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Uni of bristol metal works accom

I have just received my accommoddation for uni of bristol and they have given me some random accomodation called metal works,which was not one of the options i had put on my accomodation.It is also £1,000 over the maximum amount of money i said id spend on accomodation on my application.As an individual who comes from a low income/single parent household,i’m not going to be able to afford this.They have emailed saying that i have until sunday to accept this accomodation and theirs no option to be given another accommodation.i have sent an email but they have said they take 5 working days to get back to me.Also,there helpline only runs monday to friday from 9-4:30 so i’m not going ti be able to call them up before my deadline of accepting my accommodation.does anyone have any advice ?
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Reply 1
Original post by avacwgwhwh
I have just received my accommoddation for uni of bristol and they have given me some random accomodation called metal works,which was not one of the options i had put on my accomodation.It is also £1,000 over the maximum amount of money i said id spend on accomodation on my application.As an individual who comes from a low income/single parent household,i’m not going to be able to afford this.They have emailed saying that i have until sunday to accept this accomodation and theirs no option to be given another accommodation.i have sent an email but they have said they take 5 working days to get back to me.Also,there helpline only runs monday to friday from 9-4:30 so i’m not going ti be able to call them up before my deadline of accepting my accommodation.

I'm in the exact same situation, got put in Metal Works. I called but was stuck in a queue and then the line closed. Its 1.7k over my budget and I'm also low income. No idea what to do but there is no way they can be this incompetent
Reply 2
I'm in the exact same situation, got put in Metal Works. I called but was stuck in a queue and then the line closed. Its 1.7k over my budget and I'm also low income. No idea what to do but there is no way they can be this incompetent
i’m so annoyed we don’t have any accommodation for freshers week either ? i tried calling them also but they didn’t get through to me.i don’t know whether it’s worth accepting it and then calling them on monday to try and get it sorted.what flat number are you also ? i’m in flat 301
Reply 3
Original post by avacwgwhwh
I have just received my accommoddation for uni of bristol and they have given me some random accomodation called metal works,which was not one of the options i had put on my accomodation.It is also £1,000 over the maximum amount of money i said id spend on accomodation on my application.As an individual who comes from a low income/single parent household,i’m not going to be able to afford this.They have emailed saying that i have until sunday to accept this accomodation and theirs no option to be given another accommodation.i have sent an email but they have said they take 5 working days to get back to me.Also,there helpline only runs monday to friday from 9-4:30 so i’m not going ti be able to call them up before my deadline of accepting my accommodation.does anyone have any advice ?

Exact same thing happened to me - currently freaking out. 40 minutes from the campus and no freshers week, you’re joking. Surely they’re not expecting us to find private accommodation for that week.
Reply 4
Original post by avacwgwhwh
i’m so annoyed we don’t have any accommodation for freshers week either ? i tried calling them also but they didn’t get through to me.i don’t know whether it’s worth accepting it and then calling them on monday to try and get it sorted.what flat number are you also ? i’m in flat 301

I'm in flat 404, I'm going to try call tomorrow as it says they are open on Saturday in the email they sent but I'm so annoyed
Reply 5
Original post by avacwgwhwh
i’m so annoyed we don’t have any accommodation for freshers week either ? i tried calling them also but they didn’t get through to me.i don’t know whether it’s worth accepting it and then calling them on monday to try and get it sorted.what flat number are you also ? i’m in flat 301

I’m also in 301!! what’s your insta?
Original post by avacwgwhwh
I have just received my accommoddation for uni of bristol and they have given me some random accomodation called metal works,which was not one of the options i had put on my accomodation.It is also £1,000 over the maximum amount of money i said id spend on accomodation on my application.As an individual who comes from a low income/single parent household,i’m not going to be able to afford this.They have emailed saying that i have until sunday to accept this accomodation and theirs no option to be given another accommodation.i have sent an email but they have said they take 5 working days to get back to me.Also,there helpline only runs monday to friday from 9-4:30 so i’m not going ti be able to call them up before my deadline of accepting my accommodation.does anyone have any advice ?

I'm in exactly the same situation. I put down all the cheapest accommodation options - as well as specifying a lower budget - and have been given one of the most expensive accommodations! Not to mention the distance from campus, which means more spent on public transport. I've tried emailing this but I will also call in the morning in the hopes that someone has rejected accommodation in another halls, even though that's unlikely :/
Reply 7
Original post by caitlincm
I’m also in 301!! what’s your insta?

im also 301 lol, my insta is a_docherty_
Original post by avacwgwhwh
I have just received my accommoddation for uni of bristol and they have given me some random accomodation called metal works,which was not one of the options i had put on my accomodation.It is also £1,000 over the maximum amount of money i said id spend on accomodation on my application.As an individual who comes from a low income/single parent household,i’m not going to be able to afford this.They have emailed saying that i have until sunday to accept this accomodation and theirs no option to be given another accommodation.i have sent an email but they have said they take 5 working days to get back to me.Also,there helpline only runs monday to friday from 9-4:30 so i’m not going ti be able to call them up before my deadline of accepting my accommodation.does anyone have any advice ?

I'm in the exact same position, i don't know how I'm going to afford it and their not even picking up the phone
Reply 9
Original post by Anonymous
I'm in the exact same position, i don't know how I'm going to afford it and their not even picking up the phone

did you get a message saying you need to accept it by 12 today ?
Original post by avacwgwhwh
did you get a message saying you need to accept it by 12 today ?

Yes it is so ridiculous I dont know what I'm going to do
Reply 11
Original post by avacwgwhwh
I have just received my accommoddation for uni of bristol and they have given me some random accomodation called metal works,which was not one of the options i had put on my accomodation.It is also £1,000 over the maximum amount of money i said id spend on accomodation on my application.As an individual who comes from a low income/single parent household,i’m not going to be able to afford this.They have emailed saying that i have until sunday to accept this accomodation and theirs no option to be given another accommodation.i have sent an email but they have said they take 5 working days to get back to me.Also,there helpline only runs monday to friday from 9-4:30 so i’m not going ti be able to call them up before my deadline of accepting my accommodation.does anyone have any advice ?

Hi, I’m in a very similar position, I’ve called the accommodation team to discuss and they’ve made it seem like there could be a chance to switch. It feels like they are more likely to help you switch if you bring forward a compelling case, such as yours - financial reasons etc. If I were you I’d write an email essentially arguing your case for moving, financial reasons etc, and follow up with a call. Additionally when we were talking to the accommodation team, they said that they can only switch people when they have first accepted their initial offer. I hope this helps, and good luck!
Reply 12
Original post by Anonymous
Yes it is so ridiculous I dont know what I'm going to do

I just spoke to the accom team and that email is a mistake!! I would reccomend calling them immediately so you can confirm this.
Original post by kconnor
Hi, I’m in a very similar position, I’ve called the accommodation team to discuss and they’ve made it seem like there could be a chance to switch. It feels like they are more likely to help you switch if you bring forward a compelling case, such as yours - financial reasons etc. If I were you I’d write an email essentially arguing your case for moving, financial reasons etc, and follow up with a call. Additionally when we were talking to the accommodation team, they said that they can only switch people when they have first accepted their initial offer. I hope this helps, and good luck!

ok thank you, i have sent them an email and i'll call them as well.
Reply 14
Original post by kconnor
Hi, I’m in a very similar position, I’ve called the accommodation team to discuss and they’ve made it seem like there could be a chance to switch. It feels like they are more likely to help you switch if you bring forward a compelling case, such as yours - financial reasons etc. If I were you I’d write an email essentially arguing your case for moving, financial reasons etc, and follow up with a call. Additionally when we were talking to the accommodation team, they said that they can only switch people when they have first accepted their initial offer. I hope this helps, and good luck!

thank you so much ! i ended up doing this today and they gave me university hall in the end which is much better 🙂
is anybody flat 307, that wants to maybe share a hostel for freshers week?
Reply 16
Original post by avacwgwhwh
i’m so annoyed we don’t have any accommodation for freshers week either ? i tried calling them also but they didn’t get through to me.i don’t know whether it’s worth accepting it and then calling them on monday to try and get it sorted.what flat number are you also ? i’m in flat 301
I’m kinda fuming too. I don’t mind the distance but the extra cost and missing freshers is gonna suck unless they set something up. I’m in flat 303.
Reply 17
Original post by avacwgwhwh
I have just received my accommoddation for uni of bristol and they have given me some random accomodation called metal works,which was not one of the options i had put on my accomodation.It is also £1,000 over the maximum amount of money i said id spend on accomodation on my application.As an individual who comes from a low income/single parent household,i’m not going to be able to afford this.They have emailed saying that i have until sunday to accept this accomodation and theirs no option to be given another accommodation.i have sent an email but they have said they take 5 working days to get back to me.Also,there helpline only runs monday to friday from 9-4:30 so i’m not going ti be able to call them up before my deadline of accepting my accommodation.does anyone have any advice ?

Did anyone get that email saying that they gonna get £250 because of not having any accom during freshers, I don’t even think that’s enough tho to get a hotel

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