Leeds University Accommodation

Hi,
I am currently looking into accommodation for Sept 2016 at the University of Leeds.

I would like accommodation that is lively, preferably with an en-suit and a fairly 'decent' room, although i would be willing to sacrifice an en-suit for a better social atmosphere.

I am open to suggestion on price and would just like some ideas on where the best accommodation is for my criteria.

Thanks.

Are you looking for catered or self-catered residences? Central Village is a great example of a self-catered accommodation with nice en-suite rooms. I should know since I live here. Or if you're looking for catered accommodations, Charles Morris fits the bill because it also offers en-suite rooms. Both of these are on-campus as well (technically CV isn't, but it may as well be), which is another criteria you should specify: on or off-campus? Price is also dependent upon these factors; last time I checked catered was more expensive than self-catered, but it might depend. In terms of social atmosphere, I think that most accoms will offer this, but the ones I hear mentioned a lot are CV, Charles Morris, Henry Price (no en-suite rooms, I think), and perhaps a few of the off-campus residences. xx

Hey, I'm considering applying for central village, would it be possible to ask you a few questions?

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Sure!! xx

Okay, so first off, how muvh does the rent cost p/week? Do the rooms have a lot of room or are they small and cramped? What are the kitchens like?

Thats all I can think of for now

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Okay so rent can cost between £130-137 p/week for en-suite rooms, £159 p/week for a studio room and £182 p/week for a shared studio flat. All this information can be found on the CV facts page. Currently, I pay around £130 p/week, and it's a 43 week contract, roughly. The rooms are quite spacious in my opinion, I do not think that you will be disappointed with that. Bathrooms are also quite nice! The kitchens are fabulous, although their quality will quickly deteriorate if your flatmates aren't clean You may already know this but you'll usually have 4-5 flatmates, and each flat is separated from the others by a door that you need a key to open. This might be one of the few disadvantages of CV, that it's not as easy to get to know people in other flats, but that's only if you're lazy and can't be bothered to leave your own flat ^^ If you come up with more questions, let me know! x

Hey, so is CV a sociable place? Like I want to be able to talk to other people and make friends. what were your flatmates like if you don't mind me asking? 130£ seems pretty steep. Is CV exclusively for first years or is it completely mixed? Are your flatmates all studying similar courses or is it all mixed also?

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Yes, despite what I said earlier, it is quite sociable. You will definitely make friends, probably with your flatmates first. The accom team (forgot their official name) also organises events a couple of times during the year, so you'll have an opportunity to meet other people living in CV then. My flatmates are nice but we didn't click so I'm living with friends from my course in 2nd year, which can happen, but it's not a big deal. £130 p/week is steep, and most uni accommodations are in this range, although off-campus might be cheaper. It helps to check out the facts page for each accommodation so that you can see the price ranges. CV is for all years, because I know a couple of 2nd years and exchange students living here. It is hard to get into though, so I hope you've already sent in your accommodation application ^^ None of my flatmates are on my course, although one is in the same school of thought as me, and this will probably be the case. You might also have flatmates from different parts of the world. Hope this all helps, and please let me know if you have any more questions! x

is accommodation based on first come first serve? I haven't had all my options reply and I understand you can only apply for accommodation once you've firmed Leeds?

Oh yes, forgot about. I took a gap year and so could apply much earlier. I'm not sure if it's first come first serve for 1st years (it is for returning students). I do not think so, because they haven't explicitly mentioned that anywhere, so I suppose if you really want CV, you need to make sure that that's obvious in your application.

Okay, well that's all I can think of, I'm sure there's much more. You've been an absolute star! Thanks so much.

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Applications:
You fill in an online survey type thing ranking how important things are to you. Then you get to choose one 'first choice' accommodation. It is not first come first served, they wait until everyone has applied before allocating places.
CV was massively oversubscribed this year and I know lots of people who were placed elsewhere. If you apply for cv you sort of have to accept you could be offered somewhere else. Many who didn't get in actually chose private accommodation instead.
That being said I'm in Sentinel towers and love it. But it's not really the party scene!

Is it shared bathroom? Because that would be the biggest no no. Also, whats the rooms like in sentinel towers compared to cv?

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Like, I can't recommend Sentinel Towers if you want a social life. It's close to the city centre, and there is a common room, but I deliberately chose it, because even here there will be nights you can't sleep because people want to have a party when you have a 9am lecture the next morning. I like sleep wayyy too much
- 'main bedroom area' pointing towards the window
- my desk + chair (neatish for once)
- facing down towards the door and en suite, and too many cuddly toys
- 'the shelf of shame' basically this is the lil space that connects my en suite to my room and yeah. It's full of junk food.
(pls ignore me) the en suite

Kitchen- admittedly this area is pretty small
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all the other images of the outside of the building and stuff are up to date

thanks for the pictures, you're awesome! The room looks pretty nice tbh. I'm glad you said about not relying on the pictures on the website How much is your rent if you dont mind me asking?

thanks for the pictures, you're awesome! The room looks pretty nice tbh. I'm glad you said about not relying on the pictures on the website How much is your rent if you dont mind me asking?

£5,055.11 for the 42 weeks
which works out about
£120.36 a week