I live in South House this year so thought I'd give you guys my view on Hillhead :-)
Am I right in thinking we didn't apply for accomodation til like June?? Hmm.
South House is by far the best choice in Hillhead (and no I'm not biased, I do have my reasons). My flat has 7 rooms and we all get along great. The rooms are a great size, desk, shelves, wardrobe, and sink with a mirror over it. In all fairness the Kitchen is a bit small but some flats are 5 people so it's not so bad. There's one fridge freezer, 2 cookers and 2 sinks in our flat. As for the toilets, we have one toilet, one shower room, and one shower/toilet which is great, we're all girls and not once have we had to wait to use the shower. (Remember this is the 7person flat, it's different for the 5 person one, you also can't choose which one you get put in btw).
We don't get cleaners, just the stairwell gets a wee hoover once a week, all the club promo flyers get picked up and the trolleys returned to Lidl -lol.
As for price, everything in Aberdeen is expensive. My friend in Glasgow has a much nicer flat than mine and she's paying less. I think NCC is ridiculously over priced though, but hey that's Unite for ya. The en suite is so unnecessary plus it means when you have parties people have to go in your room to use your toilet which doesn't even have a lock. Basically you're paying an extra £50 odd a week (Or for most of them.. SAAS is paying it) for a sofa and being perceived as the posho's of Hillhead
South House has amazing banter, always parties going on and there's loads of car parking if you want to have your car. The laundry room is right opposite too :-)
Fyfe/Wavell/Adam Smith are great albeit with small kitchens. This is because it was only recently changed to self-catering so bedrooms were turned into kitchens. Fyfe is a great choice for guys - they all seem to have a great laugh in there. And the hall type atmosphere does bring more people together I think, I definitely don't see it as a hindrance.
North Court is for non-first year students this year but I don't know if they rotate first years between North Court & South House annually. South House is also closest to Seaton Park for walking to Uni. Hahah.
Anyways hope this helped someone out! I'll be gutted to leave Hillhead in a few weeks time, it's honestly been an amazing start to uni and I hate the thought of someone else sleeping in this room next year! Aberdeen's a great move to make anyway. Good luck with offers