Student accommodation in Manchester City Centre, Manchester

Positioned within fifteen minutes of the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the Royal Northern College of Music, student accommodation in Manchester city centre is extremely popular. Thanks to the wide array of restaurants, bars, pubs, and clubs, student flats in Manchester city centre are highly sought after every year.

The city centre has a higher crime rate than some other areas in Manchester. However, as long as you take sensible precautions like securing doors and windows when leaving the house and walking with others at night, you should feel perfectly safe living in student houses in Manchester city centre.

While Manchester has a lot to explore, it is not so big that you can’t get around the city centre on foot.

Manchester city centre is typically defined as the areas of the city that lie within the Manchester Inner Ring Road. These areas include Castlefield, the Northern Quarter, the Central Retail District, Spinningfields, Piccadilly, the Civic Quarter, Chinatown, and Canal Street (or the Gay Village as its known).

Students at the University of Manchester can choose from halls of residence spread across three campuses in the city. Typically, students will live in halls of residence in their first year and then will move into independent student flats in Manchester city centre and the surrounding areas for their second and third years.

Manchester city centre student accommodation is more expensive than housing in some other areas. However, it benefits from excellent transport links and close proximity to the universities in Manchester.

Many student houses in Manchester city centre are now advertised with bills included in the price. Where this is the case, your rental price could include electricity, gas, internet, TV licence and water bills and this is clearly stated on the listing. Properties without bills included are also available, giving you the flexibility to choose your own energy and water suppliers and internet service provider.

It is normal for property managers to require you to pay a security deposit at the time of booking or before you move in. Where a deposit is required and you are signing a tenancy agreement, your property manager must protect your deposit in a legally recognised tenancy deposit scheme. As long as you look after the property and have no deductions for damage or unpaid rent, your deposit will be returned to you after your tenancy agreement ends. Whilst tenancy deposits are legally capped at five weeks' rent per person, it is more common for student deposits to be in the lower £100-250 range.

The majority of student accommodation in Manchester city centre can be rented for fixed contract lengths. For purpose built student accommodation, 43 and 51-week fixed-term contracts are the most common. For shared houses, 52-week contracts are the most common and generally start in July to September.

Short-term student rentals in Manchester city centre are becoming more popular every year. As a result, property managers are increasingly offering shorter tenancy lengths, whether for the summer period or for individual semesters and terms. This is more common in the purpose-built student accommodation sector than in shared student rental houses across Manchester.