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Amazing accom! Only thing I would improve on is the amount of washing machines and dryers. 2 washers and 2 dryers for 150 people is not it šŸ˜¬ Location is incredible, I'd stay here all 3 years if I could

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By member9109593
On 24th May 24
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Amazing accom! Only thing I would improve on is the amount of washing machines and dryers. 2 washers and 2 dryers for 150 people is not it šŸ˜¬ Location is incredible, I'd stay here all 3 years if I could

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By member9109593
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Can I take a mini fridge
By member9114211 On 29th August 24
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Has anyone got any more photos of Nelson and Drake house please, it looks really tired from the outside? Also, any photos of which is Drake and which is Nelson house not sure from looking on line?
By member956036 On 11th April 21
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How many people are there per flat? And how many people sharing a bathroom? Thank you
By member955387 On 18th March 21
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How big are the desks? they look really small in the pictures
By member1147637 On 1st May 20
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There seems to be only a handful of en-suite rooms, curious to know do the people who have an en-suite get isolated or excluded from the rest of the flatmates because they don't have to share a bedroom?
By member736661 On 22nd March 19
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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member10110694 On 10th June 24 verified Verified student

Such a perfect location and lovely spacious rooms!! Staff really lovely too.

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member6110083 On 31st May 24 verified Verified student

Happy year living here, offered me great Opportunities and experience. Ideal place for 1st year students

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member4110082 On 31st May 24 verified Verified student

ideal place to live for first years

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member11110068 On 31st May 24 verified Verified student

Thank you for my time here. Big up all the staff they are lovely!!!

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member13109829 On 28th May 24 verified Verified student

i had great fun, right in a city centre

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member9109593 On 24th May 24 verified Verified student

Amazing accom! Only thing I would improve on is the amount of washing machines and dryers. 2 washers and 2 dryers for 150 people is not it šŸ˜¬ Location is incredible, I'd stay here all 3 years if I could

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member10109586 On 24th May 24 verified Verified student

Worth living in this property as this property is really cheap compare to other buildings. I love my room. This building is also located in the haert of Bristol city center.

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member5109568 On 24th May 24 verified Verified student

Staff are wonderful and super helpful, maintenance issues are fixed quickly and the location is great

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Student Review: 3.9 /5
By member699135 On 3rd February 24 verified Verified student

Overall, good. Staff are nice and mean well but there have been many issues that take ages to get resolved or haven't been resolved at all.

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Student Review: 3.1 /5
By member1099093 On 2nd February 24 verified Verified student

Everything is on point + on your doorstep

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member999077 On 2nd February 24 verified Verified student

Best accommodation perfect location, khaled is amazing

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member599042 On 2nd February 24 verified Verified student

Overall very positive, one time we had no water in our flat but was sorted super quickly. Other than that all has been great!

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Student Review: 4.7 /5
By member699034 On 2nd February 24 verified Verified student

Very welcoming and friendly environment:)

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member799014 On 2nd February 24 verified Verified student

I wish my concerns were listened to more by staff but itā€™s a good place for students

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member699013 On 2nd February 24 verified Verified student

Friendly staff and spacious block

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Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member769642 On 25th June 22 verified Verified student

worst place ever, cannot wait to leave! maintenance wise everything is wack, washers and dryers donā€™t work, water is cold most of the time u need a shower, mould everywhere, no sort of aircon and when itā€™s hot it gets unbearably hot in the rooms, lifts always broken, staff are rude, i had one bloke (staff) storm into my room with no permission just because he could ā€œsmell weedā€ bearing in mind i had 2 weed dealers on my floorā€¦. i was also super unlucky and got put w a bunk of neeks :)))) spent half my tenancy crashing at friends yards to avoid the place, only thing itā€™s got going for it is the loco

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member1069259 On 31st May 22 verified Verified student

Overall, rooms are good, decent sized beds, desk space, plenty of shelving. Heating is a bit iffy, in winter when I had it on, overtime it would turn itself down and then eventually off, so you would wake up in the middle of the night freezing unless you had good warm bedding. The kitchens are good size. Came with everything the accommodation website says, EXCEPT IRON, IRONING BOARD, but have managed without it. Brilliant location! Shops, bars, restaurants, nearly everything on your doorstep. Wifi is brilliant. Social experience is okay, layout of the accommodation affects it but the outside seating is a good way to make friends in freshers. Maintenance sort things out when they can, sometimes takes awhile, sometimes quite fast. Lifts arenā€™t always reliable. The worst part are the washers/dryers!. Expensive, 2/3 dryers donā€™t even dry your clothing. UNITE didnā€™t take responsibility so I had to call the company that own them and get them to sort it, which they didnā€™t! Ultimately, 7/10?

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Student Review: 2.7 /5
By member866516 On 18th February 22 verified Verified student

Drilling out side if not out side drilling inside if you come here you will not sleep. Every thing breaks.

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Student Review: 1.9 /5
By UTam On 3rd February 22 verified Verified student

I don't even know where to start with this place... Firstly the maintenance is absolutely dreadful. Whenever anything breaks in this place it takes them forever to sort the problem. A few great examples would be when the flat next door had no running water for 2 days and we had to give them water, which is just absolutely bizarre. Maintenance came to our flat to plaster a wall in the bathroom leaving chippings of the wall all over the floor and not even bothering to clean it up. There is mold growing in the bathroom because there isn't proper ventilation and when we reported the problem we were met with an email telling us how to get rid of the mold "ourselves" when its a literal health hazard. There are 2 washing machines and 2 tumble dryers which cost roughly a fiver per cycle for 6 floors full of students. The tumble dryers are terrible making you pay for 2 cycles to have fully dry clothes. Worst Place ever not worth the money at all. wouldn't recommend this accommodation to anyone.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By daisyhp2000 On 3rd April 20 verified Verified student

Brilliant!!! best halls for city campus

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By TheSUTalkPodcast On 16th February 20 verified Verified student

Very good! It contributed positively to what was a fantastic first year.

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By Thekingofnelson2019 On 8th October 19 verified Verified student

Amazing place to live. But maintenance in the building is a large issue. Worth it in the long run.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member1042554 On 4th October 19 verified Verified student

Lovely staff and enjoyed my stay

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Student Review: 1.7 /5
By member841856 On 30th August 19 verified Verified student

My unite room looked nice but as soon as something broke (which was quite frequent) you could tell it was cheap products used. There was grey paint on my desk from painting the walls and my whole desk was completely broken when they put in a new radiator and didnt fix it. There is absolutely no social events set up by unite. The laundry machines were expensive and there was only 4 machines for the hundreds of residents. In a great location right in the centre but not worth the money.

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Student Review: 2.7 /5
By member941731 On 23rd August 19 verified Verified student

Joke of an accommodation, complete rip off. 6 grand a year for a kitchen of that standard. My room was one of the best but the majority Iā€™ve seen were a joke. A thousand locks to get from place to place means there no socialising unless you smoke, where thereā€™s a big smoking area. No way for a free flowing social environment to develop. A blend of hippy students who have been planning to get to a Bristol uni for 7 years, too be the pinnacle of cool combined with some poor unassuming kids who got to uwe on insurance choice who canā€™t quite fit in. Poor guys. No real benefits to living there except maybe access to shops and clubs. But no one can afford shops in uni anyway

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Student Review: 2.7 /5
By member837203 On 19th April 19 verified Verified student

The halls are nice but can be very lonely no sense of socialising between flats

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member1336985 On 9th April 19 verified Verified student

Really good location to experience Bristol. The Drake side is bigger than Nelson.

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1036854 On 1st April 19 verified Verified student

this acommodation its really good in prime location for anystudent however some of the hall management can be a bit off

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member935053 On 25th November 18 verified Verified student

Always good for maintenance and contact and right next to pretty much all clubs

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Student Review: 5 /5
By Suzanna On 8th June 18 verified Verified student

Amazing value for money, great location, friendly and helpful staff, really enjoyed my stay here! A lot depends on your flatmates, but fortunately I was lucky to have amazing flatmates, who we really get along with. It gives you a great head start in your life in Bristol, it's probably the safest halls i've been in during my first year, and it's cleaner and more chill than Marketgate. The internet is perfectly fine, Netflix is gonna run, don't worry, and those occasional skype sessions are ok as well. :) I would definitely recommend this over the few bigger ones around the city center, you're not gonna regret it, not just that it's closer to all the big venues, it's really easy to access since the Centre bus stop is basically 2 min walk away, providing instant commute to all campuses.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member732100 On 4th June 18 verified Verified student

Itā€™s okay living here the common room isnā€™t great and the buns are always gross but you meet nice pwople

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Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member1231554 On 5th May 18 verified Verified student

Honestly a rip off, lifts are broke all the time, washings really overpriced, only good thing is the location but other than that I really wouldnā€™t recommend living here at all

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Student Review: 2 /5
By member415404 On 13th September 15 verified Verified student

Mouldy, damp bathrooms, maintenance never fixed unlocked flat door. We were left with exposed electric cables for months on end.

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Student Review: 1.8 /5
By member56755 On 23rd April 15 verified Verified student

Don't apply here. It's overpriced and really not worth it.

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