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Halls at University of Liverpool
Hi I'm going to the University of Liverpool next year to study civil engineering. My question is to people who stayed in halls, which one is best - ones in greenbank or ones in carnatic because my friend who is at roscoe one says carnatuic halls are like a prison!
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The other Wednesday i was at the University of Liverpool for an open day.
There was a short tour of the Greenbank halls and was very impressive in my opinion, though i haven't seen the other halls.
I cant give you a well rounded review of the halls as i have not experienced actually living at the halls. Was very good from what i saw.
Hope that helps.
There was a short tour of the Greenbank halls and was very impressive in my opinion, though i haven't seen the other halls.
I cant give you a well rounded review of the halls as i have not experienced actually living at the halls. Was very good from what i saw.
Hope that helps.
Everyone will think the halls that they stayed in were the best because all of them are good. I was in D+R in the self catered bit, and i think the rooms themselves are better than carnatic which are a little bit prison-like. The social side of greenbank is good and the grounds are nicer, but carnatic i think has a better bar and you meet loads more people (i was in carnatic for 3 weeks and moved to be in self catered - and i often went back to meet up with people in the bar). You'll be happy wherever you are though.
im in McNair on the carnatic site at the moment but on the open day i only saw the greenbank halls. if you apply to greenbank....
-you have more chance of getting a bigger room as they all vary in size
-the bar you generally will go to before a night out will be a bit oldmanish
-you will get to sleep in for a few more mins before catching the bus
you'll live in really nice grounds
-you will get told that you are gay, but not in such a nice way haha (just friendly banter between catnatic and greenbank!!)
if you apply to carnatic....
-you will probably go to carnibar before a night out - its modern and a really good place to meet ppl (plus kareoke on thurs wooo!!)
-the grounds are really nice
-the bus stop is realllllyyyyy close (im right on top of it basically lol)
-your room "style" (bricked walls/lots of wood etc) will vary depending on the hall u choose (id say McNair was best in a sort of non bias way, as the desks etc are new and you are on a floor of about 22 people and not in a flat so you make way more friends)
-the prison thing comes from Rankin due to the brick walls!
-you will get told ur inbredm (again, just banter lol)
overall, id say go for Carnatic for the social side!!
-you have more chance of getting a bigger room as they all vary in size
-the bar you generally will go to before a night out will be a bit oldmanish
-you will get to sleep in for a few more mins before catching the bus
you'll live in really nice grounds
-you will get told that you are gay, but not in such a nice way haha (just friendly banter between catnatic and greenbank!!)
if you apply to carnatic....
-you will probably go to carnibar before a night out - its modern and a really good place to meet ppl (plus kareoke on thurs wooo!!)
-the grounds are really nice
-the bus stop is realllllyyyyy close (im right on top of it basically lol)
-your room "style" (bricked walls/lots of wood etc) will vary depending on the hall u choose (id say McNair was best in a sort of non bias way, as the desks etc are new and you are on a floor of about 22 people and not in a flat so you make way more friends)
-the prison thing comes from Rankin due to the brick walls!
-you will get told ur inbredm (again, just banter lol)
overall, id say go for Carnatic for the social side!!
i have to agree and im in greenank or is it greenwank!alrite haliz? lol memba bein in their place last time! I have a huge room, but i think although I have a big room etc, u meet more poeople in carnatic and its 2 quiet in greenbank. I think u gta work harder qat getting to know people as every1s spread out. Stil not sayin u knt b happy there.
Don't go to Greenbank.
It's a ****ing rip-off. The food is ****, the rooms are tiny and you have one shower per corridor, not a disaster admitedly but on certain blocks you have to walk to the shower past a load of windows overlooking a car park and a road, not ideal if you're in a dressing gown or a towel etc.
Not an exaggeration with the rooms, it's like a box. They were obviously made ages ago because the vast majority of balcony doors are made from wood and it gets ****ing freezing when there's a draft because of the gaps in the door. If someone wanted to break into my room they could easily get through those doors, probably without breaking too much.
The food is crap, they have the same stuff an awful lot, or the same sort of stuff. You'll often find that you only like one thing a day that's on the menu, and that that one thing is then repeated 2 or 3 days on the bounce. A lot of my mates have just resorted to eating a baked potato with cheese every night, the food is that bad. There is a decent salad bar admitedly. As for drinks, which, remember you PAY for, you get one, very small, disposable plastic cup of fruit juice with each meal, plus as much cordial as you like, of course that is providing they can be arsed to switch the machine on which they often "forget" to do. (wow).
There is a decent bar here, decent prices and you will meet some sound people no doubt. However, if you were to go for private accomodation in town, perhaps right next to the uni for example, you'd also meet plenty of sound people and would be within a 5 minute walk of lots of pubs which are all well priced.
It really is a rip off and just don't believe they ****e they will spout about it being "the best halls" with "the best foood" etc because it's absolute ****. I was here for 2 weeks and wanted to move out I was that disgusted with it, but they wouldn't let me because I'd signed the contract. Fair enough, their call, but it's hardly beneficial to the student to have to live somewhere they don't like.
The social side of it is exaggerated, yes you will meet lots of first years and establish, most probably, a good group of mates, but in all honesty I don't think it's much more "social" than a private halls of residence close to the uni. Private halls, near the uni, will not only cost you below 60 quid a week, but will give you an en suite bathroom with a shower, a communal living room and kitchen per flat (which you don't get here), far more modern facilities than greenbank, but will also save you 190 quid on a bus pass for the semester, because you're within walking distance of the uni.
People go to Greenbank because the uni telling them to, when you weigh up the pros and cons to me it's a no brainer that private accomodation is far better. I am reasonably happy here now, I have a good group of mates and we have a laugh, but I'm still getting fed up of getting fined for damage which wasn't caused by me, and being treated like I'm 15 and having my dinner cooked for me.
I will be writing them several letters of complaint when my residency is up here and I would never reccomend anyone to come here, it's apawling to be honest.
If you want to come to uni, be bussed from where you live to uni and back again and barely experience the city then Greenbank is the place.
It's a ****ing rip-off. The food is ****, the rooms are tiny and you have one shower per corridor, not a disaster admitedly but on certain blocks you have to walk to the shower past a load of windows overlooking a car park and a road, not ideal if you're in a dressing gown or a towel etc.
Not an exaggeration with the rooms, it's like a box. They were obviously made ages ago because the vast majority of balcony doors are made from wood and it gets ****ing freezing when there's a draft because of the gaps in the door. If someone wanted to break into my room they could easily get through those doors, probably without breaking too much.
The food is crap, they have the same stuff an awful lot, or the same sort of stuff. You'll often find that you only like one thing a day that's on the menu, and that that one thing is then repeated 2 or 3 days on the bounce. A lot of my mates have just resorted to eating a baked potato with cheese every night, the food is that bad. There is a decent salad bar admitedly. As for drinks, which, remember you PAY for, you get one, very small, disposable plastic cup of fruit juice with each meal, plus as much cordial as you like, of course that is providing they can be arsed to switch the machine on which they often "forget" to do. (wow).
There is a decent bar here, decent prices and you will meet some sound people no doubt. However, if you were to go for private accomodation in town, perhaps right next to the uni for example, you'd also meet plenty of sound people and would be within a 5 minute walk of lots of pubs which are all well priced.
It really is a rip off and just don't believe they ****e they will spout about it being "the best halls" with "the best foood" etc because it's absolute ****. I was here for 2 weeks and wanted to move out I was that disgusted with it, but they wouldn't let me because I'd signed the contract. Fair enough, their call, but it's hardly beneficial to the student to have to live somewhere they don't like.
The social side of it is exaggerated, yes you will meet lots of first years and establish, most probably, a good group of mates, but in all honesty I don't think it's much more "social" than a private halls of residence close to the uni. Private halls, near the uni, will not only cost you below 60 quid a week, but will give you an en suite bathroom with a shower, a communal living room and kitchen per flat (which you don't get here), far more modern facilities than greenbank, but will also save you 190 quid on a bus pass for the semester, because you're within walking distance of the uni.
People go to Greenbank because the uni telling them to, when you weigh up the pros and cons to me it's a no brainer that private accomodation is far better. I am reasonably happy here now, I have a good group of mates and we have a laugh, but I'm still getting fed up of getting fined for damage which wasn't caused by me, and being treated like I'm 15 and having my dinner cooked for me.
I will be writing them several letters of complaint when my residency is up here and I would never reccomend anyone to come here, it's apawling to be honest.
If you want to come to uni, be bussed from where you live to uni and back again and barely experience the city then Greenbank is the place.
Lucy.x
But everyone loves where they are so i wouldnt sress too much
But everyone loves where they are so i wouldnt sress too much
I don't, it's a rip off.
I get on fine here because I have some good mates and we have a laugh, but that dosen't disguise the fact that I'm being blaitently ripped off.
Joshytoohotty
I don't, it's a rip off.
I get on fine here because I have some good mates and we have a laugh, but that dosen't disguise the fact that I'm being blaitently ripped off.
I get on fine here because I have some good mates and we have a laugh, but that dosen't disguise the fact that I'm being blaitently ripped off.
But thats your personal opinion, i'm sure the majority of people who were in greenbank enjoyed it. I was in D&R but self-catered so i can't comment on the food or the sharing bathrooms stuff, maybe it depends on what block you are in. But i wouldn't have changed it for the world, good times.
Don't let one person's bad experience put you off OP!
nicki04
But thats your personal opinion, i'm sure the majority of people who were in greenbank enjoyed it. I was in D&R but self-catered so i can't comment on the food or the sharing bathrooms stuff, maybe it depends on what block you are in. But i wouldn't have changed it for the world, good times.
Don't let one person's bad experience put you off OP!
Don't let one person's bad experience put you off OP!
It's a rip off, FACT.
There are so many better priced and better located student accomdation places throughout Liverpool it's ridiculous.
Greenbank is a joke of a price, 107 quid is a rip off for a small room and **** food. The money the food costs here you could afford to eat in Wetherspoons every night which is far better food.
It's a joke but people think it's decent money because they don't pay the bills and they don't know anything better.
Most halls are the same - though Canratic and Greenbank seem to have a rivalry - god knows why especially from roscoe. everybody agrees roscoe are the worst halls. But there all the same.
personally go for halls near campus (self catered) cheaper and far easier to get about from. Carnatic and Greenbank are 20 mins bus jounrey from the campus and can be a complete pain
personally go for halls near campus (self catered) cheaper and far easier to get about from. Carnatic and Greenbank are 20 mins bus jounrey from the campus and can be a complete pain
I insured Liverpool, and although the chances of me going there are very slim (i only have like 3 exams to go) they asked me to apply for halls. I'd never thought about Liverpools halls before, although i have visited them. On the spur of the moment i applied to :
1st Choice- Propect Point
2nd Choice- Derby & Rathbone - S/C ensuite
3rd Choice- Derby & Rathbone - C ensuite
They looked good to me, especially Prospect Point
1st Choice- Propect Point
2nd Choice- Derby & Rathbone - S/C ensuite
3rd Choice- Derby & Rathbone - C ensuite
They looked good to me, especially Prospect Point
spanish
How come no one is considering Mulberry etc (the campus accommodations?) on this forum?
I've applied for Mulberry as my 3rd choice, but the general consensus is that the 2 off campus sites are more lively and sociable. Plus aesthetically the on campus don't look great, this is probably unfair as they're similar to 2 others but with mulberry being directly opposite the modern Cambridge courts/Lennon studios the comparison makes them stand out like a sore thumb. For me though it's the social side which is making me lean towards D&R.
Ohh another philosopher, very good
spanish
How come no one is considering Mulberry etc (the campus accommodations?) on this forum?
It's cos Mulberry seems to have a bad rep on this forum. I dunno why cos I was there and had a great time. Also visited the other halls (D and R, R and G) and Mulberry wasn't any worse.
TBH I'd go for on campus accom. So much more convenient than having to queue for an hour to get the bus after lecture (in the rain)!!!
I'm totally divided now. I went to visit Liverpool on Saturday for the accommodation open day (however was stupidly rushed and didn't even go see the off campus!)...
I got told so many different views.
"The on campus is more convenient than a sometimes-40-minute-trip-to-uni from off campus" and the off campus is more expensive, (not inc the cost for a bus ticket).
I really do want to go the liveliest place though! If i chose off campus it would be carnatic... (i think.. the self catering one anyway!)
I got told so many different views.
"The on campus is more convenient than a sometimes-40-minute-trip-to-uni from off campus" and the off campus is more expensive, (not inc the cost for a bus ticket).
I really do want to go the liveliest place though! If i chose off campus it would be carnatic... (i think.. the self catering one anyway!)
spanish
I'm totally divided now. I went to visit Liverpool on Saturday for the accommodation open day (however was stupidly rushed and didn't even go see the off campus!)...
I got told so many different views.
"The on campus is more convenient than a sometimes-40-minute-trip-to-uni from off campus" and the off campus is more expensive, (not inc the cost for a bus ticket).
I really do want to go the liveliest place though! If i chose off campus it would be carnatic... (i think.. the self catering one anyway!)
I got told so many different views.
"The on campus is more convenient than a sometimes-40-minute-trip-to-uni from off campus" and the off campus is more expensive, (not inc the cost for a bus ticket).
I really do want to go the liveliest place though! If i chose off campus it would be carnatic... (i think.. the self catering one anyway!)
I'm pretty sure you mean Greenbank. I think Carnatic is all catered.
It is hard to make a decision if you haven't seen all the accom. I had to make my choice whilst in Oz on my gap year! (Didn't regret it though!)
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