Family moving abroad, no home, where to stay at uni?

To be honest, almost everyone else will be going home, so if you are around in the holidays, it'll only be the people that live really close that'll be there. Unless you have a job near uni that allows you to save, staying over the summer is more expensive than going home for most people.

My parents live abroad and I just went home to them last summer. It was boring, but I don't think it would have been much less boring if I'd have been at uni because almost everyone else had gone home too. In fact a lot of my uni friends are away longer than I am in the holidays; because they live closer and they don't have to plan getting back (while I have to book flights etc) they don't come back until after me.

You might find once you've got a shared house though that you can stay there over the summer if you want; very much depends on what arrangement you've got. My landlord doesn't mind us staying over the summer for example. If you can't and really don't want to go home, you could try getting a summer job that comes with accomodation (like working in a holiday camp etc.) or stay in a hostel or something.

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I know that this night be seen as a bit pre emptive, I will technically be applying for university this year, and due to circumstance it is Necessary scary to at least start thinking about this now.

I currently live in London, however my family is planning to move abroad in 2013 as soon as I leave for university. This presents an issue about accommodation, I am forced to live in halls, though I was planning to move away from London anyway, however I have no home to go back to during the long holidays.

I could go abroad every holiday, but the place we're moving to gets boring quick, and I would probably like to see my uni friends during the holidays. I'm also aware that you can get long hall lets, however this wouldn't be for the whole year would it, and would probably be expensive right? My parents suggested maybe buying/renting a flat near my university, but this would also be pricey, and I wouldn't be in halls which is apparently essential for the uni experience. My own personal idea was to maybe move into a local B&B during the holidays?

Any ideas/solutions would be appreciated, has anyone been in this situation before? I guess I'll technically become an international student eh.

TL;DR: Parents moving away, therefore nowhere to stay for holidays, help? Thanks

wouldn't people meet up and stuff during the summer?

Living in a B&B would be even more expensive than renting a flat. Personally, if you don't want to go home for the duration of the holidays, then I would rent a private student house. You'd live with other students but student houses (i.e. the ones that 2nd/3rd years live in, although there are normally plenty of 1st years who didn't get a place in halls) tend to be on a 12 month rent, so you'd get to live there all year if you chose to. And obviously you wouldn't be isolated because you'd be living with other students. Halls, in my opinion, are overrated... the only "experience" I've had from them is mess, constant noise and a bad internet connection.

Personally, I would go home during the holidays though. It'd most probably be cheaper (although I guess it depends on how far away your parents are moving) and surely you'd want to see your family. Also, most of your uni friends will go back home during the holidays anyway so it's not as if they'll all still be there for you to hang around with. You'll see them during term time, let the holidays be for your family and enjoying your new home.

I know that this night be seen as a bit pre emptive, I will technically be applying for university this year, and due to circumstance it is Necessary scary to at least start thinking about this now.

I currently live in London, however my family is planning to move abroad in 2013 as soon as I leave for university. This presents an issue about accommodation, I am forced to live in halls, though I was planning to move away from London anyway, however I have no home to go back to during the long holidays.

I could go abroad every holiday, but the place we're moving to gets boring quick, and I would probably like to see my uni friends during the holidays. I'm also aware that you can get long hall lets, however this wouldn't be for the whole year would it, and would probably be expensive right? My parents suggested maybe buying/renting a flat near my university, but this would also be pricey, and I wouldn't be in halls which is apparently essential for the uni experience. My own personal idea was to maybe move into a local B&B during the holidays?

Any ideas/solutions would be appreciated, has anyone been in this situation before? I guess I'll technically become an international student eh.

TL;DR: Parents moving away, therefore nowhere to stay for holidays, help? Thanks

Typically, universities offer you the option to extend your tenancy over the summer. It's primarily designed for those who live overseas and can't afford to go home and those who have grown up in care etc. However, you'll often find that the tenancy for your second year house will start at the beginning of the summer anyway. Make sure you negotiate with your landlord to allow you to live there during the summer though!

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Personally, I would go home during the holidays though. It'd most probably be cheaper (although I guess it depends on how far away your parents are moving) and surely you'd want to see your family. Also, most of your uni friends will go back home during the holidays anyway so it's not as if they'll all still be there for you to hang around with. You'll see them during term time, let the holidays be for your family and enjoying your new home.

I was in this situation every year from the start of uni. I didn't have family abroad I just had a mum I didn't get on with so I wasn't allowed to go home.

You will probably find that students start to secure their housing for 2nd year by ending of January ( well that was the case for us) and the contract usually starts from July. I moved from my 1st yr student accom straight to my second housing and just spent the months working in my student town, working my part time job as a full time job through the summer I suggest you do something similar.