International Student Brochure : rental accommodation galway city

Room Type	Moiety 2 Rental Payment	Rental Payment not including deposit electricity and utilities*
Single	€2597.00	€2597.00
Twin	€1798.00	€1798.00
Twin En-suite	€1998.00	€1998.00
	Payment Due by 15th January 2021

Deposits Per Student Full Academic Year
Damage Deposit	€300.00	Refundable minus charges/damages
Utilities	€146.00	Payment for services such as refuse, WIFI, cable tv, tv licenses, phones
Electricity Prepayment/ Bill Management Fee	€200.00	€175.00 electricity prepayment/€25 non refundable bill management fee
		Damage deposit payable when application is made. Utilities, Electricity Prepayment and Bill Management Fee payable with Moiety payment no later than 5.00pm on 15th January 2021

Booking/Damage Deposit: €300.00 is payable on application and is refundable 6/8 weeks after end of your student licence agreement date minus damages and missing items. Wear & tear is taken into consideration but excessive damage is payable by the student. A full statement of account will be issued to each resident through their Student Portal to coincide with deposit return.

Payment of deposit can only be made online through our Booking Engine at the time of application. Once your application is complete each applicant is provided with their own individual Username and Password to access the Centrepoint Student Portal.

Electricity Prepayment/Bill Management Fee: There is an Electricity Prepayment/Bill Management Fee of €200 due on or before 5.00pm 15th January 2021. An electricity prepayment of €175 is made per applicant and is payable with your 1st rental payment. Each apartment is metered for pre-pay electricity, and is topped up on 4 occasions over the course of the academic year. The pre-pay meters allow students to monitor and have greater control over their electricity usage on a daily basis. In the unlikely event that the apartment runs out of electricity credit between top-ups they simply report this to management who will provide them with a top-up card, allowing students to purchase additional credit from a local Paypoint shop or online. At the end of the academic year if credit remains on the meter this will be reimbursed equally among all residents in the apartment.

Bill management fee is a non refundable payment of €25.00 per student for administration and payment of utility and electricity invoices payable on or before 5.00pm 15th January 2021.

Utility Payment: A non refundable utility fee of €146.00 for services such as Cable TV, WIFI, TV licence, Incoming Telephone and Refuse is payable on or before 5.00pm 15th January 2021.

Water Charges: The above deposits and charges do not cover Water Charges, since their suspension in June 2016. Should Water Charges be reintroduced during the 20/21 academic year they will be payable directly by residents.

Cancellation Policy:

If the applicant wishes to cancel the accommodation, the applicant must cancel by email by close of business on or before the 15th January 2021. Cancellations by telephone will not be accepted.

In the event of cancellation by the aforementioned date, a €100 cancellation fee will be deducted from the booking/damage deposit and the remainder refunded. Refunds will be issued by bank transfer only. If the applicant cancels after the cut-off date outlined above, no refund will be issued and the full €300 deposit will be retained.

After check in, any electricity prepayment applied to the pre-paid meter cannot be refunded.

Please note that when a student leaves, management has the right to move another resident into that student’s vacant room. If this occurs, however the student must still find a replacement for the room which is vacant.

Methods of Payment accepted are:

Payments can only be made by credit/Debit card, most major credit cards accepted. Cash payments not accepted.

Lease Agreement:

A standard Lease Agreement is entered between the student & their Landlord. The tenant is obliged to follow the terms and conditions of the Village Rules, which outline the Rules & Regulations in place for the development and which forms part of the licence. It is a requirement that all students residing at Centrepoint Apartments MUST have a signed Lease. The Lease is available within your student portal and residents will be emailed once it is available to read, print and sign. It must be signed by both Tenant and their Guarantors and sent back by email to info@centrepointgalway.com before you check in. On receipt of the signed lease and rental payment, apartment and room keys will be issued on arrival during arranged opening office hours, which will permit access to the allocated room. Access will not be granted without a fully signed Lease Agreement when checking in.

Wi-Fi access will not be issued until the signed Lease Agreement is returned to the office.

Checking In & Key Collection:

Semester 2 check in will commence from 12pm Monday 1st February 2021. You do not have to check in on this date but you must check in during office opening hours. A key will be issued on arrival which will permit access to the allocated house/room. An email will be issued prior to this date with further details.