The endless march of building yet more student accommodation

[Beligerence]

Yes, there is too much student accommodation in Sheffield.

.

 

And this is based on what?

 

Your own personal opinion?

[Revel]

And this is based on what?

 

Your own personal opinion?

 

My own personal opinion as a student, yes.

[Beligerence]

My own personal opinion as a student, yes.

 

So not as a property developer who has evidently crunched the numbers, as I suspected.

[Revel]

So not as a property developer who has evidently crunched the numbers, as I suspected.

 

I have my own opinion, from being the customer of the said product. The customer knows best, as they say.

I have a list to every student accommodation in Sheffield, and I can assure you that many still have vacancies even at this point through the academic year.

So why are more buildings needed?

 

I also don't know a single person who stayed in halls after their first year. Everyone moves into houses.

The idea that 'more halls = houses are freed up for the residents of Sheffield' is inane. Houses are at least £20 p/w cheaper than halls. The Maintenance Grant has also now been scrapped.

So, while halls are getting newer/flashier/more expensive, and grants/bursaries are getting cut, less and less students will be able to afford £115+ p/w for halls.

The result? Empty buildings - much like the countless empty office blocks in Sheffield (even after their developers "crunched the numbers").

 

[crookedspire]

The China Town development on at St. Mary's Gate has had it's plans changed theirs going to be more student accommodation and less office space. The Chinese owners seem to think the demand is their.