Gillams Call Gillams on 01392 459 900

Exeter student lettings since 2007

Student houses in Exeter
for 2027/28

We let shared houses and flats to University of Exeter students – one bedroom up to ten, across Pennsylvania, St Davids, Heavitree, Mount Pleasant, the city centre and St James. Rent-only or bills included, both quoted per person per week.

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  • Letting since2007
  • Group sizes1 to 10 beds
  • CampusesStreatham & St Luke's
  • CoverageExeter only

Where our houses are

Six parts of Exeter, each a different trade-off between rent, walk time and how much of your year happens at home. Every listing quotes its own walking time to both campuses, so ask for the current list rather than guessing from a map.

  • Pennsylvania

    The classic Exeter student hill north of the centre, closest of the six to Streatham. Large shared houses, six and seven bedrooms upwards.

  • St Davids

    Between the station and the river, walkable to Streatham and to town.

  • Heavitree

    East of the centre and the practical side for St Luke's.

  • Mount Pleasant

    Quieter streets north-east, houses that suit groups who want to sleep.

  • St James

    Terraces close to Streatham and to the Old Tiverton Road shops.

  • City centre

    New North Road, North Street, Longbrook Terrace. Flats and smaller shares for two or three, with the Guild, the Quay and every bus route on the doorstep.

Availability and per-person-per-week rents change through the year. Ask us for the current 2027/28 list and we will send what is genuinely still free, with the bills included price alongside the rent-only price.

Renting with us, step by step

What actually happens between a viewing and your keys, and what the law caps at each stage.

  1. Viewing

    Free. Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 nobody may charge you to view a property, to apply for one, to be referenced or to have an inventory checked.

  2. Holding deposit

    Reserves the house while paperwork is done, and is capped by law at one week's rent.

  3. Tenancy deposit

    Capped at five weeks' rent where the annual rent is under £50,000, and protected in a government-approved scheme – we use MyDeposits and the DPS.

  4. Signing

    Rent is whatever the agreement says. On a bills-included house that figure carries the utilities; on a rent-only house it does not.

  5. Living there

    Maintenance goes to the lettings team on 01392 459 900 or by email. Default charges may only be raised for rent more than fourteen days late, or for a lost key or security device.

What every Gillams house carries

None of this is a selling point – it is the floor. It is worth checking that any agent you speak to in Exeter can say the same.

  • Houses in multiple occupation licensed through Exeter City Council
  • A current gas safety certificate
  • An EICR electrical installation report
  • A valid EPC energy rating
  • Deposits protected with MyDeposits or the DPS
  • Member of the Property Redress Scheme, so complaints have somewhere independent to go
  • A written fees statement and a published complaints procedure

If you are the parent reading this

The questions worth asking any Exeter agent, in order: is the house licensed as an HMO with the city council, which scheme protects the deposit, what is the holding deposit and is it inside the one-week cap, and who picks up the phone when the boiler stops in January.

We are independent, we work in Exeter only, and we have let student houses here since 2007. If an answer to any of those four is vague, that is the useful signal.