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Author	HollySki
Comment	As someone doing a doctorate I can give you my experience. Some of these "no students" does also include doctoral students even if you are typically older than the average student. I believe it comes down to a money thing - someone with a job is a more secure financial risk than someone without, also possibly down to some sort of insurance on their end but this is just speculation. Both here and down in England it seems to be the same. In my first postgrad year before coming up here, I was going to do a flatshare with 3 other postgrads, all of us had funding and part time jobs to prove we could afford the rent. Most flat out said no, and the one we did get one of my flat mates still had to pay six months rent up front due to lack of guarantor (not from the UK and had no family here and didn't want to risk a guarantor service). Two of the landlords here did respond positively, and that it was simply to discourage the partygoers. But for the most part I gave up looking at "no student" flats. And that's with my particular degree being a work placement funded one. I have proof of employment/regular stipend coming in. For some if I wanted to rent a "no student" flat I would have to pay six months rent up front. Thankfully my flatmate who alos works for my company isn't a student so that made our application easier. You may find that even though your partner is a student, if you work the agency/landlord may ask for you to be the primary name on the contract for rent etc. (this may be moot anyway, assuming you'd both be contributing to the rent in a shared fashion, but you'd be the name on the contract). Best of luck!
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Created	Tue 15th Feb 2022 10:57am
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As someone doing a doctorate I can give you my experience.

Some of these "no students" does also include doctoral students even if you are typically older than the average student. I believe it comes down to a money thing - someone with a job is a more secure financial risk than someone without, also possibly down to some sort of insurance on their end but this is just speculation. Both here and down in England it seems to be the same. In my first postgrad year before coming up here, I was going to do a flatshare with 3 other postgrads, all of us had funding and part time jobs to prove we could afford the rent. Most flat out said no, and the one we did get one of my flat mates still had to pay six months rent up front due to lack of guarantor (not from the UK and had no family here and didn't want to risk a guarantor service).

Two of the landlords here did respond positively, and that it was simply to discourage the partygoers. But for the most part I gave up looking at "no student" flats.

And that's with my particular degree being a work placement funded one. I have proof of employment/regular stipend coming in. For some if I wanted to rent a "no student" flat I would have to pay six months rent up front. Thankfully my flatmate who alos works for my company isn't a student so that made our application easier.

You may find that even though your partner is a student, if you work the agency/landlord may ask for you to be the primary name on the contract for rent etc. (this may be moot anyway, assuming you'd both be contributing to the rent in a shared fashion, but you'd be the name on the contract).

Best of luck!