Manchester Uni accomodation- social or ensuite?!?!?

Oragami do you get paid for all the info you provide that thread must of taken a while!!

Not for the info on TSR I'm afraid. I wish!

Are you sh'ting me! All that content and you don't get recognised for your hard work!!!!!!!!

Not many people like you now days who go out their way to help others

I've stayed in Oak House twice now which is probably the most basic accom at the whole Uni. I've never had a prob with shower cleanliness.

I've got OCD (Not the "Oh mah goh im so OCD about mess" kind of OCD).. actual OCD and untidiness makes me anxious and unhappy. The worst part of the halls that gets to me is the kitchen because most students seem to have lived in households where mummy goes around with a little hoover after every sandwich they make, hence they don't know what a bin is.

Taking into account all of that, I cant understand how people spend like an extra £1500 living in somewhere like Richmond Park just so they can have there own bathroom. Such a waste of money (Of course if you're minted then why not) but i'd rather spend that extra £1500 on food, or doing something in the holidays.

I'm in Richmond Park right now, if I could choose again I'd definitely choose Oak House. I'd have extra money to go out with and it's alot more social. The only downside is that you have to share bathrooms, but my friends in Oak House say that they actually don't mind at all.

Owen's Park is very social and active, but the fire alarm literally goes off 2-3 times per week. Wouldn't have thought that that's much fun!

Never had any problems really. I am staying at Owen's Park and love it. Very friendly people and incredibly social.

Have a read of the first page of this thread http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2091577

Fundamentally, I lived in Oak House, never had a problem with the cleanliness of the bathrooms, and was about £30 a week better off than anyone living in RP / SH, which is an awful lot of money when you're a student! If I had my time over again I'd go for shared bathroom.

Don't forget that wherever you go to uni, in second year you'll move out into a shared house where the bathroom is shared and there's no cleaner anyway.

Finally, even if the shower was grim, then if you wear a pair of rubber flip flops it raises you off the dirt just enough to make things bearable (an old backpacker trick!)

hehehe sounds good, i think ill put it down then... not that i know whether you can even apply for insurance accomodation?!

hehehe sounds good, i think ill put it down then... not that i know whether you can even apply for insurance accomodation?!