I’m being chased for rent arrears, but the student block was unfit for purpose – Preston
I recently graduated from the University of Central Lancashire where I rented private student accommodation at Jubilee Court in Preston.
The new building was unfit for occupation for parts of the 2016/17 academic year and the facilities substandard for the rest of the time.
We spent the first 16 days of our tenancy in a hotel and were told we could revoke our contracts if we wanted. When we were allowed to take possession on the first day of term, parts of the building were still under construction, there was no car parking that we had paid for, no lifts, fridge, table or chairs. There was intermittent hot water, then none at all for four days in October …