What's Robbins Halls like?????

Hey guys,

iv got a place in Robbins halls, but didnt actually get the chance to look round on the open day i went to!

id really appreciate any views on what the rooms are like etc and when anyones moving in??

Cheers

(greg, doing business studies :smile:

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Reply 1

dan tribe

Hi Greg,

I'm supposed to be moving in to my room (D701) on the 13th.

I didn't get a chance to see Robbins on my visit either, so I don't really know what to expect, I've been looking on here - http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=7190 and from the look of it the rooms seem quite small

Reply 2

forest

im moving into robbins on the 13th also. i didnt get a chance to look around them, but they seem pretty nice. The write ups appear to be mainly positive also.

Im moving into block C4

damo (physiotherpy)

Reply 3

Greg 03

Thanks,

Got my room number yesteray-im in C704 and moving in wednesday!

See you guys there

Greg

Reply 4

Niiick

Hey, im moving into room N706 i think in robbins hall on the 13th, looking forward to it, but im not expecting too much as i thinhk robbins are the cheapest of all of the accomodation.

I read that the rooms are 9 metres square and mine has a sloping ceiling.
It´s the people that make the place though :smile:

See most of you on the 13th! :biggrin:

Reply 5

Ferret_messiah

The rooms aren't palatial, but they're not bad either. Slightly prison cell looking, with the breezeblock walls. Moving in to H401 tomorrow.

Reply 6

Nix!

Okay, from what I remember:

A flat will consist of about eight rooms with the kitchen quite literally as its heart. The kitchen will be on the same level as four rooms and on the floor above/below, which is still part of the same flat you will have four more rooms with a toilet/shower and probably access to the balcony.

The rooms themselves are not that big, but pretty much your standard student 1st year accommodation style room. Imagine white-painted breezeblocks, a desk, a bed, shelving, a cupboard and a sink.

The kitchen itself is tiny, you've got a cupboard or so each and a couple of tiny fridges. This would probably be all at one side of the kitchen which faces the doorway coming into the flat (interior windows, etc) and at the other end of the kitchen, a small table and a window looking out onto the forecourt thingy.

Hope that helps, not long to go now anyway :tongue:

Reply 7

dan tribe

Well, I'm here now and it's much better than I thought it'd be.
I wasn't expecting to get a common room AND a kitchen!

Reply 8

Ferret_messiah

dan tribe

Well, I'm here now and it's much better than I thought it'd be.
I wasn't expecting to get a common room AND a kitchen!

Common room and kitchen... J7 or D7?

Reply 9

dan tribe

Ferret_messiah

Common room and kitchen... J7 or D7?

D7 in the South Building.
Despite all the the stairs we need to climb up to get here it's worth it :biggrin:

How's your flat?

Reply 10

Ferret_messiah

dan tribe

D7 in the South Building.
Despite all the the stairs we need to climb up to get here it's worth it :biggrin:

How's your flat?

Decent, over in H block, but I was here in my first year as well, so I pretty much knew what the room was going to be like. Biggest difference this year is not having to pay for the damn thing, makes it much nicer.

Reply 11

Niiick

Ive just sorted out me internet and s**t and am staying in robbins...im in the top bloody floor in E block, its a treck up the stairs but its worth it as the rooms arent too bad and my flat mates are kool. Also ive met tim kabel(oe dunno wot he is now as he sed hes changed his name on here) but his accent is quality lol!!

Reply 12

dan tribe

Greg 03

Thanks,

Got my room number yesteray-im in C704 and moving in wednesday!

See you guys there

Greg

Does that mean that if you look through the fire escape in your flat you'll be able to look straight into my flat (D7)?! :eek:

Edit:

Niiick

Actually does that mean that I'm in the next flat along to you too?
If so, go to the window and I'll wave :tongue:

I think I know someone from your flat, Fii, she's always lurking around here for some reason lol

Reply 13

dan tribe

By the way everyone, I'm sharing my iTunes music on the network,
My folders are - "Dan iTunes Windows" and "Dan iTunes MacBook"

Reply 14

Niiick

haha yeah, fiona, dont think she likes it here that much, always talkin bout movin.

Reply 15

dan tribe

Niiick

haha yeah, fiona, dont think she likes it here that much, always talkin bout movin.

haha She's always talking about moving in here :p:

BTW. I was at your flat last night, Fii decided to make us tea and I ended up washing up :rolleyes:

We also spent an unhealthily long time playing with the magnets on your fridge :biggrin:

Overall it's a pretty cool flat, but the layout seemed a bit odd to me.

Reply 16

Benjymouse

I like robbins I have to say, although I do prefer Pilgrim, I guess I just have a thing against breeze blocks lol, and also it bothered me that the beds are across the middle of the rooms :s-smilie:

I dont know anyone who hasnt rearranged them! Pilgrim 6.4 is great, its the 'show' flat, so the kitchen is stupidly massive and its like all built for like 10 students even though theres only 5 rooms lol!

Reply 17

rosehellyar94

What are the pros and cons of living at Robbins?
Rose-moving to Plymouth this September for Uni

Reply 18

kayleighyoung16

Im living in Robbins this year. Although the rooms in my block (block F) are a fair size, the kitchen is so small. In the most of the blocks, there is not a kitchen table, only a horrible breakfast bar and stools.