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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
- Suite, £919 per term (in 2007/2008).
- Room Floor
- Second floor
- 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 sheep and a cow (~1.9 HC).
Overlooking a court or garden
- Noise
“The bedroom overlooks Rose Cresent, and is almost opposite McDonalds. It can get quite noisy at times, although some of the arguements you can hear are so amusing that you can almost forgive the people for waking you up at 3am. You get used to the noise after a while and I haven't had any problems sleeping. The bells all bloody Sunday however are a different matter, I can't think of a better reason for the invention of ASBOs than to deal with gung ho campanologists going at it on a Sunday morning (the tune is awful as well). These are a lot more annoying than McDonalds.” (Jan 2008)
“Bedroom overlooks Green street. So quite noisy at night, but at least it is not the Gardie's end. I have never had a problem with it.” (Jan 2006)
“Bedroom overlooks Rose Crescent - is noisy at night. To be honest I wouldn't have chosen this room if i'd have known Gardies wasn't going to be closing at Christmas. But saying that you do get used to the noise (most of the time) and the fights outside the room that you can watch/listen to are FANTASTICALLy FUNNY. But very very very very noisy” (Jan 2005)
“Bedroom v v v noisy at night as it overlooks Rose Crescent and has no double glazing. Fri and Sat nights the worse, although I have kind of got used to it.” (Jan 2004)
“Bedroom looks onto Rose Crescent - often quite noisy, especially midnight Gardies/Van crowd.” (Jan 2003)
- Gyp Room
“The gyp room is in a galley style, through a door in your hall, all newly done up and so looks impressive to start with. It however is very narrow and there is limited worktop space. The kitchen is shared with a fellow, she makes coffee and tea, which other than making toast is the only thing you can really do in there, and isn't around in the evening. As a result you have a gyp room to yourslef which no one else can access but you can't really do much with it. Also no fridge in here, but there is one in your hallway.” (Jan 2008)
“I virtually have my own kitchen, since it is attached to the hallway in the same way as the bedroom and living room are and I share it with Dr.Harper who has her study on the other side of the kitchen. She only makes tea in there, and goes home by about 6 o clock, so it is pretty cool. That said the cooking facilities are a tiny hob.” (Jan 2006)
“Very small, one gas hob but tons and tons of cupboard space. Shared with the fellow on the same floor (but she only uses it for a very odd cup of tea so is essentially yours). And you have your own fridge in the hallway section of your room which is very handy and convenient.” (Jan 2005)
“V V small- a bunsen burner for a hob. Is directly off my room and I share it with the Fellow who lives next door who also has access to it from her room. Lots of cupboards!” (Jan 2004)
“Gyp room links onto sitting room, and is only shared with Dr. Harper. But it's tiny with only one gas ring.” (Jan 2003)
- Bath Room
“In the bottom of St Mikes with three flights of stairs between you and it, one is stone as well, bring slippers. The showers are communal cubicals, very much a la rugby club. But there are plenty of them and they work well. Sink in you room so you don't have to worry about going down three flights of stairs to shave e.t.c. The toilets are all in the basement but have recently been done up cleaned regularly e.t.c” (Jan 2008)
“Bathrooms are in the basement. Once you get down there, i cannot recomment the baths enough. they are free standing, spacious and generally a splendid place to spend some quality time. I have never bumped into anyone in the bathrooms ever.” (Jan 2006)
“Toilets and showers all three floors down - which is a bit of an arse in the middle of the night. All facilities are shared by two staircases. Saying that i've never once had to wait for either - in fact i've never even seen another person in the shower room (which has two showers and two baths) so in that sense it's great.” (Jan 2005)
“Toilets 3 floors down- ditto for showers. Shared by whole staircase and possibly 1 other as well, but I have never had to wait.” (Jan 2004)
“Plenty of facilities, but in basement - three floors down. Cold.” (Jan 2003)
- Furniture
“There is a standard desk, in the window, and some less than inspiring book cases (see shelves with wooden bits down the side). There is a rather nice large table in a corner that would make an excellent dinning table, but it doesn't really fit in the centre of the room. More importantly there is a sofa (college style not dfs style) and a matching chair set, and finally a pleasant dark wooden cabinet which makes for a nice place to store your sinlge malts and cut class decanter. There is also a fire place with the college crest (badly painted) but you will have read all about that in all the other reviews so far. The gas fire is very good but a complete health and safety risk, it is at the moment held to the wall with duct tape. Almost forgot, there is a small fridge with a small freezer compartment, can't fit much in but you can after three years at uni finally have ice in your drinks.” (Jan 2008)
“In the bedroom there is a bedside table and a dressing table and a chair and a bedside lamp. In the hallway there is a fridge, which is all yours. It is very cool having your own fridge. In the living room, there is a nice dining table, an armchair and a sofa type chair of the typical caius variety. then there are two dining table chairs. There is a desk at the window with a desk chair. There is a nice chest of drawers and two bookcases.” (Jan 2006)
“Small dining table, desk, two bookcases, cabinet, sofa (although not overly comfy - but is still a sofa!), one other comfy chair, couple of hard-backed chair, coffee table. In the bedroom there is a sink cabinet, big chest of drawers and a ginormous wardrobe.” (Jan 2005)
“small dining table, sofa, smallish desk. Lots of drawers, cupboards, shelves etc.” (Jan 2004)
“Desk small, but room has dining table, loads of shelves, cupboards & sofa. Gas fire.” (Jan 2003)
- Best Feature
“The fire and sofa combination, along with some rugs and cushions makes this a very cosy room in winter. The view over the various spires and chapels is attractive. There is plenty of storage space across the two rooms. It is also one of those rooms where you can work without being distracted, it is airy and gets lots of light and is often a more attractive prospect than the college library full of noisy freshers.” (Jan 2008)
“It is a brilliant room. It is like a little flat. There are only two other students on the staircase in the rooms above yours, so it is quiet and private etc. the fridge is ace, the living room is pretty big, with a nice view of Kings chapel. all in all a great room to have in your last year. If you had mates in the rooms above you on the staircase, it would be unbelievable. Think of the parties...” (Jan 2006)
“Its a set, is very big, the fireplace is pretty (crested and painted), little square metre of hall with fridge means there's somewhere to dump coats/umbrellas, etc.” (Jan 2005)
“Size, the fact it's a set, location, network connection, it's got its own fridge.” (Jan 2004)
“Loads of space, nicely divided, very comfortable. Good views.” (Jan 2003)
- Worst Feature
“There is nothing terribly bad about the room, just minor annoyances. The dinner table you can't eat around, the gyp room which you can't really cook in. The room is also a bit sparse without decoration, and the noise would most likely be a problem for a light sleeper. I don't think that there is anything worng personally but others may prefer a bigger set or closer showers.” (Jan 2008)
“Can get a bit chilly by the windows because they are old school stone affairs, so let in some draught. But that is a minor quibble.” (Jan 2006)
“Noise from RC is an official pain in the ass but actually is liveable (and probably is no worse than say having the noise of the market square to contend with all day long from your living room). Distance to toilets (especially in the night/first thing in the morning)” (Jan 2005)
“Noise from Rose Crescent, distance to toilet (3 floors).” (Jan 2004)
“Noise from RC irritating at times.” (Jan 2003)
- General Comments
“The set is not the biggest by far in college nor is the view the nicest (but who cares about seeing Tree Court from your bedroom, you walk through it every day). However it is one of the best rooms outside of the 'uber' sets in the Old Courts and in my opinion is certainly better decorated and furnished than either of the U staircase sets. It doesn't have the down sides of the Old Courts; cupboards for gyp rooms shared between eight people, its too far away for people to drop in for a quick sherry before hall and leave thir gowns there after. Overall an excellent room pushing brilliant, though I would advise looking around it before balloting if you are concerned about the noise levels.” (Jan 2008)
“Lots of sunlight inthe living room. The bedder is a lovely woman, very friendly and accomodating ( i.e. does not wake you up just clears up your living room and lets you carry on sleeping in your bedroom). There is a huge built in wardrobe in the bedroom, you could keep a farmyard animal in there.” (Jan 2006)
“Bedder is great and really meticulous (sp?). Carpet isn't bad and decor is pretty much up to scratch. Wardrobe space is awesome. Heating is quite good - and the fire really throws some heat out when on full. 2 sockets in the bedroom and 4 in the living room so fairly good.” (Jan 2005)
“Bedder is the best bedder in Cambridge, lots of storage space, normal amount of sockets” (Jan 2004)
“Plenty of sunlight in sitting room, very little in bedroom. Furniture in good nick. Bedder is fantastic.” (Jan 2003)
- Marks
- 8.6 out of 10 (4×9, 1×7)
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