Arriving in Oxford

Your tenancy start date will be on a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday only.  Unfortunately your tenancy cannot start at weekends as the caretakers are off duty then and it is preferred that you meet your caretaker when you check in.

Please arrange your arrival in the UK so that you can arrive in Oxford between 9am and 4pm Monday-Friday.  You can only get your keys during these times so if you are arriving later than this you will have to find somewhere else to stay until the following working day.  If you arrive late on a Friday evening you cannot get your keys until the following Monday. 

Please contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01865 252200 or visit http://www.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com/ to find suitable accommodation.

 

Getting your keys

You have to collect your keys from the caretaker, NOT the Accommodation Office. You can only collect your keys once you have:

  1. Paid the opening account in full
  2. Signed your tenancy agreement.

You may nominate someone else to collect your keys providing you have paid your opening account and signed the tenancy agreement.  You will have to provide this person's details in advance to the Accommodation Office.  All arrangements to collect your keys must be made through the Accommodation Office (Susannah Brady or Janet Mead).

For security reasons, please note we cannot deliver keys to a college.

When you collect your key from the caretaker he will check and record the condition of the accommodation and the items therein with you.  This is called the inventory.  This is important because your accommodation will be inspected when you leave and all or part of your deposit will be returned depending in its condition then.  If your keys are collected by a friend on your behalf, you must find the caretaker as soon as possible when you arrive so that he can check the accommodation with you.

These are the caretakers:

Stephen Fraser - Alan Bullock Close

Terence Rimmer - Court Place Gardens

Christopher Shelton - Summertown House

Malcolm Lafford - Castle Mill

Derrick Bloomfield - 25 Wellington Square/49 Banbury Road/Woodstock Road Terrace/Walton Street/Dartington House/38/40 Woodstock Road/6 St John Street