•
The place is very much like a hotel, not in the way that it is luxury, but in the way that the place is really "shut door". There's no walking about and meeting new people who just leave their doors open like it is in halls, the place is very closed down and anti-social
•
Appliances in the kitchen are very cheap, the toaster was so small that I couldn't even fit my standard sized Warburton's Orange bread in there!
•
I have to go through 5 doors to get to my room. The outside gate; the door to the block; the second door to the block; in the lift (I don't count this as a door); my flat door; and finally my room door. Opal is billed as "very secure", but it's easy to follow someone else through the doors, and some of the gates aren't even working at the moment
•
Things break often, and when they do, it takes Opal MONTHS to repair them. For example, the D block lift was broken for 2-3 months I believe, meaning that those living on the higher floors had to walk up 3-5 flights of stairs every time they wanted to get to their room. This is okay for a week, but it took them TOO long to fix it
•
"Very secure", but they leave a side gate open, rendering all the external gates completely useless
•
Some of the staff are extremely rude, I've had someone refer to me as "that ****ing dickhead in there", after I complained that the remote to our TV didn't work (and therefore we were unable to watch any digital channels since the switch-over
•
The common room roof leaked 2-3 weeks ago, and they still haven't fixed it. Surely it doesn't take that long to get someone out to fix a roof? It's a good job the roof didn't break on an accommodation block!
•
It's relatively expensive to wash your clothes. £2.20 for a decent spin, then a quid to dry your clothes. Compared to the washing machines and dryers of other accommodation, this is expensive
•
You might not necessarily live with people like you. I was lucky to be put with 3 other lively first years, but friends have been put with Chinese students, who don't say a word to them (even when spoken to). In before "that's racist"
•
The internet is relatively slow, and you have to pay if you want to use more than one device. It's outsourced to a company called "Ask4" who provide a basic service of 4Mbit. You can upgrade to 30, 60 or 100Mbit, but it's very expensive. You also have to pay £15 or so to upgrade to use more devices, which I had to do in order to use my phone, iPad, Kindle
•
No wireless internet access in rooms, which can be quite frustrating. I purchased a router which allowed me to share my connection wirelessly
•
It's expensive for what you get. At ~£115 per week at the cheapest, you're going to be paying a lot more than your friends in other places. This really isn't justified.
Scroll to see replies
•
The place is very much like a hotel, not in the way that it is luxury, but in the way that the place is really "shut door". There's no walking about and meeting new people who just leave their doors open like it is in halls, the place is very closed down and anti-social
•
Appliances in the kitchen are very cheap, the toaster was so small that I couldn't even fit my standard sized Warburton's Orange bread in there!
•
I have to go through 5 doors to get to my room. The outside gate; the door to the block; the second door to the block; in the lift (I don't count this as a door); my flat door; and finally my room door. Opal is billed as "very secure", but it's easy to follow someone else through the doors, and some of the gates aren't even working at the moment
•
Things break often, and when they do, it takes Opal MONTHS to repair them. For example, the D block lift was broken for 2-3 months I believe, meaning that those living on the higher floors had to walk up 3-5 flights of stairs every time they wanted to get to their room. This is okay for a week, but it took them TOO long to fix it
•
"Very secure", but they leave a side gate open, rendering all the external gates completely useless
•
Some of the staff are extremely rude, I've had someone refer to me as "that ****ing dickhead in there", after I complained that the remote to our TV didn't work (and therefore we were unable to watch any digital channels since the switch-over
•
The common room roof leaked 2-3 weeks ago, and they still haven't fixed it. Surely it doesn't take that long to get someone out to fix a roof? It's a good job the roof didn't break on an accommodation block!
•
It's relatively expensive to wash your clothes. £2.20 for a decent spin, then a quid to dry your clothes. Compared to the washing machines and dryers of other accommodation, this is expensive
•
You might not necessarily live with people like you. I was lucky to be put with 3 other lively first years, but friends have been put with Chinese students, who don't say a word to them (even when spoken to). In before "that's racist"
•
The internet is relatively slow, and you have to pay if you want to use more than one device. It's outsourced to a company called "Ask4" who provide a basic service of 4Mbit. You can upgrade to 30, 60 or 100Mbit, but it's very expensive. You also have to pay £15 or so to upgrade to use more devices, which I had to do in order to use my phone, iPad, Kindle
•
No wireless internet access in rooms, which can be quite frustrating. I purchased a router which allowed me to share my connection wirelessly
•
It's expensive for what you get. At ~£115 per week at the cheapest, you're going to be paying a lot more than your friends in other places. This really isn't justified.
Last reply 1 week ago
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) applicants thread 2024Last reply 1 week ago
Official Nottingham Trent Offer Holders Thread for 2024 entryLast reply 3 weeks ago
Is private uni accomidation better, or is uni halls?Last reply 1 week ago
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) applicants thread 2024Last reply 1 week ago
Official Nottingham Trent Offer Holders Thread for 2024 entryLast reply 3 weeks ago
Is private uni accomidation better, or is uni halls?