University of Edinburgh Accommodation Thread for Entry 2014/15

I applied for accommodation about 2-3 weeks ago online. I think my choices were College Wynd, Robertson somethingsomething and..-- the last one has escaped me, oops. But I didn't receive any sort of conformation email or anything of the sort. I was just wondering if I'm supposed to have heard anything by now in case I messed up the application and need to do it again?

I applied for accomodation before I firmed my offer, will I need to send off another application form? It was a conditional offer ... I also haven't heard anything back so that's a relief!

I don't think it's fully booked yet, because I just asked their staff for information. Maybe its because the prices are SOOOOO high.... but in exchange to the privacy you would get if you like living alone. Most of the rooms that are left are studios. (I think)

I can't apply to accommodation on the website of Edinburgh. Terrible website. If I want to use my email adress it says 'This email is already in use', yeah duh, I just want to continue the process. But that is not possible. When I want to activate the code it says 'the code has expired, please reregister', but it is not possible to reregister. So I can't use two email adresses anymore and made a new email adress but I can't use that one either because the website remembers my email adress and now I am stuck in the application process with an email adress that doesn't work. anyone had these problems as well? I need another computer probably to try it again and then finish the whole application at once.

Did you try using different browser?

That's quite a lot of questions! I can answer some of them second hand as my son lived for his first year at Portsburgh Court. Value for money - couldn't say, as we didn't look anywhere else. It is right across the road from ECA so the extra rent was compensated for in part by no transport costs. The kitchen was standard sized for a hall of residence, as were the bedrooms. Close enough to walk into town for the usual facilities. As for the friendliness of the people, well that's nothing to do with the hall of residence! There was a mix of students from ECA and UoE in his flat. They were all first years. You can choose which room you want, so he and a friend from home went into the same flat together. Don't know about smoking. If you are at George Square, it's further away than some other places, but I don't know much about them. It was a trouble free place to live for a newcomer to the city, but not cheap.

Just applied for Warrender Park Road, Warrender Park Crescent and Nicholson Street in thath order!

Hi, I will be studying 1^st year architecture at Edinburgh, and trying to figure out which self-catered accommodation suit my course most. First question, does 1^st year architecture students only go to Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) everyday? If yes, I will choose Portsburgh for 1^st choice. However I have no idea which others flats I put for other 2 choice. By looking at the map, Kincaid’s Court and College Wynd are real close to and walkable to ECA. But heard from previous post that there will be noisy at night and are sirens the whole time, because they are in Cowgate area. That put me off because I am not a drinker. Do you have any other suggestion that is close to ECA and nice? Again on the map, Mansion Fountainbridge and IQ Fountainbridge are on the other side of ECA taht seem to be close. I wonder how long to walk from there to ECA? Comment on them? I really don't want to take bus everyday. Thank you.

Hey, i've accepted my unconditional offer to do psychology at Edinburgh. I was wondering where the psychology lectures are held so that i know what accommodation is near the building? I'm hopefully gonna move into a self-catered girls only flat.
I was also wondering when to apply for accomodation - can i do it anytime or after i've applied to SAAS?

I can't apply to accommodation on the website of Edinburgh. Terrible website. If I want to use my email adress it says 'This email is already in use', yeah duh, I just want to continue the process. But that is not possible. When I want to activate the code it says 'the code has expired, please reregister', but it is not possible to reregister. So I can't use two email adresses anymore and made a new email adress but I can't use that one either because the website remembers my email adress and now I am stuck in the application process with an email adress that doesn't work. anyone had these problems as well? I need another computer probably to try it again and then finish the whole application at once.

The psychology department is located in George Sq. Most of the self catered accommodation is about 15 minutes walk.

To apply for accommodation you need to do it using an online link on the accommodation section of the Edinburgh University website.

They are already open so you can apply now. You will be given your allocation later in the summer.

SAAS is a separate application which is made independently of the accommodation application.

Hope this helps.




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If you apply for accommodation at edinburgh are you guaranteed to be put in student halls/ flats because I've heard of people from other unis being put in flat out-with the main halls with just a couple of other people

Please read the OP.

Hi, does anyone here know how long the tenure is for the accommodation, as in how many months do you get it for, once you've paid ?

Hi, does anyone here know how long the tenure is for the accommodation, as in how many months do you get it for, once you've paid ?