Best Halls of Residence? (The Big Accommodation Choices Thread)

I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at but the ones I have seen have a front door that leads straight into a corridor. Off that corridor leads the kitchen, bedrooms and bathroom. All straight off the corridor. Some I know of are split levelled, i.e rooms upstairs with bathroom.

Reply 722

Ratsr

Thanks, I'll remember that.

I have a question about the shared bathroom, are they like...
i) you share an apartment type place with several others, you each have your on room. There is a shared kitchen and living room type area, and the appointment has a front door. Like in hollyoaks (ye I know university is nothing like what you see on TV)

or
ii) Toilet and shower on attached to a corridor with shared kitchen attached the corridor?

There are some of both, mine for example is of the first type, but the other block nearby has corridors, so in theory anyone can walk in and use the toilets/showers

Reply 723

tRG

I get terrible allergic rhynitis at times so I am really particular about dust. Lived in Burkhardt house last year. Attached bathroom was OK but got steamed up loads after a hot shower. And the room window had to be left open to let out the steam if bathroom door was left open otherwise the fire alarm would go off (I had a flatmate who let the alarm go off twice in one night because of that). The rooms are pretty big. I'd say one of the biggest compared to all other halls. Closet is very small. Storage space above closet's OK. You can chuck some stuff under the bed, too. Dust wasn't an issue for me. As it got closer to the Summer though, rooms got to be quite warm so leaving the window open most of the time helped. The cleaners come in on a daily basis and I think vacuum the place up twice a week. Excluding your own room, of course - that you have to keep clean yourself.

As for shared toilets of flats.. I think it depends on where you live but from most of what I saw it was like this: One big apartment that consits of several rooms (7 to 9 was it?). Could be on one level or split level. So you have a door to that big apartment. Once you enter, you've got all the rooms and one of the rooms would be the living area/kitchen. And a seperate room (meaning door) to toilets/showers/bath. Hope that helps/makes sense

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-G-a-v-

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Anyone know when you can start applying for halls again? I'm toying with the idea of going in halls next year...

Reply 725

tRG

won't it be early next year? I have no clue. I think I won't mind applying for halls in my last year. Having problems getting accommodation this year!! blehhhhhhhh

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-G-a-v-

Anyone know when you can start applying for halls again? I'm toying with the idea of going in halls next year...

Manchester Accommodation Site

Present Students
If you are a registered University of Manchester student and wish to live in University accommodation for the next academic year, applications will be considered from December of each year with a closing date confirmed nearer the time. If you submit an application after this date we will only be able to consider it in August once the A Level results have been released.

There we go :biggrin:

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-G-a-v-

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Alex L

There we go :biggrin:

Thankyou muchly :smile:

Rep on its way to you. :biggrin:

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-G-a-v-

Thankyou muchly :smile:

Rep on its way to you. :biggrin:

No problem, you're very much welcome :smile:

Reply 729

fazey

Is anyone not already in halls interested in taking a room at Oak house in Fallowfield? send me a message.

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Hello everyone :smile:

ive just got my offer from manchester and have started looking at accomodation. Im looking at whitworth, grosvenor and...weston hall.

But i was wondering if anyone knew where i can find pictures of the flats/rooms? So i can get a good idea of what theyre like :smile:

Thankyooooou xx

Reply 731

.Katherine.

berryfantastic

Hello everyone :smile:

ive just got my offer from manchester and have started looking at accomodation. Im looking at whitworth, grosvenor and...weston hall.

But i was wondering if anyone knew where i can find pictures of the flats/rooms? So i can get a good idea of what theyre like :smile:

Thankyooooou xx

This is my room in Whitworth Park:

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I'll tell you straight off that that room is bigger than my Weston one.....but, I have to admit the ceiling is slightly further away from my head here.

Oooh - and that wardrobe is about 3 times the size of mine. If you own, say, more than 6 items of clothing that need to be hung bring a clothes rail if you're going to live in Weston. No exaggeration - I have given up on hanging mine...everything but my coats get folded and stuffed in the underbed storage lol.

Reply 733

berryfantastic

Hello everyone :smile:

ive just got my offer from manchester and have started looking at accomodation. Im looking at whitworth, grosvenor and...weston hall.

But i was wondering if anyone knew where i can find pictures of the flats/rooms? So i can get a good idea of what theyre like :smile:

Thankyooooou xx

I'd take a photo of my room in Grosvenor Street Building if it wasn't so messy. I currently have camping and kayaking gear spread out across the place, so it wouldn't be a fair comparison anyways. Grosvenor is veeerrryy quiet though, so you're best off looking for somewhere else if you want to live somewhere a bit lively. Doesn't bother me as I barely ever spend time here though :p:

Reply 734

Alex L

Grosvenor is veeerrryy quiet though

That's a thought, Weston's on the quieter end of the scale too, so if you don't like that Whitworth definately has the better atmosphere.

Reply 735

.Katherine.

This is my room in Whitworth Park:

ooh thankyou :smile:

that size doesnt look too bad! how are you finding whitworth? im not really fussed about the crazy rave that is fallowfield. i want somewhere nice and quiet but which is close enough for nights out if im in't mood :biggrin:

Reply 736

01rudde

I'll tell you straight off that that room is bigger than my Weston one.....but, I have to admit the ceiling is slightly further away from my head here.

Oooh - and that wardrobe is about 3 times the size of mine. If you own, say, more than 6 items of clothing that need to be hung bring a clothes rail if you're going to live in Weston. No exaggeration - I have given up on hanging mine...everything but my coats get folded and stuffed in the underbed storage lol.

oooh no. wardrobe space is quite important. mines a double wardrobe at home and im having problems fitting my clothes in that...lol.

Reply 737

.Katherine.

berryfantastic

ooh thankyou :smile:

that size doesnt look too bad! how are you finding whitworth? im not really fussed about the crazy rave that is fallowfield. i want somewhere nice and quiet but which is close enough for nights out if im in't mood :biggrin:

I love Whitworth Park, it's so much fun here. It's quiet enough to get work done etc, but there are so many people around and it's close to places like 5th avenue closer to the city centre. And it's near to all my lecture buildings, which is great :biggrin:

Reply 738

.Katherine.

it's close to places like 5th avenue closer to the city centre.

True. City campus is way better - you can walk to most things. Weston is less than 10 mins walk to all the shops in the centre...and 2 mins from picadilly train station. Whitworth is good for Lidl etc and, depending on your subject, you're probably like 5 mins walk at the most from where your lectures are. (Don't hold me to that one though :P)
Have a good look at a map and figure out where you lectures are and if you mind having to get a bus to them. I didn't do that and *luckily* I only ended up with a 15 min walk (which is quite a good hangover cure when it's freezing/raining) or I can get the free bus (that thing is a life saver. It takes you from Sackville street in the old UMIST area, and up to the union close to Whitworth.)

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