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Can't find accommodation in London

Hi guys,

Me and my sister are both KCL students going in to our second year of uni and we are trying to find a place to live. Originally we were going to live with 3 of our friends (5 bed place), but it didn't work out so we decided to split.
We are struggling because we do not have a guarantor - my parents don't make enough money annually to qualify as guarantors, and we do not have any other family members who would qualify either. We have tried seeing if a company guarantor would work (e.g. our university), but we have been told by most places that they will not accept them. We have been told that if we pay a few months rent immediately then we do not need a guarantor, but I don't think we will make enough money over summer to afford that (we could wait for SFE but I am afraid there will barely be any places left by mid-September). I am really worried that we will not be able to find a place to live - the housing team at KCL advised that if we can't find a place by mid-September and that if we cannot commute we should interrupt our studies. Obviously neither of us want to do this.
We have also been looking at student halls/accommodation, but most of the places we have looked at are either fully booked, outside of our budget (around £220 a week per person), or too far from campus.

Does anyone have any tips/advice? Any help is highly appreciated, thank you for reading :smile: