The Warwick Accommodation Thread (+Guide in Post#1)

Not a good idea to bring a PC then.. If you don't want the accommodation they offered you ,will there be an alternative by Warwick or in that case you have to rent by yourself?

You can swap accommodation after 2 weeks or so, for a fee, and so long as there's someone willing to move from a 39 week to a 30 week

There may be an alternative provided by Warwick, but you will be lowest priority, so it may not be on campus at all!

Hi everyone,

I have applied for accommodation and did so really quickly, did a fair bit of research and just went for it. I ended up choosing Rootes as my first choice, with only my last three choices being en suite options.

I'm suddenly (and inexplicably) having a panic about not having an en-suite, though the idea of this never bothered me before. Would love to hear some experiences of people who chose Rootes or other non en suite options?

Thanks for all your help, this thread has been indispensable!

It's really not the end of the world . You'll have 3/4 toilets and 2 or so showers to share down your corridor, so there'll never be a queue . They'll get cleaned 3 days a week, if not daily. It just might be a bit more of a pain to put your dressing gown on before heading out of your room



You take your stuff with you . There are small lockable cupboards above the wardrobe to leave some stuff in, but you can't keep everything there. There are small cupboards which aren't locked in the corridor as well, but stuff does go missing frequently. If you come from the UK, it's not a hassle too much to take your stuff home, but if you're international, you may want to look into student storage companies for the holidays

Ahh ok. Thanks for info.

I e-mailed ugadmissions this morning in order to ask them why my offer has not been confirmed yet.

"We are unable to make a decision on your application until we receive all the required documents to confirm you have met the conditions of our offer.Please note that the following elements of our offer must be fulfilled by 31st August 2013 before we can confirm our offer.



This is the response that I received from them just now. The problem is, unless I completely misunderstood what they were asking, I am absolutely certain that I sent them those exact documents over two weeks ago. Can anyone explain in detail what those two are supposed to be and why they might've refused to acknowledge my documents? At the very least, the second one should be confirmed via my diploma, which contains the grades that I got on my exams...

Woooohoooo finally got my offer! (Lakeside) I thought of doing it on my own at Leam, but whatever, certainty at last!, so I accepted and done with all this accommodation nerve-wrecking stuff

Anybody got Lakeside as well already? And... is it really THAT far away?

Hi All. I will be commencing my Phd at Warwick this September. As i will be coming to Warwick with my wife and little son, i applied for family housing and got a two bedroom at the Lakeside apartments. Is anyone here also taking up residence in one of the Lakeside flats? Please i desperately need information on what the flats look like, how comfortable they are and how enjoyable it is to live in them. I look forward to helpful replies. Thanks.

I take it this is a PG offer for accommodation?

And it's not that far away . It's only about 10 minutes from central campus (5 to the business school). It's a bit further to Tesco, but that's about it

Woooohoooo finally got my offer! (Lakeside) I thought of doing it on my own at Leam, but whatever, certainty at last!, so I accepted and done with all this accommodation nerve-wrecking stuff

Anybody got Lakeside as well already? And... is it really THAT far away?

Ok, I have Bluebell as my first choice, and Sherbourne as my second. What are the chances of me getting my first choice?
And what are people's opinions on Bluebell/Sherbourne?

I'm just across the road in Redfern, and no, it's not that far.

So far, everything I've seen about the university, especially from this thread, makes it seem like an extremely extroverted environment, even moreso than it is for other universities. As someone who really doesn't want to have anything to do with that and only wants to study, this worries me greatly. How bad are things going to be for me?