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3.51 / 5
1.1 mi from nearest campus View map
  • 18 mins
  • 5 mins
  • 9 mins
1.1 mi from nearest campus View map
  • 18 mins
  • 5 mins
  • 9 mins

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Very friendly staff and the maintenance team is the best! Great events keep taking place every other week! It’s a super fun place to live in!

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By member4120774
On 18th October 24
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Most helpful review

Very friendly staff and the maintenance team is the best! Great events keep taking place every other week! It’s a super fun place to live in!

Value for money
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Property management
Cleaning
Social spaces
Social experience
Internet / Wifi
By member4120774
On 18th October 24
verified Verified student
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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member9122215 On 26th October 24 verified Verified student

The location is a little bit far away from the uni. The most worse thing is the reception staff trespassed into my room, under the guise of checking it, which let me feel really uncomfortable and I have received no explanation for any wrongdoing at the moment.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member4120774 On 18th October 24 verified Verified student

Very friendly staff and the maintenance team is the best! Great events keep taking place every other week! It’s a super fun place to live in!

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Property management
Cleaning
Social spaces
Social experience
Internet / Wifi
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Student Review: 1.7 /5
By member846428 On 5th March 20 verified Verified student

I used to think this accommodation was good value for money however things absolutely do not get fixed quick enough. The lift has been broken for nearly 4 months If not already more and I live on the 10th floor! I have been told that last year the same happened to the other side of the building lift had been broken for 3 months. I am forced to drag my luggage up and down when I go home and make a return. Have to keep shopping minimal because it’s too heavy to carry! It is beyond me how it can take this long to fix. I am tired!

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Student Review: 1.7 /5
By member545594 On 12th February 20 verified Verified student

This accommodation does not deserve a single star. I have lived in many university accommodations during my studies but this is without a doubt THE WORST ONE. It's a real shame how the residence works, the staff is rude, the inspections to your apartment are constant, and the WORST thing of all are the fire alarms. They can be at 2 am and the alarm goes off, or at 8 am, again at noon, again at night... and so on. It's a nightmare. And even after all the torment we have to live among constant alarms no matter what time of day/night it is, right now we just had a fire drill. (YES SURE, BECAUSE WE BARELY HAVE this situation EVERY SINGLE DAY) And a staff member yelled at us for not leaving the building in less than 10 minutes... HOW IN THIS WORLD you want us to leave in 10 minutes when this alarm is continuously sounding we are getting used to live with it, if we have to go down every time we hear it we would have to live on the street. DONT BOOK A ROOM HERE, LIVING HERE IS A NIGHTMARE..

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Student Review: 2.3 /5
By member936788 On 27th March 19 verified Verified student

It's an ok place, but for some reason landlord doesn't fix things that break, for example, the lift breaks and people who live on ninth floor have to walk up 6 flights of stairs for 3 months. They don't repair the lift immediately, don't know why, probably to save money for themselves. Really annoying given that if exam season is approaching

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Reply from iQ Broderick House (previous provider) On 30th May 19
Student Review: 3.1 /5
By member1124319 On 19th October 16 verified Verified student

It's a relatively nice and clean place but they never reply to my emails about deposit of £250 after I left them. I have sent them 5 emails trying to ask for my deposit and they never reply

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Reply from iQ Broderick House (previous provider) On 3rd April 23
Student Review: 5 /5
By dhm1982 On 9th September 16 verified Verified student

Great for student nurses, really comfy and nicely located.

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Reply from iQ Broderick House (previous provider) On 3rd April 23
Student Review: 1.4 /5
By member1323884 On 3rd September 16 verified Verified student

Taken away from uni completely and i hated being away from friends. Rooms are nice though, sad the uni had to resort to outting me in a flat with morons tho

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1021721 On 9th April 16 verified Verified student

Great location, friendly staff

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Reply from iQ Broderick House (previous provider) On 3rd April 23
Student Review: 4.3 /5
By BhamStudent On 28th March 15 verified Verified student

IQ Birmingham is an accommodation that no UoB students have heard of. No one applies to it and when you don't get any of your choses you are given IQ. It's far away from UoB and doesn't give you the university halls experience you would receive on the Vale. This being said, however, it's great value for ensuite accommodation- much less than you'd pay for ensuite on the vale. It is clean and well maintained. Any issues are always quickly resolved! It's near town and broad street which is a benefit and it's also close to the station. The rooms are good size with loads of storage! I've actually loved my flat and my room but the commute is a shame!!

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Reply from iQ Broderick House (previous provider) On 3rd April 23

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