If you get accepted to 14 Northcourt House . DO NOT ACCEPT. There are 9 rooms, on three levels. It is an extremely old, run down, cold and disgusting house. The rooms are horrible, nothing like they look on the reading accommodation website there was mold and mildew in both, the carpet was dirty and ripped up and coming off of the floorboards and the old windows were so drafty they were almost pointless. The whole house is very dark, cold and gloomy. The rooms are not well furnished and have been poorly maintained. I do not think they have been updated since the 1940s or 50s. There is one kitchen on the main floor, it is extremely dirty, run down and the stovetop and oven took extremely long to heat up( It took me 15 minutes to get my frying pan hot enough to make scrambled eggs) The fridges are located down a long , mudded hallway and the cabinets and facilities in the kitchen were extremely dated. It looks like a kitchen from the early 1900s. The internet throughout the whole house is very slow and difficult to set up.The absolute WORST part about this house are the bathrooms. The bathrooms were disgusting, almost unlivable. They were freezing, the tubs were dirty and looked atleast 30 years old and the water did not mix. So you either had freezing water or boiling water and no shower head! You had to use a bucket to wash yourself and it was extremely uncomfortable. There were bugs in the bathroom and kitchen and evidence of rats as well.I am writing this only as a warning to students considering living in 14 northcourt house!