Distance Selling

Distance Selling Regulations

Information relating to Accommodation Contracts

Under the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000, we are required to provide you with the following information if we have not met you before entering into a contract (accommodation agreement) with you.

The name of the supplier of your accommodation is The University of Bath and its address is:

Student Accommodation Office, The University of Bath, BATH, BA2 7AY. If you have any queries to do with this contract please contact: fax: +44 (0) 1225 386474 Email: http://www.bath.ac.uk/accommodation/enquiry/

The services, which we will be supplying to you, are a furnished study bedroom on a self-catering basis. Details of the contract period, together with details of the utilities and services included, are set out in the University’s accommodation brochure and in your accommodation contract.

The price of the accommodation will be stated on your contract, so please check that is what you are willing to pay before you proceed. The price includes all charges for utilities (gas, electricity, water and data connection) and core possessions insurance for full time students, but not external telephone services.

The arrangements for payment are set out at : http://www.bath.ac.uk/accommodation/payments/fees-payment-options.shtml but, in summary, although payment for the year is due in advance you can pay by three or four instalments according to the length of your contract. The exact amount due each session and the payment date is stated on your accommodation contract (or you can obtain details from the Student Accommodation Office : http://www.bath.ac.uk/accommodation/enquiry/

If we have not met you before you enter into your accommodation agreement, you have the right to cancel your contract by giving us written (by e-mail, fax or post) notice within 7 working days, beginning on the day after the date the contract (accommodation agreement) becomes binding. The date the contract becomes binding is the date when your agreement to the terms and conditions of the contract is received by online or offline acceptance.

Your right to cancel does not apply once we have started to provide the accommodation to you: after you move in, it is too late to cancel.

There is no extra charge for booking your accommodation by post or other means of distance communication.

The offer of accommodation and the price remain valid until the deadline stated in your offer letter but after that date the offer of accommodation will automatically lapse if you have not accepted it.

The minimum duration of the contract is for the letting period, but we will release you early from the contract if another student reasonably acceptable to the University (e.g. someone who is not already in University accommodation) takes up a tenancy in your place. However, you will remain liable for the accommodation charges until the replacement takes over. Full details of our termination policy can be viewed at: http://www.bath.ac.uk/accommodation/info/termination.shtml