Rooms - Shared Bathroom Standard Single Room
37 Weeks
Tenancy Length
Flexible
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£178.84
From (Per week)
0.3 mi
from University of Edinburgh - Central Area Campus, George Square
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My main problem with this place is the bathrooms- there’s mould everywhere and the shower is shocking (if you want hot water there is absolutely no water pressure so I have to rinse my hair out with cold water after every shower). Good location and decent bedroom, but that’s about it.
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Most helpful review
My main problem with this place is the bathrooms- there’s mould everywhere and the shower is shocking (if you want hot water there is absolutely no water pressure so I have to rinse my hair out with cold water after every shower). Good location and decent bedroom, but that’s about it.
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Property management
Cleaning
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Social experience
Internet / Wifi
Robertson's Close Information
| Price from | £140.88 per week (subject to availability) |
| Catering | Self-catered |
| Postcode | EH1 1LY |
Room Types
Rooms - Shared Bathroom Small Single Room
37 Weeks
Tenancy Length
Flexible
Move in from
£195.65
From (Per week)
Rooms - Shared Bathroom Large Single Room
37 Weeks
Tenancy Length
Flexible
Move in from
£140.88
From (Per week)
Amenities
Popular
- Common Room
Features
- Common Room
- Communal Kitchen
Internet Access
- WiFi
Laundry
- Coin-operated Communal Laundry
Services
- Cleaning Service
- Contents Insurance
Special Policies
- No Smoking
Transport
- Bike Storage
Travel Times
University of Edinburgh
Central Area Campus, George Square7 mins4 mins7 mins0.3 mi
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Robertson's Close is great as long as you're very in touch with nature. Massive rats live out by the bins/smoking area. Mold grows everywhere, especially in the completely unventilated bathrooms. Currently, we've got mold behind the paint in our entire kitchen (so much so that the paint has separated from the wall). Accommodation refuses to do anything about it. If you report mold, they tell you to open the windows, but don't open them too far! (pigeons will come in and **** everywhere). In addition to all of these lovely amenities, Robbie's has an excessive mouse problem, one climbed up the curtain in my room about ten minutes ago. My flatmate has one that just scurries in and out of her room with pretty much free reign. The office works do not care, and by extension, the university does not care.
My main problem with this place is the bathrooms- there’s mould everywhere and the shower is shocking (if you want hot water there is absolutely no water pressure so I have to rinse my hair out with cold water after every shower). Good location and decent bedroom, but that’s about it.
Robertson's Close was an OK living space. The rooms were nice and private and the kitchens had ample space to work. However, the toilets never flushed properly and the hot water didn't always function. The laundry machines broke quite often but they just switched to a new system that might be better. It's quite a loud place to live: if you're facing the courtyard, you can hear every conversation outside, plus some indoors as well. If you're facing the street, you have the bar noise, the street noise, etc. There were mice that infested the building and the management refused to do anything about it. Good location near Old College, Tesco, the gym, the Royal Mile, etc which is Robertson's Close's only redeeming quality.
Building has mice, management won't do much except put poison down which takes weeks to work and just leaves you with dead mice around the flat. Gate is constantly breaking leaving people locked outside the property, washers and dryers in laundry room are again constantly breaking and you have to phone the company yourself - management won't take care of it. The flats are in a good location though, very close to Tesco, the uni, and the royal mile, princes street etc. Not really worth what you pay for though overall.
We have mice and mould and the gate was broken more than not, along with the 3 dryers that never worked and the fact that we live right above a very loud pub, caused for a struggle of a year.. good location tho!
Very cheap so got what you paid for, wifi didnt work often, common room looked bigger in the pictures...but very close to city centre so quite convenient
Great for socialising right next to pubs and clubs, but it is not worth the near £700 per a month I had to pay.