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The information given below is based on 3 reviews as well as the 2007/2008 room list.
- Room Type and Floor
- Single Room, £866 per term (in 2007/2008).
- Room Floor
- Forth floor
- Room Facilities
- Network available. No washbasin available.
- Bedroom
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Could swing something between a cat and a sheep (~1.6 HC).
Overlooking a street.
- Noise
“It gets fairly noisy on friday nights and both during the day (shoppers) and at night (drunk students) on saturday. Shutting the windows helps though, and one gets used to the noise fairly soon anyway.” (Jan 2008)
“Occasional noise from people on King's Parade. From time to time rumbles from the water tank above. And the wind! Whistling around the walls, down the chimney, through the window frame and door, snapping the halyard against the flagpole etc. The noise isn't a problem.” (Jan 2004)
“Some noise from people on Kings Parade at night and a few lorries in the morning but neither is really a problem; generally very quiet. Also, spiral staircase blocks out most noise from O staircase (which is otherwise v. noisy)” (Jan 2003)
- Gyp Room
“Fantastic - large, and shared between about 5 people - nice and sociable, and the size of the gyp room permits this.” (Jan 2008)
“1 Floor down, pretty small. Shared between 6 (has 2 fridges).” (Jan 2004)
“Gyp room 1 flight of stairs below. Usual gyproom facilities (i.e. poor). Has a hob, two fridges to share between 6” (Jan 2003)
- Bath Room
“Good showers, although not on the same level as O18; they're 1 or 2 floors down.” (Jan 2008)
“1 Floor down, shower, toilet and 2 basins. Shared between six, but all but 2 have their own basins so it's not too bad. There are 2 more similar rooms on the floors below.” (Jan 2004)
“Good bathroom (shower only) one floor below, share between 6” (Jan 2003)
- Furniture
“Bed, large desk, wardrobe, two chairs, 2 bookcases, 1 coffee table, and big window cupboards - great for storage, and for sitting on...” (Jan 2008)
“Mirror, OK desk, 2 bookshelves, wardrobe, bed, 3 chairs (none really armchairs). There is a fantastic Victorian fitted cupboards/chest of drawers thing that provides huge amounts of storage space and a lot of window ledge. The 'Nick Fawcett Memorial Uplighter' is also to be found here - indeed it cannot be removed down the spiral staircase.” (Jan 2004)
“Small-ish desk but otherwise plenty of shelf\cupboard space.” (Jan 2003)
- Best Feature
“The view and the spiral staircase up to it!” (Jan 2008)
“THE VIEW, absolutely. Best in Cambridge (in my opinion), over King's Parade (this is the room in the tower). People from other colleges will gasp in admiration as you point your room out, etc.” (Jan 2004)
“The view - one of the best over Cambridge. Also it has plenty of character, and O staircase is excellent as a communal staircase (much more so than the other Tree ct stairs excluding S).” (Jan 2003)
- Worst Feature
“The four flights of stairs to climb.” (Jan 2008)
“The stairs - 84 in all from ground level. Can become rather tiresome.” (Jan 2004)
“5 flights of stairs can be a pain, though you get used to them+keeps you fit. Can be cold+windy since the windows are single glazed, though the room has heating.” (Jan 2003)
- General Comments
“Very sunny.” (Jan 2008)
“Very high ceiling (about 15 feet) - the room is approximately a cube. 2x2 Electric sockets. Network socket in odd place, you might want a 10m network cable. South facing - can be too bright. Just redecorated after the water tanks exploded during the summer - so newly carpeted and painted. New mattress, too. Heating a little strange - radiator that doesn't do much except heat one bookcase and electric heater which is OK. Picture hanging is a potentially lethal pastime - very, very high picture rail. You might want extra lighting. In all - you can live here in comfort and get the views and general madness of the room, but you might be giving up a nice set elsewhere. What do you want from a room?” (Jan 2004)
“South facing, so gets the daylight sun & fantastic sunsets. Very high ceilings make the room larger. One of the best rooms for character+for gazing out the window.” (Jan 2003)
- Marks
- 9.0 out of 10 (3×9)
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