Westwood A - Mendip En-suite Pod

I lived there last year! I'm off out now but i'll answer any questions later... ask away

yewssssssssssss...........got in for the same!!!

ACCOMMODATION DETAILS

Room Type: En-suite Pod

Complex: Westwood A - Mendip

Room No: Mendip M5.07

It means floor 5, room 7. I was in Mendip two years ago, so I can answer your questions

The pod and the en-suite are the same thing, basically it's a kind of plastic room in the corner of the room. I don't have any pictures of it unfortunately, but it is pretty small. It has a toilet, small sink and a shower and they can be pretty gross, but they're fine at the time!

I loved living there but it was (maybe obviously) because of the people and lifestyle rather than the actual accommodation. When we moved in, I think we all wondered whether we were at uni or in prison! The corridors are quite narrow and its all made of painted breezeblocks, and in the autumn/winter you can expect loads of daddy longlegs and a few spiders.

That's the bad out of the way! I didn't find the kitchen too crowded at all, we hung out in there a lot since its your only communal area in halls. Since there are so many people on a corridor (24 in Mendip if I remember rightly?) it's really sociable and there's always plenty to do. Plus there's a nice big bit of grass outside the back which is great for sunbathing and BBQs in the summer term.

Oh and no, you don't have to move at at Christmas or Easter. Or at least you didn't when I lived there!

Any more questions, feel free to ask

I loved living there but it was (maybe obviously) because of the people and lifestyle rather than the actual accommodation. When we moved in, I think we all wondered whether we were at uni or in prison! The corridors are quite narrow and its all made of painted breezeblocks, and in the autumn/winter you can expect loads of daddy longlegs and a few spiders.

Oh my....thanks for answering the questions but the bad sounds very bad! I've got a few more if you don't mind....
1) When you mean the bathroom is a 'plastic room' does it have a door, so you can close it off from the rest of the room?
2) Is the floor bare? Or has it got carpet?
3) Is there a window in the room? Curtains?
4) Also, is the room quite small and low? e.g. does the bed and desk lie very close?
5) What's the room size?
THANKS

The thing is, to begin with its all very exciting and once you're settled in you learn to love the place despite all the bad! I cried when I moved out, I honestly didn't want to leave. After a year in my house I can safely say I wouldn't want to go back, but at the time it was great fun and perfectly adequate

1) Yeah the pod does have a door, and a light and all of that. It's basically a room they've had installed into your bedroom, just with thick plastic walls rather than brick ones.

2) The floors are carpeted.

3) Yep, all the rooms have a nice big window and curtains.

4) The ceiling isnt very low (although my view might be skewed, I'm 5ft tall!) but the rooms are quite small. I'll have a look for some pictures in a minute, I'm sure I took some and put them on Facebook or something.

5) See above! I don't know exactly how big they are but there's space for a desk, a bed, and the pod with a little bit of floorspace.

Anneka, I don't know what its like everywhere else but I can say that I hated daddy long legs when I moved in, but cuold tolerate them when I moved out

Edit: This post by Nefarious has pictures of a pod http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=5824046&postcount=2

The thing is, to begin with its all very exciting and once you're settled in you learn to love the place despite all the bad! I cried when I moved out, I honestly didn't want to leave. After a year in my house I can safely say I wouldn't want to go back, but at the time it was great fun and perfectly adequate

1) Yeah the pod does have a door, and a light and all of that. It's basically a room they've had installed into your bedroom, just with thick plastic walls rather than brick ones.

2) The floors are carpeted.

3) Yep, all the rooms have a nice big window and curtains.

4) The ceiling isnt very low (although my view might be skewed, I'm 5ft tall!) but the rooms are quite small. I'll have a look for some pictures in a minute, I'm sure I took some and put them on Facebook or something.

5) See above! I don't know exactly how big they are but there's space for a desk, a bed, and the pod with a little bit of floorspace.

Anneka, I don't know what its like everywhere else but I can say that I hated daddy long legs when I moved in, but cuold tolerate them when I moved out

Edit: This post by Nefarious has pictures of a pod http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=5824046&postcount=2

It means floor 5, room 7. I was in Mendip two years ago, so I can answer your questions

Any more questions, feel free to ask

Haha, of course there's no lift! It's student accommodation, not the Ritz