7 bed student house to rent Albert Street, Durham, DH1

Our student houses have a well deserved reputation as the best in Durham.

This viaduct house in the center of Durham City is extremely spacious and very comfortable, and will provide you with an exceptional and exclusive home from home.

By walking through town, the short journey to the University library takes the same time as walking from The Avenue via Durham School, and the 15 minute walk to New Elvet lecture rooms is quicker than walking from The Avenue. This can be verified on Google Maps.

We clean the communal areas occasionally, free of charge, and it has beautiful large garden and terrace for BBQs, sunbathing and socialising, and it's all very low maintenance.

Every bedroom is large and has a proper double bed, with a top quality deep comfy mattresses. You'll spend up to half of your time in this bed whilst renting your student house, so this is VERY important.

This house has an Aga providing a cozy warm heart to the home. It also makes a perfect drier for wet sports kit, and is extremely energy efficient and sustainable. There's also a secondary cooker and hob for busy cooking times and as a backup.

As well as oozing character from the original 19th Century period features, this house has other unique features such as:
Beautiful and practical stripped floorboards and parquet floors.
Attractive and contemporary sofa's and arm chairs, a large dining table for communal eating and dinner parties, abundant cloths washing and drying facilities and ample fridge and freezer storage space for seven of you.

Safety is paramount with full mains wired smoke detection systems, fire doors to every habitable room providing a secure fire escape route, full gas and electrical safety certification, full Government HMO Standards certification and full DSU Code of Standards certification.

We employ a full time maintenance team who service only our properties. They keep the houses in good shape and respond rapidly to any maintenance requests you may have.

One double bedrooms in a shared house.
In the Viaduct.
Nearest student pubs - Bridge, Elm Tree and Colpits within 400 metres.
Huge rooms, full of character with fantastic period features yet with a contemporary feel.
Beautiful Victorian fireplaces.
Double beds with attractive metal frames and high quality comfy mattresses in all rooms.
Beautiful and practical stripped floorboards.
Aga - An energy efficient, sustainable and cosy warm heart to the house.
Large dining table, ideal for dinner parties.
Leather sofa's in separate large and comfy living room.
Large lawned garden area out back.
Large capacity washing machine.
Large fridge/freezers.
Dishwasher.
Microwave.
Mains wired smoke detector system and fire extinguishers.
Hard Wired Broadband Point in every Bedroom.
24 hour emergency maintenance cover.
Gas central heating and instant hot water.
Flat screen HD TV
Separate hob and oven, in addition to the Aga.
Free occasional cleaning of communal areas

Urbis Property is a professional Business Partnership, owned and run by husband and wife Chris and Pippa Attey, married for 31 years. We have been student landlords in Durham since 1993. Chris's sister, Michelle, looks after maintenance, welfare and day to day practicalities through her own business, Orchard Properties. All three of us have children who are either currently at or recently finished university, so we thoroughly understand what is required of being an exceptional student landlord.