[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Self-catering: 21% [BULL] Cost: ú25.70-ú38.50 (42wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] The university aims to house all 1st years. The halls [PARA]are on campus, but there are also blocks of student flats 2 miles [PARA]away, where 6 share a kitchen and bathroom. There are also [PARA]470 places in local houses owned by the University and rented to [PARA]students, but, still, almost everything goes to 1st years. 5% of [PARA]livers in have to share. [ITAL]Warning: [EITAL]at the beginning of the year, [PARA]rooms often haven't been found for students (mostly the ones [PARA]who enrol late) and they end up being temporarily housed at [PARA]Pontin's holiday camp at Southport. [ITAL]Pontin's isn't the problem - [PARA]it's cosy and cheap - the problem is that most don't want to leave [PARA]when a room is found. Hi-de-hi![EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] There is limited, permit-only parking (ú36 per year) [PARA]and students have been campaigning about this lately.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Renting: 45% [BULL] Ave rent: ú32[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Preston is not pressed on too heavily to provide [PARA]housing and students should find something adequate with only [PARA]itch-in-the-small-of-one's-back type hassle. Ashton, Broadgate [PARA]and Plungington are the most popular areas.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The University Accommodation Service has 2 full- [PARA]and 1 part-time staff whose collective mission in life is to provide [PARA]students with vacancy lists, bulletin boards, contract advice and [PARA]rat'n'rising-damp checks of student housing.[PARA][PARA]
