Thread for accommodation questions for 09/10 entry - READ & POST HERE FIRST :o)

I received an offer of accomodation yesterday for a twin room catered in Pollock halls, even though my 3 choices were all in self-catered! The twin room I could deal with but I really don't think I could stand not being self-catered. I know that people who had Edinburgh as an insurance choice had been warned that they would probably only be offered twin accomodation and I did have an insurance offer with them BUT I also had my firm choice with them so I don't understand how I've ended up where I am.
I know alot of people have ended up being offered accomodation that wasn't one of their 3 choices but I was wondering whether anyone else had been offered catered instead of self-catered?

Lets swap... I got Warrender Park Road

Not sure if anyone will have asked this already, but i'm staying in Holland house from september, are you allowed to have friends stay overnight?

That was my second choice! Did you apply for pollock then? What sort of room have you been offered small, standard or large?

Standard... shared bathroom.. self catered..

i wanted chacellors court. darroch or holland house

hmmmm.

is yours a bunk bed?

No its a twin bed room. It's annoying because I know that the catered accomodation is much nicer than self -catered (I stayed with a friend) and as I said before, the sharing a room I would be fine with (not planning to be in it much anyway!) and I love the location of the pollock complex, but I'm way way to fussy with my eating habits to be in catered!

Hi!!)
Flat 10 Room 1, 22 Sciennes!!!!

Just wondered, what are the differences in size between small, medium and large sized rooms? I have been allocated a small room in South College Street - does anyone have any info?

Well warrender park road is five minutes from Pollock.... and apparently (according to people on TSR) people drop out after like a month, so you could try and change then?

Which part of pollock are you in?

I phoned the accomodation people up to ask them what I could do and it turns out they had made a mistake and given me the accomodation based on me having an insurance offer only when I also had my firm choice with them. They were really good about it and I'm now in Warrender Park Road :-) Flat 4 Room 2 here I come...