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 an email to your friend. In your email 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

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Dear Gabriel, I am writing to tell you about my experience finding a
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to live when I was a student at Cambridge. I
rent
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a house close to the University campus, and I choose to share it with 5 of my friends because my budget was pretty short. The house had six bedrooms with three bathrooms , and it
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had a big living room and kitchen, which was good to hang out together and have friends over. The location was really good because it was ten minutes away from the university by bus, five minutes away from the supermarket and a big shopping mall. My suggestion is for you to look for places to
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at the University. They usually have a few
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find good options
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Facebook groups where students
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their rooms when they are close
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leaving. If you are sharing the house, it is a good idea to meet the person you will be living with before you move, so you can see if you two get along. You should
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pay attention to the location, and from
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you are renting the place. Students sometimes
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places from unsafe sources and have to deal with big
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headaches
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as problems with the
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agreement and the real place being very different from the pictures. I hope I was able to help you. Let me know if you have any
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. Best regards, Mariana.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • dormitories
  • rental agreements
  • house-hunting
  • budgeting
  • commute
  • utilities
  • security deposit
  • lease
  • proximity
  • amenities
  • landlord
  • tenant rights
  • real estate agent
  • furnished/unfurnished
  • flatmates
  • on-campus/off-campus living
  • viewings
  • public transportation
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