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

ensuite worth it or not?

No. You really don't need one.

Claycroft has one bathroom between two people, it's about two/three times the size of the ensuites and much better too.

Equally I have friends in Rootes who say they never have to wait to use the bathroom.

Claycroft is a special case though . I'd even call it semi-ensuite, in most of the other non-ensuite halls there are more people per shower, unfortunately.

It's certainly a matter of opinion and personality though.

Sure. I reckon it's worth mentioning to people though. I didn't read much about it at all before applying for it and turns out I'm so glad I got it because it truly is a great place to live.

Note that JM/AV/Cryfield/Benefactors are 30 week lets meaning they you need to move your stuff out

There have been intentional fire alarms being set off between midnight and 6am though, perhaps because it's just JM

If you want an en suite, pick it as number 1 and choose good backups Have any allergies, list them to improve the chance of getting first choice, say you are lively in the PS to get yourself in a more lively kitchen if you want so and take the top shelf of the fridge when you get there as you get an extra inch of storage space

what are term times like i don't understand (cba to search lol) what difference 30 weeks makes? and wtf about fire alarms? you mean its a prank or its just routine, if its pranks i don't mind lol

allergies? like i get irritatated by quiet people? :s and thumbs up for the fridge tip.

btw whats the situation if someone like steals my sandwich, do i just go ross geller on them?

ok i just searched
''A 30-week let covers term time only, and requires you to vacate your room during the Christmas and Easter Vacation. You will not be able to extend the 30-week let. However you will be able to apply for vacation accommodation on campus prior to the start of each vacation period.

A 39-week let covers term time and the Christmas and Easter vacation. It is occasionally possible to extend this let further for Postrgraduates, but you would need to check the availability with Warwick Accommodation.''

wtf is the point of the 39 week let if people won't be there anyway? :/


oh and flat vs corridor? what are they?

Last year in AV we had a fire alarm every Tuesday at 3am for the last three weeks of term . There becomes a point where you stop thinking it's a coincidence .

You must apply for 3 anyway.

There's this thing about Westwood that makes it so good yet so out of the way. Westwood gets few applicants (because it is so far away) yet the rooms are massive. Most people who put Warwick as insurance will either end up here (often shared) or will have to live off campus. It does form it's own community and from an outsider's point of view I know two very close blocks and it makes be go

There's just one thing about Westwood (or any other accommodation you definitely don't want to end up in) - if you don't want to end up there then don't put it down and fill up all 6 your choices in order to avoid it. Putting something down a 5th or 6th option will act as a good failsafe, especially if you have lectures in Gibbet Hill and don't want to be 45 minutes away.

Sorry, what did you mean there? Should we fill up all 6 choices or shouldn't we??

Also, are you allowed to put both Benefactors and Jack Martin on your application as JM is ensuite but Benefactors is like half ensuite and half not so you don't really know?

Jm Vs Av
Go!

I think so. Not sure about Benefactors as I didn't apply there. All I know is that if you share, you basically have an upstairs and a downstairs. Downstairs has two desks and anything else you like while upstairs had two beds in quite close proximity (within 2ft of each other) and a shared toilet.

Not sure about single situation/if Benefactors is ensuite or not. Seeing as half is ensuite and half is shared between another (same sex) person, I'd guess it counts as ensuite. Further details will probably be provided in the application form.

OK thanks! Your posts have been very helpful regarding my accommodation decision I've just got one more question (for now ), how was the application form structured back when you filled it out? Like how many choices could you put and what kind of questions did you ask??

It will look something like this. It's not likely to have the "off-campus price band" section, and back when I did it there was no deposit so I don't know about that.

Thanks mate, you are the best +rep