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

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Original post by S.ledingham
Hi I got a place through clearing as an British undergraduate, and was wondering. If someone could post a list of the best to worst on campus halls in term of value for money and sociability - I'm fairly sociable but also value my sleep! Please help and ASAP cause need to fill out the application! Thank you!


I'll copy and paste something I wrote out for someone else. These are my opinions and obviously opinions vary but I wrote it trying to be as fair as possible. I wrote this for someone who was looking for a cheap and cheerful kind of room.

My advice would be to go for the cheaper ones rather than the expensive ones, you'll love wherever you end up.

In your second year, accommodation can be more expensive specially if you chose to live in Leamington so go for a cheaper one and save that money for your 2nd and 3rd year.



"Cool okay. So the cheapest four in terms of price per week are Whitefields, Cryfield, Rootes and Westwood at £81, £83, £97 & £98 respectively. They are very basic decorated, but still nice I think. They have a "studenty feel" I think.

I don't have much experience personally with Cryfield but the few times I have gone in there, I have felt that its a bit crowded and the walls are apparently like paper. There is a big common room and I think toilets are shared between 6.

Rootes is nice too. I know you have kinda ruled it out but if you do want a "quiet block", they do exist on Rootes if you ask specifically (I believe there is a tick box in the application process). They have sinks in their rooms which is a definitely plus. Really central location, close to everything, shops, SU etc. The decor in Old Rootes is a little worn but not noticeably, just a little dated. You'll find the same in Whitefields I think.

Westwood has very nice spacious rooms. It is further out but that does mean you are close to Tescos, which makes the weekly shop a lot easier. To be fair, the walk isn't really that long if you don't mind waking. I am really lazy and like to get up as late as I can push it, so it wasn't for me. But a lot of people take bikes and unless you are doing Life sciences which is slightly off campus up Gibbet Hill, it isn't really an issue. I have heard rumours that if you put Westwood down at all on your application, you automatically get it, but that might be a rumour, maybe something to bare in mind. But if you do get it in the end, don't be too upset.

Whitefields was the hall I stayed. I posted some pictures of the rooms, if you are inclined to see what it looks like. Its like a little house, so you have the house with 7 bedrooms at the bottom and 5 bedrooms at the top. 12 to a kitchen. It has a common room with a table and draws in which was really nice. Super central, a second away from the shop/pub/SU/Bar/Social area. Rooms are shaped oddly but that gives them a surprisingly good size.

Tocil, Heronbank, Lakeside, Sherbourne, Jack Martin, Arthur Vick & Bluebell are the other choices.

Tocil was postgraduate only this year, so I can't tell you very much about it at all really. The location is really central from what I remember, you'd be a minute or two from lectures on the main campus.

Heronbank, never been, seems a bit out of the way though. Cheaper option for a 39 week let (longer let) ensuite than Bluebell. Pretty much the same can be said for Lakeside, I think its mainly postgraduates. Its quite recently done so nice decor.

Sherbourne - Very nice rooms and kitchens, out of the way a bit, good atmosphere. Key fobs to get in which people say limits the ability to go make friends with other kitchens but I doubt its actually has that much effect. Heron bank, Lakeside & Sherbourne are slightly further off campus in a little bubble, its probably less than a 10/5 minute walk and there is a shuttle if you really need it.

Arthur Vick has nice big kitchens. Rooms are ok, with ensuite. People say it tends to be quiet but it really depends. Shorter let means you have to vacate your room during the breaks.

Jack Martin is a nice, good location very close to everything, big kitchens, people say it is more social than AV. Super popular, might be a bit of a gamble, same with AV. Shorter let again, is annoying.

Bluebell is very nice large room with a double bed! good location, nice views but from my experience is extremely unsociable. Its also really expensive and I don't think many people find it worth the money. "
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Is there anyway you can view your application after it has been submitted? I cannot remember where I applied!
Original post by lizard54142
Is there anyway you can view your application after it has been submitted? I cannot remember where I applied!


From a few of the posts in this thread, it doesn't sound like it even bloody matters...
Don't they email u ur application ? They emailed me mine so u probably got a similar email So u could check ur preference list

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I read somewhere that while we get our accommodation confirmed, we don't actually get our room numbers until we arrive..is this still the case? Its just all my friends going to other unis already know who their flat mates are via Facebook ect. :/
Original post by flossie22
I read somewhere that while we get our accommodation confirmed, we don't actually get our room numbers until we arrive..is this still the case? Its just all my friends going to other unis already know who their flat mates are via Facebook ect. :/


You'll learn which block you're in when you get your offer so you'll have a rough idea. As far as I can remember you learn your flat/room number around 2 weeks before you start I think?
Original post by Toughtee
You'll learn which block you're in when you get your offer so you'll have a rough idea. As far as I can remember you learn your flat/room number around 2 weeks before you start I think?


Oh cool, as long as we have a rough idea that's cool! I think it'd just make me feel less nervous on arrival day :smile: thanks!!!!
Original post by flossie22
I read somewhere that while we get our accommodation confirmed, we don't actually get our room numbers until we arrive..is this still the case? Its just all my friends going to other unis already know who their flat mates are via Facebook ect. :/


You don't get told, but IIRC, if you go onto Student Records Online (once you've enrolled and got your ITS account set up), your term time address will be there a bit before the start of term.
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I said I'm unwilling to share a room (adjustment) - is there still a chance I might have go?!
Original post by Shan55
I said I'm unwilling to share a room (adjustment) - is there still a chance I might have go?!


There's still a chance. They'll really try not to, but there's so many conflicting requests and they'll allocate all the original offer holders first. But there's hope :smile: Sharing is fun though.
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Original post by jrs971
There's still a chance. They'll really try not to, but there's so many conflicting requests and they'll allocate all the original offer holders first. But there's hope :smile: Sharing is fun though.


I hope so! Don't mind sharing a bathroom but not rooms!
Original post by lizard54142
Is there anyway you can view your application after it has been submitted? I cannot remember where I applied!

They should've sent you an email with details of your application.
Hey, do the staff clean the toilets regularly?
Original post by JessicaNJ
Hey, do the staff clean the toilets regularly?


Yes. Seems to be most days.
do we get to know which accommodation we would get during the first week of sept?
Original post by gyrmah1
do we get to know which accommodation we would get during the first week of sept?


From the 7th Sept I think.


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Are you allowed to have rice cookers in halls


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Are you allowed to have rice cookers in halls


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Not in your room, but yeah you are allowed them in the kitchen :smile:
Original post by BlueSam3
OK, since a few people have been asking, here's a detailed comparison of Tocil vs Cryfield:

Kitchen storage space: Tocil had one large-ish cupboard each (approximately: some people will have one large and two small, for example), with no drawers. Not really adequate (I ended up storing stuff in the fridge just because that was where I had space). Cryfield has two large-ish cupboards each (approximately, as above), and also roughly one drawer each. Plentiful, and a definite win for Cryfield here.


When you say "two large-ish cupboards each" do you mean 2 cupboards per person?
Original post by Disney0702
When you say "two large-ish cupboards each" do you mean 2 cupboards per person?


Yes. There's 12 people, and 25 cupboards (two of which are really small, probably about the same as one of the bigger ones put together).

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