Unite Accomodation

So my first choice accomodation is Unite run and newly built, we are yet to receive our offers yet but I've read a few bad reviews about the company so am slightly worried! Anyone with experience of them or who has heard about them, are they as bad as some people have made out or is there nothing to worry about? Thanks!

Reply 1

sqwertylol

they;re not as good as normal halls but they're okay. just make sure you look after your room and take pictures if needed of everything in the room when you move in so that they cant shake you down at the end of the year for a stain that was already there when you moved in.

Reply 2

sqwertylol

the thing i hated about mine was the fact they used key cards instead of keys. seems like a small thing right? but it felt like i was living in a travel lodge or cheap hotel. Theres something about a set of keys that is more homely than a key card

Reply 3

Annabellelnp

Original post by sqwertylol

Ahh yeah I get what you mean, I'd prefer a set of keys! Was it very sociable to live with them?

Reply 4

sqwertylol

Original post by Annabellelnp

Ahh yeah I get what you mean, I'd prefer a set of keys! Was it very sociable to live with them?

yeh relatively. my flat mates weren't the best which ruined it a bit. if I had got good flat mates it would have been great. that matters more than accommodation to be honest. most accommodation is very similar really.

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Reply 5

Annabellelnp

Original post by sqwertylol

Yeah I'm just hoping for good people haha. How come your flat mates weren't great?? Were you living in cluster flats by the way?

Reply 6

sqwertylol

Original post by Annabellelnp

Yeah I'm just hoping for good people haha. How come your flat mates weren't great?? Were you living in cluster flats by the way?

whats cluster flats? they were mostly private school and had very little social lives. some had never been out to a bar/club.

Reply 7

Annabellelnp

Original post by sqwertylol

whats cluster flats? they were mostly private school and had very little social lives. some had never been out to a bar/club.

That's just what my ones are described as on the website aha. Ahh that sucks! Apparently a lot of private schooled people go to my uni as well but hopefully they won't be too bad!

Reply 8

sqwertylol

Original post by Annabellelnp

That's just what my ones are described as on the website aha. Ahh that sucks! Apparently a lot of private schooled people go to my uni as well but hopefully they won't be too bad!

mine had lots of flats so i guess thats cluster. which uni?

Reply 9

Annabellelnp

Original post by sqwertylol

mine had lots of flats so i guess thats cluster. which uni?

Bristol Uni! Where did you go?

Reply 10

sqwertylol

Original post by Annabellelnp

Bristol Uni! Where did you go?

lol yeh was bristol. waverley house

Reply 11

Annabellelnp

Original post by sqwertylol

lol yeh was bristol. waverley house

Haha weird! Haven't got my offer yet but I applied to Orchard Heights as first choice which is Unite run and newly built, The Courtrooms as second choice, which is run by Student Housing Company then Unite House which I really don't want to go to haha

Reply 12

sqwertylol

oh yeah orchard heights is right next to the o2 academy. unite house is near that too. unite house is ok i think. quite big.

Reply 13

Annabellelnp

Original post by sqwertylol

oh yeah orchard heights is right next to the o2 academy. unite house is near that too. unite house is ok i think. quite big.

Ahh do you think that's a good or bad thing aha? Yeah hopefully if I end up going it'll be okay, just read some bad things about it! Are you still at Bristol?

Reply 14

sqwertylol

Original post by Annabellelnp

Ahh do you think that's a good or bad thing aha? Yeah hopefully if I end up going it'll be okay, just read some bad things about it! Are you still at Bristol?

na i left i didnt like the course. im doing a different course at different uni starting in september. The location is good for going out and not bad for getting to uni in the morning etc. i wouldnt worry about what you read. just assess it when you get there.

Reply 15

geolowiser

Original post by sqwertylol

oh yeah orchard heights is right next to the o2 academy. unite house is near that too. unite house is ok i think. quite big.

Hiya, did you end up in the Unite building? How did you find it? They are building a new one at Portsmouth this year which I'm booking a studio in. I've heard mixed reviews, and whilst 90% of the bad reviews are because people couldn't pay their rent, there were still a few issues. How was it for you?