University of Exeter

Exeter

Accomodation??

Im hoping to go to exeter next year and was just wondering what accomodation people would recommend??
Catered/Self catered??
Ensuite/ Enhanced/ Single??
Any help would be most appreciated
Thanks

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Reply 1

Sephrenia

Everyone is going to recommend different things. Best thing to do would be to list all the pros and cons of everything and decide for yourself.

University of Exeter

Exeter

Reply 2

city_chic

I applied for catered but now I'm in self-catered I'm really glad. I like having my freedom of where and when to eat.

Reply 3

User203443

Pro's of catered:
No worry about buying food.
Don't have to make it.
Generally better than 7p Tesco noodles.
No washing up.
Can socialise with the whole of your hall.

Cons:
Much more expensive.
Set meal times, if you're a late starter or have lectures you may miss a lot of meals.
Food generally isn't brilliant and you can do better.
Can't eat on your own.

Ensuite pros:
You get your own bathroom.
You can use it whenever you want.

Ensuite cons:
It's more expensive, not available in every hall.

Enhanced/standard pros:
Cheap.
At least you should get your own sink.

"" "" cons:
Have to wait if someone is using it.
Might be dirty.
Bad if you have a weird health problem.

Lafrowda.

:P

lmcorr

Lafrowda.

:P

If you're going to be like that - Cook Mews

=P

Reply 6

city_chic

... Northernhay :biggrin:

Point Exe

Sephrenia

If you're going to be like that - Cook Mews

=P

Cook Mews is a misshon away!!

Don't say you wouldn't rather bask in the asbestos glory of the Laffy. It really is such a wondrous place - oh how I've missed it so. Although being in Luxury rather than Basic probably has something to do with it.

Reply 9

Sephrenia

lmcorr

Apparently Cook Mews has been done up over the summer - new kitchens and chairs and stuff. Posh eh?

I miss Cooks =[

Reply 10

User203443

It has actually, it's all very posh now.

Reply 11

lmcorr

Seems like they're doing the same to most of the places now, does feel a little odd to say the least. Pencarrow and other blocks up around this way have keycoded front doors and all this fancy new stuff, new tables and chairs.. although to be honest I think I much prefer the secondary school chairs and iffy-green coloured tables, just so unmistakeably Lafrowda. :biggrin:

Reply 12

Sephrenia

I saw last night =[ *jealous* If you heard a lot of squeeling from 006-010 and then 206-210 and 201-205 then that was me and Hannah going 'OH MY GOD' repeatedly...new carpet in the front rooms, chairs that you can actually sit on, somewhere to put dirty dishes, locks on the cupboards...Less worktop space though...

Reply 13

lmcorr

Yeah unfortunately like hardly any worktop space at all, which is a bit of a shame. Lots of cupboard space though in the dining area bit. Which block did you have the pleasure of visitating last night?

Reply 14

Sephrenia

I was meaning Cook Mews =P Went back to cooks with ben (who is on tsr and can't remember my real name and excalined 'Hello Sephrenia!' int he Long lounge =P) and proceeded to squeal an awful lot xD