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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
- Suite, £884 per term (in 2007/2008).
- Room Floor
- No general agreement about floor, about 1.2.
- Room Facilities
- Network available. Washbasin available.
- Bedroom
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Could swing something between a cat and a sheep (~1.5 HC).
Overlooking a street.
- Living Room
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Could swing something between a cat and a sheep (~1.5 HC).
Overlooking a street
- Noise
“.” (Jan 2008)
“There's the occasional siren (next to fire station) and drunken conversations outside at 3am, but nothing you can't sleep through and if you've got some moderate speakers / headphones they should drown out anything anyway. The bass from above passes through, but then again, so will yours.” (Jan 2008)
“Sirens from police and fire stations throughout the day.” (Feb 2006)
“Quite noisy from fire station - lots of emergency vehicles etc. Get quite a lot of noisy drunken peeps on fri and sat nites. Nothing you don't get used to though.” (Feb 2005)
“Relatively noisy during the day with open windows, as the rooms face very busy roads; windows are good insultators , though. Noise is alright during the night, apart from some drunk people screaming on the street, which is a side effect of the proximity of Mill Road” (Jan 2004)
“Noise from nearby police station and fire station, and general street noise, but I hardly notice it, honestly” (Jan 2003)
- Gyp Room
“.” (Jan 2008)
“More like a very small walk-in-wardrobe which just so happens to have 2 fridges, combi-microwave and george foreman grill. You can comfortably fit in 2 people (out of the 8 that use it), but it never ends up being too much of a problem, especially if there are only 2 people in the house who *can* cook (and are willing to share their food). The staircase outside the gyp room serves as a good dining area, but the dining table in room 5 can fit everyone in the house (so make sure you befriend this person)” (Jan 2008)
“Teeny weeny, sharing with 7 other people but about 2 seconds away.” (Feb 2006)
“Gyp room's quite small - bout size of harvey court one. There's a 2 plate hob and two fridges shared between 8 people. It's all quite cosy but as long as you like the people in your house then that's fine! It's about 10 paces from my room.” (Feb 2005)
“Very small, 8 ! people sharing it(maximum of 3 fit into it at a time), but well equipped (if that lasts)and very sunny.There is storage room for dishes, food etc for everybody, though” (Jan 2004)
“The kitchen is small with 8 people sharing, annoying, but never that bad” (Jan 2003)
- Bath Room
“.” (Jan 2008)
“Pretty impressed with them. One small toilet in basement for the two basement people. Another small toilet on ground floor. Next to this toilet is the power shower. It's a bit small, but there's never a problem of getting too cold and the power is more than enough. The bathroom that you'll be using is half a flight of stairs up from where you live (so pretty close). This is the biggest bathroom and is shared by 4. The flush refills almost instantaneously, so good if you practice mercy flushing. There is a bath in there, but no one smart uses it for showers. Even with an attachment it's just too weak, so if you do use it, it'll be for a bath, not a shower.” (Jan 2008)
“Have to go downstairs or into House 2 for a shower, but other than that, big enough and 3 seconds up the stairs.” (Feb 2006)
“Have bathroom up a flight of stairs - nice bath, sink and toilet, then on ground floor good shower and toilet next door. In basement there's another toilet.” (Feb 2005)
“1 bathroom with toilet 1 shower ( a plastic cabinet put into a room) 2 separate toilets, all of which shared among 8 people, but none on 1st floor; the house has carpet-floor all over though, so the journey is not terrible ( and not long either)” (Jan 2004)
“Bathroom with bath and shower room both close, no problem sharing” (Jan 2003)
- Furniture
“.” (Jan 2008)
“Not going to lie. Compared to houses 3-4 and definitely 5-8, the furniture is rather uninspiring. All wooden, fairly old, but because of the sheer lack of anything extraordinary in the room, it's basically a blank canvas for you to do with as you wish. There is a working table which is more than adequate. The 2008 room 7 reviewer has the same one and reckons it's too small, but if you use a bit a space management and common sense you can fit a flat screen, keyboard and a4 pad right in front of you without a problem. One crappy work chair, desk, 2 comfy airmchairs, small coffee table, shelves, large wardrobe, 2 sets of drawers and a combi cupboard/drawer. All in all a lot of storage space.” (Jan 2008)
“Furniture is a bit random, especially the desk which is tiny, but there's quite a bit of storage space.” (Feb 2006)
“Desk isn't huge. Good size wardrobe. One bookshelf. One coffee table and two chairs. Bed, dresser/cupboard type thing. Chest of drawers/cupboard type thing. Could do with some more drawer space, but it's nothing desperate.” (Feb 2005)
“Plenty of furniture: a medium-sized desk, a cupboard for hanging clothes, 2 chestdrawers, 2 bookshelves, a tea table and 2 comfortabele( though not quite matching) chairs; a cocktail concerning era of origin,but all intact” (Jan 2004)
“Wonderful, huge room jam packed with good furniture” (Jan 2003)
- Best Feature
“.” (Jan 2008)
“You're right next to the gyp room and bathroom, you can see who's ringing your door bell before deciding whether they're worth going down for and there's technically two rooms so the entrance room can be used for dumping stuff or just as a sound buffer when you want to listen to some guilty-pleasure music. But really, the best thing about the house, and the only reason someone picks a house like this is because you get a whole house for you and your friends. There's no communal living area so the staircase ends up stuffed with people. As long as you're on good terms with your housemates, you'll let slip the fact it's just not as pretty as the other houses on the road.” (Jan 2008)
“Nice and big living room with nice high ceiling and pretty view.” (Feb 2006)
“Nice and light and airy. Two rooms - little one to work in and big room for bedroom. Best view on Morti road - over Parker's Piece and can see King's college.” (Feb 2005)
“Its size-the living room is very big; the fact that there are 2 rooms, and the fact that it is very illuminated, even on dark days, due to its large windows; and a non-functioning, yet charming fireplace, which gives it an elegant touch, as do the relatively high seilings” (Jan 2004)
“Big windows with view over Parkers Piece, let lots of light in , especially evening sunsets” (Jan 2003)
- Worst Feature
“.” (Jan 2008)
“I keep my computer right up against the only radiator in the bedroom, so have to keep that off. Thus the room gets very cold at night. But that's my own fault, really. There's still a radiator in the "living room", so you can do that for heating the main room. Speaking of the living room, it's pretty much useless. I just use it for dumping stuff/furniture that I don't want in my bedroom . It can be used for a receptionist, but I didn't have a need for one this year. If you've got one, though, bring her along. My biggest gripe was that we hadn't been networked and because we were meant to be networked we weren't going to be reimbursed for paying for our own internet. But hopefully caius will pull their thumb out and get you guys networked for next year onwards” (Jan 2008)
“The big, single paned windows can make things a bit chilly.” (Feb 2006)
“Bit noisy and wpuld be nicer to have a bigger kitchen.” (Feb 2005)
“no major twists, but the "worst" is the curtain design.And sometimes the noise on the street.” (Jan 2004)
“Noise from the street at night occassionally” (Jan 2003)
- General Comments
“.” (Jan 2008)
“Bedder = awesome. Very friendly, actually knocks and waits before entering, if you let her tidy your room she will make it immaculate. Plenty of sockets, but needed extensive use of extenders to get enough power sockets to the computer table. Lighting's not great at night so highly recommend bringing another light. I didn't see any reviews for this room before opting for it, because it wasn't available last year (guess it went to a postgrad). It's better than the basement rooms, larger than ground floor ones (but less impressive furniture). Slightly smaller than room 8 (in fact it's almost a clone) but less pretty. It's not the best room in the house, but I reckon it's better than most of them.” (Jan 2008)
“Bedder is lovely and keeps bathrooms and kitchen spotless. It's not as far from town as you think, only 5-10 mins by bike!” (Feb 2006)
“I really like the house I'm in - esp cos it's attached to Morti 2 on 2 levels so if you can get loads of your friends in it's great fun. Mill Road (which Morti is off) is great - loads of little shops so if you've not got any milk it's not far too go. Room is really nice - only bad thing is how much the rent went up this year - £45 a term cos it was painted or something - but then we do live in Caius!” (Feb 2005)
“bedder is discrete, the room has carpet floor ( purple-brownish), so bringing a carpet to put on top of it to improve the aesthetics may be desireable, but not essential; the walls have just been repainted!!, in a light yellow; one has to bring some lamps , as at night the light sources provided are not sufficient; the heating has a rather peculiar rhythm and tends to make strange noises, but that may be resolved by the time the room is taken over.There is only a phone socket in the bedroom, not in the living room.” (Jan 2004)
“This is a grear room” (Jan 2003)
- Marks
- 8.3 out of 10 (2×9, 2×7, 1×10, 1×8)
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