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Original post by kn_dragon
Hey!! I'm in SHB too! Though I chose Band B and got "superior single en-suite" :h: Needless to say, my parents are shocked at the rent but it's still not as bad as all my friends in London :tongue:


what is the rent per term?
Original post by 12284
what is the rent per term?


Per year it's like £4,413... so per term it's around £1,471
Original post by kn_dragon
Per year it's like £4,413... so per term it's around £1,471


Are you kidding me? I get 1.5k per term at King's for a small non-ensuite. jfc
Original post by Zacken
Are you kidding me? I get 1.5k per term at King's for a small non-ensuite. jfc


1.2k per term at trinity for ensuite (not sure of room size but is wolfson building)
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Original post by Zacken
Are you kidding me? I get 1.5k per term at King's for a small non-ensuite. jfc


****ing hell that's expensive.
Original post by Zacken
Are you kidding me? I get 1.5k per term at King's for a small non-ensuite. jfc


Christ's small ensuite was 900ish.

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Original post by jneill
Christ's small ensuite was 900ish.

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Homerton's nice sized ensuite is £3k + £600 you can spend on food per year. Didn't expect King's to be so exepensive.
Original post by Zacken
Are you kidding me? I get 1.5k per term at King's for a small non-ensuite. jfc


The way a college charge rent is sometimes different from college to college. (ie ; what's included in the rent)
Does yours include something that's not purely 'room charge' like utility, KFC, etc?
Also being an international means they provide all necessary bedding and perhaps they do laundry of bed linens. Are you paying separately for those? (If it's not, that's he'd den charge)
Original post by alow
Homerton's nice sized ensuite is £3k + £600 you can spend on food per year. Didn't expect King's to be so exepensive.


tbf we've got a price range, it goes from 1.1 to 1.5k a term but none of them are ensuite - you gotta share with 5/6 people. Maybe it's because it's in the centre idk
Original post by paddy10663
Second floor SHB as well!

I'm not sure what the layout inside is like, but the third floor looks really cool - they've got a balconies running all along each edge.


That's actually the fourth floor and that is where fellows live (as well as some teaching rooms), no students have balconies :tongue:
Original post by vincrows
The way a college charge rent is sometimes different from college to college. (ie ; what's included in the rent)
Does yours include something that's not purely 'room charge' like utility, KFC, etc?
Also being an international means they provide all necessary bedding and perhaps they do laundry of bed linens. Are you paying separately for those? (If it's not, that's he'd den charge)


(well the rooms are on a price range 1.1 to 1.5k per term, but they're all non-ensuite, though they do differ in size)

I'm pretty sure all the utility bills are paid for, but the KFC is separate: 170 per term.

And yep, they did have a option for the bedding pack, dunno about laundry, but the bedding pack cost 25 quid ontop of the rent.
Original post by Zacken
tbf we've got a price range, it goes from 1.1 to 1.5k a term but none of them are ensuite - you gotta share with 5/6 people. Maybe it's because it's in the centre idk


omg seriously?! I hope the rooms are big for that price...
Original post by PhysicsIP2016
omg seriously?! I hope the rooms are big for that price...


Some of them are tiny corridor boxes, others are bigger. Crossing my fingers I luck out in the ballot. :lol:
Original post by paddy10663
Second floor SHB as well!

I'm not sure what the layout inside is like, but the third floor looks really cool - they've got a balconies running all along each edge.


Original post by niamhscarlett
Yeah :biggrin: It's good to know we won't be going without knowing anyone first!! :smile:



Original post by kn_dragon
Oh wow same! XD second floor too! i'll definitely be seeing you on the first day then :biggrin:



Second floor SHB as well :smile: , (never realised there was so many Caisians on TSR.)
Original post by Zacken
Some of them are tiny corridor boxes, others are bigger. Crossing my fingers I luck out in the ballot. :lol:


Oh man, a ballot as well 😱 I feel for you...
Does Kings have a college rooms database?
Original post by Zacken
(well the rooms are on a price range 1.1 to 1.5k per term, but they're all non-ensuite, though they do differ in size)

I'm pretty sure all the utility bills are paid for, but the KFC is separate: 170 per term.

And yep, they did have a option for the bedding pack, dunno about laundry, but the bedding pack cost 25 quid ontop of the rent.


If you rent their bed linens, they change it to clean one (usually) every two weeks and laundry charge for that is included.
Some colleges charge utility separately and others included in rent.

If nothing is included in your rent and still that price for non- en suite, perhaps king's is not as socialist as they want us to believe.........
Slightly old data - but this might be interesting:

Screen Shot 2016-09-10 at 18.56.58.jpg

It still surprises me how much variation there is between colleges. And note the rent is "average" and again there's a range of rents above and below each college average (except Homerton and Newnham where everyone pays the same).
Original post by kn_dragon
Oh wow same! XD second floor too! i'll definitely be seeing you on the first day then :biggrin:


Original post by paddy10663
Second floor SHB as well! I'm not sure what the layout inside is like, but the third floor looks really cool - they've got a balconies running all along each edge.


Original post by JJarosz98
Second floor SHB as well :smile: , (never realised there was so many Caisians on TSR.)
Well, looks like we have a little group going! What are you all studying? :smile: I'm studying PBS. :biggrin:
Original post by PhysicsIP2016
Oh man, a ballot as well 😱 I feel for you...
Does Kings have a college rooms database?


Haha, yeaaaah. :tongue:

I don't think so - they used to have one set up by the old JCR from years ago, from what I gather on TSR but not anymore. The link is dead, at least.

Original post by vincrows
If you rent their bed linens, they change it to clean one (usually) every two weeks and laundry charge for that is included.
Some colleges charge utility separately and others included in rent.

If nothing is included in your rent and still that price for non- en suite, perhaps king's is not as socialist as they want us to believe.........


Ah, I don't suppose the bed linen you receive are new ones, are they? :tongue:

I'll update you once I get my final allocation. :smile:
Original post by jneill
Slightly old data - but this might be interesting:

Screen Shot 2016-09-10 at 18.56.58.jpg

It still surprises me how much variation there is between colleges. And note the rent is "average" and again there's a range of rents above and below each college average (except Homerton and Newnham where everyone pays the same).


Some years ago, John's tried to offer free accommodation to their students but met fierce opposition from all other colleges because it'd create unfair competition, so John's reluctantly gave up the idea.
It's interesting to see their rent is just about average and aren't even trying to offer cheaply.

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