The accomodation is incredibly welcoming and helps you with whichever problem you may have
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The accomodation is incredibly welcoming and helps you with whichever problem you may have
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Fire alarms constantly, lift service breaks down every year and doesn't get resolved for months. If you need student accomodation go private. Really not worth the money.
Reception staff and security are great when you need them, the location is helpful, but it's just not worth the ridiculous amount of money you pay to stay here. Constant fire alarms in the middle of the night, the lift being broken for months at a time, and building works that we were told wouldn't start until 8 but the builders and trucks are very loud when they arrive at 6:30 every morning. Feel that students living on this side of the building should've been warned about the building works better as they are constant and incredibly loud and disruptive. Would not recommend living here.
The accomodation is incredibly welcoming and helps you with whichever problem you may have
Definitely the worst university halls Plymouth has to offer. The management is unhelpful and seem to be in it just for the money. You will be fined for the negative actions of other residents. (Money was taken straight out of deposit for someone else vomiting outside their room. Taps do not run cold at night. No social area/spaces as well as poor security (the front door lock broke and wasn't fixed for a week). All of this for £140 a week definitely not value for money.
It's ok but they'll shout at you for anything, the hot water never works. Lucky it's on campus as that's the only good thing, but it's way too expensive for what you get.
Right on campus, lovely halls and rooms
Hot water didn't work properly all year round, it's so not worth the money you pay.
good rooms and good size kitchen, got fined for a lot of things at the end of the year like wet floor signs and broken roof tiles
Really bad value for money. WiFi is terrible. No common room. Fire alarms oversensitive.
Great on campus accomadation, although the wifi can be spotty in places, the wired connection is great (100mbits)
Overpriced, loud, rude RA's, everything falling to bits, abysmal Wi-Fi, poorly designed en-suites. However good location. Overall = Avoid.
Very overpriced, too stingy to replace my mattress when it has springs digging into me, the cleaner refuses to clean when it isn't too dirty and there is no internet in the kitchen.
Without doubt one of the best halls (been to them all), right on campus, a huge number of rooms (great socially), rooms and communal areas are clean tidy and modern. Regular cleaning, lovey views from the higher floors and just an overall fantastic halls. Wouldn't have picked any other.
Right on campus which was great but didnt have much of a community
Ideal location, right in the middle of campus. Generally quiet once in the rooms and pretty good for socialising. Only little things (and although I talk about them a lot here, they are very little in comparison): very poor internet in a lot of the bedrooms and the guy 'in charge' of the halls (yes, he's a student) is throwing his weight around and trying to humiliate and create a fault between us and the older students. Not so great, someone needs to be allocated that job as a full time thing and be properly trained. However, the RAs are lovely and do make up for this. Overall, a great place and great halls and the general Plymouth Residence Life team and other staff are lovely and really prompt at fixing little things (hot water, shower heads etc.). It's just seriously pricey!
It was a great experience. Right on campus too. Just get on with your flatmates and you'll have a good year.
Halls are modern and clean. Rooms tidy and comfortable. Management quite poor when things need sorting. Security is quite poor but not really much of an issue as its on campus. Location is perfect. Social experience is brilliant.
RA tended to be over bearing and controling
Pros: Perfect location, unlimited heating, cosy room with a comfy bed, if anything breaks it gets fixed within 24hrs, nice views Cons: Loud, you can hear everyone pre drink, you hear people come back from nights out as the sound echos around the halls, no social space apart from kitchen, cleaners barely clean and expect it to be clean in order to clean, RAs are useless I went to straight to security to get things done. Good luck!!
An average halls in terms of its facilities, however the location is the biggest plus side. Living in Francis Drake means you can roll out of bed into lectures, and roll on the floor from a night out to the comfort of your own bed. The RA's in B block to absolutely nothing and have been no help to me what so ever. This is something that UPP really needs to up it game on, as at the end of the, you are paying for them.
Overpriced, tiny bathroom (literally a cupboard with a toilet in it, which everyone comments on), if you get stressed you can't really escape the uni, no common room (although there is a big kitchen, granted)... But you can't hear the traffic like my friends in St Thomas' can.
Love my flat mates, love the social in our block. We run the show so can do what we like