[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Self-catering: 8% [BULL] Cost: ú35(35wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] Across all sites, 40% of 1st years have a place in [PARA]college accommodation, but 4% of those have to share rooms. [PARA]Many of the residences are plush and new. At Plymouth, 1/2 the [PARA]1st years are housed in self-catering places within 3 miles of the [PARA]campus. A few students at Exmouth can live in catered halls [PARA](the price above does not include food) and these provide places [PARA]for almost all 1st years. There are further places at Seale-Hayne,[PARA]but students at Exeter have to make do with private housing or [PARA]the University's head tenancy scheme, offering 50 places in Exeter.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking:[EBOLD] Limited but free with permit.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Renting: 67% [BULL] Ave rent: ú36[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability in Plymouth:[EBOLD] [ITAL]There's just about enough for those who [PARA]are quick off the mark, but students who bend down to tie their [PARA]laces or check the mirror for zits may look round to find, to mix a[PARA]metaphor or two, they've missed the boat. Recommended areas[PARA]include the Barbican, Mutley and Stoke, both close to the [PARA]campus. Devonport isn't really worth the journey and [PARA]Stonehouse is as rough as sandpaper on sunburn.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Living out in Exeter:[EBOLD] see [ULNE]University of Exeter[EULNE].[PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The University runs an [ITAL]efficient[EITAL] accommodation [PARA]office on each site with 18 staff, offering computerised vacancy [PARA]lists and an approval scheme.[PARA][PARA]