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The information given below is based on 5 reviews as well as the 2007/2008 room list.
- Room Type and Floor
- Single Room, £831 per term (in 2007/2008).
- Room Floor
- Ground floor
- Room Facilities
- Network available. No washbasin available.
- Bedroom
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Could swing something between a sheep and a cow (~2.1 HC).
Overlooking a street.
- Noise
“not very” (Feb 2008)
“Can be a bit noisy at night but nothing major.” (Feb 2006)
“Occassionally a truck passes by to get to Hughes Hall in the morning. There's also the occassional siren from the fire station by Parker's Piece. Despite this, noise isn't really a problem. The street is very quiet at night especially.” (Jan 2005)
“Loud noise from builders outside, often early in the morning - but this will not be a problem by next year. Well-insulated from noise within the house.” (Jan 2005)
“Noise from street during night, close to fire and police stations, so you hear the sirens alot” (Jan 2003)
- Gyp Room
“1 downstairs 1 two floors above, both shared by 7 and 8 morty, enough cupboards but not neccessarily enough fridge space. i have never been food shopping in my life so don't go to the kitchen much, nice table to chill out on and have lunch with mates/good for ring of fire” (Feb 2008)
“This house has the most amazing kitchens! The kitchen in the basement is the one I use and it's huge with 2 sets of 4 hobs, 2 fridges, 2 sinks, a table and chairs and loads of work-surfaces and cupboards. It's very sociable- we're often all sat around in there.” (Feb 2006)
“Quite possibly the best kitchen in Caius. It's massive compared to the tiny things we had in Harvey Court. There's 2 sinks, 2 fridges, 2 hobs (with 4 rings each) and more cupboard space than you'll know what to do with. There's also a table. The kitchen is so nice that most of the house use it, even those who's rooms are closer to the other kitchen. It's a very sociable place. The kitchen isn't exactly next to my room, it's in the basement, but it's a minor inconvenience.” (Jan 2005)
“Quite spacious and only shared between 4/5, but up one floor from bedroom.” (Jan 2005)
“Quite close, two massive gyp rooms shared between 14 people in 7 & 8 Mortimer Road. More than adequate.” (Jan 2003)
- Bath Room
“1 on my floor shared between 4, but better to use the one on floor above, much nicer shower, and closer” (Feb 2008)
“Plenty of bathrooms, 4 bathrooms with showers, one with bath, one with just a toilet and sink, and an ensuite in room 1 house 8. I've never had to wait for a shower.” (Feb 2006)
“Bathrooms are plentiful in this house. I count 6. It more than makes up for the fact that none of the rooms have sinks. The bathrooms are fairly small, but very nice. The showers actually work, unlike in HC, and having to wait for the bathroom to be free is rare.” (Jan 2005)
“Quite large, with excellent shower. Shared between 3.” (Jan 2005)
“Plenty containing either showers or baths. Don't have to queue to shower.” (Jan 2003)
- Furniture
“desk, wardrobe, shelves, bookcase, nice fireplace, colour cheme blue and yellow(wee colour)” (Feb 2008)
“Bed, bed-side table, 2 comfy chairs, swivel computer chair, desk, wardrobe, coffee table, chest of drawers, bookcase.” (Feb 2006)
“Ok....looking around I have: A medium sized desk (just big enough for a computer and some workspace if you use a flatscreen monitor) A wheely chair for the desk A cupboard 2 sitting chairs A coffee table A bedside table A chest of drawers A bookshelf A lamp A full length mirror A notice board All items are pine effect (maybe beech, I'm not a wood expert) and blue (the chairs and curtains). The walls are light yellow/cream.” (Jan 2005)
“Large desk, adequate wardrobe, but nothing very exciting - room can feel slightly bare without rug etc.” (Jan 2005)
“Desk is ok, otherwise there's a couple of chairs etc which are probably from ikea. Could do with a bit more wardrobe space, but otherwise good.” (Jan 2003)
- Best Feature
“lots of light-massive windows,” (Feb 2008)
“It's size, bay window, the fact it's in this house and on the ground floor. It's very near the downstairs kitchen and bathrooms. It's in quite a sociable spot as it's next to the front door.” (Feb 2006)
“1. The space - The room is big without feeling too big 2. TV aerial socket - the house has an aerial with fairly good reception (especially with a freeview box) 3. A 7 minute walk to the Chemistry department 4. There's a sheltered bike rack in the back garden 5. Less than 10 minutes walk from - A cinema, KFC, an off-liscence/newsagent, a gym, a kebab shop, a curry house, about 5 pubs and the Grafton centre. 6. Less than 20 minutes walk from the huge Asda and Tesco shops, plus all the other big shops on that trading estate (PC World, Halfords, etc)” (Jan 2005)
“There's plently of space, large bay windows make the room well-lit by sunlight during the day, and walls/ceiling are newly decorated.” (Jan 2005)
“Size” (Jan 2003)
- Worst Feature
“lampost outside shines through curtains at night old bint lives below with a barking dog and tells you off for being too noisy (mostly music and movies) hopefully she'll go deaf soon” (Feb 2008)
“It can get quite cold as it's so big and the windows are so huge and the windows rattle a little bit.” (Feb 2006)
“1. The room, and house in general, can get quite cold. The heating is on most of the time but it loses out against the size of the rooms and the large windows. 2. Quite far from college and very far from the West Cambridge site. It takes a good 15 minutes or more to walk to college. 3. The view. Yep, you'll be treated to a lovely view of the back of Kelsey Kerridge if you live here.” (Jan 2005)
“Having to go upstairs for everything - sink, bathroom, kitchen, fellow housemates - and (this year) loud noise from builders.” (Jan 2005)
“Lack of a sink” (Jan 2003)
- General Comments
“some twat (ALEX FERDI) burnt holes all over the carpet” (Feb 2008)
“The house keeper is lovely, the house has been recently done-up so it all looks nice and new still. We get our washing-up done for us from time to time if we're good. Houses 7 and 8 are the best on Morti road and all the rooms in them are fairly similar, although the rooms on the ground floor are the biggest.” (Feb 2006)
“In case it's not obvious, houses 7 and 8 are joined. You can walk between the two houses on the ground floor and the 2nd floor. The bedder, who is also the housekeeper, is pretty good. The bins aren't emptied very often, usually just once a week when she cleans the rooms. The fire alarms are tested every friday afternoon, but it's only on momentarily. The laundry room is actually in the garage of house 2. It's a bit of a pain having to trek down the street, but the facilities are free. There's 4 washing machines and 2 tumble dryers, all huge. There's also an ironing table. Although I said there's a network point, it's currently not connected to the network. There are conflicting rumours as to if/when we'll be connected. Don't believe anyone who tells you it'll be done over summer, not even the computing office. They've made the same promise for three years in a row. There is an old lady who lives below house 7, who is an ex-bedder. You'll never see her, but you'll hear her dog barking sometimes. We were told at the start of the year not to make too much noise because of her, but we've never had any complaints despite our best efforts.” (Jan 2005)
“Generally a large, attractive room with adequate furniture. Bedder is friendly and easy-going, and never complains about reasonable noise levels (including often lengthy music practice). Basically a very good room if you don't mind walking upstairs a lot.” (Jan 2005)
“Bedder has been known to be difficult” (Jan 2003)
- Marks
- 8.2 out of 10 (2×8, 2×9, 1×7)
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