A guide to surviving student accommodation

Kya deLongchamps looks closer at the chronic microbial misery of mould in student-specific accommodation

Don’t suffer. If you’ve done all you can to remove small areas of mould and are using all the ventilation provided, contact your landlord. Registered with the RTB they have a legal responsibility to take-action within a reasonable time period. Picture: iStock

My daughter has finally secured dry, warm, clean accommodation for September as she starts an MA in UCC. 

Following viewing, she actually skipped back down the street. We were discussing other places her college friends had not just lived in for one year, but clung to desperately for their entire degree. “Well, mum — they are all mouldy”.