Do not have anyone to be a guarantor for my student accommodation, what do i do?

Yes. Unless the scholarship gets you into halls. which i don't think it will.

But I would have the money to pay with a scholarship, why would they still ask to have a guarantor?

Because they don't know that you will use the scholarship money to pay, for all they know you could spend it all on booze and not be able to afford the rent.

So why don't they ask a guarantor for British students? They are far more likely to spend the money on booze.

Scholarships are only given to the brightest so it's unlikely to happen.

I mean is it in the Law that foreign students have to pay the whole year upfront or find a guarantor? or is it just a despicable practice?

Most landlords do, but most british people have someone living in the UK who can be their guarantor. It's not the law no, but landlords have mortgages to pay so they need to be sure they will get the money

So why don't they ask a guarantor for British students? They are far more likely to spend the money on booze.

Scholarships are only given to the brightest so it's unlikely to happen.

I mean is it in the Law that foreign students have to pay the whole year upfront or find a guarantor? or is it just a despicable practice?

dear me you need an attitude check.

British students are no more likely to spend the money on booze, and securing a scholarship is no guarantee of a decent attitude /responsible approach.

British students are routinely asked to provide guarantor. Landlords, like most of the real world look at risk and hard cash, not someone's view of themself.

You should be prepared to judge for yourself if you are going to study here.
It is offensive and simplistic to make such a blanket judgement.

Private landlords will typically expect students to sign up to a 12 month contract and they will take steps to ensure that the rent will be covered for that 12 month period. It has nothing to do with nationality, they are simply looking for an alternative source if the tenant is unable to pay. Renting for one month at a time is much less common , in the UK and tends to be at a higher rate.

OK thanks. Sorry if I offended you - I was joking

But I would have the money to pay with a scholarship, why would they still ask to have a guarantor?

No problem. I was tired and had a bit on a sense of humour failure.

I think you asked if it is possible to negotiate with landlords. That depends on where you study. If there is a shortage of student accommodation private landlords do not need to be flexible and most of them won't. The problem is that students are viewed as higher risk - they may drop out / mismanage their money / not look after the property and even the "good" ones tend to be short term so landlords try to protect their own position by asking for guarantors and/or significant payment up front.

It's also worth pointing out that if you rent a private house with 2 or 3 friends many contracts are set up so that you are all liable for each other - so if one housemate drops out the others will be responsible for his/her share of the rent unless they can find a replacement. If you are in university accommodation you are spared those problems.

Most landlords will want you to be earning 3x your monthly rent before they will be willing not to have a guarantor. If you are only just about able to pay your rent, like most students in the UK, they will worry that if you have an emergency one month, you won't be able to pay.

The reason for this is that UK rental laws, unlike in the rest of Europe, are a mess. They don't protect tenants from bad landlords, but they also don't really protect landlords from tenants who don't pay or trash the house. If a tenant doesn't pay and they are on an AST (like most students) it's not easy for a landlord to evict them, and the court process can take months. During this period, the landlord still has to pay their mortgage and all their other costs.

Tenants on a low, fixed income, like students, are obviously a high risk of non-payment, so landlords like to have some sort of back up, usually a guarantor, but there are ways around this- such as paying 6 months rent upfront.

Many landlords also have conditions imposed on them by their mortgage or their insurance, so the decision may have effectively been taken out of their hands.