Taking in students from other countrys (accomadation)

No, but learning to spell 'accommodation' should be a priority

Big wow i missed a 'm'

Are you sure?

"countries"

nothing wrong with putting up a couple of swedish hotties in to practise their oral skills

accommodation

From what i gather the chances are they will be Spanish or Italian

This is spinning out of control!

I was just having a bit of fun

Some friends of mine took in foreign students and it was fine - they had children the same age, which helped, I think.

inform them the local currency is sucky suckies and the rent is fair.

I am doing it because i have two spare rooms at the moment,and feel i should get some extra income in for it.

My parents used to do this all the time for a couple of years, it was genuinely great as kids getting to meet all these people (they were mainly aged 13-16, some older but 99% were 18 or under) from all over the World. It was mainly European students that came to stay but we had ones from Thailand, Brazil, America, Russia. All over really, they always used to bring gifts, usually food of some sort so that was always interesting too.
In addition, when you're 14/15 yourself and there's a load of foreign lasses the same age regularly in your house, it wasn't exactly a bad thing!
In terms of what they were like as people, most were nice but i'd say the best were the Dutch, Italian and Danish. The worst by quite some margin were the French, they didn't make an effort to talk like the other nationalities did, they were disrespectful and messy. Sounds like a generalisation but we had students for about 6 years, different ones coming in at least once a week (sometimes you'd get some staying 2 nights, others a month) over that time, and the French really did stand out.
Generally though most were great, I can't really say what it's like as an adult to have them in your house but if you've got kids they'll love it.

MuayThaiClyde

Nice post

Do you think i will be knocked back because my kids have left home?

Not a clue how it works to be honest although there were plenty of people without kids that took them in so I don't see why not.
It was 99.9% positive, the only negative I can think of is no matter what country they came from, the fcukers hardly ever flushed the toilet!

yes i tried it for a few months Huggy...are they going to the language college near the uni?..they uuaslly stay 3-5 weeks...but my 2 sons couldnt stay so stopped doing it...good luck with it

Ask Mr Nibbs, he has 16 Somalis in his house.

Remember to arrange the insurance, and to notify the tax man of your extra income. Not worth it imo.

I did last summer, had spanish, uruguayan and Japanese.  Agreed to provide breakfast and dinner for the spaniard, which was a waste of time as we only got about fifteen quid a week more than the Uruguayan who cooked herself.  I didnt think it was worth it personally because of the hassle and weeks when noone is in, the money was only about twenty quid a week more than if I just had a full time lodgers, which I have now.  Also youre expected to talk to them and help them with their english.  Fk that, the missus used to chat with them a bit but the olympics was on at the time and I just wanted to watch that, so I did.

shame they are finished, yuv not shut it since.

years ago we took in language students, if you take in 2 one should be about clear profit. They were mostly Chinese, never had a problem with them, and taking in language students if you do have a problem you've only got them for a short time anyway.

We did have a young Italian girl once, like a junior Madonna !!!! surprised she didn't go back pregnant !  And although your not their parents you do feel a bit responsible for them, she was out late at nights, parties etc, so did have to get a bit strict with her. 

It was like an agency in Cambridge that we got these students from, and obviously they check you out well first of all, but they were so short of local rooms for these students they kept trying to pressure us to take 3 or 4, but we kept it to 2 at a time.  We just needed some extra money and we had 2 spare rooms, so it was a good way to make some extra income.  And we still get Christmas cards from several of the students we had. So yeah, it was ok.

Thanks for all the info,I have somebody coming round next week from the organization to visit my home to see if its up to thier standards.

Make sure you hide the gimp masks and the duct tape Huggy.

So what were people getting paid?  90/week here, 105 when we provided breakfast and dinner.  Considering the hassle and what I could get renting out permo didnt seem worth it.  £150/ week would be good including meals I wouldnt mind cooking then, rent out both rooms and you get. £1300/ month tax free, have it.  That is like a twenty four grand payrise!

and the French really did stand out.

Give a frog a bad name.

the french have the same problems of every day life as we have  - just talk to them and you find this a truism

All sorted first student coming in two weeks tine (Italian girl 16) then three weeks later a couple of Chinese girls.

Italian girl was a great success,as for the Chinese ? they don't speak a word of English

Tao Yen

This taking in foreign students is money for old rope.

So far I have had twelve students at mostly for a two week period (at the moment I have a Russian)

In the summer I have some students staying for three months

On average, how many new betting accounts do you open in their name?

I like what Huggy has done and think secretly the Betfair Forum does too: this is about team work, cooperation, sharing, opportunism, profit, free market economics and all the other things that make human beings the best of beings so far. And all this from a gambler, a sub-species in the eyes of the general public. Just try putting 'gambler' on a dating profile and you'll see.

Well done that man.

unfortunately all the students have been under 18 years of age, otherwise  it would be a good idea

still taking the students, up to now I have had 27 and plenty more booked well in to summer.

18? whats 18? 16 is the magic numberrrrrr!

Where they all from Huggy?

Italy
France
China
Switzerland
Germany
Russia
Spain

Quite a mix then but mainly European.

Don't the other continents want to study here?

all my students come to England to better their English at a language school in Leeds, the school takes in students from all over the world, so I would expect other countries to add to my list in time to come.

Are you allowed to mention how much it pays

Is the rent paid via the college, or is it handed over to you by the students?

May 1, 2014 -- 4:29AM, Crisp77 wrote:

Are you allowed to mention how much it pays

So long as its below £4,250 a year its all tax free so not a bad earner.

https://www.gov.uk/rent-room-in-your-home/the-rent-a-room-scheme

Pity the students who get with people in Scotland, Geordie Land, Brummy, Barnsley, Zomerzet, East Enders.............etc.

Actually pity the ****ing lot of them!

Today starts a hectic month for my wife and I, have got Russian twins staying for a month, an Italian staying for three weeks, and a Spaniard staying for two weeks, in that time frame all four will be here for ten days, also in three weeks time I am have party with over fifty guests expected.

Are you a Pakistani Cab driver?

How many rooms in your house huggy.  Do you have to provide breakfast and dinner?  If you dont mind me asking, how much does it pay?

We had a few down here in 2012.  90/wk no food provided, 105/wk breakfast and dinner.  Wasnt worth it imo, and that was from all those fancy Hove language schools, thought they would be paying top whack.  Could get 85/ week just renting a room out normally for the whole year.

rOB

Not a massive house by any standards. I have four bedrooms, one of which is a loft conversion which comfortably fits three single beds (could squeeze a fourth at a push)
Each student pays £119.50 a week of which they get breakfast, a evening meal and a packed lunch.
My wife gives them well above the average on the meals front. I make a few quid, but we also do it for the experience .

Are you saying they are allowed to share rooms?  Ie, you get three in one room, £360/week?  Fk me we were giving them their own double room.  Didnt know we if we could make them share.

I liked doing the cooking, we had a spanish guy and he was well impressed with what I cooked him, said he thought the food would be sh1te.  But fk me he could eat.

Rob

The company we use are desperate for hosts, obviously girls and boys can not share.

We have been asked regularly to take on long term students (six months plus) infact i turned down two Libyans' last week, as I am fond of my holidays.

Well Hove is famous for language schools, turns of them, the place is rammed with students in summer.  So surpised they dont pay upmore money, especially as cost of housing is through the roof down here.

Its going to be a long month the Russians speak very little English

Shame you're not in Bradford.

You'd have 300 nationalities to choose from.