49 Albert Street, Durham

Our student houses have a well deserved reputation as the best in Durham, with immaculate attention to details such as clipped bay trees outside your front door and beautiful plantation shutters at the windows. You deal with us directly, not through an agent, and many say we look after our tenants better than any other Durham landlord.

This spacious and very comfortable house will provide you with an exceptional and exclusive home from home. The main external walls and roof space is well insulated, and draft excluders are fitted for maximum energy efficiency.

By walking through town, the short journey to the University library takes the same time as walking from The Avenue via Durham School, and the 15 minute walk to New Elvet lecture rooms is quicker than walking from The Avenue. This can be verified on Google Maps.

We clean the communal areas several times during term time for you as a gesture of goodwill, free of charge, and it has beautiful large garden and terrace for BBQs, sunbathing and socialising.

Every bedroom is large and has a proper double bed, with a top quality deep comfy mattresses. You’ll spend up to half of your time in this bed whilst renting your student house, so this is VERY important.

This house has an Aga providing a cozy warm heart to the home. It also makes a perfect drier for wet sports kit, is more energy efficient than a normal cooker and can reduce the central heating cost. There’s also a secondary cooker and hob for busy cooking times and as a backup.

As well as oozing character from their original 19th Century period features, this house has other unique features such as:
Beautiful and practical stripped floorboards and parquet floors.
Attractive and contemporary sofa’s and arm chairs, a large dining table for communal eating and dinner parties, abundant cloths washing and drying facilities and ample fridge and freezer storage space for seven of you.

Safety is paramount with full mains wired smoke detection systems, fire doors to every habitable room providing a secure fire escape route, full gas and electrical safety certification, full Government HMO Standards certification and full DSU Code of Standards certification.

We employ a full time maintenance team who service only our properties. They keep the houses in good shape and respond rapidly to any maintenance requests you may have.

Additional Details

• BEDROOMS: All bedrooms are large and spacious with attractive metal framed double beds. High quality comfy mattresses
• BROADBAND: Fiber Broadband
• LOCATION: Close to the Viaduct. Nearest student pubs – The Bridge, Elm Tree and Colpits within 400 metres.
• HEATING: Gas central heating and instant hot water. Aga – An energy efficient cosy warm heart to the house.
• TV: Flat screen HD TV
• COVER: 24 hour emergency maintenance cover
• SAFETY: Mains wired smoke detector system and fire extinguishers
• APPLIANCES: Large capacity washing machine. Large fridge/freezers. Dishwasher. Microwave.
• DECOR: Beautiful Victorian fireplaces. Beautiful and practical stripped floorboards. Huge rooms, period features yet with a contemporary feel.
• OUTSIDE: Large lawned garden area out back
• OTHER: Leather sofas in separate large and comfy living room. Large dining table, ideal for dinner parties.
• Cleaning: Occasional clean of communal areas is included