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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, £820 per term (in 2007/2008).
- Room Floor
- No general agreement about floor, about 2.2.
- Room Facilities
- Network available. Washbasin available.
- Bedroom
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Could swing something between a sheep and a cow (~2.0 HC).
Overlooking a court or garden.
- Noise
“Sometimes I get woken up by traffic outside at 7am, but normally I sleep through that. Sound insulation isn't amazing so expect to hear movement from elsewhere in the house, however this can be easily remedied by turning your volume up.” (Jan 2008)
“This room isn't too bad for noise but there is a noisy main road on one side of it and noisy drunk people at night. However, it is a few floors up so it is not really a problem.” (Feb 2007)
“Can be quite noisy because the house it at the end of the street next to Mill Road and there isn't double glazing...” (Jan 2006)
“On the corner of Morti Rd and Mill Rd, so can get pretty noisy. Lots of police and fire engines going past, but you get used to them... and it's not too bad as long as the windows are closed.” (Jan 2005)
“We are on the corner of Mortimer Road so although the room looks onto the garden it also overlooks Mill Road, and this can be quite noisy at night. Also, we are right by the Police and Fire Stations so quite a lot of sirens go past.” (Feb 2004)
“Quite noisy at night as it's next to Mill Road, there are lots of people late at night” (Feb 2003)
- Gyp Room
“Gyp room is amazingly small. The microwave doesn't work at the moment. The cupboards are decent (unless you're short). The Gyp room has a nice view to the garden. It is easy to get to the Gyp room, only down two flights of stairs.” (Jan 2008)
“Kitchen is small shared between 8, but you each get your own cupboard for putting groceries and stuff. 2 small fridges shared between 8 people and this can be a bit of a struggle.. the sink tends to get piled up with dirty plates aswell, but the bedder is awesome and usually does the washing up for you.” (Feb 2007)
“On the floor below. V.basic but does the job! Two hob rings, a sink and two fridges. Shared by 8 people I think but its always free when I need to cook!” (Jan 2006)
“Gyp room on floor below shared between 8 people in the house. This is very small since there wouldn't be room to even swing a hamster in there. Can't really fit more than 3 people in at a time, and there are only 2 hot plates.” (Jan 2005)
“Gyp room is tiny for 8 people. It is one floor down which is 2.5 flights of stairs!” (Feb 2004)
“The kitchen's quite small - especially for 8 people. It gets quite messy quite quickly but as long as you keep on top of the washing up it's not too bad.” (Feb 2003)
- Bath Room
“There is a nearby toilet, however the loo roll is oddly placed so you have to bend your right arm to an unnatural - almost paralysing - position. The bath has no shower, but this was fixed by buying an attachable shower output device.” (Jan 2008)
“2 toilets, one with a bath in it. A small shower but always got hot water and nice and powerful.” (Feb 2007)
“Shower on the ground floor, bit of a trek but its a good shower! Bath and toilet down about 4 stairs, v.handy.” (Jan 2006)
“Bathroom really close, only down about 6 steps. Not many people seem to use the bathroom because they prefer the shower on the ground floor. It's a reasonable room, and is much preferable to bathrooms in HC with black tiled COLD floors!” (Jan 2005)
“The house has 1 bath, 1 shower and 3 toilets. The bath is 1 flight of stairs down and the shower is 2 floors down. Number of people using these vary as people from number 2 have decided that our shower is nicer!” (Feb 2004)
“The room's right near the bathroom, there's also a shower downstairs and three toilets in total. You rarely have to queue for the shower.” (Feb 2003)
- Furniture
“The desk is shockingly small, my desktop computer's components are unable to fit on the desk with my work. The wardrobe's space is reasonable but I don't own that many clothes... I don't have any form of a "comfy sofa" or "dining table", but there is plenty of floor space and the staircase outside the gyp room can be accomodating. The shelves in the room are horrendously small, so A4 folders will easily slide off them, which is annoying especially at night if you kick them in your sleep.” (Jan 2008)
“Furniture provided is pretty standard, two chairs and an alright sized desk, nothing special. crap wardrobe, but a few drawers.” (Feb 2007)
“Very small desk compared to last year's but its ok. Tiny wardrobe but plenty of drawers. Two chairs which need covering with nicer blankets! Bedside table. Extra comfy bed. The room looked really bare and not great when I first arrived but its cosy and friendly and v.nice now!” (Jan 2006)
“Small desk, but I put it together with another small table in the room and made a good lil work station! (shame I have problems using it-Mill Rd and garden view makes a great distraction from work). There are 2 bookshelves, which true to form aren't large enough to hold textbooks or ring binders. A wardrobe and chest of drawers which is sufficient, unless you are someone who wants an excessive amount of clothes. There are 2 bedside tables and 2 armchairs of geriatric styley.” (Jan 2005)
“I have a very nice, quite large desk, 2 book cases, 2 'arm chair' type chairs, a small coffee table, a wardrobe, a set of drawers and a larger table!” (Feb 2004)
“The desk's nice, furniture in general's a bit brown so you need to brighten it up a bit. The wardrobe is tiny, but the chest of drawers isn't bad. There's also a table and two bookcase type things which are useful.” (Feb 2003)
- Best Feature
“Spacious room, lots of people in the house, nearby toilet, three windows and an excellent radiator.” (Jan 2008)
“Cosy and nice slanty roof with a sky light type thing. Radiator works well and near the bathroom.” (Feb 2007)
“Boiling radiator so never cold, sink, skylight, sloping ceiling, comfy bed.” (Jan 2006)
“Sloping ceilings and skylight make it really cosy. I reckon it's massive... there's enough height and floor area for me to use a skipping rope, just have to make sure noone's inhabiting the room below! The view over the garden is really nice, and the fact that it's on the top floor makes it more private that the other rooms in the house. Sound doesn't travel at all through the house, so it's easy to imagine the place is deserted!” (Jan 2005)
“I like the sky-light over my sink, it's just a shame you can't really see anything form it! Also it has a cool fireplace and the view over Mill Road is a great procrastination tool!” (Feb 2004)
“It's quite attic like which is nice, quite cosy, nice skylight, it overlooks the garden and the sun shines in in the morning” (Feb 2003)
- Worst Feature
“There is a sloping ceiling, however I have yet to find that as a problem.” (Jan 2008)
“Poor lighting, with a really off-centre light fitting. Bring your own lamps. It is at the top of the house so many a stair will have to be negotiated.” (Feb 2007)
“Ladybirds! You find about 4 a day!! And single glazing, can get noisy.” (Jan 2006)
“You have to go up 5 flights of stairs to get there. This is annoying at the beginning and end of term when packing etc. Also you have to go to the basement of the house to do laundry, though in theory you could drop your laundry bag all the way to the ground floor via the stairwell... I have yet to try this option however, so cannot estimate it's success. There's also damp on some of the walls, so occasionally waking up in the night entirely freezing because somehow I ended up with my back against the wall is not a pleasant experience.” (Jan 2005)
“The view over Mill Road, it is sometimes far too interesting! And the number of stairs you need to climb/ go down to get anywhere!” (Feb 2004)
“THe noise from Mill Road can be quite annoying at times.” (Feb 2003)
- General Comments
“Bedder is friendly, and does an amazing job at tidying up my room. The walls are nice and plain so you can fill it with whatever you want. Sockets are plentiful, but there is one near the sink which is questionably placed. The light is fairly dim, however sunlight or a lamp can easily remedy this.” (Jan 2008)
“Bedder is nice, friendly, and doesn't come too early so you are unlikely to get woken up by her. It is a nice atmosphere living in a house. In relation to other rooms in the house it isn't quite as big as some of the others, with 8 and 6 being suites. However, not really a huge difference. Cool cos connected to house 2 aswell so its like living with 16 people really.” (Feb 2007)
“Bedder v.nice. Wardrobe space pitiful. Top of the stairs so a long way to walk with things at start/end of term. Plug sockets in good places but you need more! Need another light/lamp for one side of the room. V.cosy, warm and homely! No one above you so no noise! V.close to toilet so you don't have to walk miles in the night! I'll miss this room!!” (Jan 2006)
“The room can be quite dark, especially at night, so I recommend bringing lots of spare lamps (I have 2) and some extension leads, because there are not enough plug sockets, or they're in retarded places.” (Jan 2005)
“It has just been painted (very exciting yellow), the house keeper is nice, the bedder is slighlty mad, wardrobe is small but there is lots of floor space! The heating is interesting as theer is no medium, but you soon work out how to keep the perfect temperature!” (Feb 2004)
“The bedder's nice - she won't disturb you to clean too often. It's quite a big room, it's got a sink which is handy and as it's on the top floor there isn't too much noise from the rest of the house.” (Feb 2003)
- Marks
- 8.7 out of 10 (4×9, 2×8)
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