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Does anyone recommend Garden Halls/College Hall?

Hiya, I'm an LSE LLB offer-holder and I'm looking at Garden Halls and College Hall. I've heard some good things about the facilities of both, but some bad things about them as they're intercollegiate halls and some say that students from other unis don't like to mix. Would anyone be able to give me their advice/view on the matter please?

I really like both as they offer the type of room I'm looking for (single private ensuite) and they're a good distance away from campus.

Thanks in advance for the advice!

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by Anonymous
Hiya, I'm an LSE LLB offer-holder and I'm looking at Garden Halls and College Hall. I've heard some good things about the facilities of both, but some bad things about them as they're intercollegiate halls and some say that students from other unis don't like to mix. Would anyone be able to give me their advice/view on the matter please?
I really like both as they offer the type of room I'm looking for (single private ensuite) and they're a good distance away from campus.
Thanks in advance for the advice!

My daughter has an offer for Management at LSE and has just confirmed her booking at Garden Halls. She has booked a single room in the townhouses ( self-catered) and will share a bathroom with one other. We took a walk up there (dead easy and took about 20-25 mins) after the offer holder day this week and really liked the location and facilities. Didn't get to see the room but they look decent on the website!

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by Anonymous
My daughter has an offer for Management at LSE and has just confirmed her booking at Garden Halls. She has booked a single room in the townhouses ( self-catered) and will share a bathroom with one other. We took a walk up there (dead easy and took about 20-25 mins) after the offer holder day this week and really liked the location and facilities. Didn't get to see the room but they look decent on the website!


thank you so much for the reply!! if i could just ask - how long after booking garden halls on the portal did your daughter receive the booking confirmation?? i booked garden halls on wednesday but still haven’t received a confirmation which is worrying me slightly!

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by Anonymous
thank you so much for the reply!! if i could just ask - how long after booking garden halls on the portal did your daughter receive the booking confirmation?? i booked garden halls on wednesday but still haven’t received a confirmation which is worrying me slightly!

That took ages. After two weeks my daughter messaged the LSE details on the accomodation site. The next day they emailed to say they had passed the details to the University of London and the day after that we got the email confirmation and completed the booking. We too were a bit anxious about it all due to lack of any kind of communication!

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by Anonymous
That took ages. After two weeks my daughter messaged the LSE details on the accomodation site. The next day they emailed to say they had passed the details to the University of London and the day after that we got the email confirmation and completed the booking. We too were a bit anxious about it all due to lack of any kind of communication!


that’s such a long time to wait!! i’m especially anxious as, when i booked accomm, the availability of my preferred room type seemed very limited so i would hate for them to give my room to someone else if they don’t confirm my booking soon. i’m thinking i may do what your daughter did on monday - email lse for them to pass on my details… i do wish the system was a bit simpler, i think they definitely have the advanced technological capabilities to automatically pass on this information to UoL 😂

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by Anonymous
that’s such a long time to wait!! i’m especially anxious as, when i booked accomm, the availability of my preferred room type seemed very limited so i would hate for them to give my room to someone else if they don’t confirm my booking soon. i’m thinking i may do what your daughter did on monday - email lse for them to pass on my details… i do wish the system was a bit simpler, i think they definitely have the advanced technological capabilities to automatically pass on this information to UoL 😂

Yes, it’s ridiculous!!!

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by Anonymous
that’s such a long time to wait!! i’m especially anxious as, when i booked accomm, the availability of my preferred room type seemed very limited so i would hate for them to give my room to someone else if they don’t confirm my booking soon. i’m thinking i may do what your daughter did on monday - email lse for them to pass on my details… i do wish the system was a bit simpler, i think they definitely have the advanced technological capabilities to automatically pass on this information to UoL 😂


hi! i also booked garden on Friday via lse and haven’t heard back.. getting a bit anxious but they did say within 7 days so fingers crossed 🙏

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by Orla234r
hi! i also booked garden on Friday via lse and haven’t heard back.. getting a bit anxious but they did say within 7 days so fingers crossed 🙏


yes yes i hope so!!! i’m planning on sending the accomm office a quick note tomorrow out of sheer desperation HAHAH also im not a stalker i promise but i’ve seen your ucl vs lse thread on my feed and it’s cool to know u decided on lse in the end!! hopefully i’ll see you in september ☺️☺️

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by Anonymous
yes yes i hope so!!! i’m planning on sending the accomm office a quick note tomorrow out of sheer desperation HAHAH also im not a stalker i promise but i’ve seen your ucl vs lse thread on my feed and it’s cool to know u decided on lse in the end!! hopefully i’ll see you in september ☺️☺️

HAHA that’s so funny i lowk forget those are public 🙈 have u heard back from UoL yet… I’m still waiting? x

Reply 9

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by Orla234r
HAHA that’s so funny i lowk forget those are public 🙈 have u heard back from UoL yet… I’m still waiting? x


nothing yet!!! i may message them tomorrow just to follow up to see if they’re ever going to send my details over… idk though?? a friend of a friend of my mother’s (crazy connections ik) works for the lse accomm team and told me my booking seemed ‘secure’ when i gave them my info and stuff but tbh this close to a-levels ‘secure’ isn’t good enough i need a confirmation and a deposit request asap 😭😭😭

Reply 10

Hi I’m looking to book an intercollegiate halls after getting my UCL accom offer and not rly being happy with it. Can I book the intercollegiate hall now or do I have to wait till their August waiting list?

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by Orla234r
HAHA that’s so funny i lowk forget those are public 🙈 have u heard back from UoL yet… I’m still waiting? x


heyy have u heard anything yet??

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by Anonymous
heyy have u heard anything yet??


oops omg sorry I didn’t see ur previous reply eek… still haven’t heard I think I’ll send them an email tomorrow - glad to know I’m not the only one tho

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by Orla234r
oops omg sorry I didn’t see ur previous reply eek… still haven’t heard I think I’ll send them an email tomorrow - glad to know I’m not the only one tho


yes i may as well!! i’m annoyed for both of us but also glad im not the only one HAHAH

Reply 14

Can anyone help me! I just received an offer for LLB and want to apply to Garden Halls but it says its not open for bookings on the LSE accomodation site. How did you guys manage to apply for it? Thanks in advance!

Reply 15

Is this after you have logged into your accommodation account? If so it means that the room allocation to LSE students is likely full. Sorry!

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by Anonymous
yes i may as well!! i’m annoyed for both of us but also glad im not the only one HAHAH


hey did they reply to u? uol got linked into my email saying lse hadn’t sent them my details? must be a fault on lse’s end

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by Orla234r
hey did they reply to u? uol got linked into my email saying lse hadn’t sent them my details? must be a fault on lse’s end


oops i actually forgot to email today 😭😭 a-level brain fog!! did u email using lse’s accommodation form thing or did u email uol?? xx

Reply 18

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by smartstudent69
Can anyone help me! I just received an offer for LLB and want to apply to Garden Halls but it says its not open for bookings on the LSE accomodation site. How did you guys manage to apply for it? Thanks in advance!


on lse’s accomm it says that for all the intercollegiate halls, but once you get your public account information (lse will email this to you a few days after you firm them) you can book accommodation and check availability on there, hope this helps!!

Reply 19

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by Anonymous
oops i actually forgot to email today 😭😭 a-level brain fog!! did u email using lse’s accommodation form thing or did u email uol?? xx


I used the lse accom thing x they ac got back saying they just hadn’t sent off the request yet and they are this week so will hopefully be same for u

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