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0.9 mi from nearest campus View map
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0.9 mi from nearest campus View map
  • 15 mins
  • 5 mins
  • 9 mins

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Most helpful review

IQ Grove gives me a warm experience. The staff are friendly and hosted lots of activities. There always some snacks on the reception table.

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By member4101273
On 19th February 24
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Most helpful review

IQ Grove gives me a warm experience. The staff are friendly and hosted lots of activities. There always some snacks on the reception table.

Value for money
Location
Property management
Cleaning
Social spaces
Social experience
Internet / Wifi
By member4101273
On 19th February 24
verified Verified student
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Hi I am not comfortable with being placed with Chinese students because of language barriers. Would it be possible for you to allocate me with some Indians for a smoother transition.
By member1089515 On 4th August 23
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Student Review: 4.9 /5
By member4101273 On 19th February 24 verified Verified student

IQ Grove gives me a warm experience. The staff are friendly and hosted lots of activities. There always some snacks on the reception table.

Value for money
Location
Property management
Cleaning
Social spaces
Social experience
Internet / Wifi
All reviews are the views of StudentCrowd members, not of StudentCrowd Limited
Student Review: 5 /5
By member990394 On 24th August 23 verified Verified student

Really good accomodation, great location!

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Reply from iQ Grove (previous provider) On 25th January 24
Student Review: 5 /5
By member1187302 On 7th June 23 verified Verified student

Very happy to stay here, the room is very new, everything is very reasonable layout, all the necessary facilities, receptions are very friendly, every time something breaks in the room can be fixed immediately, very good stay experience!!!

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Reply from iQ Grove (previous provider) On 25th January 24
Student Review: 4.9 /5
By member1180459 On 6th March 23 verified Verified student

The staff at IQ are lovely, especially Julie, V and Sam, they are always helpful and love having a wee chat. The facilities are great, and the social space is excellent.

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Reply from iQ Grove (previous provider) On 5th April 23
Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member732505 On 21st June 18 verified Verified student

It was pretty good until the last week. The rooms are ok, common room better that others I know. The problem is when you have to work in your dissertation for the last couple of weeks and they started to refurbish the flat besides you. A complete nightmare. I will only be two more weeks here, but I have a lot of work to do and they have people and machines working 12 hours, from 8 to 8. I already paid so they don’t care. I recommend to look for private landlords and flats. The price here is too much and you can find something better and cheaper outside.

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Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member1230526 On 25th February 18 verified Verified student

The only good thing about these halls is the wifi. The cleaning is terrible, someone left a bin bag in the hallways and it stayed there for nearly a week. The social experience is absolutely terrible. There's a nice common room but no one is ever in it. It's pretty much impossible to meet people because it's a building full of studio rooms. Its too far from edinburgh university, the walk is 30 minutes and the bus service is dreadfully poor. Expect for it to arrive 20 minutes late.

Value for money
Location
Property management
Cleaning
Social spaces
Social experience
Internet / Wifi
All reviews are the views of StudentCrowd members, not of StudentCrowd Limited

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