept down by requiring [PARA]drivers to buy a permit, which means that [ITAL]parking is adequate at [PARA]most, if not all, halls[EITAL] for those who can afford it.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Renting: 60%[ESTAT][STAT][BULL] Ave rent: ú40[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Finding suitable accommodation in Bristol is almost [PARA]as easy as finding a haystack on a needle. Early birds catch the [PARA]homeliest nests and the later foragers can end up in fairly dumpy[PARA]dives, paying over the odds, but it's better than cardboard. [PARA]Although local relations are quite good, some areas of Bristol are [PARA]rough 'n' tough, such as St Paul's and St George's where drug [PARA]dealers run their trade on the street corners.[EITAL] [ITAL] [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL] recommends [PARA]a thorough preliminary investigation with the 'granny test' (send [PARA]an old lady alone down the street in question - if they reach the [PARA]end, it's inhabitable). Areas worth trying include Bishopston, [PARA]Cotham, Clifton and Redland. Wherever students lay their hat, [PARA]they find it hard to park their car.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The University Accommodation Office's 6 staff [PARA]keep a vacancies register and provide general help and advice in[PARA]home-hunting.
