Your friend has been offered a place on a course at the university where you studied. He/She would like your advice about finding a place to live. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter -describe where you lived when you were a student at the university -recommend the best way for him/her to look for accommodation -warn him/her of mistakes students make when choosing accommodation

Dear Marie, I am so glad to know that you were enrolled successfully at Canterbury university

this

year where I had been studying for five years. I received your inquiry to assist you with finding decent accommodation.

To begin

with, I had been living during the

first

four years at the student's hostel that was provided by my institution.

Therefore

you should confirm with a student's advisor of the university about available spaces there nowadays. To my mind, it is the best option in terms of monthly payment as it is the cheapest one among others.

However

, in

this

case

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you should be prepared for fact that there will be four people in a room living together. Sometimes it was too noisy around and hard to do self-learning. I would like to advise you you as well about possible mistakes you should avoid.

Firstly

, don't rent a property through agents as they might charge you an extra fee for their services.

Moreover

, the price of accommodation is higher rather than when it is rented from a landlord directly.

In addition

, renting an entire house is extremely expensive for students. I hope it will be useful for you. Sincerely, Albina.