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The information given below is based on 2 reviews as well as the 2007/2008 room list.
- Room Type and Floor
- Single Room, £783 per term (in 2007/2008).
- Room Floor
- No general agreement about floor, about 0.0.
- Room Facilities
- Network available. No washbasin available.
- Bedroom
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Could swing a hamster (~0.8 HC).
Not sure about view. ([unknown]).
- Noise
“If you look left from the window, you'd get a good view of St Mike's Court; look right and you'd see the Market Square. So noise-wise (from the street), it's not too bad during daytime. But then I rarely work in my room during daytime. As the window directly faces a wall of the little alley next to Paperchase, sometimes there are underage school kids drinking and swearing out loud in that alley in the afternoon. Nighttime: Noise can be pretty bad (think drunks) especially just after midnight, and the weekends. But you'd get used to it. You live literally in the centre of town, so can't complain about the noise! The window is single-glazed but the college, apparently, is going to install double-glazing, and is currently awaiting the city council to approve it (since the building is a rated one, but I fail to see how.) Also, the door is paper-thin. So all your conversations in your room can be heard quite clearly in the corridor (and vice versa). I hope you get reasonably quiet neighbours.” (Jan 2008)
“Sundays are a pain, bells seem to ring non stop, can also hear people in market square particularly very drunk people, they also pee in the outside your window, and worst of all if a shop alarm goes off you won't have much sleep during the night.” (Feb 2003)
- Gyp Room
“On the small floor (just a few steps away), and pretty big, with huge window which is usually opened so it keeps all the smell out. Shared by 7 people, although I always have the room to myself whenever I am in. As this is the international staircase, there is still a hob, with oven etc, and we all use it carefully so it doesn't get taken away like the rest!” (Jan 2008)
“Very small, with 8/9 sharing, so can get messy during weekends but nothing that can't be coped with.” (Feb 2003)
- Bath Room
“One toilet on the same floor, two showers (with toilets) and a single toilet on the floor above and a bath and a toilet on the top floor (there are three floors in the building). Shared by everyone in the staircase (10 people). Slightly annoying when you go upstairs and the shower is in use, so you have to get back down and wait and hope no one else from the other floors are waiting and get there before you! But the shower is a very good one (it isn't dripping like the ones in Morti Road, or only ever boiling hot like the ones in A Block Harvey Court). But as there are fellows living in the staircase too (in a seperate area), I had the experience of bumping into a fellow (in all his gowns etc returning from a Feast) after I just had a shower!” (Jan 2008)
“small closet-like bathroom with sink only on same landing. Need to go up another flight of steps to get to showers and 'nicer' toilets!” (Feb 2003)
- Furniture
“The room is carpeted with a bedside cupboard, chest of drawers, wardrobe, medium-size table, office chair, sofa, coffee table and 3 long mounted shelves. Small mirror above the bed. (No full-length mirror in the room or in the communal space of the staircase.)” (Jan 2008)
“bedside thingy, chair and chest of drawers only extras- well in is a small room but position the furniture correctly to make room look bigger!” (Feb 2003)
- Best Feature
“Very well heated up. The small size is a good thing because the room feels cosy once you've personalised it. Being in the centre of town, near college, near the library. (People from New Hall or something are very jealous of the location of my room!) Very useful if you have something to do in college early in the morning. Whenever I bought too much stuff to carry I can just pop back, drop them off and carry on! Not far to cycle to the Sidgwick Site, usually around 5 - 8 minutes depending on traffic (and walking to the science sites are fairly short too).” (Jan 2008)
“can be cosy - like dangling my feet out of window when on the phone. Also the room will NEVER be cold because of it's size (can get too hot sometimes- but I do still have a fan-heater)! Great location - don't need to trouble night porter to get in late!!!!” (Feb 2003)
- Worst Feature
“Also the size - because you can only ever fit 6 people in there comfortably (I will experiment with more later), so little possibility of a proper party. The lack of a full-length mirror anywhere; and the mirror in the room is way too high to be useful. The door does not shut properly even if you slam it. And no sink in the room - the sink in the toilet is tiny. The window also rattles very badly on a windy day and the door seems to rattle with it too. Since the window is at the same level as the entrance to St Mike's Court H staircase, the people coming in and out from there frequently stare into the room. It felt a bit like being an animal in the zoo, especially when I am eating ('feeding time!').” (Jan 2008)
“size - GREY carpet, rattley window which sounds like someone's banging on it on very windy days. Noise can be problematic (buy EARPLUGS if you're gonna live here)!” (Feb 2003)
- General Comments
“When I say 'swing a cat', I mean only along the length of the room. It is possible to swing a hamster along the width, but I wouldn't do it since it will smash into the mounted shelves. The bedder is really nice and sociable, cleans properly and is very helpful. There isn't enough sunlight in the room even on a sunny day. There are only 3 sockets in the room. The wardrobe is just big enough for me now (it is threatening to fall apart). The rent (including internet) is pretty low.” (Jan 2008)
“view is of alleyway between st. mikes H and st. Mary's but can see all of mike's court and market square which is quite nice- esp. in christmas and can dangle feet out of window in summer/autumn when weather is good while on the phone (like I do!!!!). Bedder likes Milk Tray Choc's (give them for christm's and she'll be nice to you)” (Feb 2003)
- Marks
- 7.0 out of 10 (1×6, 1×8)
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