It's my pleasure
Noticed that there are a lot of people asking questions, and not many people who have gone through it answering so thought I'd chip in and help where I can.
It's definitely more than likely that the negatives I've mentioned have been taken care of during the renovations. The kitchen thing was the only main issue, although because we were all catered (bar one block), then the size of the kitchens was most likely deemed as only needed for snacks and not full on meals. We were provided with toaster, kettle, microwave oven and a 2 hob/oven thingymajig that cooked things
(Note: For everyone else that's living further away from ASDA than Digby, I remember that there was a bus service running between John Foster and ASDA. Unfortunately I don't have any more information about it, but I can't see them changing that; It was quite popular after all).
The blocks were split up so that 12 boys were on the ground floor, and 12 girls on the 1st floor. Each floor had 4 bathrooms and a kitchen. There was 12 people per kitchen (which had a small cupboard for your own food, cutlery etc and room for a lock to be placed on), and 2 bathrooms for every 6 people. (It was set up as 6 rooms on the left and 6 on the right, with the 2 bathrooms at the very end of the corridors).
Whether they have changed it so that it's separate boy blocks and girl blocks, or mixed again like in my year, I cannot say unfortunately. But everyone got on really well in the communal rooms (kitchens and foyer area) in my year