Bristol University Accommodation Info (please post all questions here!)

Hey

My friend and I are likely coming to U of Bristol on exchange for a year starting September next year. We're wanting to find out about accommodation.

I know all the basics such as halls and so on, but if we want to ensure that we get into the same hall or, preferebly, sharing a twin room (to reduce costs), how would we go about it? Can you make joint applications or do you have to contact the halls with your specific situation? Any other way to go about it? Could we still try for popular halls such as Wills or Goldney or would we have to settle on a less popular one?

Thanks

Daniel

Reply 1386

stepheh

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you can specify to share a room with a friend - someone on here has done that this year i think!
you can probably do it with every hall, as long as they have shared rooms :smile:

durdham news; just had word that we're having a superhero party at some point during freshers fornight :biggrin:

Reply 1387

christhomas

I'm sharing a room with a friend (fellow TSR member abood) at The Hawthorns this year, we had to attach letters to our accommodation forms asking to share a room. I was a bit worried it wouldn't work, but from what I heard later, I needn't've. Halls / Student houses are usually happy when they have people who want to share, because most don't. I presume they'd rather have people who want to live together in a shared room than put strangers together. Just attach a letter and specify "shared" on the form, all should be well :biggrin:

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Does anyone have any pictures of shared rooms? I'm trying to decide whether to go for it or not (with a mate of mine)

Reply 1389

danielvh

Does anyone have any pictures of shared rooms? I'm trying to decide whether to go for it or not (with a mate of mine)

Shared rooms in what hall/house?

Reply 1390

Paranoid Kid

Shared rooms in what hall/house?

Any. I guess we're currently considering Manor so would be especially interested to see the shared rooms there.

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danielvh

Any. I guess we're currently considering Manor so would be especially interested to see the shared rooms there.

Hmmm, not sure about Manor, I can ask someone though. In Wills the shared rooms are hardly shared at all really. All it is is that you have to go through one room to get to the other.

Reply 1392

Paranoid Kid

Hmmm, not sure about Manor, I can ask someone though. In Wills the shared rooms are hardly shared at all really. All it is is that you have to go through one room to get to the other.

That'd be great Paranoid Kid

Reply 1393

Tiger_S

Hey there! i just got an offer to study Maths and Economics from Oct 08 and have my heart set on coming here assumign i work my ass off and hit the grades. Now im really wondering how im going to go about choosing accomadation. I just wonderd how evryone else settled down to choose one, i like sports, somewhere near the shops and nearish to the campus, with a definate intimate family feel with the people id stay with. I just have no clue how im going to find the right one for me. Any advise is welcomed with open arms. Cheers :smile:

Reply 1394

kasias

When you get the accomodation thingy just go with the one that feels best. I went with gut feeling, I made a list of pros and cons when I was choosing between 2. I got slightly more pros then cons for one, then started giving double points so the results scewed to the one I'm at now. Love the place. Love the people.
And don't be afraid of student houses, they are amazing.

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Tiger_S

Hey there! i just got an offer to study Maths and Economics from Oct 08 and have my heart set on coming here assumign i work my ass off and hit the grades. Now im really wondering how im going to go about choosing accomadation. I just wonderd how evryone else settled down to choose one, i like sports, somewhere near the shops and nearish to the campus, with a definate intimate family feel with the people id stay with. I just have no clue how im going to find the right one for me. Any advise is welcomed with open arms. Cheers :smile:

Somewhere in Clifton then. Do you want catered or self catered?

Reply 1396

Tiger_S

Thanks Kas.

Either would do, i was told bad things about caterd, like if i was late coming home and missed the meal time id go hungry for the night lol. Im open to both but i gues idealy self caterd. I havent been sent a prospectus yet, so i was wondering if there is a large difference between the rooms at each accomadation. The more partys the better :biggrin:

lol

Reply 1397

Ronove

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kasias

And don't be afraid of student houses, they are amazing.

Ohmygodyes. :biggrin:

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