[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 are on campus, but there are also blocks of student flats 2 miles away, where 6 share a kitchen and bathroom. There are also 470 places in local houses owned by the University and rented to students, but, still, almost everything goes to 1st years. 5% of livers in have to share. [ITAL]Warning: [EITAL]at the beginning of the year, rooms often haven't been found for students (mostly the ones who enrol late) and they end up being temporarily housed at Pontin's holiday camp at Southport. [ITAL]Pontin's isn't the problem - it's cosy and cheap - the problem is that most don't want to leave when a room is found. Hi-de-hi![EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] There is limited, permit-only parking (ú36 per year) 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 housing and students should find something adequate with only itch-in-the-small-of-one's-back type hassle. Ashton, Broadgate and Plungington are the most popular areas.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The University Accommodation Service has 2 full- and 1 part-time staff whose collective mission in life is to provide students with vacancy lists, bulletin boards, contract advice and rat'n'rising-damp checks of student housing.[PARA][PARA]
