Staying at Ffriddoedd is a excellent option when you first move to Bangor it is located in upper Bangor only 5-10m away from most lecture theatre. Staff are friendly and helpful however can take a while for maintenance to repair some issues. Overall you are located near everything that you need and it is relatively cheap.
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| Peris | #7 |
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| Alaw | #9 |
| Llanddwyn | #10 |
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| St Mary's Quad | #12 |
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| Borth | #14 |
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Staying at Ffriddoedd is a excellent option when you first move to Bangor it is located in upper Bangor only 5-10m away from most lecture theatre. Staff are friendly and helpful however can take a while for maintenance to repair some issues. Overall you are located near everything that you need and it is relatively cheap.
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Borth is literally a prison cell with extra privileges such as a kitchen. It is however lacking basic things such as a kettle. The fire doors lack seals thus rendering them useless. It costs a fortune to live here and should be a crime to charge £482 a month.
University accomodation is one of the best safe neat and clean place to live in
The Borth buildings are some of the older accommodations compared to the new builds however they are still great value for money. They are much cheaper compared to the others although having most of the main features such as an ensuite, desk, wardrobe etc. The bins were taken out twice a week by cleaners as well as the surfaces were wiped down and the floor moped. One issue with this however was if there were a large amount of mess in the kitchen, the cleaner wouldn't touch it. There were also weekly checks done by a building mentor who would report the mess if it was past a point. The property management was spot on. There is constant security, 24 hours a, and if any complaints were filed or management needed, this was addressed within 24 hours. Borth had little to no social spaces in their accommodation, whereas the newer ones had sofas and designated social spaces. The internet in the accommodation was perfect, I had many devices which kept the connection.
Borth is brilliant because it is right in the middle of the campus so extremely accessible and close and it is so so cheap!!!
The biggest advantage of living here was how close it was to most of the lecture halls. The rooms were priced well and regularly checked upon. Other facilities like the doctors and grocery story are all within 5 minute walks as well.
The block is in bad shape, which is a health hazard. Maintanence do not arrive in time to fix therefore gets worse
The borth accommodation are the oldest between the 2 Bangor sites. They offer the basics that a student requires. There is not a social space within the actual flat like the other accommodations, which makes comfortable socialising difficult. Due to the thin walls you can hear conversation, music and snoring from fellow residents. You can also hear rooms above. The fire doors throughout the flat can be heard as they are designed to slam shut. - however communicating with fellow residents can resolve the majority of these problems. Security and the block mentors are also supportive. Considering the rate of the Borth flats are going up in price next academic year, compared to the nicer looking flats. They are not great for money, but are the cheapest.
More like a prison than a halls. Single bed that is like a prison mattress and bare brick walls. Also it’s freezing
Borth has a nice view and it is an ideal place to meet with other students. It is close to public places and the room is also suitable for students' needs. Property management is good and I believe you get everything that you are paying for.
Staying at Ffriddoedd is a excellent option when you first move to Bangor it is located in upper Bangor only 5-10m away from most lecture theatre. Staff are friendly and helpful however can take a while for maintenance to repair some issues. Overall you are located near everything that you need and it is relatively cheap.
It’s a lovely accommodation with enough room space but lacking on the community side to be able to speak with friends. Aswell as that the wifi at times is not very good. But the kitchens are spacious and the heating is well
For a nursing block you would expect for it to be clean and you would expect it to be quiet. I found the opposite. Do not expect to get any sleep until gone 4am each night. Lack of common spaces mean that students throw late night parties in the kitchen and placement is very difficult when you are sleep deprived. Students taking drugs within the building. There is only so much security can do to ask other student nurses to behave rationally and courteously. I recommend any other halls than Borth.
Nice building cant give it a bad review for the people living in it
Not great, things weren’t fixed when asked and the common room was not made available to me, however the actual rooms themselves were more than adequate
Oh this was great I got a disciplinary for putting up a post it note in the kitchen area
Y Borth is a great place to spend freshers, the cleaners are friendly and being in the middle of Ffridd site allows it to be accessible to all of the facilities! Rooms are a good size and well maintained :)
kitchen is not good to socialise in, carpets are very dirty and rooms look slightly like prison cells which is very inviting when moving away from home
It's all okay if you get good flat mates. Rooms are tiny and very much like prison cells. The cleaner will only clean if the place is already clean.... The management also takes ages to respond to any issues.
The lack of common space in each flat is appauling, The kitchens can be used as a comunal area, but lack the space and comfort for one. The on sit common room is too small as well our flats have not been given the code for the door rendering it useless to us. The kitchen rating system was abandoned after just 3 weeks and dispite our best effort to keep the kitchen tidy when the cleener comes she will do the bare minimum and has moped the floor a grand total of 4 times. It is unfortuate that these issues have arisen, other than that I have had a very great time in halls
The best part of halls is the people in it, I didn't really expect it to be a 5* hotel and it wasn't, the kitchen was small and hard for 7 people to fit their food into the 6 shelves in the fridge and freezer but I wouldn't have lived anywhere else if I had the choice. It wasn't horrible to live there, it was comfortable and the maintenance team are great! They fix any problem quickly and efficiently which made halls more comfortable to live in.
Nowhere near anything like value for money. One of the older halls in the uni, yet costs just as much as the newer ones. As well as that the rooms are absolutely tiny, I could sit on the edge of the bed and my feet would touch the opposite wall. Plus when I arrived last year loads of things were broken or preceded to break throughout the course of the year from old age. No living spaces in the flats either, only the kitchen with kitchen tables. Only nice thing I have to say about it is that the cleaning was fairly good and maintenance gets on to things pretty quickly.
Y Borth- Block M is a great block to stay, although set on the edge of Ffriddoedd Site, it's still involved in Uni life. The rooms are bigger than what they appear on the website and the kitchen is a great place to socialise. The only thing that I wish is that we had a larger kitchen so that we could have seats like blocks such as Peris and Alaw, and a Common room so the whole block can socialise as it's hard to at the moment.
The Y Both Halls are really great despite the fact that they are some of the older buildings on site. While there is seemingly slightly less storage space than some of the newer halls, there is a lot more floor space. The communal kitchen is cleaned once a week and this space is used for social gatherings, be that flat parties or simply talking with flatmates. Each floor of the building has 2 flats consisting of 8 people and so is really quite a tight knit community. Furthermore, the older buildings on the Ffriddoedd Site have keys to access flats and bedrooms as opposed to a key card, which is something that I have found incredibly useful over the past year. My building is located across the road from Security and a Laundrette which is very convenient, and is within a 2 minute walk (if that) to the Mail Room, Halls Office and Convenience Store. I would definitely recommend applying for these Halls.