Every positive aspect is offset by the noise under the accommodation (50 bar). The bar manager surely has bad taste in music and constantly playing their obnoxious and loud music in the outdoors area where 90% of the songs in the playlist is garbage. Moreover, even if you try to ask them to turn down the music, they will still do it. Moreover, there is noise even during 3 AM in morning, so expect no sleep here. There is only one way to solve this: report to the council or/and call the police about the loud noises. I have tried it and it worked. The problem is that the property manager does not care about the students living in here rather than the profits. Therefore, it is up to the students living here to remind them or they would not care even a little bit about the students’ well-being in here.
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Every positive aspect is offset by the noise under the accommodation (50 bar). The bar manager surely has bad taste in music and constantly playing their obnoxious and loud music in the outdoors area where 90% of the songs in the playlist is garbage. Moreover, even if you try to ask them to turn down the music, they will still do it. Moreover, there is noise even during 3 AM in morning, so expect no sleep here. There is only one way to solve this: report to the council or/and call the police about the loud noises. I have tried it and it worked. The problem is that the property manager does not care about the students living in here rather than the profits. Therefore, it is up to the students living here to remind them or they would not care even a little bit about the students’ well-being in here.
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Every positive aspect is offset by the noise under the accommodation (50 bar). The bar manager surely has bad taste in music and constantly playing their obnoxious and loud music in the outdoors area where 90% of the songs in the playlist is garbage. Moreover, even if you try to ask them to turn down the music, they will still do it. Moreover, there is noise even during 3 AM in morning, so expect no sleep here. There is only one way to solve this: report to the council or/and call the police about the loud noises. I have tried it and it worked. The problem is that the property manager does not care about the students living in here rather than the profits. Therefore, it is up to the students living here to remind them or they would not care even a little bit about the students’ well-being in here.
Overall not a bad experience.
Overall not a bad experience.
This place has some nice features, but all of them cease to have any value because of this one massive drawback: No sleep. Cowgate is the WORST place to live in edinburgh, by far. Freshers? No sleep. Lectures? No sleep. Exams? You guessed it, no sleep. Lots of noise comming in from the drunkards wandering the street and the "convenient" bar features bad live gigs weekly. It doesn't help that the noise isolation is non-existant and the doors are literally impossible to close quietly. The closing mechanism slams the door shut every time so whenever your flatmate decides to leave their room/go to the kithen you will get woken up. The window might as well be open with how much noise it lets in. Also my neighbors upstairs are often jumping and stomping around so hard that my laptop and bed are shaking. That, seriously overpriced laundry, constant ear-piercing fire alarms, mainenence issues with door keys (cant access kitchen and late to lectures) make this place a no-go.
Cheap and very central, but I didn't enjoy my flatmates, and I have many friends who had the same experience as me.
I enjoyed my time here, it's really plush and great value for money. Socially it's a bit crap, you definitely need to make friends outside to have a good year
Location is very good and is very close to both uni, city centre and supermarkets. Common room is a bit small but bedrooms are great sizes
