Most of us want to leave 2020 firmly in the rear view mirror. Rather than hitting you with a full Year in Review blog post, we'll give you brief rundown of what we got up to in the weirdest year in recent memory...
The Paperclip community
We managed to grow our userbase 2.5x, from 100,000 to 250,000 users!
Our university presence grew 4x from 42 to 168 universities.
2020 saw a record number of transactions across our public, student and enterprise marketplaces.
Our Digital Welcome Pack for university freshers and returning students was launched. Here worked huge brands such as Wilko, tastecard, Amazon Prime, Perlego and Ola to provide real value to our student userbase.
We launched our Digital Welcome Pack for students in Autumn 2020...
We gave away hundreds of freebies, shopping vouchers and even a brand new PlayStation 5 to our beloved trading community!
Marketplace upgrades
Payments was released, enabling our users to buy and sell securely with online payments, the next step in our plan to add delivery and rental services...
From September 2020, our users could purchase items using their credit/debit card!
Our homepage got a makeover and made upgrades to our buying, selling and messaging user experience.
We consolidated all of our university marketplaces onto a single marketplace, enabling students from any university to buy and sell with students at any other university and the wider public
We brought onboard some key advisory talent and investors with a successful investment round.
And finally, Keith Parkman (COO) and Millie Bowie (Designer) joined us full time, providing fantastic marketing, design and commercial sales talent and experience with them...
Despite some real progress in a number of areas, rest assured that we're just as keen to see the back of 2020 as you are.
Thanks for checking out our Year in Review and here's to a happy and healthy 2021!
The top five must-haves alone will set parents back £1,897 in the first term...
As students around the UK start getting ready for university life, the race is on to get all the must-have items ready for beginning of the year. The Paperclip team reveal the top 20 most sought-after items ahead of the September term.
The top five most in-demand student items – including bikes, a smartphone and laptop, cost on average £605 via Paperclip. While if parents are buying brand new, these same five items would cost a significantly higher £1,897.*
On average, the total cost of buying all of our 20 items second-hand on our online marketplace comes in at around £1,695.
Speaking about our findings, our new CCO Keith Parkman said: “The first term of university can be incredibly expensive for families, particularly if you’re adding a new laptop in to the mix.
“However, the first five items on
this list alone cost more brand-new than all 20 items if bought second-hand on
Paperclip, so it really goes to show how shopping around on platforms like ours
can make all the difference to student spending, particularly when it comes to
tech.”
To help families tick off the necessities, we have released the top 20 most searched items ahead of the first term in September...
On the latest trends, Keith added: “Life as we know it has changed significantly in the last few months, and this year’s university students will be experiencing something entirely new. That being said, we are still seeing a huge number of searches for household items like kettles, duvets and lamps so it very much looks as though prospective students are looking forward to venturing out on their own for the first time.
This Stagg kettle has been viewed over 400 times on the KCLSU marketplace!
“One thing that we have seen as a result of the pandemic is an incredibly high demand for bikes, which are now in the number three spot – up from 8th in 2019. Although there are a handful of universities that we’ve come to associate with cycling, it’s amazing to see how many students all over the UK are now planning to bike around rather than drive or get public transport."
This Intense 5.5 FRO was recently sold for less than half the RRP on our Greenwich SU marketplace back in June
With so many items added every day to our uni marketplaces, new students can be sure to find what they need for starting the next chapter of their lives. Students can also find our pick of the bunch in the 'Featured items' section at the top of our platform's homepage.
*Paperclip uses its marketplace data to report on consumer behaviour and trends in student spending, including the most popular items, searches and average spend at key points throughout the academic year.
It's been another busy year for the team at Paperclip HQ! With new hires, a new office, new partnerships and a whole load of new marketplaces, it has been an exciting period of growth for the UK's leading marketplace provider. Check out our Year in Review blog and learn more about what we got up to in 2019...
New year, new faces...
With so many new university and corporate marketplaces going live during 2018, the Paperclip marketing team needed reinforcements. Step forward Tara, our new Marketing Coordinator! With a background in advertising and experience working at one of Bristol's top media agencies, we found the perfect person to help us grow our user base and create dynamic marketing campaigns.
Tara was soon joined by Lorenzo, Jess and Hannah; all of which who arrived courtesy of our internship programme. Working on content creation, copy writing, user growth and variety of different marketing campaigns, the internship programme helps 2nd and 3rd year students get real, hands-on experience in the sector whilst they work towards their degree qualification.
Lorenzo & Tara on their first day at HQ
We also strengthened the Design team with Junior Designer Millie joining the ranks in September. After studying Graphic Communication at Plymouth University, Millie worked with our neighbours S3 Advertising before joining us on a full-time basis, just in time for our Freshers tour. During this period, Millie was joined by our new QA Manager Ivana, who is working remotely from Slovakia.
Relocating Paperclip HQ
After adding so many new faces to the team, we thought that Paperclip HQ deserved an upgrade...
Since 2016, Paperclip has been based in Cardiff's new One Central Square development. Starting off as part of Natwest's Accelerator programme, Paperclip found a perfect home in OCS and before long, we were powering the official One Central Square community marketplace!
Despite the office boasting some of the best facilities the city has to offer, the space just wasn't quite big enough to cater for our growing team.
After searching high and low for a new home, we found the perfect solution right under our nose (well, about 30 yards across the road...) Fortunately, a new space had recently become available at Millenium Plaza, our next door neighbour! With the same great location, more space and a great view of Cardiff city centre, it didn't take us long to set up shop in our new HQ.
Closing the investment round
Though it didn't take us long to find our perfect home, there wasn't much time for us to put our feet up. During the spring, Paperclip opened it's fourth round of investment. By May, we had secured funding from thirty new investors joined, ranging from doctors and fund managers to the co-founder and former CEO of Just-Eat, David Buttress.
We then embarked on our very first Seedrs campaign to top-up the existing round. We set a target of £300,000 and crossed our fingers...
After offering shares to our users, we opened up the campaign and promoted it tirelessly through our blogger network and on social media. By the end of the campaign we had raised a huge £420,000! With individuals from the USA to Qatar choosing to get involved, Paperclip now boasts a diverse group of investors with industry experience from all over the world!
Launching Version 3...
Prior to launching our Seedrs campaign, we rolled out Version 3 of the Paperclip app!
In response to the user feedback we collected during the first half of the year, our Development team set about making a slicker, easy to use platform with our user's needs at the forefront.
Version 3 is go!
We merged messages and notifications under one icon for a cleaner and clearer user experience as well as sprucing up our buying and selling icons. We also added listings into a chat where you can remind your buyer/seller what item you are discussing on your messaging thread or provide further photos or item info if needed.
New uni marketplaces
We left 2018, with only a dozen university marketplaces live. By the end of the year, we had more than doubled that number. Once word began spreading of our success at Oxford, Cambridge and UCL to name but a few, more and more Student Unions reached out for us to build them their very own campus marketplace.
Joining the party this summer were Surrey and Greenwich University from the capital as well as The Students Guild in Exeter, Devon. We also took on Solent University, who will be linking up with our existing Southampton Uni marketplace, as well as Brighton University on the south coast.
The Solent Brand Ambassador squad at Freshers' 2019
After a successful Freshers period in September, we were able to double our total number of university marketplace users in little over a month. We further expanded our fleet with Westminster, Cardiff and Leeds Trinity all joining at the tail end of the year.
Schools and more...
During 2019, Paperclip also soft-launched our School marketplaces. In response to a number of requests from parents of school-age children, we created a new platform enabling school parents to buy and sell items for themselves or their children in a safe environment. With parents on average spending £250 on uniform, classroom equipment and PE kit for each of their children, there was definitely room to make back to school shopping easier on the wallet.
Since our launch, dozens of schools marketplaces have been set up are parents across the UK are already using Paperclip to help them save money and find a home for items outgrown by their children.
This autumn we also worked with eToro to launch GoodMarket - an enterprise marketplace allowing for staff at their head office in Israel to buy, sell and swap together.
GoodMarket in action
The platform utilises GoodDollar to explore different ways we can reduce global wealth inequality using blockchain technology. GoodDollar plans to build a new open-source cryptocurrency to distribute money using the principles of UBI (universal basic income). The new marketplace lets users redeem their UBI credits (GoodDollars) in exchange for goods and services.
New partnerships!
During the course of the year, we partnered with a number of brands to provide our student users with exclusive deals and discounts year round. Our partnership with StudentBeans has allowed us to offer students money off Pizza Express, Farah and more!
During the first term of the 2019/20 academic year, we also linked up with online fast-fashion retailer Rebellious to give our users further discount on sale items. We also provided students with a free Greedy Llama vegan box, a free tastecard and a National Express discount which allowed students to travel home for Christmas at a fraction of the normal price.
Giving a little back...
Here at Paperclip, we are always looking for new ways to reward our loyal users. Not only have we set about finding awesome deals and discounts for our student users, but we have also given away over 200 items completely free!
To top this off, Paperclip has been working closely with Keele SU and USW Students' Union to deliver lectures and seminars from our department heads and other entrepreneurs.
Without giving too much away, we plan on making 2020 a big one.
We plan to build on our success in 2019 and capture a 70% market share of UK universities whilst growing our user base and adding more exciting deals and discounts for students.
We also have a number of platform enhancements planned, with a soon-to-be-released payment gateway on the horizon. 2020 will also be the year our university marketplace users will be able to access local lettings and jobs on their platforms.
Not only this, but we will shortly be announcing a number of new commercial partnerships as well as our long-awaited expansion overseas...
Make sure you follow Paperclip on Facebook for all the latest developments throughout the new year.
It seems like only yesterday that the team at HQ were packing their bags for our very first Fresher's event last year at Brunel Union.
After a busy summer of marketing meetings, presentations, design briefs and Brand Ambassador interviews; our new promo teams were assembled and Paperclip was finally ready for Freshers' 2019.
Not to break with tradition - we started this year's tour at Brunel University in Uxbridge. Armed with our new banners, t-shirts, interactive games and a whole host of new deals and discounts for students, we began Operation: Freshers.
Despite Brunel being one of the smaller universities we service, the Freshers' Fayre was bustling. Within minutes of the doors being opened, hundreds of new students signing up to their very own campus marketplace and entering our exclusive Ticketmaster competition.
Becky, Kiera and new recruit Ayesha at the Brunel Freshers' Fayre
We continued our tour with stops at Cardiff Metropolitan, Aberystwyth and Exeter Guild of Students before descending on the capital to promote our uni marketplaces to over 50,000 students!
London calling...
After attending two more busy Freshers' events at Queen Mary and Royal Holloway, our team headed to south of the river to launch the Greenwich SU marketplace!
A last minute addition to the tour, the team back at HQ worked tirelessly to ensure that the new marketplace was ready for a September launch. With students now able to claim exclusive deals and discounts at Amazon, Brushbox and more, it wasn't long until we had Greenwich students signing up in their hundreds.
This section of the tour ended with stops at old favourites UCL and King's College London - our very first university marketplaces!
The show must go on...
Despite some horse voices and a few casualties from the dreaded Freshers' flu, our team marched on to more busy Freshers' events at Keele, Surrey, Sheffield and Liverpool John Moors University.
The team also enjoyed two successful Fridays on the south coast, starting with our most recent acquisition, Solent SU. Full to capacity, the Solent Fresher's Fayre provided us with an excellent opportunity for us to launch their new marketplace and familiarise students with the new platform.
Our new Solent Brand Ambassador team (l-r): Dani, Nicola and Sarah
The team at Solent SU opted to merge their marketplace with the existing SUSU market; the Paperclip platform serving students their neighbours at Southampton University. This gives users access to items for sale at both universities whilst still giving them all the benefits they would enjoy otherwise.
Over the course of the two days, thousands of new students signed up to their respective platforms and our new users began buying, selling and swapping straight away!
Our tour hasn't stopped just yet. This week our COO Alan will be heading to the prestigious Cambridge University for the re-launch of the CUSU marketplace. Make sure you follow @PaperclipHQ on Twitter for all the updates on the big day.
We're still crowdfunding!
As you may have seen already - Paperclip is now funded! However, we are still live on Seedrs for another week so there's still time to be a part of one the UK's leading startups!
It's been another exciting year here at Paperclip HQ...
The award-winning marketplace provider
Back in the Spring, the team were delighted to hear that Paperclip, along with some other great businesses in the region, had been shortlisted for a coveted Cardiff Life Award. A few weeks later, we headed to Cardiff City Hall where, to our surprise, we took the gold!
As the awards season rolled on, we were shortlisted for a South Wales Business Award, a Wales Startup Award and nominated for two WalesOnline Digital Awards. Though we finished runner-up in the latter, we had a great time networking with local business leaders, community organisers and even some celebs too!
Nigel Owens presents Sebastiano, Ana, Rich and Laurence with the Cardiff Life Award
And it didn't stop there, earlier this month we also received confirmation from AI Global Media that we had been named this year's SME News Business Elite's Leading Digital Trading Company of the Year UK.
Stepping into Higher Education
By far our most exciting news is that we have partnered with not one, not two but twenty different UK universities. Starting with University College London, we were able to build on our success to deliver bespoke marketplace for students at Brunel, King's College and five other London universities. Over the summer, we were able to add both Oxford and Cambridge SUs to our roster before the big launch at the start of the 2018/19 academic year.
News of our unique marketplace solution spread rapidly, and before long, we were launching online student markets from across the country, from Keele SU in the north of England to Southampton SU on the south coast.
Student deals
More than just a platform for swapping old textbooks, we wanted our student marketplaces to help in day-to-day university life. We spent the summer months reaching out to a number of great brands, to offer our users a heap of exclusive deals and discounts. Not only do students get the opportunity to earn cash when they add their first item, but they also qualify for a free return coach journey from our friends at Snap.
At selected universities, we also offer students a free JustEat voucher as well as a free two month trial with tastecard.
Not only this, but we were able to give out tickets to the X-Factor Live Final at the SSE Wembely Arena, London as prizes for new users.
Brand Ambassador Rhianne and competition winner Alice at the X-Factor Live Final
Our marketplaces also champion local businesses and university societies, providing them with a space to showcase their own deals, discounts and student events.
Growing the team
With so much going on, we decided that we had to strengthen our team...
Back in August, we welcomed our Graduate Marketing Officer Justin to the team. Justin, who has a degree in Business and Marketing, joined us from nearby Swansea University, where he had been working with us to promote the Swansea School of Management marketplace throughout the previous academic year.
We quickly put the new hire to work, and over the last few months, Justin has been travelling up and down the country running student outreach and promo days at our client campuses. Focusing on growing our user base, Justin has also been spreading the good word about our student deals and collecting valuable user feedback as continue to improve our platforms.
We also had the pleasure of welcoming two interns from the European Student Placement Agency (ESPA). Our first was Jacob from Spain, who worked closely with Laurence and Ana on university marketing campaigns. He was quickly followed by Sebastiano from Italy who worked on sales, marketing and prospecting new universities for us to reach out to. Speaking eight languages between them, both interns hit the ground running and surpassed all expectations during their brief spell with us.
Working on campus
With so many universities on board and so little time to promote the marketplaces on campus, we began the mother of all recruitment campaigns...
Over the Summer months, Laurence and Justin set about building a team of Student Brand Ambassadors at every client university. Looking for fun, outgoing and enthusiastic students, we began assembling our squads in time for a chaotic Fresher's schedule.
In the end, we weren't disappointed. A combination of hard work and organisation meant we were able to onboard thousands of students to our marketplaces and get them to take advantage of our exclusive deals and discounts.
Our Ambassadors Lucy and Madiyyah at Queen Mary SU
As the term progressed, hundreds of items were being uploaded to each marketplace and we began to see real organic growth on our platforms.
Also, utilising his connections from his days at Swansea University, Justin was able to spearhead a project to take on a number of student interns. The students are all studying Business, Leadership and Marketing and their work with us will compliment their modules at uni. The interns will work on generating valuable user feedback and growing the existing SoM marketplace.
Creating Paperclip Version 3
It's been a busy year for our Design and Development teams too!
Throughout 2018, we have been quietly working on creating a third version of the marketplace. With all the same great features as versions gone by, we have been working on a faster, more responsive experience more suited to the end user. Taking note of user feedback, we were able to provide a smarter marketplace available on iOS, Android and desktop.
Read all about it...
Not only have Paperclip been featured in national newspaper the Daily Express, but we also found our way onto the WalesOnline Tech 35 companies to watch!
*NB: A huge thank-you to our friends Lynsey and Beth at FD Comms who have worked tirelessly to help raise our profile over the last few month and years.
Money matters
It has been another exciting year in terms of investment and adding new faces to our board.
Back in February, Paperclip completed our third round of funding. This was led by existing investor the Development Bank of Wales, with additional funding from a consortium of angels including GoCompare founder Hayley Parsons, the ex-CFO of the Financial Times John Davis, and Tim Ward, who was part of the team that sold Friends Reunited to ITV back in 2015.
In November, we launched round four. With a stronger platform and a more experienced team, we have been able to secure funding from investors based all over the globe. We expect to close the round in early 2019, stay tuned for further announcements...
2019 and beyond!
It's been a busy year at Paperclip HQ; thousands of new users, dozens of partnerships and scores of new hires. But as we well know, time stops for no app.
After a well-deserved Christmas break, the next few months will be focused on closing our current investment round and growing our user base, both on the global marketplace and on our university marketplaces. Read more
Last week our CEO Rich returned from a 3,000 mile round trip to the East coast of Tunisia. Rich was invited to speak at the Hammamet Conference 2018: a series of meetings to establish a working group for future collaboration between UK and North Africa.
The conference was made up of entrepreneurs, academic researchers and key policy makers to overcome key challenges such as climate change and raising the profile of business in the region.
Rich was tasked with giving two talks on behalf of the British Council, representing the entrepreneurs of Great Britain to forge ties with leaders from North African countries such as Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Algeria and Tunisia.
The first was an overview of 'What our generation knows that the older generation does not - and how to bridge that gap' with a focus on technology-driven entrepreneurship.
Mic check, one, two...
Rich spoke about the theme of Accountability: how #metoo has shaped the world for the better, along with the mental health and growing a tech business in 2018.
The second was on 'Sustainable futures': how can technology help address the challenge of finite resources and climate change through green business and environmental action. Both talks were well attended, with visitors flying in from every continent to hear the talks.
Speaking after the event, Rich added "Paperclip marketplaces can help address the challenges of sustainability on a micro, macro, and global scale; the mission is to prevent unwanted belongings ending up in the landfill at all costs. This is by providing a social inventory platform for people, organisations, and governments to share resources that would otherwise be discarded or left unused."
Spot the 'Clip
Paperclip have been invited to speak at future events in Libya and Egypt in the coming months. The team look forward to championing local business and drawing attention to important cross-boarder issues.
Exploring the real cost of attending university in 2018
Does going to university in 2018 have to break the bank?
The average three year degree will cost a student £140,000; enough for a house deposit, a brand new BMW, a trip around the world for a year, a jet ski, and still have enough left over for a rainy day!
So how does a degree end up costing a student so much?
It's been yet another busy week at PaperclipHQ! We have been hard at work creating more beautiful, bespoke marketplaces for our corporate and university clients.
Last Tuesday, however, we began our marketing campaign for an existing client: One Central Square.
Back in 2016, the Paperclip team were fortunate enough to snag office space in Cardiff's most prestigious development sites. One Central Square is located in the heart of the Welsh capital and caters for a number of companies both big and small.
What's different to other office spaces in the city, is OCS' commitment to building an active, supportive business community within its four walls. OCS explain "The office is more than just a place to work, it is a community that serves to ensure that the professional services staff that reside there are as content as possible."
Paperclip reached out to OCS last year and have always been keen to help OCS further develop relationships amongst tenants. With so many businesses now looking to boost employee satisfaction and retention by offering staff perks, this was the perfect opportunity to work together.
After a quick catch-up with the OCS management team, we pitched the idea of a local marketplace, just for staff and the tenants of the building.
Before long, the Development team were spinning up another new marketplace.
Building the community
Speaking about the new partnership, our CEO Rich said "I'm delighted to provide the most prestigious office building in Wales with their very own marketplace. We have thoroughly tested it with tenants such as MotoNovo and we are all very excited to go live. It's a testament to the building management that they've worked so closely with us on this, and aligns well with their vision of One Central Square becoming more than just an office, but a thriving community."
The OCS marketplace
The Marketing and Design teams have been working on a print and social campaign to spread the word about the platform and it hasn't taken long for tenants to start buying, selling and swapping.
Our CMO, Laurence added "This has been a really rewarding project. Not only have we delivered a marketplace to one of the city's most prestigious developments, but we are helping build a business community too! The Development, Marketing and Design teams have really enjoyed working with One Central Square and are looking forward to getting more users and more great items on the platform."
Would your business benefit from a staff marketplace? Get in touch here.
2017 has been a huge year for everyone at Paperclip. New staff, new investors, new partnership and new apps - it's all been kicking off at Paperclip HQ!
New Year, new faces...
Starting the year with just three full-time staff working in a flat, the Paperclip team has grown to eleven full-time members. We were delighted to take on new developers, communications and design staff. Not only that, but nine of our eleven 'Clips are now based in our new Cardiff city centre office at One Central Square!
Paperclip XI squad photo 2017 (more to follow...)
Just over a year ago we fought off fierce competition to secure a spot at some of Cardiff's most desirable office space. By January we were all moved in to our beautiful working space. Modern, spacious and less than a minute from the Millennium Stadium in the heart of the Welsh capital, our new office couldn't be better!
We were also able to to take on two full-time members of staff for our office in Brno, Czech Republic. With two new members of staff expected to join next month, the Paperclip family will grow to a whopping thirteen.
Cash in the bank
During 2017, Paperclip were fortunate enough to secure substantial investment from a number of different sources. After months of hard work, the team managed to raise enough to market the application, take on new staff and further develop the marketplace. Notable investors in 2017 include; Hayley Parsons, CEO and founder of GoCompare.com, and Tim Ward, the creator of Friends Reunited.
We also made some changes to at boardroom level. Back in January, Paperclip appointed the ex-CFO of the Financial Times and Yell.com as our chairman. Needless to say, we were delighted to have someone with such a wealth of experience on board and we're looking forward to many years of success together.
Opening up the marketplace
Not only this, but we somehow found time to design, build and release our web version.
The web platform provides quick, easy access to the Paperclip marketplace direct to your desktop. With a fifth of adults in the UK currently without a smartphone, we knew that there were those who could benefit from the marketplace who simply did not have access to it before.
We were also able to release Version 2.0 of our app for iPhone and Android. With a brand new interface and host of new features, we were really excited to get V2.0 tested and available for users worldwide.
You can download Paperclip Version 2.0 for iPhone here and Android here.
Partnerclips
After months of late nights and early mornings, Paperclip managed to secure lucrative partnerships with Dell EMC and Student Money Saver. We also partnered up with the popular MoneyMagpie website to deliver a marketplace for their users as well as great competitions and giveaways. Not only this, but we built a strong pipeline for 2018 in which we plan to take up even more partnerships and develop our brand further.
Making headlines
All this action has not gone unnoticed. Throughout the course of year, we have been featured in the Guardian, the Sun, and the Daily Mail, alongside online publications such as BQ Live and altCardiff (check out our Newspaper 'Clippings article here).
2018 and beyond...
Team Paperclip & friends celebrate at our end of year bash
Not only are we adding to our existing team in January, but we will be developing our groups function and finalising our partnership agreements with some great companies at home and abroad.
With new features, new staff and new partnerships on the horizon, 2018 promises to be another big year for Paperclip...
Whether you’re in halls or renting with friends, student life usually involves sharing your living space with other people. Follow these simple etiquette tips to avoid becoming the annoying one that everyone secretly dislikes...
Do
…respect other people’s property.
And that includes their biscuits (however tempting that opened pack of chocolate hobnobs in the cupboard may appear).
…be considerate about noise.
Everyone is allowed to turn the volume up to 11 now and again. Just not at 3am. When your housemates are sleeping. On the eve of their last finals exam.
…your dishes!
Mess can be a major battleground in communal living spaces. To avoid arguments, it’s best to tidy up after yourself as you go.
Doing the dishes always takes a fraction of the time you think it will!
Don’t
…hog the TV remote.
Or the bathroom. Or the Playstation. Or anything else that’s supposed to be for everyone.
…avoid communal chores.
A cleaning rota is a good idea. Being the housemate who doesn’t stick to the cleaning rota is not a good idea. There are a bunch of free apps available online for you and your housemates to keep track of household tasks.
…always fight your corner.
People can have very different ideas about where to position the sofa, how to stack a dishwasher and whether toilet paper should hang “under” or “over”. Of course, everybody thinks their right way is the right way. Trouble is, everybody else thinks their way is the right way too. Being willing to compromise could save you a lot of hassle and upset.
Just remember, your current living situation isn't forever. There will be some up and downs along the way, but if you follow these rules and be your friendly, kind and positive self, you shouldn't have too many problems rubbing along with your housemates in your new digs.
Still haven't sorted your university accommodation? Check out our friends Student Roost. They have a presence in most of the big student cities and have a great reputation for providing top quality, safe, secure accommodation!
