Albert Court - Campus Accommodation

I feel most of the reviews below are fake. Read the entire thing. Moving in to find an infestation of fruit flies developing within a leftover rice cooker, the fridge/freezer, and cupboards also loaded with leftover out-of-date products from the previous occupants, the kitchen was left in a shambles. Be prepared for constantly weekly/bi-weekly visits from maintenance, coming into your room unnannounced with no prior notice via email even, as well as the cleaners out of term time who will try to open your door even if it's locked without knocking and who do not bother with the kitchen at all. The kitchen floor was soiled and covered in clumps of who knows what, and the carpet and floor were pulled up with numerous holes. After living here for a year, I was assigned to a flat with a never-ending rotation of flatmates, largely internationals who had no interest in talking with any of us. At worst, having to meet yet another housemate after the previous one left after only a week. Most coming in to find their rooms hadn't been cleaned upon arrival, to their shock, after other international students left their rooms still filled without care and the staff hadn't even checked. One of them had been smoking in their rooms, producing a smoke stink throughout the corridor, and nothing was done about it. Furthermore, don't be surprised if you find yourself living with somebody 5 years or more your senior, since I had a near-30-year-old flatmate and have seen much older from other flats. Not to mention the god-awful squeaky beds, and the walls and how thin they are as other reviews have alluded to; they are so thin that you can hear the slightest movement, snoring, complete conversation, and even your flatmates using the bathroom. Be prepared to be kept awake or awoken, to the sound of others in the accommodations “making use of their beds” squeaking through floors. Then proceed to the outside courtyard area, where you will be kept awake most of the year by crowds of people shouting and yelling crystal clear through your pitiful excuse of a window. Then onto London Road itself, what a hole, expect to be welcomed by your local crackhead outside the entrance asking for change or a beer or someone sleeping surrounded by cans/bottles of alcohol on the golocal underneath's wall. I would not suggest this accommodation at all, and the costs are outrageous. For the same amount, or even less, you could live in a brand new modern accommodation closer to town with far better utilities and an ensuite with a good shower, an accommodation that doesn't look like a prison cell.

A good place to stay. Rooms are big and clean. Close to campus as well as city centre. Loads of restaurants downstairs. Staff are amazing, CV workshop helped me get a part time job.