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Â鶹´«Ã½ will be your landlord and you will pay your rent to us but Dorchester House is owned and operated by Â鶹´«Ã½'s private accommodation partner, iQ Students, who works in partnership with Â鶹´«Ã½ to provide the accommodation. Any queries related to your accommodation contract or rent should be with your Â鶹´«Ã½ Residential Services Team. All other day-to-day queries or issues you might have, e.g. maintenance issues, will be dealt with by iQ Students dedicated on-site team.

Â鶹´«Ã½ and iQ have signed this site up to The Accommodation Code, which has been developed to encourage the highest possible standards of student accommodation provided by universities.ÌýFind out more about the code and how it benefits you.

ResLifeÂ鶹´«Ã½ is an exclusive programme, only available in Â鶹´«Ã½ accommodation, designed to help you enjoy your time in student accommodation to the fullest.Ìý

Our ResLifeÂ鶹´«Ã½ Team supports you across three core areas:

• Social – providing inclusive activities and events to help you meet your fellow students and build a great community
• Wellbeing – supporting your welfare, health, safety and overall comfort and security
• Skills – everything you need for your new independent life, from how to keep your flat clean, to cooking an affordable and healthy meal and tips on managing your budget

Each accommodation has a friendly Resident Assistant (RA) who lives on site and is a current Â鶹´«Ã½ student.ÌýHaving experienced it themselves, your RA has an understanding of what it’s like to move to a new home when you start at uni. There is also a Welfare Coordinator who is a current member of Â鶹´«Ã½ staff and is available for any wellbeing issues you might have whilst in residence. Supporting these roles we have the three ResLifeÂ鶹´«Ã½ Coordinators, and the three ResLifeÂ鶹´«Ã½ Officers all dedicated to helping you have the best time in our accommodation.Ìý

£1.50 of your weekly rent goes towards the funding of the programme – but if you make the most of it, you’ll find it’s worth so much more than that.

Find out more about ResLifeÂ鶹´«Ã½

The close proximity of Dorchester House to the train and bus station obviously makes it easy to travel in and out of Bournemouth.

There is no parking available at Dorchester House. However, the university bus service (U1) picks up and drops off right outside the block, with journeys into our Talbot Campus taking around 15 minutes. Your bus pass is included in your rent so you can use this service as much as you need throughout the year, although you can opt out of this if you choose.

The bus pass also includes unlimited travel on Morebus Zone A services, spanning the wider Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch area.

There’s a secure bike shelter within the complex as well.

Your weekly rent includes contents insurance.Ìý.Ìý

Your bedroom and common room has high-speed wifi for work and play.

All of your bills are included in your weekly rent so you have nothing further to pay.

As well as having CCTV in the building and secure access, there is also a Dorchester House team member onsite 24 hours a day to provide any help you might need.

The onsite team includes a maintenance operative who will be able to respond and resolve any faults for you in a timely manner.

There is also a ResLifeÂ鶹´«Ã½ Team who are on hand if you have any wellbeing concerns and they also organise regular social events (see ResLifeÂ鶹´«Ã½ above)

You can find details of booking dates and our accommodation guarantee on our How to book accommodationÌý±è²¹²µ±ð.

When you’re ready to book a room, you can do so via our .Ìý

You will select your room via our Portal and your contract and rent payments will be with Â鶹´«Ã½. For more details of the terms of booking and cancellation go to our Contract flexibility and cancellationÌý±è²¹²µ±ð.