What course are you doing?
Yeah, the flats are separated like in one building there would be 6 floors or so with 4 flats on each
then within each flat there would be four or more rooms off a corridor (normally 4 or 6) which have your bed, desk space, wardrobe and en-suite in and then at the end there is a kitchen, dining area and sometimes a sitting area depending on which ones you choose.
You can choose studios where you have your own kitchen in your room but these are a lot more expensive and I think its better to share as then you have more of a chance of making friends?
I really like Manor Bank, New Bridge Street and Victoria Halls, these are off campus but are at max at 5 minute walk from the uni, I also quite fancy the new one in Gateshead but that's a 20 minute walk so I'm not sure.
Also it depends whether you want catered or self-catered, as I think the only catered one in Claude Gibb, but I'm not so sure.
Hope this helps, I'm doing Biomedical Sciences