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

sherborne is tough to move between floors, thats the best thing about rootes imo, you literally can go from one side to another in 1 minute. very easy to find new people

Hello!
Wondering how far is Westwood from the main campus? Looked through a few maps but the distance was not shown.
What do you think of Westwood? It seems like the perfect budget place to live in except for its distance.
Is it inconvenient? Say, to walk all the way to class when the weather's cold or perhaps generally too much time wasted travelling to and fro per day?

Hello!
Wondering how far is Westwood from the main campus? Looked through a few maps but the distance was not shown.
What do you think of Westwood? It seems like the perfect budget place to live in except for its distance.
Is it inconvenient? Say, to walk all the way to class when the weather's cold or perhaps generally too much time wasted travelling to and fro per day?

Hi everyone! I need some advice please! I have entered my living status on my application as home and I have already received my offer, but can I change this still, or is it too late? Also, is the same for all universities?

Does anybody have any experience with applying for individual accommodation? I've applied for prices (at least, I assume they'll try to match these prices) between £90 and £120. Should I expect povvo-tier at the lower end, or should I still expect good accommodation at that price?

I did the online form; I went for 85 to 125. I've heard that the average rent is somewhere around £90, so £90 to £120 should get you something decent, at least by student accommodation standards. The accommodation people just notified me that they have no houses available in Leamington though, and the prospect of living in Coventry isn't one that excites me tbh.

I did the online form; I went for 85 to 125. I've heard that the average rent is somewhere around £90, so £90 to £120 should get you something decent, at least by student accommodation standards. The accommodation people just notified me that they have no houses available in Leamington though, and the prospect of living in Coventry isn't one that excites me tbh.

This might be a decent option if you want Leam and are going it alone
http://www.accommodationforstudents.com/lookathouse.asp?id=20182

I put Kenilworth as my first choice and they said that nobody else wants to live there , so I was offered Coventry too. Just told them to hold off in the case that more people who like Kenilworth apply, so I think I should be OK on that front. I received the same answer about Leamington btw




Looked at that one myself and it's got all the problems that I have right now. Namely, way too many people and noise from them all. Plus, 23 bed kinda screams If you like noise and partying, apply here!. 3-5 people, hopefully 3, sounds comfy as ****.

If you're into that stuff tho, it sounds good!

I think that I put Kenilworth as me second preference, so I'm surprised that they said that. I know what you mean about the noise problems with the 23 bedroom property; I would prefer a smaller, quieter property (I'm not really into partying either).

Did they not mention Kenilworth at all in the response that you received?

Nope - not one mention of Kenilworth. It seems as though it's Coventry or nothing. I replied saying that I would be interested in Kenilworth, Earlsdon or Chapelfields - I'm trying to avoid Canley as it looks like a bit of a craphole.

They said there's a few houses available, so maybe we'll get put in one once they read our responses.

I thought that all of Cov was a ****hole. Although, I'm from the north of Manchester so it can't get much worse...

They said there's a few houses available, so maybe we'll get put in one once they read our responses.

I thought that all of Cov was a ****hole. Although, I'm from the north of Manchester so it can't get much worse...

I put Kenilworth as my first choice and they said that nobody else wants to live there , so I was offered Coventry too. Just told them to hold off in the case that more people who like Kenilworth apply, so I think I should be OK on that front. I received the same answer about Leamington btw




Looked at that one myself and it's got all the problems that I have right now. Namely, way too many people and noise from them all. Plus, 23 bed kinda screams If you like noise and partying, apply here!. 3-5 people, hopefully 3, sounds comfy as ****.

If you're into that stuff tho, it sounds good!

Some areas of Coventry are nicer than others, as with any medium-large city.

Rather than Leamington or Kenilworth, I actually live in Warwick itself and I'd recommend living there if any houses are available.

Do you mean that they had houses available in Kenilworth? Should be a good chance of Kenilworth offer if that's the case.

Certainly a lot of Cov is a hole. I'm not sure whether it has any nice areas, but based Google image searches, Canley seems to look particularly deprived whereas Earlsdon looks somewhat nicer.

As far as Coventry goes: Tile Hill and Canley proper (by which I mean "everything north of Charter Avenue) are fairly crappy (most of Canley's 50 years past its planned demolition date), but other areas are better: Earlson/Hearsall is OK, and the Cannon Park end of Canley (the area that you can get to from Tescos without hitting any major roads, roughly) is pretty good (mostly, it's a place that people to retire to, though there are a reasonable number of student houses dotted around. Kenilworth is more popular with staff/postgrads than undergrads, but there are a few houses of undergrads dotted around the place, mostly fairly small. Leamington I never even looked at because busses.

Are robberies common in some of these areas? Do you know of anybody living there that's been robbed? In the accommodation guide they make it out as though it's quite a big issue.

Being around people who are retired sounds pretty decent tbh. My supervisor said that Kenilworth was extremely popular when he managed to find a house there, odd. To me, it seems like a quieter, closer version of Leamington with everything you need (shops, park etc).