[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 2% [BULL] Cost: ú40-44(36/40wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 19% [BULL] Cost: ú28-34(36wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] About 60% of 1st years, 30% of finalists and less than 10% of other students live in, a good deal fewer than would like the opportunity. What's more, the cheapest rooms are very basic. There are 2 catered halls - 1 male, 1 female - which are small but within a mile of Schoolhill. Blocks of mixed self-catering flats provide more space at the King St, Woolmanhill and Kepplestone sites and at an all-male block near the harbour, 1/2 mile from Schoolhill. There are shared bedsits in Bon Accord Street, and the Council also gives the University hard-to-let flats. [ITAL]Gee, thanks[EITAL].[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Ave rent: ú40[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD][ITAL] Local landlords have of late been ignoring the student trade preferring the better income from the oil industry. There is still just about enough to go round, though, but it's expensive. There are cheap areas like Sandilands, but it's too rough to make it worth it; students are better off in Ferry Hill, King St, Urquhart Rd and Rosemount for example. [EITAL][PARA][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The University Accommodation Office has 4 staff who help by offering a bulletin board, an approval scheme and advice on contracts.
