Money is tight whilst you’re at Uni and every little helps when it comes to saving your pennies where you can. At Westmanor Properties, we’ve got 5 top tips to make it that little bit easier to save money whilst living in one of our student flats in Leicester;
Student Flats in Leicester – Our top 5 money saving tips
• Share and share alike – are you sharing a student flat in Leicester with friends? One of the best ways to save money is to cook together. Take it in turns to cook dinner. It’s just as easy to cook for a few people as it is to cook for one, and it normally works out cheaper. It also saves you having to think what you fancy for dinner every day. Either that, or split the cost of ingredients and all cook together.
• Bills included – one of the easiest and most beneficial ways to save money is to find student flats in Leicester with bills included. Not only will this save money and time faffing around with bills, bank transfers and phone calls; it will also prevent lots of unnecessary arguments about who owes who what, who left the lights on over the Easter break and who spend the longest in the shower.
• Travel smart – Living in a student flat in Leicester but planning on travelling home for the occasional weekend? You need to get a 16-25 railcard. This can often mean saving up to a third on ticket prices. Look out when signing up for you student bank account as many offer this as a free incentive, otherwise it’s £70 for three years.
• Buy in bulk – one of the best ways to save money on student flats in Leicester is to buy in bulk! You and your housemates arrange a kitty designated for all the main things you share (this could be cleaning products, toilet paper, tea, coffee, milk etc). You can also buy food in bulk – getting enough chicken/mince etc for more than one meal works out loads cheaper. You can cook one big pan of something and freeze it in portion sized containers for other days.
• NUS card – for £12 a year, you can buy an NUS card which certifies your student status and allows you to have between 10% and 20% discount off in lots of shops. Topshop and ASOS are just two of the complying retailers who offer special student discount days. Lots of restaurants and foot outlets also accept NUS cards. Totally worth the one off investment.