With a new series of Strictly Come Dancing just around the corner, the nation
will soon be watching a procession of orange people showing off their dance
moves on the TV every Saturday night. But although being seen with a fetching
orange tan is fairly standard on Strictly, there are lot of student tenants
who also aspire to having bright orange tans all year round, as at least one
landlord has found out to his cost.
Cardiff Students’ Obsession with Fake Tan
A Cardiff landlord has been forced to spend thousands of pounds replacing
mattresses in his student accommodation over the last four years. To begin
with, he had no idea what was causing the strange orange stains on the
mattresses, but eventually he figured out that the unpleasant marks were as a
result of female students using fake tan and then going to bed while the
product was still on their skin.
Ruined Mattresses in Rental Houses
Many of the pocket sprung mattresses in his properties had to be dumped and
replaced with new ones, but the problem persisted. Eventually the landlord
figured out that memory foam mattresses were a better choice because these
have washable covers. He is also trying to educate his student tenants on the
error of their ways—wearing cotton pyjamas overnight helps, as does washing
the sheets.
Unfortunately, the nation’s obsession with fake tan is unlikely to be ending
any time soon—a quick look around any town centre will reveal a multitude of
orange people walking around. So if you are a landlord with student
properties, you might want to buy covers for your mattresses.
