Agreed, and it was the entire first (underground) floor that was condemned. The place stank and allegedly the taps didn't put out water, but black gunk. Having seen the state of the rooms on floor 2 and up, I don't want to think what 1 might have been like. (It was locked).
What angered people most was not that the uni did the work, but that they treated us like children or cattle, and didn't offer any compensation.