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The information given below is based on 7 reviews as well as the 2007/2008 room list.
- Room Type and Floor
- Single Room, £831 per term (in 2007/2008).
- Room Floor
- No general agreement about floor, about 2.4.
- Room Facilities
- Network available. Not sure about washbasin (5דNo”, 2דYes”).
- Bedroom
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Could swing something between a sheep and a cow (~2.0 HC).
Overlooking a street.
- Noise
“noise isn't too bad except when the boys below are being unusually rowdy” (Jan 2008)
“Main road nearby can be quite noisy sometimes.” (Jan 2007)
“Was never disturbed by noise, all noises were nice birds-tweeting kind of sounds” (Jan 2006)
“It's generally fine, but if there are roadworks it can be a bit noisy.” (Jan 2005)
“Occasional building work during the day” (Feb 2004)
“was noisy last term with builders outside kelsey kerridge, who were there from 8am to 4pm but the've gone now. otherwise it's just general traffic noise which isn't bad.” (Jan 2003)
“Just the usual Cambridge rabble coming back” (Jan 2003)
- Gyp Room
“right next to my room. v big, between four of us and generally quite clean.” (Jan 2008)
“Massive kitchen next-door with four hob rings but you need to provide your own microwave. Technically shared between 4 people but more people use it.” (Jan 2007)
“about 4 people sharing, nice big kitchen with lots of cupboard space” (Jan 2006)
“It's a really nice, huge kitchen, just decorated and with loads of cupboard space! Shared between 4 people.” (Jan 2005)
“VERY large gyp room, shared between four people” (Feb 2004)
“kitchen is massive!! 4 of us share it, it's next to my room. it's lovely!!” (Jan 2003)
“Just down the stairs, decent size but not as big as the others on mortimer road. 7 sharing” (Jan 2003)
- Bath Room
“bathroom on the semi-floor below and another one with a shower the next floor down. between 4 and 6 of us use the shower but it's not really an issue. except the doors can be opened from the outside so beware of boys playing EVIL jokes when you're naked in the shower.” (Jan 2008)
“Bathroom on half-landing directly below, 2 showers - one next door and one two floors down. Average size.” (Jan 2007)
“tons of options whether you're a bath or a shower person, the shower in the house next door half a floor down is particularly refreshing before a 9 o'clock lecture” (Jan 2006)
“Down 1 floor to the bath; down 2 floors to the shower or 1 floor if you go across to house no.6. You never have to wait for the shower if you don't mind which one you go to.” (Jan 2005)
“Bathrooms are large enough, but only one between four” (Feb 2004)
“2 of us share bathroom with bath, v close to room. about 5 of us share bathroom with shower, down a flight of stairs from my room. but both are really nice!” (Jan 2003)
“One shower room at the bottom, and separate WC. On 3rd floor bathroom with WC and Bath 7 sharing” (Jan 2003)
- Furniture
“all pretty standard, fairly small wardrobe but it's manageable. sofa - some people call it a love seat....” (Jan 2008)
“Big desk, nice sofa (the only one in the house), normal bed, rubbish wardrobe, set of shelves, two chests of drawers, small coffee table, desk chair, other chair, stool (good for bedside table)” (Jan 2007)
“Yes that's right, the rumours are true, there is an actual SOFA in this room! All furniture is pretty cosy, nice big desk, bed, 2 chests of drawers, shelf, an armchair type thing, a spinny desk chair, coffee table, a little stool, long mirror, quite a small wardrobe though” (Jan 2006)
“Huge desk, lots of drawer and shelf space, a smallish sofa but a sofa nonetheless (only one in the house!), nice desk chair, wardrobe is a bit small. The bed's pretty comfy.” (Jan 2005)
“Desk large, nice sofa and drawers. Other than that, some of the furniture is a bit old and broken” (Feb 2004)
“large desk, coffee table, sofa!! lots of drawer space, wardrobe, book shelf.” (Jan 2003)
“Two large desks, two armchairs and 4 desk chairs. Two cabinets and many cupboards” (Jan 2003)
- Best Feature
“really good size!” (Jan 2008)
“2 lovely skylights, near to the kitchen, spacious, sofa” (Jan 2007)
“I love this room, it's got skylights so you can get back to nature and wake up with the sun, high sloping ceiling, not too big and not too small, always feels really cosy and full of light, and just generally has a nice atmosphere” (Jan 2006)
“It's a lovely room with a sofa! High ceiling, and two skylights as it's on the top floor. It's pretty big without being impossible to fill, and painted a nice yellow colour! It's also right next to the kitchen and the bathroom's not far. And near lots of other rooms, so very sociable if you like the people you're living with!” (Jan 2005)
“Large - high ceiling, good view, lots of sunlight” (Feb 2004)
“it is big with lotas of space and light, it's really nice!” (Jan 2003)
“its a bed sit, so can shove all the mess in there” (Jan 2003)
- Worst Feature
“FREEZING most of the time, and the skylight above the bed doesnt have a blind but im sure you could fix it” (Jan 2008)
“Often quite cold, very little hanging space for clothes, fluorescent main light” (Jan 2007)
“Can get a bit cold in winter, can't see all your clothes at once in the wardrobe” (Jan 2006)
“The radiator doesn't work too well so it's sometimes freezing, especially with lots of outside walls, but they're supposed to be fixing it.” (Jan 2005)
“Shabby furniture” (Feb 2004)
“being on top floor (long way to carry everything when moving in!). also mortimer rd. is a long way from college.” (Jan 2003)
“gets very cold because its at the top.. gas heating” (Jan 2003)
- General Comments
“nice to have a garden and lots of space in the house, but if you're living in morti try not to fall over at a bop and damage your ankle because its a pain to get all the way to town / sidgwick site on crutches.” (Jan 2008)
“Yellow walls, light brown carpet, blue curtains, brown furniture. Very light and airy. 10 sockets! Radiator is good when it works. Sloping ceilings, mantlepiece. Bedder very nice, sometimes even does your washing-up.” (Jan 2007)
“Painted a nice pale yellow with blue curtains and mostly brown furniture, lots of light, is now connected to the network, clean carpeted floor, housekeeper "Fred" is absolutely amazing- everything is always spotless” (Jan 2006)
“There's a full length mirror. The housekeeper is also very nice if you keep on the right side of her. Also, the network point isn't working yet, but we're supposed to be connected soon.” (Jan 2005)
“Bedder very friendly, heating not strong enough, not enough sockets, butoverall quite nice” (Feb 2004)
“it's really nice, house keepers are lovely, room is gorgeous and kitchen and bathrooms are lovely too.” (Jan 2003)
“adequate sunlight, landlady is nice once u get used to her. Decent furniture, needs a bit of a facelift to brighten the room up, but otherwise ok” (Jan 2003)
- Marks
- 8.3 out of 10 (3×9, 1×6, 1×7, 1×10, 1×8)
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