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The information given below is based on 6 reviews as well as the 2007/2008 room list.
- Room Type and Floor
- Single Room, £784 per term (in 2007/2008).
- Room Floor
- Basement
- Room Facilities
- Network available. Washbasin available.
- Bedroom
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Could swing something between a cat and a sheep (~1.4 HC).
Overlooking a court or garden.
- Noise
“Some noise from traffic outside, sirens etc but not too bad.” (Jan 2008)
“Noise is fine but I sleep through anything - occasional drunken shouting from Mill Rd but not a big problem.” (Feb 2007)
“Not particularly noisy, though the ceilings are thin and low so you hear some noise from the room above. Occasional shouting from Mill Road at night.” (Jan 2006)
“Lot of road noise from Mill Road. Can sometimes here people in the room above. I've not noticed the washing machine.” (Jan 2005)
“AAAARRRGGGHHH - Right next door to washing machine and tumble dryer which seem to be on constantly (unless you cruelly turn them off - oops). Other than that birds very noisy in the early morn and drunks late at night. At all other times you just have a bedder who talks - a lot! In fairness, its not bad - but not great.” (Jan 2004)
“The nature of these houses means that any noise from the room above can be easily heard. But this isn't too bad unless someone decides to move furniture at 3am. Also the washing machine and drier for houses one and two are outside the room whiuch can be noisy.” (Jan 2003)
- Gyp Room
“Quite small and shared between the whole house (8 people). Up two flights of stairs from bedroom.” (Jan 2008)
“Really bad Gyp room 2 floors up which the whole house shares and is too small and too hot.” (Feb 2007)
“Inadequate - there's only one gyp room in the house and it's two floors up from this room. There's the usual two-ring hob, fridge, very little workspace.” (Jan 2006)
“The Gyp room is rubbish, not much bigger than a cupboard and the hobs struggle to keep water on the boil. Only very little shelf or cupboard space.” (Jan 2005)
“8 share TINY gyp room which is 2 staircases up from my room. Has toastie maker, kettle, toaster - someone seems to have pinched the house microwave. Oh - and you get about one shelf.” (Jan 2004)
“The gyp is up two flights of stairs and is very small, especially as it is shared by all eight housemates. It has two fridges and the normal Harvey Court type two element cooker.” (Jan 2003)
- Bath Room
“Toilet in basement between two, also just upstairs is another toilet and shower.” (Jan 2008)
“Close-by toilet between 2 which is really good and a shower one flight up - not bad.” (Feb 2007)
“Not great - there's only one shower in the house (on the ground floor). There is a toilet next door next door to this room though, which is only shared by one other.” (Jan 2006)
“Shower and a bath between 8. shower's pretty good. Toilet just out side the room only really used by rooms 1 and 2.” (Jan 2005)
“Toilet next door. Shower and Toilet one floor up. Bath and toilet 4 flights up. Shower always busy and quite minging. All between 8 people (and more when next door decide to use our shower as its supposedly better).” (Jan 2004)
“The shower is on the ground floor (so up one flight of stairs) and there is a bath near the top of the house.” (Jan 2003)
- Furniture
“Desk, large chest of drawers, large cupboard, bookshelf, fairly small wardrobe, comfy chair, longer comfyish chair, swively desk chair.” (Jan 2008)
“Furniture is actually quite nice” (Feb 2007)
“Bed, tiny desk and swivel chair, one comfy chair, tiny wardrobe, strange sideboard, coffee table and shelves.” (Jan 2006)
“way too much furniture, it just clutters the room making it a bit small” (Jan 2005)
“Not bad (mainly because I nicked it at the start of term before others arrived). Nice coffee table, alright desk, two armchairs, one chest of drawers, one long strange cupboard/drawery thing which is massive. A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE wardrobe - I'd try and get another - especially if you're a girl. Oh - and there's no full length mirror - in the whole house never mind your room.” (Jan 2004)
“Noraml furniture; desk, bed side table, wardrobe, chest of drawers and a large cupboard” (Jan 2003)
- Best Feature
“Has washbasin tucked around the corner and a door to outside.” (Jan 2008)
“It is quite out of the way and peaceful - if you want you can keep yourself to yourself, own sink” (Feb 2007)
“Um, very few. The low rent maybe! There's a strange door from this room straight into the garden, which I suppose might be a bonus, but only in the summer. Mortimer Road in general is quite nice as there's lots of second years around.” (Jan 2006)
“Access to the garden. Easy to hide away from the rest of the house and not be disturbed when you've got work to do.” (Jan 2005)
“Fairly comfy size, has warm but erratic heating. Not bad furniture. The excitement of thinking it's going to flood every time it rains. Oooooh - it has its own outside door that goes into the garden and bike shed - which I'm assured will be great in summer.” (Jan 2004)
“The size, sink and proximity to the washing facilities.” (Jan 2003)
- Worst Feature
“Fairly small compared to others, not lots of natural light although there is one small window and a door with a window in it.” (Jan 2008)
“Small, no real way of getting any air into the room (one small window which opens a tiny amount), generally a little unpleasant and out of town” (Feb 2007)
“Damp, dark, dingy, no network socket, depressing, underground, low ceilings (not a room for tall people!), little natural light.” (Jan 2006)
“Its a little dark although the new lights recently installed make it a lot brighter. Very little natural light. Low ceiling - gonna be annoying if your over 6'2"” (Jan 2005)
“No full length mirror in the whole house Wardrobe is crap It is dark, dark, dark, dark. Has one TINY window and the light for some reason is worse than a candle (no exaggeration). Even when you try and bring millions of lights its still pretty dark and dingy. Oh - must say that if you are of Dom height then this room is definitely not for you. The ceiling is no more than 6ft - which would be obviously crap if you were taller. Is not in town” (Jan 2004)
“It can be a little dark as there are only two small windows.” (Jan 2003)
- General Comments
“Good heating, nice helpful bedder, enough sockets even though they are in odd places. Little hanging space in wardrobe, not a lot of sunlight but decent electric light.” (Jan 2008)
“do not go for this room above any others in morty road.” (Feb 2007)
“Virtually no sunlight, so it's often cold, and damp. The bedder's ok (she does the washing up!)The decor is fairly neutral, though there's very little wardrobe space. You should only go for this room if you are at the bottom of the ballot.” (Jan 2006)
“sunlight - none bedder - chatty heating - as hot or cold as you'd like it” (Jan 2005)
“Sunlight - none Bedder - friendly but incredibly distracting. I know her full history and so will you! Have never seen anyone talk so much about so little. Possibly best to try and avoid to give yourself a fighting chance of getting anything done. Decor/carpet - can't see due to poor light. Wardrobe space - none existent - although have a lot of drawers. Heating - not bad - but erratic timing Sockets - 2 double” (Jan 2004)
- Marks
- 5.5 out of 10 (2×6, 1×8, 1×7, 1×2, 1×4)
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