ABSTRACT
This chapter explores all of the potentially problematic management issues in detail, as well as the close relationship between private rented housing and student accommodation. Over several centuries in the UK, the most common type of dwelling to rent has been the terrace house. This has served at least three types of tenure: owner occupation, private rent, and temporary housing for students. In the UK, combining such new and relatively untested building types with offsite technology could prove challenging. A developer’s brief for an urban student-housing scheme would specify rooms of around 12–14m2, all with ensuite showers and bathrooms and, in the more ‘high-end’ rooms, a microkitchen with a fridge. The three more-or-less identical student-housing buildings are set and separated from each other in an informal landscape, zigzagging along the northern perimeter of the plaza.
