The flats are good condition any maintenance issues are sorted either the same day or next day. The staff are really kind and helpful. I have booked in for a third year. Aoife, Lauren and Cara are really great and all the cleaners and maintenance staff are amazing
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The flats are good condition any maintenance issues are sorted either the same day or next day. The staff are really kind and helpful. I have booked in for a third year. Aoife, Lauren and Cara are really great and all the cleaners and maintenance staff are amazing
Grand Central Information
| Telephone | 0300 303 8642 |
| Postcode | L3 5GA |
| Price from | £106.00 per week for 23/24 (subject to availability) |
| Features | 8-minutes walk from LJMU & 10-minute walk from the University of Liverpool. Common room with foosball, ping pong & pool table, outdoor social space, vending machines (snack food) & gym. |
| Top tip | Choose to stay at Grand Central and be part of a community of 1,200 students! Visit the website for more information! |
Grand Central Biography
Grand Central is perfectly placed within the city centre of Liverpool, providing residents with easy access to universities and amenities. Located right next to Liverpool Lime railway station and close to museums, galleries, theatres and shops. You can enjoy rolling out of bed and taking a short stroll to class as Liverpool John Moore University is only an eight-minute walk away whilst the University of Liverpool is a ten-minute walk away.
Inside the building, you can find a great common area that is kitted out with comfortable seating, table football, a ping-pong table, a pool table a TV with PS4 and free tea and coffee. During the summer months, you can make use of the outdoor social space. When wanting a quick snack, there is a convenient vending machine. You can skip your gym membership as there is an on-site gym free to use.
Grand Central has a range of homey rooms to choose from. You have the option of staying in a studio, en-suite room as well as a non-en-suite room. All of these rooms are priced and sized to ensure that you find the perfect space for you. These rooms come fully furnished and equipped with everything you need. The non-suite rooms have a shared bathroom, kitchen and living area, whilst the en-suite rooms share only a kitchen and living space. If you are wanting more privacy, the studio rooms will be the ideal choice.
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hi , Yes we have both , When booking you will be able to pick what class of room you wish to book ,
Hi, you can connect with your flat mates via the unite app once your booking is complete. There is a chat function so you can chat with them before you all arrive.
sorry there is no gym on site - there are lots of local gym within a 2/5 minute walk though
yes there is a lift in each block
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Francis helped me when i was locked out
I have lived here for 2 years and both years were good experiences
Has fair price, staff are nice and kind and willing to offer help.
good experience will be living here again
Enjoyed staying here was a good social experience.
I enjoy living at Grand Central due to the fact the facilities are good and it is close to both the centre of Liverpool, my university lectures and transport links, such as the bus and train station.
Lovely and helpful staff who are always there if i need anything at all. common room/reception is always good for games and speaking to staff and friends having a mess around, my experience it’s a 10/10 accommodation.
Really good accommodation, lovely staff
Loved staying there this year, Francis was very helpful when I locked myself out of my room
We had to grab a bike in the night and Francis helped us with getting the bike in the night. 100% good service.
This accommodation is amazing, everyone here are very friendly specially reception.
Very good for the price, and location is 10/10. Would like more social spaces.
Will the Security Guard made our Uni Experience worth it and deserves a pay rise
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Will safety team is an absolute legend, made my uni experience complete. An absolute gem, needs a pay rise
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Although internet is not so good, I like it
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The flats are good condition any maintenance issues are sorted either the same day or next day. The staff are really kind and helpful. I have booked in for a third year. Aoife, Lauren and Cara are really great and all the cleaners and maintenance staff are amazing
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Perfect location with great social life, lovely people
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Perfect location with friendly staff.
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the location is good and my flatmates are nice
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I’ve had a really good stay at Grand Central so far! The staff are so lovely and helpful, my room and bathroom is 10/10 very clean and comfortable
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It is very good and also fun and also clean and also nice and also cool
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Rats in the kitchen nothing has been done about it
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Brilliant staff with good facilities for price
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It’s a good location but the rat situation is not good and the decorations and curtains need updating
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Good accomodation for the price u pay, great location
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The location is excellent and the rooms are good for the price. Sometimes cleaning and maintenance takes a little while but it is always completed
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It’s been a great place to live for the last 2 years but definitely on the expensive side. It’s in a great location.
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Been here nearly a year and it’s good for what I’ve paid for my studio room. It’s clean in my personal space but the corridors not so much. A good central location as well.
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Enjoyed living here this year, nice room, helpful staff and location is the best part
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Very good accommodation Will be staying here again
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Has given me the opportunity to meet new friends
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Had issues with room when moving in such as leaks and issues with my temporary room. Took almost 2 months to sort out. Wifi sometimes goes out but not for long. The location however is brilliant and they are making constant improvements and updates to the social spaces.
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Wouldn’t live here again, expensive for what you receive. Good location though. Staff are nice
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in a really good location close to university and town
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Enjoyed my stay, nice staff, building bit old dirty
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I really love grand central the area is perfect for going out and the people that work at reception are lovely
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There's always something going on. One time we had alpacas visit for no reason
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Good team，aging facilities. Cheap price, budget option
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Unhelpful staff, no one cares or takes your safety seriously- always something broken & wifi goes down minimum twice a week during exam season- can’t connect things like smart speakers etc to WiFi without a massive hassle
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Good place , wifi sometimes slow
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Cheap and cheerful, you get what you pay for, they scam you on the viewings though rooms are nothing like what they show you.
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Good for social life with an excellent location, however not the cleanest but overall a nice place to live
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Overall good experience helpful and friendly staff. Problems are fixed in a timely manor. Good value for money with an excellent location close to the city center
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Good for social life and experience. Not the most hygienic of places , staff are okay at times , for what you pay it doesn’t meet standards. But overall an okay place to live
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very good facilities, always events
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Love it have all my friends so always have a good time
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very homely and great people , very down too earth
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Good value for money and nice people.
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Lovely bedroom space but beds aren’t comfy and also showers are grotty
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Good location, needs better cleaning, staff are helpful, very safe, unbelievable food bar me
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Very nice place to live and the staff are very helpful!
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Overall I’m very happy with my experience so far at grand central and I would recommend
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Good but should have much better social areas maybe even some that aren’t attached to reception
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Have had big problems with uS in this location, but I appreciate they have been solved. Generally a nice friendly team, but more could be done regarding monitoring problems and solving emergencies!
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Very nice room and the location is really good and the value for money is really good. Security is good too with the gates and the security at night. Reception is easy to get to and always helpful
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Location is amazing, I think that the classic rooms are a little expensive, however the basic rooms (block G) are really good value for money and look very modern which is nice
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Really handy to town and university, all the staff are helpful and easy to meet new people.
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It’s like living in a prison. We have a leak in our kitchen they won’t fix and it’s been MONTHS. The lift has broken so many times and they won’t give us any compensation for the Safety breaches. Living on the 12th floor with no lift is inhuman as if an ambulance for my peanut allergy needs called how am I expected to climb down 24 flight of stairs when I can’t breathe. The staff are cheeky and rude on top of it rolling their eyes when we ask about the progress on our maintenance issues. Feel like this isn’t a home and more a prison.
Moved in the middle of the academic year and Lauren made the move so easy and smooth and made sure communication between me, the accommodation and the old tenant was clear making sure there were no further mix ups. Thank you Lauren!!
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Decent pricing for the location, quite quick in response to maintenance aswell, happy enough with the accommodation that I’m staying here again next year. Staff down at the reception are very nice and friendly too.
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All staff are incredible at making this this university experience amazing! In particular Ishpree and Hayley always go the extra mile to help with anything that I need.
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Absolutely love my stay here 😁 everyone is super nice to me and any requests I make are fulfilled within the same day. I love hanging out with Cara (Cara Harper) in the reception when im feeling lonely as she is super nice and super easy to talk to since I have social anxiety 🙂 the other staff are super nice to me as well but unfortunately do not see them as much so I do not have their names but in general love everyone here! So glad I chose Unite Students!
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Lovely, friendly and helpful staff
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Personally I have had a lot of trouble with this accommodation. You are paying so much for a place that really isn't that nice, it is more the location you are paying for. One of my room mates is very noisy and the walls are really thin so I can never truly concentrate on work. Makes noise until all hours and isn't wary of the noise she makes. Staff are generally lovely, but there are one or two that aren't the friendliest and have been very blunt with me when asking for help etc at reception. Location is great however as it is very city centre. It is far too much money for the type of accommodation that it is- I would recommend either The Lantern, Byrom Point, Glassworks or any other newly built accommodation.
Grand Central is a ripoff and I strongly advise all to steer clear of it. The location is excellent but the building has paper-thin walls so any light sleepers, like myself, will struggle to get to sleep until they just drop off from exhaustion. Drunk students bellowing and giving awful renditions of Piano Man come in every night in the early hours of the morning. The flatmate in on of the conjoining bedrooms would have phone calls and I could hear every word from both her and the person on the other of the line! Sometimes it felt like we were in the same room. Furthermore, the en-suite had no ventilation and quickly became scummy, sometimes the water was cold, and my toilet clogged no less than 9 times. At one point, a pipe behind my shower burst, flooding my bedroom, as well as two others. On the day I left, I was told by Unite to leave my key in a special box in reception. This box did not exist and reception was closed. Ended up having to chuck it between a gap in the shutters.
It's the worst residence I've been in; Much noise every day (Monday to Sunday), it is impossible to study and sleep. There is no control by the entrance door so that anyone enters the buildings. From reception they do not do anything about it. Never in my life have I experienced anything like it and I would never recommend this residence.
The accommodation is quite simply rubbish, UNITE don't tell you that you are booking onto a building site, staff are remarkably rude and don't have the time of day.
I would not recommend living here, I asked when I applied for my room to be placed with people on my course and this clearly wasn't taken into consideration. I had to move flats because someone pooed in my kitchen sink which put a dampener on the whole experience. All depends on who you get put with, if you enjoy NOT GETTING SLEEP then here is where you need to live!! Otherwise I would NOT live here
I would urge first years thinking about living in Grand Central halls to reconsider. The price per week for a single bed ensuite room is a joke for what you are actually getting. I am currently living in Block A and for majority of the academic year, that lift has been broke - so considering I live on the 8th floor this has not been convenient. You are basically paying for the location with this Accommodation but there are plenty of other student accommodations with equally as good locations e.g. Marybone or Prospect Point. In addition, the internet is always down which is irritating. Plus sides to grand central would be the amount of people you are given the opportunity to meet however that could be achieved through other halls too.
Worst halls EVER!! just don't stay here if you can help it
Amazing location but overpriced for what you get
Great for people who enjoy going out and socialising with different groups of people. Everyone is friendly and welcoming and there is a community in the halls. Rooms basic but decent. Some of the Security can be rude but the others are ok if you speak to them with respect. Amazing location. Will be staying here again 2nd year
Grand central Is a lively experience to say the least! Not someowhere you want to live if you want a quite night in, but definitely for anyone who's loves a party! The internet and price is it's only downfall.
I love the location of these halls as they are handy to everywhere but I think they are overpriced for what they are. The kitchen is old and they are the only halls that don't supply a tv in the common area. The internet is shocking as well. I think laundry should be included within the price as its about £5 a time which is very exspensive for a student trying to budget their money.
Great place to live! Right in the city centre so everything is local! Always flat parties going on
Great location but extremely loud
internet connection is very crappy, we need to restart it frequently. if you are a fan of bed strings, grand central is your home! and no hot water? really?
-very bad internet connection (both wi-fi and cable), disconnecting once in an hour, it's impossible even watch 240p videos in youtube during after 5 pm. -no maintenance. if you're having problems with plumbing messing your room up, they're not showing up until two days later. you can rarely enjoy hot (it is not even warm actually) water in bathroom. -they give you some parts which are supposed to be a vacuum cleaner when they're assembled. but no, they are not. parts don't fit each other. -as I heard from some international students, hall management do nothing about hate crimes (verbal abuse etc.) and these are very common. -way too expensive
Less than a 10 minute walk from the main clubs, 30 seconds to the main train station, 2 minutes into town. Easily the best halls socially, flat party every night!
When I moved in on the Saturday my bathroom light was not working until the Monday, my bathroom door handle was loose and my bedroom mirror was cracked which a week and a half later, has still not been replaced!
A little on the expensive side because of the location, but overall so far my experience has been great here, the people are friendly and there are always party's going on!
few items missing such as iron/kitchen bin. However all better than the pictures able to view online. Very tidy kitchen area and large bedroom.
It was a good first year experience but not too impressed by flat mates
Fantastic location. Staff are all helpful and friendly. Flats and bedrooms are good size and well fitted.
Not worth £119 a week! Sub standard
Living in Unite Students, Grand Central was a big mistake. The members of staff that are employed by UNITE are rude, and horrible
Noisy, I've seen much better accommodation for the money, you don't get a proper living area and the services are pretty poor.
Wouldn't recommend it was over priced for what you got.
Staff were okay, location was brilliant, flats themselves were awful.
awful, would never book with unite again
Perfect halls for party people and social butterflies. Value for money is poor as there are lots of other nicer halls for cheaper but the location is unbeatable which is why I think they're able to keep the price a little higher. Situated across the road from lime street station, and just a minute walk to the main high street, a tescos and all the night clubs. This seems to by why it's popular with many first years and party goers. Only one common room downstairs where the reception is and it is rarely used in my experience so it's difficult to make friends that way. You and your flat mates will just have to reach out to others on your floor and so on to make new friends
Loved the accommodation! Just a bit pricey
Many of the blocks are grotty with dirty stained carpets and broken furniture. The room size is ok but many of the beds have springs that dig into you when you lie down. Though the location is good and its a good social atmosphere you are paying a lot of money if you not lucky enough to be placed in one of the few renovated blocks.
In a three room flat with two guys, there was no table in the kitchen for us to eat together which made ice breaking a little harder. The staff take too long to do anything; changing a lightbulb in my room took 2 days. There was a leak on the 10th floor and it ran all the way down to the 2nd floor and the damp on the ceiling is still there after 3 months. It was one tiny fridge freezer between us three and there wasn't even a brush to clean with. The cleaner came once a week and just sprayed surface cleaner everywhere, she never changed mop water, never mopped up, never actually cleaned the surfaces just sprayed. I was paying £117 a week for the room and I was charged £217 for not paying rent on time because I was in hospital for a week. Terrible service, terrible building, nice students. When they aren't partying in ever room until 7am. Do not go here unless you don't want sleep
The price that they charge for the students to live here is ridiculous! When it rains massive puddles come from the window, the toilet leaks, lights don't work. You request that the maintenance team come and fix it but they're no better! I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone and wouldn't stay here again if they paid me.