Accomodation Fees

[Unregistered]

Hey

I'm due to join STC on the 5th however I've just looked at fee's for accom etc and was abit shocked to find that a £100 bond and £488 4 week accomodation and meals has to be paid, and I unfortunatly dont have nearly 600 pound lying around, do they give you any sort of leeway as with short notice its a large amount of money to magic up?
Cheers

[stronglead]

its a tough one really, maybe phone them and ask, I am also joining STC on sunday but I am lucky as my company are paying my first 5 weeks rent and that bond, I have heard of some people getting themselfs a student overdraft to help the situation

[Unregistered]

It wouldn't be as much of an issue but I've only found out today, and its going to be difficult to get 550 quid by sunday :/
I've tried ringing the halls all day but no one seems to be there

[RNR]

You more or less have to pay it when you get there in the first week. I had to wait 3 weeks before I got my first wage from my company so it was a tough few weeks living on the breadline. Is it £488 a month now? It was £480 a month when I finished phase 1 in July!

[ETwhat?]

Whoa thats a major jump in the fee, was 440 last september, although i went for 5 days and went home nothing like a first class train to unwind on a friday night

[RNR]

Sorry my mistake ETwhat, it was £440 a month when I was there as well, not £480, but if its £488 a month now thats just madness!

[ETwhat?]

i had thought some one had said that they had gone up to £112 a week, altough if they have jumped to £122 i hope the compaines follow suit and give us a raise.

[chris]

£112/wk and fully booked - for comparison a single catered room at newcastle uni in the city centre is 115 a week. I'd of thought shields was a tad cheaper than the city centre... They allocate about £30 a week for food out of that as well.

[ETwhat?]

Ok so the £488 was just an epic math fail?

[agibbs98]

We got told that when we meet with the manager on Sunday, you can sort out a plan with them if you can't get all the money straight away. I guess something like pay the first rent fee over 3 months or something...

[Unregistered]

ah, I spoke to my training officer and with me living so close to the college she said it was ok just for me to stay at home, which I suppose is a bonus.

[stronglead]

yeah it was me that said its gone up to 112 a week from 110 was in the booklet we got i thinkt hey hit the wrong numbers there lol