Manchester Accommodation FAQ + Accommodation Choices Thread Mark III

How do we know what time we're supposed to show up? Or does it not matter? My friends at other unis have been allocated a specific time but I can't find anything like this for Manchester. If anyone has advice pleeeease reply - I'm supposed to be there on Saturday!

These are two I'd like to apply for. They're on the Fallowfield campus. Are they socialable, do they have that legendary Fallowfield social scene that I've heard all about? Cheers!

Hoping someone can help me out;
when i go to uni i'll be 21/22 i already live in manchester, but want to move out into halls. i was wondering if there was any such system in place at manchester where older students/gap yearies were placed in flats together? the age thing doesn't bother me massively as i want to live in fallowfield in a "party" hall but yeah, does anyone know anything about this?

You could, I believe, move into postgrad halls, because you'll be a mature student (do double check this first, though). However, postgrad halls tend to be the antithesis of the party halls that you wish for.

When I lived in Oak House - one of the "party" halls - my flat was 50% gap year and 50% straight from school (I was one of the gappers), which leads me to believe that there is no policy of separating people who have had a gap year (or, in the case of one person I knew in OH, two gap years). However, the age difference was never an issue and how well people got on with each other bore no relation to whether they had had a gap year or not. Indeed, I had friends (from outside halls) of all ages, from 1st years straight from school through to 22yo fourth-year finalists. Indeed, it took me ages to realise that a girl I now live with is 22 and not 19, as I had originally assumed her to be!

If you don't make your age an issue, then it won't be. Socially speaking, your best bet will be to go into regular undergrad halls. Whilst you might find yourself teaching an ill-equipped 18 year old the finer points of how to cook pasta, that (always very small) aspect tends to fade fairly rapidly and you can get on with things.

thanks very much, i'm just worried about getting irritable but yeah, i wanna move out really badly so i suppose it outweighs it!

manchester don't state living distance in accommodation guarantees do they? i live about 9 miles from campus so would that be okay? also i started a degree and left-does this affect the guarantee too?

I've had an unconditional offer for 2013, if I accept this does the earlier I my accommodation request go in mean I'm likely to get what I ask for, definatley self catering and preferably en-suite

Is it that big of a deal to have a washbasin/sink in your room? I'm debating on whether or not to apply for a room and pay the extra £3 a week for one, but at the same time I'm trying to cut costs as much as possible.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure what to do. My 3 choices are: Hulme Hall for a standard with washbasin (not the oaklands and christie - dunno what that option means) £5111 40 week rent, Dalton ellis hall standard no washbasin £4983 40 week rent, or st. anselm hall - i don't know what to do about that one-- last year, an option called "lodge rooms 1 & 8" were listed at a considerably cheaper price, i really want to apply for those rooms, but they weren't listed on the 2012-2013 guide and I was told they were let to returning students this year, so i don't know if they will become available next year or what. (i hope so) i'm super stressed out because I want to know if i even have a shot at getting one of those rooms at the cheap price. its awful because i want catered accommodation, and that is more expensive and the US dollar is worthless, i have to pay approx. $1.60 for every £1. i just dunno what to do.