A review of Osborne House, University of Bath
Situated at the peak of Bathwick Hill, where it joins with Claverton Down Rd. so easy access to town. Just a stone's throw from the South buildings for which, as a chemist, I am grateful. Away from the centre of campus/the SU, so relatively quiet. Easy access for delivery vans etc. once they've come here enough to know where to go, since this technically off-campus accommodation is at an end of The Avenue, a side road to Clav. Dn. Rd. Bike shed available.
Cons?
It takes longer to walk to lectures than some of the on-campus accommodations. Being next to Clav. Dn. Rd. which is a frequent bus route, the road noise can be quite loud. On the subject of noise, the part of the building where I live has a piece of guttering which taps loudly in the rain. Also, since Osborne was converted from a normal house which did not have the multitude of rooms necessary for housing students, some rooms including mine, are separated from the room next door by a partition wall with very little noise reduction. The windows are not very well insulated so draughts come in as well as noise. Only letters and small packages are delivered to the house, anything larger goes to the campus parcel office which is in the northeast of campus (Osborne is southwest).
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