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

Thank you so much. This is so helpful! I'd love some pictures when you have the time, I'm thinking of putting it as my first or second choice.

So, for the about me but, we Shiism basically write what kind of person we are, when we go to bed and what kind of people we'd like to like with?


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Which accommodation are undersubscribed (so you're almost certain to get it) and which are oversubscribed (so you're unlikely to get it)? Cheers

On the application form it asks 'do you prefer to be allocated with other students who want to live in a quieter area?'.

I'm really unsure what to put for this though. I want to be in an area where I could get some sleep and not have completely crazy people running along the corridors at 4am haha, but at the same time I don't want to be in a flat or area with lots of reclusive or extremely quiet/dull people who never socialise or go out at night etc.

Just wondered which of yes or no would be the best option to help get this (obviously the description thing later on helps too, and I'm going to basically say the above section in that).

I know every building has loud and quiet halls but I've read that Sherbourne isnt a very social place,could anyone who lived there or is living there give their opinion on this? I'm quite a social person,I wouldn't want to be stuck in a quiet building

Does anyone know how is sharing a twin room like? Am I the only one who likes the idea of having a roommate? Also is it only rootes and sherbourne that have twin rooms?


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Yeah exactly. I'm an night owl, who doesn't mind noise but I expect people to respect my sleep if I ask them to. Put that as clearly as i could, flat mates woke me up a couple of times in freshers term and I woke a couple of people up but no one had a problem saying you are being too loud, I'm trying to sleep. But if you're the kind of person who doesn't like any confrontation and wants roommates who are chilled or quiet or keep to themselves, express that!

Here are the promised pictures. The one of a decorated room is mine when I just moved in but my room is terribly messy at the moment, so I took other pictures in my roommates room who has moved out. I tried to show the size of the room but I don't think it does it justice, I couldn't figure out the angle. The colour scheme is term interesting, we describe as as "minion" like. The only pictures I could find that didn't have people in them were of a pylon we found on the stairs and a very messy common room during freshers, i hope you can kinda look past that and see what it looks like. Probably rambling a bit, seeing old pictures and having finished exams today has made me a bit nostalgic. If you have any other questions, let me know and I'll try answer

Does anyone know if in residences shared between undergrads and postgrads they live together? Or in different blocks? I mean is there an undergrad block and a postgrad block or they are mixed together?

I'm pretty sure that they don't live together. There are separate blocks or houses for the different kinds of student, so first years, finalists and postgrads.

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I think that is for people who do not want any noise like at all. Like, thats if you are the person who doesn't really wanna socialise, more internal, happy to sit in bed all day without socialising. Bare in mind as well, if you picked this, it would probably a really big disturbance if you had a lot of friends round or came back drunk and made noise sometimes.

Most people are nice, tend to be respectful. Specially when asked! Drunk people are sometimes crazily receptive, if you tell them to please shut up because its late and you have a 9 am, they will probably sulk back to their rooms. I'd say 50% of people are like that, you will get put would loud people who wanna drink every night and will make noise every night theres any sort of promotion at a club if you say you wanna be with people like that. I think its also more likely to happen in Rootes because it does have that connotation always (but there are still quiet blocks in Rootes.

Mostly though, people make noise one or twice a week, and if you plan on going out occasionally, sometimes it will be you making the noise! Its just about being mindful, respecting you're flatmates and hopefully as long as they aren't horrible people, they will respect you back.

If you don't go to these quiet areas, will you get waken up? Yeah probably, maybe once or twice a year. But, thats all in the fun of it. Issues arise when there is absolutely fundamental mismatches, quiet people in a loud house. I've only know like 2 people who have flatmates like that. If you do want to socialise, i think you'll have a harder time doing it in a quiet area. As long as you emphasise that you expect people to respect your sleep but you want to be with people who are happy to chat or go out on a saturday night, then just go for normal

I'm an international postgrad (PhD) student and I'm wondering how many other international postgrads go for the 51 week lets. It seems that the options for 51 are pretty limited - only Claycroft, Heronbank and Lakeside... I'm worried that if I go for 51 the campus will be deserted and I'll be the only one there over summer.

Are the 40-week lets aimed at Masters students? Is it the norm for PhD students to stick around over summer?

i'm really stuck on where to apply- i'm a sociable person who doesn't mind going out every weekend but can't stay up late every night and completely boycott nights out 1 month prior and during exam season- a hard worker but also up for fun. Where would be the best places to apply?
I was thinking jack martin, heronbank, lakeside, tocil and rootes
Are those good for me? If so which would be best? Any other recommendations
Please help!!!