The Green Reviews

I am writing from one of the refurbished en-suites. Internet is lightning fast and overall very consistent. Social experience will depend I assume, but for me everyone has been chill. Of course, I'm writing from lockdown. Visible security outside from time to time. Social space is good: a big table that can fit 6 people, plus a sofa area with a coffee table and nice windows. There are 2 fridge/freezers for up to 6 people. So far only 4 of us though. There are nice grocery shops but major ones are a bit of a walk (1 mile + 1 mile return approx.). Other people do online shopping. Fantastic response time on maintenance. Items replaced fast. We did have some cuts to our hot water and heating during cold weather, but we were given keys to other rooms. Nice bathroom, workspace, cabinets, bed, mirrors. And the university is a stone throw away, as is the gym when it's not lockdown. Friendly, helpful staff. Laundry is generally fine, although it is an extra cost if you do a lot. I like it here.

The reception of the the accommodation doesn’t work properly. When they got a letter from my country, they didn’t notify me even though it has been more then 2 weeks had been passed. It was really important for my scholarship and needed to send it back to my country. They are not so credible as I thought and I was really disappointed with it.

My experiencde in and around it as well as its staffs has been awesome

Great place to live, especially for freshers! Here you are able to meet new people and become a part of the University of Bradford

The rooms are spacious with good heating. Reception services are welcoming and Maintenance is very helpful and will fix your problem as soon as possible

The location is great, the staff have been very helpful and accommodating. A lot of the social aspect has been difficult this year, but with covid that is to he expected. One area for improvement is the wifi provision, as it can be quite spotty across the buildings, and I have to use a travel router to ensure reliable connection.

This is my first time in the UK and I found staying here very beautiful. Also, it is so close to walk to the campus and the city center from your accommodation. Staff are friendly and are always willing to assist students to make their stay worthwhile.

Very friendly and helpful staff with only minor issues.

It’s my second year here and love living here and definitely recommend it to others, the staff are very friendly . The en-suite rooms are very well spaced and great to live in

The green village is a really beautiful place and I like living here as their staff are also very kind and do their best to make you feel at home. Another plus is that they consider the environment so it makes me feel like I’m getting a worthwhile package.

Very helpful and generous service

The Green has a perfect location for students to directly go to the University or City Center. This place is surrounded by the healthy environment. Also, the staffs are very nice and quick in responses anything. The room is really suitable for the students to study and a lot of storages to keep our things. The important thing, The Green is a safe place with 24 hours security operation. I want to stay longer here!

Why are they forcing students to pay rent when they no longer live there. Most people have moved out due to Corona n have to pay rent for the places they live when this is even harder for them to pay rent when they have to pay £1000+ more for somewhere they are no longer staying in

The accommodation is very accessible to the university. The facility is ok but needs improvement as some have not been fixed by previous tenant. Furthermore, need more social space and the WiFi definitely needs to improve (Ethernet is super fast)

All okay. But there will be much better if sport gym is in the Green

Quite expensive but good for first year international students to meet new people and adapt to a different environment. Loved the heating as well since I wasn’t used to cold weather

Overall it's nice, but internet could be improved.

I would like they took into account the lifestyle of the residents and it could be possible to specify the neighbours preferences. Most of the flatmates were good, but there is the one that we can't stand and we can't do anything about it. Also it is impossible to move easily from room to room, even thought there are plenty available now.

I would suggest to ask residents about their flatmates preferences apart from gender. It is very important because there are a lot of conflicts considering the lifestyle. Once you booked the room you can't move to other one easily even though there are plenty of them available now.

Very helpful and reliable staff. Cozy place to live in and good location.

I love the place but dorris is cheaper.

Excellent accommodation management

Great place to live, good view and close to the uni and city centre

Although this place is expensive but it is located close to the campus. Management of property is fair enough.They clean the common or surrounding areas of the buildings regularly but we are supposed to clean our flats by ourselves. Social experience is good so far. However, Internet quality needs to be improved because its speed is not good.

Lived here for 3/4 years of university. Convenient. Spacious. Friendly staff. Security team always available if needed. Problems get sorted in a timely manner

There should be more social places.

Very friendly staff. Very secured environment, provides nice social life for students. It’s literally just 2mins to uni! Great value of money. I am definitely retaining my contact for next session!

The accommodation is very close to university, well lit at night. The maintenance is done on time and the rooms are cozy.

it is very close to the university, safe and I lie living with other students! The attention of the management team is great!

The accommodation gave the chance to meet people from across the world. It provided a safe and suiting environment which makes you feel secure and connected to people in a similar situation

Pretty nice to live in here, the price is reasonable and the staff is quite nice too.

It is nice. The staff is really kind !

I feel that the green is a safe area and I enjoy the activities that are created by the accommodation

Location is perfect, super close to campus. Management is decent, some staff are a tad abrasive (not Sean, he’s very polite). Maintenance is good, but you might need them a lot. Cleaning public areas is good, you’re expected to clean your flat spaces (get a rota, saves hassle). Social space is pointless, gets used by the same people every day, nothing in there that fancy (PS4, slightly larger Jenga). Social experience is amazing, uni bar is super close and Leeds is 20 mins away by train. WiFi is shocking, I urge you to get an Ethernet switch and cables and use the wired internet. Hygiene of the bins is better, no rats seen this year. Although my flat had a mouse in the kitchen. 1st years I’d recommend to, for the security and safety alone, or arkwright, it’s cheaper and you get roughly the same. Don’t expect an email when you get mail, they stopped doing it when Homes for Students took over. The mattresses are uncomfortable. I think that’s all :)

Pretty overpriced when there’s nothing much they offer . Met some amazing people here . Cleaning isn’t great at all to be honest . There are rats and the concerned don’t really take an action . The WiFi has an okay speed . The new management has been messing it up .

Definitely value for the money! Good location to get to school, Only need to walk for 5-10 minutes. Staffs are so friendly!!! With high quality of problem solving ability:) I have lived for three years and the Green always be my first choice! The WiFi may be a little bit slow but you can use networking cables to connect your computer.

Good location and quite social but pricey considering nearby accommdoations. Used to be run very well before management changed from bradford university to homes for students in 2020. It is a poorly managed and greedy company that is still charging students for empty rooms and even threatening debt collection despite the Corona pandemic- while most uni accommodations have cancelled contracts.

Its overpriced, somewhere literally across the road just over half the price. Location is perfect since it is on the campus. Hall management is good enough. You are expected to clean the flat yourself obviously, the corridors and lifts are cleaned monthly as far as I can tell. They have a social area, Ive seen it used about 3 times in the year I've been here now so pretty pointless. Social experience Ive had here is amazing, though thats up to luck cause you never know who your going to be with. The internet is stupidly fast.

WiFi a bit slow but lovely modern living areas

While expensive this year, it's going down to 80 pound this year from 110. Bare in mind this is for a townhouse. But WiFi is good and so is everything else. But you must clean everything yourself

Its good for bradford but can be pricey

Excellent place to live, very good value for money. Clean and tidy

You ask to live with quiet people in the forms and they set you up with a bunch of noisy w******! Facilities are good but the people are awful

I lived in the green first year. Expensive, but most students live there in their first year so you meet a lot of people. There wasn't a common room whilst i was there as it was still fairly new but there is one now, There was a rat problem and it can get a bit rowdy sometimes. The ensuite wetroom takes some getting use to. In terms of cleanliness, just pray you get clean flat mates cause that'll make all the difference. In second year I lived in arkwright which is cheaper and nicer, in terms of looks, but my flatmates weren't clean which, for me ruined the experience. Arkwright walls are quite thin as well and the heating is energy saving so only stays on for 3 hours. The common room is nice though

- Got threatened with fines for things like cleaning (£400) and the back door breaking (£51). Which wasn't my fault. - Wifi isn't great, goes off every so often. One time it went off for more than 24 hours. - The staff are friendly but useless. You try and ask them for help and they always go about it in a lazy way. - The bedrooms are unbearably and uncomfortably hot. I have my windows cracked open in winter. You can't touch the radiators or otherwise the hot water goes off??? - Hot water kept going off, one time in the middle of showering. Couldn't wash up properly. - Rats everywhere. - 2 of our microwaves already broke within the first few months even the kettle. ~They do a discount if you stay the next year but honestly it's not worth it in my experience. Met some lovely people however.~

I lived at The Green for two years and I loved my time there. The rooms are lovely and spacious, and the staff are incredibly helpful and quick to sort out any problems. The Green is in an ideal location to the University and the grounds it is situated on are lovely, it's aesthetically pleasing with the pond and many trees. They often have many social events throughout the year; Easter egg hunt, Christmas Treasure hunt and BBQ's. The only significant negative about The Green is the Wifi, the could do with faster internet.

Everything was great. It's right on campus so it's easy to get to lectures.

I'd say Raglan House is probably where you're most "Free" to live. Other accommodations like Liberty Point the security bothers you about everything, usually about how many people are in your flat and how much noise you're making (more awkward in some situations than others...). Not at Raglan, I've only ever seen one security dude and he's chill as f***. Very well located too, I mean sure it's very nearby to this place called Hillfields and the short description of Hillfields is "avoid going there at all costs" but you're never going to find yourself needing to walk more than 15 minutes in any direction for any reason. As for the flats themselves they're not great, they're identical inside to Callice Court and aren't exactly homely. It's nice living at the smallest accommodation though, familiar faces are just about one of the only somewhat homely features of any accommodation, and it's nice not to have to wait for a lift (there're only four floors, stairs are exercise).

I like it cause it's close to the uni and so I can awake up 5mins before class and make it on time but the facilities are terrible for the price I'm paying. There's always something wrong - either our heating stops working, our hot water keeps going out (went without a shower for 3 days because of it), the electicity and lights have gone out twice. The house parties aren't bad but I'm definitely not living here next year

The heating and hot water keep on getting off every few weeks. We had one week where it got off 3 times.

The wifi is completely unacceptable, the showers are terrible, the cupboards are tiny and the people are s***. The people have all been terrible, I don't know one person with decent flatmates. The kitchens don't get cleaned, which means, as the only person who cares, our flat is only ever cleaned by me, unlike in most halls where they have cleaners for the kitchens. The only redeeming quality is that the green is on campus, and therefore a 2 minute walk in the morning to lectures. But then so is the other non uni hall so. The wifi is just completely unacceptable. We pay almost 5 grand for a year in this place, and the best they'll give us is 2mbps without having to PAY to upgrade! £10 for 30 days at 5mbps being the cheapest. It's just ridiculous. It gets to a point where I literally can not do my work in my room because the internet (I use ethernet) is so f****** slow!

The wifi is completely unacceptable, the showers are terrible, the cupboards are tiny and the people are s***. The only redeeming quality is that the green is on campus, and therefore a 2 minute walk in the morning to lectures. But then so is the other non uni hall so. The wifi is just completely unacceptable. We pay almost 5 grand for a year in this place, and the best they'll give us is 2mbps without having to PAY to upgrade! £10 for 30 days at 5mbps being the cheapest. It's just ridiculous. It gets to a point where I literally can not do my work in my room because the internet (I use ethernet) is so f****** slow! Then the showers are awful, the shower head is stuck in place so if you're tall or short, it's never in the right spot. The wet room is literally like a sauna when you have it on, and believe me, the term wet room is applicable because EVERYTHING gets soaked, shower curtain (which is far too close to the stream so you can't stand under it without being stuck to ) or not.

It's great for socialising and room. Wifi is hard to work

Great facilities. My flat mates are terrible though and constantly steal from me and leave a mess everywhere. But when I raised this issue with the staff they had words with them and things have improved. I'd say the best thing about the acomodation is the staff as they are always friendly and willing to help resolve problems. The wifi is ok if you pay extra for a faster connection

Not recommend anyone to move in. Not a good accommodation. Too much noise specially at night time. Poor security. If you complain she simply said that other paid as well so we can not do any thing. Laundry cost is so expensive. You are not allowed to keep a small microwave in your room. Not good for Muslim or vegetarians because you can not stop your ketches mates to cook pork or put alcohol in fridge. I am vegetarian and it is so difficult for me to do washing in kitchen and also keep my stuff in fridge with chicken, pork and alcohol.

Ensuit only: Communal spaces are different sizes even though your all paying the same price. Showers take a long time to drain and you only get free 2mbps wifi but to upgrade it could cost you £75 per month

Very close to city campus, you can practically roll into lectures.. Social experience very good. Probably a bit on the expensive side though..

Really good halls! Better than i could have imagined