Psychology2 min read8 July 2026

Housing costs doing your head in?

Subject: Housing costs doing your head in? This might help. Preview: We've partnered with Blackbullion to help you save £100s. Free. No catch.

Subject: Housing costs doing your head in? This might help. Preview: We’ve partnered with Blackbullion to help you save £100s. Free. No catch.


Hi [First Name],

You’re not the only one doing the maths.

Rent. Bills. Deposit. Food. Transport. Trying to make it all work before the next loan drop. Every student in every city is running the same numbers, and they rarely add up the way you want them to.

That’s why we’ve partnered with Blackbullion to give you something genuinely useful: a free housing hub built specifically to help you spend less on accommodation while you’re studying.

What you actually get:

The average UK student spends over half their maintenance loan on rent alone. That’s before bills, food, or getting anywhere. We’re not going to tell you to “just budget better.” What we will do is give you a free tool that makes budgeting less of a chore and puts you in touch with funding you didn’t know was there.

And here’s the bit that matters most: this isn’t about cutting back. It’s about having more money for the things that actually make uni worth it. The nights out. The weekend trips. The spontaneous stuff. If a free tool saves you a few hundred quid over the year, that’s a festival ticket. That’s a week of meals you don’t have to stress about. That’s breathing room.

We house you. We should also help you afford it. That’s why this partnership exists.

Access the housing hub for free → [LINK]

No sign-up fee. No “enter your card details.” No catch. Just free tools that might save you real money.

Your home should be the easy bit. Let’s make the money part easier too.

[HFS Brand / Property Name]

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