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3.71 / 5
0.7 mi from University of Exeter - Streatham Campus View map
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Life experience is always great at Exeter University

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By member1370482
On 28th July 22
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What tenancy length do I need?

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member1370482 On 28th July 22 verified Verified student

Life experience is always great at Exeter University

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 JDL On 30th July 18 verified Verified student

Greg place to live. Near campus and town with some lovely people.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member1132988 On 21st July 18 verified Verified student

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Student Review: 2.6 /5
By member520101 On 1st December 15 verified Verified student

Catering was rubbish. The meals were really good, but the serving times were incredibly limited. It discouraged anyone from doing sport, which regularly clashed with meal times. The replacement meal service was difficult to use. I could only eat dinner 2-3 times a week, and the halls were totally unsympathetic. The halls were noisy. The walls were paper thin, so you could hear a lot of what your neighbour was doing. My neighbour would complain at me for waking him up when I set an alarm. There was too much light pollution. The keypads or swipe cards to enter the halls were regularly faulty. The doors slammed. People going into their rooms would regularly wake me up. Drying stuff was impossible. At £164 a week, they were FAR too expensive. An affordable room should be about £130 a week as a top band. This discourages poorer state system students from applying to the University.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member1316389 On 6th October 15 verified Verified student

Pretty nice accommodation in the price band, not far to walk to lectures or town either. A nice place.

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member916186 On 2nd October 15 verified Verified student

Amazing halls, only downside is the glasses at dinner are far too small so everyone has to keep trekking back to the front of the hall for more water/juice

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