The proportion of students living with damp in their homes has increased from 26 per cent to 36 per cent between 20, while those living in dangerous conditions rose from 5 per cent to 7 per cent between 20, and then again to 9 per cent in 2023. “Living in conditions like these, and having to stretch to afford Bristol rents, can detrimentally impact a student’s life and education – this needs to change.” Black mould on the windowsill (Photo: Supplied) Cracks near an electrical socket (Photo: Suppled)Īccording to a national student accommodation survey by Save the Student, damp and dangerous living conditions have been on the rise in recent years. Ms Russell continued: “I’m currently speaking to both the accommodation team at the university and our own ethical lettings agency to see what we can do to support in this situation. She has found that housing conditions and prices for student renters are “unacceptable and unaffordable”, with an expansion to the university causing “such high demand that landlords are rarely held accountable”. “We have had two staff members visit and various contractors including cleaners in the property prior to the new tenants move in and the property was checked thoroughly,” a spokesperson told i. Alleged human excrement by the toilet (Photo: Supplied) Dirt and cigarette butts on a bedroom floor (Photo: Supplied)Ībode Property Management said they “categorically reject” claims human excrement was on the floor and said the issue had not been raised with them. She said she informed Abode via email and included the images.

His housemate later claimed to have found human faeces on the floor while doing an inventory of the house.

He recalled walking to one of the bathrooms thinking it smelled “disgusting”. The student – an asthma sufferer – said there was mould on “half the walls” in the bedrooms, and there was rubbish behind the bed in one of the rooms. The surfaces were rotting away and there was rubbish right outside on the patio area.” “The bathroom absolutely stank and the kitchen smelt. There was the old tenants’ rubbish still lying around in places.

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