Rate Your Landlord

Rate Your Landlord ran from November to 2011 to January 2012 in its second year of the scheme, led by Vice-President (Welfare) Colum McGuire.

Key findings

• The majority of students would recommend their landlord or agents to a friend; 63% in 2011-12 and 61% in 2010-11.

• 64% of students said they were aware that their deposit had been put in a tenancy deposit protection scheme. This was a large improvement on last year where 51% said they didn’t know.

• A quarter of students reported that it took over two months to settle their deposit with their landlord and receive their money back.

• On average students will view at least three properties before signing a tenancy agreement.

• Nearly half of students (47%) said they felt rushed or pressured into signing up for a property.

• 58% of students predominately pay their rent with their student loan, bursary or grant.

• 91% of students said they would recommend their University managed accommodation to a friend.

• 16% of students reported owning a car and keeping it for use in Canterbury, a 9% decrease on last year.

Here are those that came out top, based over two academic years of renting - those we recognise as topping the polls were landlords & agents who recieved 10 or more responses in either or both academic years and had 60% agreed that they would recommend their landlord to a friend.

2011/12*

David Apthorp - 100%

Sandersons - 75%

Matthew Wooley - 71%

Stephen Dean - 63%

Your Move - 62%

Jon Gauld - 61%

2010/11*

David Apthorp - 82%

Jon Gauld -70%

*Those not included in the list did not necessarily score low; they may have received less than 10 ratings.

You can download the full report and all its findings here.

Results from the 2010/11 campaign

Key findings:

The majority of students would recommend their landlord to a friend – in 2009/2010 55.9% and in 2010/11 65.3%.
The majority of students either don’t have their deposit protected (9%) or don’t know if it’s protected (51%).
Only 1 in 4 students owns a car and keeps it for use in Canterbury.

The full results report of 2010/11 is available by clicking here.