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SeaShadows
does anyone know which if any of the self catered accomodation have baths? or are they all showers?

also - do the self catered ones have freezers?
thank you :smile:


Hey seashadows, sorry can't help you with your question, but did you go to either of the applicant days and IR talks? If so what you think?
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SeaShadows
does anyone know which if any of the self catered accomodation have baths? or are they all showers?

also - do the self catered ones have freezers?
thank you :smile:


I don't know if any of them have baths, but all the self-catered flats I've been to had showers.

All of the self-catered flats have freezers.
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oxymoronic
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SeaShadows
does anyone know which if any of the self catered accomodation have baths? or are they all showers?

also - do the self catered ones have freezers?
thank you :smile:


My building had baths - Warrender Park Road.
It was a bath with a shower head above it.

Everywhere has freezers, I do not understand how some universities expect their students to be self catered and not provide them with a freezer!
I'm pretty sure most have baths or bath-showers(all the ones I've been into and accommodation services claim that they do - not that that's entirely reliable as a source).
I've applied for accomodation in the self-catered flats. (all shared bathrooms). I was wondering if the individual bedrooms have a basin in them.

Ta! :smile:
___hothead_
I've applied for accomodation in the self-catered flats. (all shared bathrooms). I was wondering if the individual bedrooms have a basin in them.

Ta! :smile:


Rooms in self-catered flats don't have basins in them.
oatsandhoney
Hey seashadows, sorry can't help you with your question, but did you go to either of the applicant days and IR talks? If so what you think?

hey again!
yeah I was there on the 18th - if I wasn't excited before I am now! :smile:
the course sounds pretty much perfect...the amount of diferent options available in 3rd/4th year was brilliant - one bum point was that you can't do a joint degree, too bad.
did you have your intro talk thing in mcewan hall because we did and i could hear almsot nothing during the Q&A session - liked wandering around the buildings and seeing the whole place though - squee! excited?
Hang on...damn it, can't find the comment...did you say you were goign to edinburgh, as in conditional or unconditional?
I'll be moving to Edinburgh with my family to start an MSc. I've been allocated a 3 bedroom flat on Blackett Ave. I chose it because it'll be close to my son's (2 years old) nursery. Does anyone know about these flats and can comment? I'd like to know what the flats are like, laundry facilities, noise, neighborhood, etc. Thanks.
That's me sent my accommodation application! :smile:
1. New Arthur Place
2. South Clerk Street
3. Darroch Court

Wish we didn't have to wait til like July to find out!
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Josh-roid
Done my accomodation

All catered:

1. Holland House (ensuite)
2. Turner House
3. Ewing House
Do any of you Edinburgh folk know anyone who stays in McDonald Road? It looks really nice but I've not seen it mentioned here at all.
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Jillee
Libertine182
Do any of you Edinburgh folk know anyone who stays in McDonald Road? It looks really nice but I've not seen it mentioned here at all.


Hey, one of my friends got put there this year due to Edinburgh running out of room.
It's very nice, rooms are a decent size with en-suite, kitchen area big enough for 4/5 with sofas etc - also a tv (although I don't know if its the tenants or unites...!)

A bit of town though from George Square, probably about a half hour walk or something, maybe 20 minutes if you walk fast - but lothian buses 7, 14, and 49 go from st patrick square/nicolson street (right next to george square) down to McDonald road.

Its about 3 minutes away from the tesco express and a few pubs etc,

Hope that helped somewhat!
SeaShadows
hey again!
yeah I was there on the 18th - if I wasn't excited before I am now! :smile:
the course sounds pretty much perfect...the amount of diferent options available in 3rd/4th year was brilliant - one bum point was that you can't do a joint degree, too bad.
did you have your intro talk thing in mcewan hall because we did and i could hear almsot nothing during the Q&A session - liked wandering around the buildings and seeing the whole place though - squee! excited?
Hang on...damn it, can't find the comment...did you say you were goign to edinburgh, as in conditional or unconditional?


got an unconditional, you? Yeh I went to the mcewan hall talk on the 4th, such a brilliant building. Went to the IR talk on the 18th though, the second session. Thought the lecturer was really nice and the course looks sooo good. did u go into the chrystal macmillan building like the ir building? its really nice and brilliant view of the castle, plus its ryt next to starbucks which can never be a bad thing.
:smile:
Jillee
Hey, one of my friends got put there this year due to Edinburgh running out of room.
It's very nice, rooms are a decent size with en-suite, kitchen area big enough for 4/5 with sofas etc - also a tv (although I don't know if its the tenants or unites...!)

A bit of town though from George Square, probably about a half hour walk or something, maybe 20 minutes if you walk fast - but lothian buses 7, 14, and 49 go from st patrick square/nicolson street (right next to george square) down to McDonald road.

Its about 3 minutes away from the tesco express and a few pubs etc,

Hope that helped somewhat!


ahh I didn't know it was unite accomodation, thanks.
Has anyone been inside Warrender Park Crescent? What's the size like? Is it modern or old? I see it has parking, it there many spaces? How does it compare to Darroch Court?
Ok just applied for Darroch Court, Fraser Court and Warrender Park Crescent I think I will happy with any of those.
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ooze
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Glitterinthegutter
That's me sent my accommodation application! :smile:
1. New Arthur Place
2. South Clerk Street
3. Darroch Court

Wish we didn't have to wait til like July to find out!

I didn't get an accom offer until the first few days of September, the week before I left for Edinburgh..! So don't wait up for it :p:
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ooze
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elisabethbridge
Rooms in self-catered flats don't have basins in them.

Mine did, as did most of Nicolson St.
Rian1988
Has anyone been inside Warrender Park Crescent? What's the size like? Is it modern or old? I see it has parking, it there many spaces? How does it compare to Darroch Court?

Huge hallways and giant windows on the stairways. Nice big windows in the upstairs flats (not as big as they look from outside because it's been remodelled to become the flats). Tiny windows in the basements. The furnishings are probably from the early 90s in some flats whereas other flats will have been refurnished in the last couple of years (dependant on how previous owners treated the place, where they are in their renovation cycle, etc. but this is the same for all university owned accommodation). This is one of the places where there is a huge difference between a normal sized and a large room - some of the large rooms are massive, possibly 5x4m rather than 2x4m - but I'm not sure how many of the absolutely giant rooms there are outside of the basement). I never counted the parking spaces - but it's never full. And it's similar to Darroch in that it is owned by the same landlord who kits out all its flats in the same way. It's different in that it has a very different location, it's not a purpose built accommodation building so it has funny shaped rooms and has some odd quirks inside, but also some lovely large wide hallways and space to gather/meet people inside whereas Darroch being purposefully built the way it is doesn't have odd bits of room left over from something else and has lots of clean lines, etc.
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echo.echo
hey, is self-catered any less sociable then catered? & which works out more expensive?

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