The Warwick Accommodation Thread (+Guide in Post#1)

i got a feeling that the form will be up tomro.

How sure are you?

And do you mean Friday (today) or Saturday?

I mean Friday. 100%. they must coz any later is the end of the month.

Hi, thanks for the reply! I'm pretty set on putting Cryfield as my first accommodation choice, so this was very good to hear Could you tell me what the bathrooms are like? i.e baths or showers and do you ever end up queuing?

Thanks TheTallOne for your reply too!

What you've got to remember is that there are loads and loads of universities who don't open up accommodation applications until August, or even until after results day, so comparatively to some other unis, Warwick are quite early. I know it can be annoying them saying one thing and then changing it to say another but there really is no rush, so just stay patient

Hey, does anyone have any information on what it's like to be in Benefactors?

Im just wondering, I haven't made up my mind yet

Thankss

This is stuff that I've observed so it may be a bit different: I've been there a few times so this is how I see it.

You have two floors and the first floor has 22 single rooms. Second floor has 24 shared rooms. 70 people overall live in Benefactors. The shared rooms are on two floors - shared workspace with two desks and seats on ground floor and a nice massive window across two floors looking over Rootes or some other building. Staircase upstairs to two single beds and the bathroom with shower and toilet (it's en suite). Basically the size of a squash court (perhaps a bit narrower)

Single rooms are pretty much like any standard en suite room, perhaps the smallest ensuite rooms of the 30 week lets.

The block has a large common room and kitchens on the inside of the building. Think of Benefactors as a cube with rooms on all four sides on the outside of the building and communal areas in the central bit. Corridors go between the communal areas and the rooms. Common room: ceiling height is two floors high - ie it's spacious. It's got lots of tables and sofas and everything. Anyone from each floor can get into this common room. Each floor has their own kitchen (I think the top floor has two as there are 48 people). It's very small - probably the size of the Cryfield/JM kitchens linked in the guide at the start of this thread, but there are 22 or 24 people to each kitchen so this is double the number of people. You get double the number of fridges and I saw two cookers, and although you don't need to eat in there (there is the common room) it's still a cramped place.

The common room layout means that the entire place is one massive corridor. Seeing as all 70 people have this common room, you should know most if not all people living in Benefactors. It seems to form a close community of its own, I'd say the community feel is much more like Westwood because of this (Westwood too has common rooms shared by a large number of people compared to say AV where only 12 people share) - and they seem to go out in large groups or know more people in their block. However, it is in a better location than Westwood meaning that it is easy to branch out to other halls and become integrated there.

If you are in a shared Benefactors room and like your roommate then it is a great place to invite 10+ people back after going out as it is massive and spacious and has two floors.

Wow! Thanks.. thats way more info that I was expecting, Its been really useful, especially the pictures.

Im hoping you get to specify whether you want to be single or joint rooms? Because I couldn't face sharing my room!

Thats pretty much all my questions answered tho.. Thanks again

You can tick whether you'd be prepared to accept shared accommodation or not on your form.

You can tick whether you'd be prepared to accept shared accommodation or not on your form.

You don't get to choose. If you do share, your roommate will be the same sex.

Remember if you do end up in Benefactors, the chance of sharing is over 2 in 3. So if you apply there, expect to share. Perhaps you can sway your decision one way or another in your personal statement as it is the warden who allocates you.

I know of times where the other roommate moves out or doesn't spend much time in there. You then have the largest single room on campus. I think it's pretty win then.

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I can't see it here.

When is accomodation going to be available? Its mid May already!

It's past mid may!
I guess they are delayed in some way..


Contact them:
Warwick Accommodation
Rootes Social Building
The University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 24 7652 3772
Fax: +44 (0) 24 7652 4887

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