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Invoice and Letter of Allocation

The accommodation agreement that applies to the occupancy of a room in University owned or administered accommodation takes the form of two parts. There is the Letter of Allocation (example letter of allocation available for viewing)* showing the address, the accommodation charges and statutory legal notices such as the circumstances under which the University could seek to evict the tenant. The second is the Terms and Conditions of Residence and University Residence Regulations, referred to in the Letter of Allocation, which gives details of the terms and conditions of the tenancy agreement. Students in couple and family accommodation have a Notice of Account and a contract that includes the legal notices.

By accepting the offered room allocation and the attached terms & conditions and Residence Regulations you will be entering into a legally binding contract which is governed by English law. Please ensure that you have read and fully understood the information in the Terms and Conditions of Residence and University Residence Regulations before accepting your allocation. Receipt by the accommodation office of your acceptance of the allocation constitutes your agreement to abide by the terms and conditions laid out therein. You should therefore be sure to read all information as it outlines the details of the contract that you are entering into.

Accommodation charges will apply from the date the agreement commences so if the keys are collected after the date shown on the Letter of Allocation the specified charge will still apply. It is not possible to move into the room earlier than the date shown.

If the room is vacated before the end of the letting term by withdrawing from the University accommodation charges will still apply up to the date that keys are returned. Please ensure, therefore, that keys are returned when the room is vacated.

*You will need Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files (the reader is probably on your computer already, but it is also available for free from the Adobe website). Note for visually-impaired users: Adobe provide a free online tool which converts PDF files to a format which can be used with screen-reading programs. This is available on the Adobe Accessibility site.

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