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I really enjoyed my time here and I know many other that did so too. I am really happy with the location, staff and common room. Mihai especially was a great staff member and I hope he stays there for next year.

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By member1382748
On 29th March 23
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I really enjoyed my time here and I know many other that did so too. I am really happy with the location, staff and common room. Mihai especially was a great staff member and I hope he stays there for next year.

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Student Review: 4.7 /5
By member1282773 On 30th March 23 verified Verified student

While not everything is perfect at SWH, the people who look after the building are awesome. Rollo and Grigor are always there to help us in a good mood!

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1382748 On 29th March 23 verified Verified student

I really enjoyed my time here and I know many other that did so too. I am really happy with the location, staff and common room. Mihai especially was a great staff member and I hope he stays there for next year.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member882596 On 28th March 23 verified Verified student

Clean, well-organised, and friendly staff (Mihai at reception was always very cheerful).

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member982591 On 28th March 23 verified Verified student

The Sindey Webb House is a great accommodation to meet other students and the rooms are very comfortable. The staff is also very kind, Mihai has always been very helpful and has taken care of any issues I had.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member582586 On 28th March 23 verified Verified student

Sidney Webb house has an amazing location and good size rooms. Mihai is a kind member of staff that has been really nice to me since moving in.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1082575 On 28th March 23 verified Verified student

Sidney Webb House has perfect location and the staff (particularly Mihai) has mad it super easy for me to move in!

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Student Review: 2.7 /5
By member782217 On 24th March 23 verified Verified student

Grigor and Rollo are definitely the most useful staff and always there to help when needed

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1082110 On 23rd March 23 verified Verified student

Rollo and Grigor are super cool. They always have smiles and never lose my mail.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member681621 On 18th March 23 verified Verified student

I love living here. Grigor Tanchev is one of the best Sidney Webb house staff. He is so nice and patient and helpful whenever we have any accommodation issues.

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Student Review: 4.7 /5
By member881620 On 18th March 23 verified Verified student

I want to express my greatest gratitude to Grigor Tanchev! He helped us so much about the maintenance of my room. He is my favorite SWH subwarden!

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member881618 On 18th March 23 verified Verified student

Very good service, 24 hour available. Cute and friendly reception staff. Grigor in particular is very helpful every time I am in need! We all like him!

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Student Review: 4.7 /5
By member681511 On 17th March 23 verified Verified student

Great place to study, fantastic accessibility to the transport and right in the heart of London

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member981478 On 16th March 23 verified Verified student

Great place to live, nice and homely feeling and definitely great for university students.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member981477 On 16th March 23 verified Verified student

Sidney Webb house is excellently located and consists of spacious rooms. Mihai is an incredibly friendly staff member who has been very warm since my first day here!

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member581474 On 16th March 23 verified Verified student

Sydney Webb House is a great place to stay in. The location is great as well as the good size rooms. The staff was really helpful especially Mihai who has been so nice since moving in.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1381123 On 13th March 23 verified Verified student

Since staying here starting last September, the Sidney Webb experience has been nothing short of perfect. The staff have been friendly yet professional, the facilities have been functional and reliable, and the all round aura has been safe and warm. I want to give a special thank you to Grigor, who no matter he time of day, is always on top form both professionally and personally. Good job Sidney webb!

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member781002 On 12th March 23 verified Verified student

It was very good for a student and very helpful staff to guide you through the process to booking a room. A young man named Mihai really did help me and make my decision to stay in the venue easier.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member980981 On 12th March 23 verified Verified student

Sidney Webb House is a real gem for students looking to live in London! The location is great as well as the social areas. The staff is really helpful and welcoming, especially Mihai!

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Student Review: 4.9 /5
By member980980 On 12th March 23 verified Verified student

Sidney Webb house has an amazing location and good size rooms. Mihai is a kind member of staff that has been really nice to me since moving in.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member1380938 On 10th March 23 verified Verified student

It’s quite an expensive accommodation, but Sidney Webb is a very safe, comfortable and clean place to stay. There appears to be lot of maintenance issues reported in the building, but I personally haven’t experienced any first hand. Reception staff are extremely effective, friendly and helpful - especially Grigor and Rollo. This creates a really nice atmosphere, hence my overwhelmingly positive review.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member580845 On 9th March 23 verified Verified student

The reception service is very good! Grigor was very nice and helpful when I needed some urgent help:)

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member1180840 On 9th March 23 verified Verified student

Sidney Webb has been a very comfortable place. The staff are very friendly, i had a medical condition which i was helped with by the receptionist Grigor. He is very friendly and helpful. Also there’s a tall British guy who has always very helpful.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member880649 On 8th March 23 verified Verified student

Great location, they have pretty good facilities but the laundry service is not great. Moving in was very easy because of the receptionist staff especially because of Mihai who was really helpful.

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1179719 On 27th February 23 verified Verified student

Grigor made the hall experience more comfortable with his hospitality and helpfulness.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member1079620 On 25th February 23 verified Verified student

It is an amazing place to stay in. The staff is so helpful. Especially Grigor at the reception desk, he’s always so sweet and warm. I’m really enjoying my time here at Sidney Webb House

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1079492 On 23rd February 23 verified Verified student

-it's outrageous how much they charge us for laundry

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Student Review: 3.1 /5
By member1279491 On 23rd February 23 verified Verified student

The location of Sidney Webb is by far its biggest asset. Bus connections to campus and other parts of West- and East-London make your time in London really enjoyable and comfortable. However, when it comes to the accommodation itself, it must be said that the maintenance of the building is unacceptable and unworthy. Although Sidney Webb is one of the cheaper accomodations, 8000+ pounds for a 40 week contract is still a lot of money. The least one could expect in return is (i) a lift that actually works, or is repaired within a reasonable timeframe, (ii) a roof that is watertight, and (iii) functioning showers and heating. All these elements have not been self-evident at all. I hope the property managers, Unite Students and all the others who are responsible have learned several lessons from these bad practices. To end with a positive note: the receptionist Gregor is amazing. Kind, welcoming, and never loses his patience. He is always ready to help and understanding for everyone.

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Student Review: 3.9 /5
By member1279490 On 23rd February 23 verified Verified student

It is a good accomodation, communal spaces are always clean. Property management is good and the staff is always helpful and professional.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member579489 On 23rd February 23 verified Verified student

First contact point with the personal was Gregor, he was a very helpful and welcoming contact and continued to be so afterwards.

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Student Review: 4.7 /5
By member679472 On 23rd February 23 verified Verified student

Bestest experience ever!♥️ Everything is well taken care of you and specially Grigor who is super sweet!

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member879465 On 23rd February 23 verified Verified student

Grigor at the reception was particularly helpful and friendly, always responsive to request and helping me.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1079446 On 23rd February 23 verified Verified student

Thanks to the amazing staff at Sidney Webb. I am especially thankful to Grigor who made it feel like home and was always very helpful.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member1079438 On 23rd February 23 verified Verified student

This place is fantastic, having the absolute best time here and the staff is exceptionally supportive and amazing, especially Grigor! He makes us all feel like we are home

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Student Review: 1.1 /5
By member957620 On 12th May 21 verified Verified student

Strongly recommend using a different housing. The value for money is quite low, even compared to London standards. Access to all facilities during the whole year was restricted due to Covid, despite that, room pricing remained the same. Multiple cases of theft have been reported just outside of the entrance gate, yet no safety provisions were made.

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Student Review: 1.3 /5
By member555966 On 8th April 21 verified Verified student

I strongly advise you to look elsewhere and to not consider Sidney Webb. It is true that the place was refurbished relatively recently, but the people in charge really could not care less about the tenants. We had a hole in the kitchen ceiling with water dripping down onto an electrical outlet, and it took 6 months for them to even begin getting it fixed, after we quite literally had to chase them around. When they got around to doing something, they only put some spackling paste over it, gave it a new paint job and called it a day without actually fixing the leak. I don't envy the people who will take over my flat next year when that starts molding and cracking. The year after I lived there, they promptly proceeded to raise the price by £40/month. I'll let you draw your own conclusion based on that.

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Student Review: 2.9 /5
By member1242937 On 24th October 19 verified Verified student

Bit expensive for its location, cleaning limited to the kitchen. Socials are OK with people in the same flat as you are. The internet, however, is completely unstable - if you're doing a video interview/chat, or play online games, it's not usable.

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Student Review: 1.3 /5
By member430431 On 19th February 18 verified Verified student

place is absolutely terrible. Internet works off and on, the laundry room often doesn't and staff does nothing about it, also laundry costs a lot of money. There is mold in rooms, the bathroom is a shower and a toilet together so when you shower the entire bathroom floods with water, and almost every students heater didn't work so they were forced to spend even more money and get their own. I've had a number of maintenance issues and have asked numerous times to get help but nothing changes. This place is the worst place to live in and the fact that LSE recommends it is appalling.

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Student Review: 1.6 /5
By member530427 On 19th February 18 verified Verified student

Coming from South Africa I had imagine London Accommodation to something out of this world. Sidney Webb House provide to be a disaster of a place to stay. From complacent staff to appalling living standards, you will experience blocked drains, broken and leaking toilets, malfunctioning laundry machines, poor internet and more mold than is legal in an apartment building. This place has truly been forgotten and left to house the poor students who find themselves in this hell.

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Student Review: 3 /5
By member721116 On 22nd March 16 verified Verified student

The room is satisfactory and staff are helpful and friendly. Yet the lift button has been out of order since I moved in. Only two stoves out of four in the kitchen are working effectively and the WiFi is not stable.

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