Great experience, very helpful in terms of what was required on move-in day. I get along with my flatmates, it feels like home. Staff are really helpful, located closer to the city centre and having social events in the common room. Definitely be coming here again!
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| Nunnery Court | #1 |
| The Croft | #2 |
| Peak Court | #3 |
| St Christopher's Court | #4 |
| Roman House | #5 |
| Northgate House | #6 |
| Princess Alice Court | #7 |
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Great experience, very helpful in terms of what was required on move-in day. I get along with my flatmates, it feels like home. Staff are really helpful, located closer to the city centre and having social events in the common room. Definitely be coming here again!
The Croft Information
| Telephone | 0343 253 9188 |
| Postcode | DE1 3FQ |
| Price from | £149.00 per week for 24/25 (subject to availability) |
| Features | 19-minute walk from the University of Derby. Common room, WiFi, on site maintenance, study area, gym, game area, bike storage, outdoor area, laundry room, contents insurance, pool table, table football, communal kitchen, all utility bills included & communal TV. |
| Top tip | Book a room for 23/24 academic year and get £400 cashback. T&C's apply. Visit the website for more details. |
The Croft Biography
The Croft is ideally located, as the city centre is a stone throw away and is jam-packed with a variety of shops, bars and restaurants for you to explore when taking a break from your studies. The University of Derby’s four campuses are situated close to the accommodation so you will never have to worry about being late for class.
You have everything you need to make your stay as comfortable as can be. There is an on-site gym, a games area, a common room with a TV and an outdoor area for you to take advantage of when wanting to hang out with friends. When needing to get some work done, you can make use of the quiet study space and WiFi. There are also laundry facilities, bike storage, a communal kitchen, on-site maintenance, all-inclusive bills and contents insurance for your convenience.
At The Croft, you have a variety of en-suite rooms to choose from. The rooms are all stylishly designed and are equipped with storage space, a comfortable bed, an en-suite shower room, a study desk and a chair. The modern and stylishly designed rooms are sure to make you feel at home, all that is missing are some of your personal touches.
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Read The Croft Reviews
Slightly pricey but worth value and super freindly
great facilities and supportive staff memebers
Great experience, very helpful in terms of what was required on move-in day. I get along with my flatmates, it feels like home. Staff are really helpful, located closer to the city centre and having social events in the common room. Definitely be coming here again!
Lovely staff, excellent facilities and if any problems occur they fix it as soon as it’s brought to their attention
The staff are amazing here they make me feel like I’m At home, very attentive and whenever anything goes wrong they always go the extra mile to sort things out. I have recommended several people to stay here , and they enjoy it aswell. They are amazing…. I love the Croft.
Lovely staff, Angie and Abby are great and always welcoming and helpful at the office, very approachable. Handy Andy ALWAYS ready to give his aid, came in on his day off to fix my door I am eternally grateful for this. All staff wonderful and far better than previous accommodations. Facilities are top standard as well
absolutely amazing staff and the events that they do are great, amazing managers, very comforting and can always go to them when we need help with issues. love living here. Andy is also amazing and very helpful, teaches us how to fix things while fixing them the issues that we have , a great handy andy
Amazing staff, always willing to help and reply to emails swiftly. Angie, Abby, and Andy are so helpful and lovely people and have made living here so much more fun!
Abby and Angie are incredible, super helpful, handy Andy super useful, the entire place is super to live in couldnt reccomend a better student accomodation
Abby, Angie, Andy, and Danny are incredibly helpful and so kind! Angie and Abby were so welcoming to help with the transition into independent living and are always there for a laugh!!! The most perfect accommodation to stay in for my first year.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such lovely words about our property and our team! We know you will continue to have a great stay with us and you know where we are if you need anything! Kind regards, The Croft Property Team.
So far, I've had a great time at the Croft; the accommodations are clean and modern, and the staff is all very friendly and helpful. I have really enjoyed the activities and events that they have provided, which have helped me to meet new friends. Overall, I would definitely recommend the Croft for students studying in Derby.
Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave this lovely review. We hope you continue to enjoy your stay. Kind regards, The Croft Property Team.
Good location, flat kitchens have enough room for everyone and rooms are also a good size
Hi, thank you for taking the time to review in the early stages of living here! We're glad to hear you are enjoying it. If there's anything you need, let us know at reception. The Croft Property Team.
Just dont send your kids there. Most people dont respect the public areas and they just leave everything dirty. The accomodation didnt return my deposit money even though nothing was wrong. i dont recommend it.
Hi, thank you for taking the time to review. As our cleaner cleans public areas daily between Mon-Fri we assume you mean other residents in the flat were not keeping their communal kitchen area clean? If it is reported to us that the communal kitchens are not being looked after correctly, we will intervene and help where we can. In regards to the deposit, we can look into this for you as we would not just retain the deposit without reason - if you could email us at thecroft@wearehomesforstudents.com with the name of the student whom you are leaving this review on behalf of and we can investigate further. Thank you, The Croft Property Team.
Based in the city centre. Washing room, brilliant WiFi and gym included. Recommended
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Kind regards, The Croft Property Team
This accommodation has given me the best experience for my first year at university
Hi, Thank you for your comment! That's the best feedback we could ask for. Kind regards, The Croft Property Team
Staff are very friendly and always offering activities which are always good
Hey, Thank you for your kind comments! We are glad you enjoy the events at site, we try to keep it as fun as possible. Kind regards, The Croft Property Team
Located in a good area, close to a lot of stores and travelling facilities.
Hi, Thank you for your review. We agree, perfect base for students in the city centre! Kind regards, The Croft Property Team
The Croft has a great service and is good quality for money
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to review. Kind regards, The Croft Property Team
It is decent but fridges and freezes can be a bit limited on space and 1 bin for 9 people is not great. The facilities like the gym are good but there are not many washing machines. But I do love the vending machines they are a great idea.
Hi, Thank you for your feedback. I' not sure what happened to the others, but is not correct that you should only have one bin in the flat. Please come to reception and see us and we will issue you with more bins. We love the new vending machines too, a great addition! Kind regards, The Croft Property Team
Really nice accommodation, great value for money compared to other uni accommodation. However, not a fan of the lack of common area cleaners in flats. Staff are really friendly and everyone is very understanding and helpful
Hi, Thank you for your review and kind words about our accommodation and staff. Kind regards, The Croft Property Team
I have really enjoyed staying here this year, although we have had a few issues that did take slightly longer than expected to sort out (lift breaking) I understand this is out of the Croft’s staff control. The staff have always been super friendly and welcoming and I would definitely recommend this accom to a friend.
Hi, Thank you so much for your review and your patience with things that, as you say, are out of our control. We hope you continue to enjoy your stay. Kind regards, The Croft Property Team.
The best accommodation in derby. The location is perfect and would highly recommend to anyone who is thinking of booking for next year. The staff are friendly and always helpful. The accommodation is very secure
Hi, thank you for taking the time to review - we're happy you love it as much as we do. Kind regards, The Croft Property Team.
Comfortable rooms and nice common area BUT had several issues (some very concerning and dangerous issues that management didn’t want to solve & eventually ended up moving back home because of how unhappy and expensive this place was. Electricity issues happened often. On so many occasions we’ve been left with no lights and no way to get them to turn them on, especially over Christmas and New Years.
Hello, Thank you for taking your time to leave us a review. Could I please ask that you send us an email to thecroft@wearehomesforstudents.com regarding the issues you mentioned so that we can look in to this further as there aren't any issues that we would not want to solve. Unfortunately sometimes, maintenance issues can arise, it is a fairly new building but we always try to remedy any issues as soon as we are able or instruct contractors for works we cannot complete in-house. We have an out of hours Help Desk that are available for the reporting/escalation of any issues outside of normal office hours. We look forward to hearing back from you on this matter. Thank you, The Croft Property Team.
I've been at The Croft for 2 years and even after a change of management, my experience has been great. The whole site is incredibly clean and well looked after. The staff are welcoming and polite too! Wifi is great, which is a bonus, and the ethernet ports are handy. For the price, you get a good room, sizeable kitchen and a great location.
Thank you so much for your kind words, we hope you enjoy the rest of your stay and recommend us to your friends! The Croft Property Team.
Great place to live recommend to other students
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, much appreciated - The Croft Property Team.
It was a decent location with good social spaced and room size was good.
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. The Croft Property Team.
Great reception team and amazing social ideas for the common room area
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review. The Croft Property Team.
My move to the Croft has been amazing and the staff have informed me of everything I need to know, I definitely recommend living her and am considering staying for the next academic year.
Hi, Thank you so much for the time to leave us such a lovely review! Come and see us at reception if you want any more information on booking for the next year! The Croft Property Team
Love the experience here so much care here .
Hi, Thank you for your review! We do care a lot for our residents and property so that means a lot to us! We hope you continue to enjoy your stay and recommend us to your friends! The Croft Property Team
I had to move out of my previous accommodation due to fire safety concerns, moving into the croft was a relief i needed since i have been here is been nothing but amazing!
Hi, Thank you so much for your review - we are glad to have helped and are thrilled you feel at home here. Thanks, The Croft Property Team
Lovely staff and maintenance! Although the lift in B block has been broken for over 3 months with little communication. Very poor quality and common room is not as it is sold as. No access to pool unless in office hours and poor washing facilities .
Thank you for your feedback, we love to hear our staff are thought of in this way. The lift in B block has been fully out of our control and we have been as honest as we can be about it, we were at the mercy of waiting for contractors to schedule the repairs for us. But we appreciate is has been difficult and thank you for your patience. In regards to the pool table not being available out of hours, this was because we came in to 3 broken pool cues one weekend after another and someone stole a ball so we decided to remove it... We are more than willing to give it another chance and leave it out for your enjoyment but the next broken or stolen item will see it removed again instantly. Thank you, The Croft Property Team.
Been staying here since september and i wouldnt fault it. What you pay for is what you get. The staff are polite and they even offer a parcel collection service. Maintence is carried out weekly and they give away a lot of freebies
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a great review - we are so pleased you are loving living with us at The Croft and hope our friendly team have enhanced your experience in Derby!
When we arrived in September 2020, the flat was left dirty which wouldn’t be good at any time but we were in the middle of a pandemic so having vegetables down the side of the sofa, dust everywhere and a very unclean floor wasn’t a nice experience to settle into when moving in. It is a nice modern building but it is poorly built - at the start of our tenancy there was cracks in the ceilings everywhere and as the year progressed these cracks spread across the whole width of our kitchen ceiling. Our flat had 2 double kitchen windows meaning it was constantly very warm in our flat as the windows do not have blinds, which is something I would recommend the Croft invest in for kitchens/communal areas. Due to the pandemic we were unable to use the facilities all year such as the gym and communal study and pool area downstairs but this is something which is included in the price of the Croft so I think the money wasn’t worth it because we were unable to use these facilities.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. We would like to express our apologies that you didn't find the kitchen area met your expectations, I believe the cleaning issue was resolved by the onsite team when it was brought to our attention, and whilst we do use an external cleaning company to deep clean the flats over the summer, we have now put additional steps in place to ensure this doesn't happen again in the future. This isn't the normal standard that we operate to. The cracks are due to the building being a new build, it can take a few years for the building to "settle" so we apologise again if this effected your experience with us, any specific maintence requests can always be put forward to us on the mainmanager app where we can attend to this type on work upon request. We will pass on your comments about the blinds to the building owner to see if this is something they wish to invest in going forward but currently blinds are only provided in bedroom areas. During the coronavirus pandemic we do have to follow all laws and restrictions put in place by the government in relation to Covid-19, and can understand that this is frustating. We did have to close certain areas for varying time limits imposed on us by the government but this was solely for the protection, health and safety of all our residents and staff memebers to help stop the spread of coronavirus. All areas were re-opened as soon as we were able to legally do so.
The coronavirus pandemic has affected many student accommodations. For one being extremely strict and sending intimidating emails due to fire alarms accidentally being set off and flats meeting other flats through emails nearly every week at the beginning of the year. I understand that we are in a pandemic but isolating students and making them feel mentally alone is actually nasty behaviour. Due to this I’m not a fan of the staff. However the main maintenance guy, Andy is fantastic and has helped many students living at the croft by being quick efficient and kind.
The health and saftey of our residents is our number one priority, and is something we take very seriously. We have to follow all laws including government guidence in relation to coronavirus, this includes not allowing the mixing of households when this is imposed upon us as a legal requirement. We would like to apologise if you feel any correspondence came across as intimidating, we can ensure this was not our intention. We are happy to hear that you are pleased with our maintenance operative so will pass on your positive feedback to him.
if you expect a modern room, this suits you, and it close to the bus stop and easy to go town center, but if you don't like the smoke or weed smell you need to choose your flatmate who doesn't smoke, cause the staff doesn't do anything when you complain many times.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, sorry that you didn't feel that staff dealt with your issue effectively.
Best accomodation ever fastest wifi can’t beat it. They look after everyone here and will feel welcomed upon arrival been here since September will be back next year :)
Best ever, wow! Thank you so much we couldn't be happier to hear this. Fast wifi is essential to everyone these days so it's good to know we're working with the right service supplier, providing a fast connection to all our residents. We hope you continue to enjoy your stay this year and look forward to welcoming you back in September.
feels like home and they’ve been really helpful throughout :)
We really appreciate you taking the time to give us a review. We think The Croft is a comofrtable and friendly place to live & the team are happy to help with anything you need so it's great to hear it feels like home to you.
Staying at The Croft Accomodation has been great! It’s very safe and lovely to see maintenance staff and reception staff walking around and they are all very friendly. I am glad I stayed here for 2 years!!
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a great review - we are so pleased you have enjoyed your stay with us at The Croft and hope our friendly team have enhaced your experience in Derby!
I have been living in The Croft for 8 months now and I have to admit that is one of the best student accommodation I have lived in. Amazing experience highly recommended
It's great to hear that you're enjoying your student life with us at The Croft. We really appreciate your excellent review and would like to thank you for taking the time to let others know about your experience with us.
The perfect location and brilliant helpful staff that are always around if you need help. Would be 5 stars for everything but due to covid we’ve not been able to use the social spaces!
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a great review! We are thrilled to hear about your experience - the team really appreciate your kind words, and we hope you will be able to fully enjoy the social spaces very soon when the government restrictions are lifted.
Absolutely love it, would recommend to anyone who is coming to the University of Derby. Clean, modern, stylish and top top tier staff! Very good sized rooms and perfect social spaces (although I did not get to use most of them due to Covid-19) best student accommodation in Derby in my opinion :)
Wow, thank you for your fantastic review. Our team are delighted with your feedback, we will always strive to make your stay with us the best it can be - even with Covid-19 restrictions in place! We hope you can now enjoy the social spaces more often as the restrictions begin to ease.
Really good experience in halls friendly staff and maintenance. Good times on calls out with faults. Really good facilities, really good internet, really good experience.
Thank you for your really good review! We are so pleased that you're enjoying your stay with us at The Croft.
The Croft is a great place to stay, good value for money and the property team are excellent and thorough with the service they provide. In particular the caretaker Andy who has been very helpful with issues around the flat 👍
Thank you for your review, I will pass on your great feedback to the property team. Our caretaker is very passionate about his role and it's great to hear this is reflected in his daily work.
Living here has been a very pleasant experience. The staff are helpful and friendly. I would recommend The Croft to everyone.
We are so happy to hear about your experience with us, thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
Very modern rooms and building. Staff is very friendly . Never had an issue . 5 stars
Thank you for your great review, we are so pleased you are enjoying your stay with us at The Croft
From its impressive architectural edifice to the incredible accommodation offerings ( excellent wifi, modern finishings etc) the Croft is a promise kept, and surpassed. A Serene environment strategically and conveniently located few minutes away from major facilities including the university. The onsite staff are highly professional, efficient and friendly, working tirelessly to ensure the property is impeccably maintained to the highest standards at all times. Also, the exciting give- aways make your stay even more enjoyable. I would highly recommend.
Thank you for your review, we're so pleased to hear you enjoy The Croft and all it has to offer. The site team will be overjoyed to hear that all their hardwork maintaining the property and offering a friendly service are recognised :)
A very good accommodation with up to date features and really kind staff
Thank you for your review! It's great to hear you like the property and it's features, we will pass on your kind comments to the property team.
Nice building but not recommended for first years
Lovely to read that you like our building, as a private halls we accommodate students from all years of study. If you think there is anything we can do to improve, please contact the onsite team who are always happy to hear your feedback and suggestions.
Not awful, but just go over the road to Cathedral Court. For like £2 more a week you get a lift that works, laundry fees that don't require a second student loan and lights that don't turn off mid shower
We are sorry to hear that you feel that you've not had the best experience at The Croft, if you have any maintenance concerns please report these to the on site team so they can deal with them promptly. We hope you can give us the chance to show you how we can improve our service to you, your on site manager will be happy to discuss any issues with you further.
Lovely place. The staff are extremely nice and welcoming. Would highly recommend to stay here.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, we will pass on your thoughtful words to the team.