A good community and resident integration. Eager RAs and lovely staff.
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Princess Alice Court
6th November 2025
Thank you for your feedback about Princess Alice Court. There IS a fantastic community feel at this hall. It is the home of our very poular free cookery classes as well as great film nights and the Residential Assistants (RAs) are always coming up with new events to make people feel welcome.
The place is old but it's near every important place for students. Overall I'm happy picking princess Alice court.
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Princess Alice Court
28th October 2025
Thanks for your review and good score for Princess Alice Court. It's true that it is an older building than some other halls but there are lots of reasons why Princess Alice Court is still popular with students. It has a great social scene hosting cookery classes, D'n D sessions and film nights. As you mentioned it's ideally situated near all the key University sites and it's close to the city. It has a visiting cat, Ellie who gets spoilt rotten by all the staff and residents and finally, it's also our cheapest hall of residence, enabling students with tighter budgets to still live in halls and get the full university experience. We're glad you're happy picking Princess Alice Court :)
all staff are lovely and look after you very well with any issues you may have.
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Princess Alice Court
25th September 2025
Thanks for your great score for Princess Alice Court. This great value hall of residence is also really conveniently close to the International Business School at the Cavendish Building, One Friar Gate Square and just a short walk to Britannia Mill and Markeaton Street.
The accommodation is the cheapest so you aren't expecting the best, but for the price it's a decent place to stay. The pros are that everyone and all the staff are friendly, there are events regularly, there are cleaners that clean the kitchen for you. It is also close to quite a few shops and uni and town are a short walk or bus ride away. The cons are that if you need something fixing it won't be done for many weeks, I had my toilet lid break, it came completely off and they took 2 weeks to fix it. I had the hook on my door that I use break off, it has been 2 months and I've made them aware multiple times. Another con is that a lot of the time the office isn't open when it is meant to be, which makes it hard for you to get post when you have time. Also the derby accommodations as a whole have an issue with silverfish that they ignore. They are in most accommodations, worse near to the ground floor so keep that in mind.
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Princess Alice Court
3rd September 2025
Thanks for your feedback about Princess Alice Court. We are glad you've found the staff to be friendly and that you enjoy the events there as well as having your kitchen cleaned. In regard to the issues you had with maintenance, we have fed these comments back to staff and will definitely look into this. As for your reference to silverfish, we urge residents to get in touch with their Hall Manager straight away if there is an issue, so we can rectify it as soon as possible. These are isolated incidents that are dealt with straight away so it's important for students to speak to staff immediately a problem arises.
This property offers an exciting Residence Life programme of mostly-free events & activities, wellbeing & pastoral support, 24 hour mobile contact number, weekly cleaning service, superfast Wifi, night time security staff, CCTV & intercom entry system, prompt maintenance service, free room contents insurance & free bike storage. Discover more!
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Where is Princess Alice Court located?
Princess Alice Court has transport links right on your doorstep & is a 4-minute walk from One Friar Gate Square, a 9-minute walk from Markeaton Street & 22-minute walk from Kedleston Road.
This great value hall of residence provides good no-nonsense value accommodation in the heart of the University quarter. All rooms have a single bed, ample storage space, a large desk and chair and a wash basin and mirror. Most flats have four to six bedrooms, a shared bathroom, toilet and a kitchen. Adapted rooms and a few en suite rooms are also available at this hall. * GSLI awards 2022
Great value rooms, ideally situated close to Markeaton Street and Britannia Mill and One Friar Gate Square. Princess Alice Court is also on the Unibus route up to Kedleston Road and into the city centre.
The hall has a car park and bike sheds and offers communal facilities including a laundry and common room with pool table, table tennis and Playstation 4. Most flats have five or six rooms and a shared kitchen.
Princess Alice Court offers homey rooms that come fully furnished with all the necessities. These rooms have shared kitchens that are equipped with a fridge freezer, kettle, cooker, toaster, cupboard space, breakfast bar or table and chairs.
For non en suite flats there is a shered shower room and a separate shared toilet. One of the advantages of these room types is that the cleaners come in onec a week and claen the communal areas including the shared shower and toilets
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How will I have to pay? All at once or monthly?
By member1148731 on 27th May 20
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Princess Alice Court
23rd August 2023
Most people pay in three instalments which coincide with when the maintenance loan goes into their bank account. The dealines for the three instalments are 2 October, 15 January and 15 April. If you would prefer to pay in a different way, for example monthly, you can arrange a different payment plan with the finance team
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On arrival, how do I actually get in ? Where is the reception/entrance? I didn’t do an accommodation tour.
By member1232758 on 6th July 18
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19th July 2018
You will get an email nearer the time with what to do, where to go etc
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Princess Alice Court
23rd August 2023
If you arrive during office hours there will be someone there to speak to. If no one is around or you arrive outside office hours you can ring the Princess Alice Court 24 hour mobile number which is 07771 838992. Every hall has a 24 hour contact number like this. Most people choose to arrive during Welcome Weekend which in 2023 is Friday 15 to Sunday 17 September. The housing team will contact you at the end of August about booking an arrival slot and you can choose when you want to arrive.
