Register at Your Local GP Surgery
An important part of looking after your health and wellbeing is having a local GP surgery you can attend when you need to. When you move house, it’s easy to forget to register to a new GP surgery. This tool will help you with the process by showing you local GP surgery near your new […]
Council Tax Exemption: Edinburgh
Council Tax Reduction is available to both homeowners and tenants in all Council Tax bands. The amount of Council Tax Reduction you will get depends on the amount of Council Tax you have to pay, the amount of money you have coming in and the number of people in your household. Council Tax Reduction can […]
Council Tax Exemption: Shetland
Council Tax Reduction is available to both homeowners and tenants in all Council Tax bands. The amount of Council Tax Reduction you will get depends on the amount of Council Tax you have to pay, the amount of money you have coming in and the number of people in your household. Council Tax Reduction can […]
Budget Planner
The Money Advice Service have made a really useful budget planner tool. It helps you to think of EVERYTHING – especially the things you hadn’t considered, ranging from pets to takeaways. It’s great because you can save your budget plan and look back at it once you’ve made an account. It’s important to make sure […]
A Guide to Gas & Electricity Meters
Moving into your first home is very exciting, but something you need to do right away is to take a note of the gas and electricity usage readings. This is so you are not charged for any energy usage by the previous residents. However, there are a lot of different types of gas and electricity […]
Student Survival Guide: Electricity & Gas Bills
Moving into off-campus housing as a student means dealing with energy bills. Here’s what you need to know, from how to cut costs to switching gas and electricity suppliers.
Checklist for Moving In to Student Accommodation
Ranging from admin tasks to practical things, check out this 12 step checklist for moving into student accommodation! This will help you start off right!
My Rights and Responsibilities as a Tenant
When you rent accommodation from a landlord, you have a number of rights as a tenant and you will have a contract. You have a number of basic rights when you move into accommodation, regardless of the contract or tenancy agreements you have with your landlord. In the link below you’ll find information on tenancy […]
University Household Essentials
Ikea’s uni essentials list is great for students moving into halls or flat sharing. It is helpful because you might not realise the things you need until you go into the kitchen drawer to get it and realise you don’t have it. You can get inventive and use a pair of tights instead of a […]
Student Rent Guarantor Scheme
Landlords typically do not like students as tenants. Blame the students before you that trashed carpets and broke toilets etc. So to cover the cost of having to decorate and fix things when they leave, they ask new tenants to pay deposits. You would think that is enough but, they also want you to provide […]