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Unite Students reception team always fabulous — friendly, trustworthy, funny 😁 Love to work with them in all sorts of event and a huge contributing factor to the events in Salisbury. Improvements I wish to see: - the common room with a more unified space, promoting better room usage for events and social activities. Right now the common room seems to segregated and feels abandoned when no one is using them. - less frequency of fire alarms. Currently I have been through 2-3 fire alarms per week at most. Would have been better if there were once every two months. - Value for price and room is considered expensive, especially since it’s a 10 people flat and there is not enough space, cupboard, living room to actually use without bumping into each other. - many maintenance issues occur throughout the year due to the wear and tear period of the items in the flat e.g. oven, hob/stove, fridge, lighting, window ledges, etc. - plumbing issues occurs every half a month.
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Most helpful review
Unite Students reception team always fabulous — friendly, trustworthy, funny 😁 Love to work with them in all sorts of event and a huge contributing factor to the events in Salisbury. Improvements I wish to see: - the common room with a more unified space, promoting better room usage for events and social activities. Right now the common room seems to segregated and feels abandoned when no one is using them. - less frequency of fire alarms. Currently I have been through 2-3 fire alarms per week at most. Would have been better if there were once every two months. - Value for price and room is considered expensive, especially since it’s a 10 people flat and there is not enough space, cupboard, living room to actually use without bumping into each other. - many maintenance issues occur throughout the year due to the wear and tear period of the items in the flat e.g. oven, hob/stove, fridge, lighting, window ledges, etc. - plumbing issues occurs every half a month.
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Salisbury Court Information
| Telephone | 0300 303 8642 |
| Postcode | EH8 9RD |
| Price from | £365.00 per week for 25/26 (subject to availability) |
| Top tip | Just 10 minutes walk from the University of Edinburgh campus. Salisbury Court provides a modern and sociable home to almost 600 students each year. Visit the website to find out more. |
Room Types
Single Studios Classic Accessible Studio
Amenities
This property offers a common room with pool, ping pong & foosball, outdoor social space & study room. Discover more!
Popular
- Cinema
- Common Room
- Gym
- Library or Study Area
Features
- Common Room
- Communal Kitchen
- Storage Units
Internet Access
- WiFi
Laundry
- Coin-operated Communal Laundry
People/Staff
- Maintenance Team (Daytime Only)
- Onsite Manager
Recreational Facilities
- Cinema
- Entertainment Room
- Gym
- Outdoor Area
Security & Safety
- CCTV / Surveillance Cameras
- Secure Building Entry
Services
- Contents Insurance
- Recycling
Special Policies
- No Smoking
Study Support
- Library or Study Area
TV
- Cable TV
Transport
- Bike Storage
Travel Times
Salisbury Court is right between Holyrood Park and the Meadows & is a short distance from Edinburgh’s old and new towns - for shopping, eating, drinking & dancing.
University of Edinburgh
Central Area Campus, George Square12 mins4 mins12 mins1.1 mi
Holyrood Campus12 mins4 mins12 mins1.1 mi
Central and Kings Buildings12 mins4 mins12 mins1.1 mi
Salisbury Court Biography
Salisbury Court is ideally located just a ten-minute walk from the University of Edinburgh. The area surrounding the accommodation has everything you need, from various shops to many bars and restaurants.
There is a large common room that has a games area with a pool table, ping pong, foosball, lounge area, and micro-cinema. The large communal study area and WiFi are ideal for when you need a quiet space to get work done. You also have access to a big outdoor social space to enjoy the good weather.
You have the option of staying in an en-suite room whilst sharing a kitchen and lounge with flatmates, or you can choose to stay in a studio. The rooms have a light and contemporary design and are equipped with a comfortable bed, storage space, and study desk and chair.
Visit Unite Students website to book your room!
Q&A
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on the university of Edinburgh accommodation booking website the options are twin studio with single bed and standard with 3/4 bed. After checking the Unite Students website page for Salisbury court to find out more. few questions came up in my mind. So, for the twin studio with single bed i am assuming this twin studio that is shown on the unite student's website? (which has 2 flatmates?) also is
By member4106181 On 5th April 24
Reply from Salisbury Court
On 8th April 24
Thank you for your enquiry. I can confirm the twin studio via the University of Edinburgh's booking page is the one visible on our website. There is a desk per resident, so you would not need to share the desk, although the room space, kitchen and bathroom would be shared.
In regards to the mix of flatmates, you would need to enquire with the university as to their occupancy planning. They will be able to advise further on mix within flats and take into account your needs where possible.
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Does the kitchen have any utensils or are you expected to bring your own utensils, cutlery, and any other kitchen gadgets. Also, do the en suite rooms provide a pillow for the students?
By member1296321 On 11th December 23
Reply from Salisbury Court
On 14th December 23
Hello! We do not provide kitchen utensils/cutlery etc, or bedding. There are a number of companies where you can purchase 'kit out' packs which will have all of the essential items you need, which can be delivered directly to your accommodation around your check in date. It may be worth reaching out to your university for more information, as they often will work in partnership with companies who provide these.
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How often do the rooms/bathrooms get cleaned?
By member1390377 On 23rd August 23
Reply from Salisbury Court
On 24th August 23
Hi,
If you have booked through the University of Edinburgh, we will assist weekly with light cleaning of the kitchen and advice on maintaining your shared space. It is the responsibility of the tenant to clean their own bedroom and bathroom.
Kind Regards
Unite Students
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Staff are so friendly, cleaning is great, has good events all the time, my friends like to come here instead of their own accommodation. it feels like a safe home and is a fun place to be.
Thank you for your kind review! It's nice to hear that you are enjoying your stay and that you are having fun at our events! The housekeeping team will be so pleased that you have recognised their efforts to keep a clean and tidy environment. Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Jake and Rickey are the best, so helpful and good at their jobs
Thank you for your review and for highlighting the service from Jake and Rikki! They will be so pleased that they are having a positive impact on your stay with us. We hope you continue to enjoy living at Salisbury Court. Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Really nice student accommodation with lovely staff that are always happy to help with any issues. Problems are dealt with quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately the study room only has either tall tables or low coffee table styles available, which means that as a disabled student I can’t use this room. If they replaced the tall tables with normal height ones it would be perfect.
Thank you for your kind review, and for letting us know you appreciate our team! They really work hard to help all of our residents feel supported, and I'm happy to see that you find issues to be managed quickly. We also really appreciate your feedback about our Study room. We will certainly look at some options to make the space more accessible, and in the meantime, if you would like to come along to reception to share any further thoughts, we will be happy to do what we can to meet your needs more closely. It really is important to have feedback on how we can make our spaces accessible to all, so thank you for sharing. We hope you continue to enjoy your time with us! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Salisbury Court is an amazing student accommodation!
Thank you for letting us know you think Salisbury Court is amazing! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
I've loved staying at Salisbury Court! The Unite Team is really helpful and friendly, especially Ricky! It's been a pleasure talking to him. The RAs are also very useful
What a nice review! Rikki will be so pleased that he has had such an impact on your experience. The team really strive to provide a warm, welcoming environment for our residents. The support of the RAs is very much appreciated by us too! We hope you continue to enjoy your time with us. Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Salisbury Court is one of the better accommodations in Edinburgh
Thank you for your review, and for letting us know you rate Salisbury Court highly in comparison to other accommodations. We hope you continue to enjoy your time with us! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Always able to get help and boxes from front desk easily. Good spaces to hang out.
Thank you for your review. It's nice to hear that you enjoy the social spaces and the service from the front desk. T We hope you enjoy the rest of your time with us! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Met so many good friends and staff so helpful. Sometimes wifi can be a bit dodgy on ipad but that is only issue. I have loved living here
We're so pleased to hear that you have found it easy to settle in and make friends. That's the best review we could hope for! Thank you for sharing your feedback on the wifi, it's always good to hear how we can improve too. We hope you enjoy the rest of your stay with us. Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Unite Students reception team always fabulous — friendly, trustworthy, funny 😁 Love to work with them in all sorts of event and a huge contributing factor to the events in Salisbury. Improvements I wish to see: - the common room with a more unified space, promoting better room usage for events and social activities. Right now the common room seems to segregated and feels abandoned when no one is using them. - less frequency of fire alarms. Currently I have been through 2-3 fire alarms per week at most. Would have been better if there were once every two months. - Value for price and room is considered expensive, especially since it’s a 10 people flat and there is not enough space, cupboard, living room to actually use without bumping into each other. - many maintenance issues occur throughout the year due to the wear and tear period of the items in the flat e.g. oven, hob/stove, fridge, lighting, window ledges, etc. - plumbing issues occurs every half a month.
Such a kind review of our team! They'll be so happy to hear tha you appreciate them and their effort with events. Your feedback on other areas is much appreciated. We're always looking to see how we can improve, and the best way to work that out is by getting true and honest feedback from our residents. We will certainly consider how we can improve the common areas. In terms of fire alarms, I'm afraid this is not directly within our control. We have an obligation to detect and attend any activations of the fire system, even in the event of a false alarm. We can however, work to educate residents on how to avoid triggering alarms, which we will take into consideration when there are an excess of activations. Maintenance tasks can be frustrating, however, our response to tasks is usually quick and we have a number of maintenance checks throughout the year to try to avoid recurring issues. If there is a specific task that is not resolved to your satisfaction, please do make the team aware and we will be happy to help! Thank you again for your detailed and fair review. We hope you continue to enjoy your stay! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Great accommodation, very modern, and excellent location close to the main university campus.
Thank you for your review. We're pleased to hear you enjoy your accommodation and the locality. We hope you continue to have a great stay with us! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
The glasses on the poster need to be white.
Thank you for leaving a review of your stay with us! We would be happy to assist in relation to your comment, if you would be happy expand on this? Our team will be happy to take recommendations so please pop along to see us at reception to help us understand how we can help. Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Great accom helpful staff nice facilities
Thank you for your review. We're pleased to hear that you are enjoying your stay with us, and that you appreciate the team! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Very happy a clean and pleasant environment
Thank you for your review - it's good to hear that you enjoy the environment and are happy in your accommodation. We hope you enjoy the rest of your stay too! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
They are all so nice here. I got a pizza delivered, and the delivery person couldn’t call me, so they came and delivered my pizza. They all know my name and ask how i’m doing, and i don’t think i could ask for more.
Thank you for your review of your stay so far at Salisbury Court! The team will be so pleased that you find them to be accommodating and attentive. They work hard to help all of our residents feel at home, so it's nice to see that you feel welcomed. Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
The staff are very kind in medical emergencies, and it’s in a good location, but otherwise the residents aren’t sociable, the flats are isolating with such big groups, and it’s overall quite an uninviting place to be.
Thank you so much for taking the time to review your stay with us at Salisbury Court. I'm so pleased to hear that you found the team to be helpful and caring during a medical emergency. I do hope that you are feeling better? I'm sorry to hear that you find other residents to not be as sociable as you would like. We do have a great team of Resident Ambassadors from the University who live with us, and they usually display a calendar of events around the property. It may be nice for you to try to attend those events to help meet other residents and form some relationships? The Resident Ambassadors can also advise you of any groups within the University that may meet your interests. If you have any ideas for events you would like to see, you are very welcome to come to reception and share your suggestions too! Kind Regards, Bex Moylan General Manager
Great location, good facilities and friendly staff
Thank you so much for your review! We're so pleased that you are enjoying your stay and that you've found the team to be friendly. Bex Moylan General Manager
It is a bit too expensive, but the quality of the services makes up for the price. I love our common room, it's cozy and comfortable
Thank you for your review, and for taking the time to share your feedback. We're glad to hear you find our services to be good quality - we're very lucky to have such a spacious and cozy common room, as well as our study area. Happy to hear you enjoy it! Bex Moylan General Manager
On a whole, an incredibly well managed accommodation complex. The pool table provides great entertainment. The maintenance is always speedy with requests getting fixed within days. The laundry room is expensive and is often packed and hard to get a free washer. A member of staff who deserves great praise is our flat cleaner David. He’s always kind when he comes and does a great job at cleaning. An all around pleasure to deal with.
What a wonderful review. Thank you so much for taking the time to recognise David, he works very hard to ensure Salisbury Court is neat and tidy! We're pleased to hear that you're enjoying your stay, making use of the facilities, and that you also appreciate the maintenance team. They are very good at responding quickly and repairing as soon as they are able. We hope you continue to feel at home! Bex Moylan General Manager
The cleaner (David) is very nice, responsible, polite and really helpful!
Thank you for your review and your kind words about David. Our housekeeping team are great and work hard to keep the buildings shiny! I did notice that you have given a lower scoring for value for money, and we would be keen to understand how we can improve this. We have a suggestion box in reception, so if you would like to share more feedback or ideas, please pop along and leave us some comments. Bex Moylan General Manager
It is worthy living here at Salisbury Court! The US staff are really supportive and welcoming! I really love the common space at Salisbury where we could play pool, pingpong and table soccer. It’s a great time to stay here
What a lovely review! Thank you for your kind words. Our team will be so pleased to hear you find them supportive and welcoming, and that you really enjoy the common space. We hope that you continue to enjoy your time with us at Salisbury Court. Bex Moylan General Manager
Satisfying and cozy accommodation with some maintenance issues but they are for the most part easily resolved
Thanks for your review! We're pleased to hear that you find your accommodation satisfying and cozy! We do have a great facilities team, so it's good to hear that you've found maintenance issues easily resolved. Bex Moylan General Manager
Good but the Wi-Fi kinda needs some TLC, especially with calls and accessing university websites
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay at Salisbury Court. We really do appreciate your comments, as your feedback gives us an opportunity to work on finding solutions and improvements. Our WiFi provider, Glide, are usually good at helping with connectivity issues, and we do recommend reaching out to them directly. Of course, if you find that this does not resolve your issue, our property team are happy to help - just pop along to reception and we will see what we can do to assist. Bex Moylan General Manager
Very accomodating and a great living experience as a student. Love the ease of using certain services, such as maitenance requests on the app. Wifi could work better, sometimes it blocks the school website.
Thanks for your review! We're so pleased to hear that you're having a great experience living with us. Our app certainly does make things easier in terms of maintenance requests, and our team are always on hand to help! We're sorry to hear you've been having some issues with the WiFi. Our provider, Glide, are usually very good at assisting with issues and you can contact them directly from the log in page. If you need guidance, our team at reception will be happy to help. Bex Moylan General Manager
Excellent property in terms of getting decorations done during World Cup period and Chinese New Year. Staffs are very helpful as well, including Mr John and the lady that works in Tuesday morning.
We're so pleased to hear you enjoyed our recent celebration events! I'm so glad you appreciate the team, and Mr John (Donald) and the rest of the team will be so happy to hear your kind words! Bex Moylan General Manager
Very welcoming and social place to leave. The location is also great, close to the main campus and city centre.
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay at Salisbury Court - we're so pleased to hear that you feel welcomed and that you're enjoying the location. Bex Moylan General Manager
The staff here has been very helpful and accommodating to the residents. The accommodation is at a very strategic area, near central campus (UoE) and close to many grocery stores.
Thanks for your review! We're pleased that you find the team helpful and accommodating - it's nice to hear. Salisbury Court is in a great location, and we're happy that you've settled in to the local area well. Bex Moylan General Manager
Everything is so sweet here at Salisbury. Super convenient to live in. Close to the uni and grocery stores. You can get everything you want with in 10mins walk. Really good!
What a lovely review! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, we really appreciate your kind words. We're so pleased to hear you're enjoying your stay at Salisbury Court, and especially our great location. Bex Moylan General Manager
The staff is very helpful and cooperative.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, the team will be so pleased to hear that you find them to be helpful and cooperative. We do have a wonderful team at Salisbury Court! Bex Moylan General Manager
really excellent location and atmosphere --- every room is perfect, as it has an en suite, and all of the staff are super lovely and helpful, too!
Thank you for your review, we're happy to hear that you find your room to be 'perfect'! Salisbury Court is a great building, and it's wonderful to hear your feedback on the atmosphere and location. The team work hard to help our residents feel welcomed, so I'm happy you find this to be the case. Bex Moylan General Manager
Good for living. And friendly staff. Every happy living this place.
We're so happy that you are happy! Thank you for your very kind review. Bex Moylan General Manager
An amazing place to stay, with clean and modern living spaces.
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay at Salisbury Court. Our housekeeping team work hard to maintain our social spaces, so it's nice to hear it is appreciated! Bex Moylan General Manager
The staff have always been very helpful when i have needed help
It's nice to hear that you've found the team to be there for you when needed! Thank you for taking the time to review your accommodation. I see that you have given a low rating for 'Value For Money', which is a shame. We would be happy to hear your suggestions on how we can improve - please email us at edinburgh@unitestudents.com if you would like to share further feedback or ideas. Thank you! Bex Moylan General Manager
very good accomadation, staff all really friendly and helpful
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay at Salisbury, and for your kind words about the team! They'll be so pleased to hear your comments. Bex Moylan General Manager
It is a great uni accommodation space, where I made a lot of friends and enjoyed my uni life.
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay at Salisbury Court. I'm so glad to hear that you have settled in well and made some great friends. We have a really good group of residents this year, and it makes us happy to know you're enjoying your time with us. We really appreciate your feedback! Bex Moylan General Manager
Best accommodation for students at main campus
I studied at UoE for a semester through the exchange program and decided on staying in Salisbury Court strictly because I would have my own room/bathroom. I was put in a 10 person mixed flat. Here is my experience: I love how large the windows and desks are, there's storage under the bed and a closet. I had to go out and buy bedding for myself (which I later found I could have rented from management after having been told I couldn't). The common room in the flat has hobs/ovens, the world's smallest microwave, sinks, cupboards, and a kettle. My real issues with this accommodation are the bed and internet. If you enjoy feeling each and every spring of your bed jabbing into your body the whole night then you will love these beds. I started waking up bruised because of it and finally flipped the mattress over. I now sleep on a very hard surface but it's better than death by springs. Also, the internet constantly is shutting on and off in my room, specifically on my phone. Not good.
The common room areas are good but not really used, the cleaners are getting kind of lazy not really cleaning. Really close to campus, 10 min walk and close to Sainsbury's and Pollock so its easy to meet people.