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Absolutely Goregous Location, there is a lot of facilities which are fantastic for students such as a cinema room, common room and a gym. The staff are all so accomodating and kind and are always willing to help. Especially Kelly, Joe and Lois.

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By member6138218
On 19th February 25
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Absolutely Goregous Location, there is a lot of facilities which are fantastic for students such as a cinema room, common room and a gym. The staff are all so accomodating and kind and are always willing to help. Especially Kelly, Joe and Lois.

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By member6138218
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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member5138253 On 19th February 25 verified Verified student

This is a lovely accomodation, there are lots of great facilities and the staff are fantastic especially Kerry on reception and Gary the caretaker

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Student Review: 4.7 /5
By member10138220 On 19th February 25 verified Verified student

It’s very accommodating and Kelly, Lois, and Joe is amazing and sorted out any issues we had immediately and got my friends and I booked in together. 10/10, love it

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member6138218 On 19th February 25 verified Verified student

Absolutely Goregous Location, there is a lot of facilities which are fantastic for students such as a cinema room, common room and a gym. The staff are all so accomodating and kind and are always willing to help. Especially Kelly, Joe and Lois.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member11138213 On 19th February 25 verified Verified student

Here's a review you could use: --- I had a fantastic stay at Glassworks! The rooms were always tidy and well-maintained, creating a comfortable and welcoming environment. The staff, Kelly, Lois, Joe were incredibly kind, always willing to help with any questions or concerns. Their warm and friendly attitude made settling in so much easier. From the moment I arrived, I felt truly welcomed. I highly recommend Glassworks to anyone looking for a great place to stay—it’s a great choice for students!

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member8138025 On 18th February 25 verified Verified student

Extremely friendly and helpful staff, who are more than happy to help with any requests, even when time consuming. Really good place to live, everything you need is right near you, and the room is amazing to live in.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member13137447 On 17th February 25 verified Verified student

it’s been a great place to stay, all the staff are very friendly and helpful

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member11136763 On 14th February 25 verified Verified student

Always have good social events on, clean space and friendly staff

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member12136652 On 13th February 25 verified Verified student

I’ve had a fantastic experience living here! All the staff are lovely—especially Kelly, who is always so helpful at the front desk, and Joe, who is always there when you need assistance. The gym is amazing; it’s never too busy, so you can work out in peace with all the equipment available. The rooms are modern and well-maintained, and any issues I’ve reported have been dealt with quickly and professionally. The overall atmosphere is great, making it a perfect place for students. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for quality accommodation!

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Student Review: 5 /5
By hephzibah ashogbon On 13th February 25 verified Verified student

The glassworks is an amazing accommodation and is one of the best in lei! All the staff are so amazing and helpful and have helped my social experience at university so much especially kelly! This is my second year booking and i’ll be booking next year too!!

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Student Review: 4.6 /5
By member5134254 On 5th February 25 verified Verified student

the staff here work really hard to ensure that students are comfortable in their accommodation

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member7133878 On 4th February 25 verified Verified student

modern, clean accommodation with friendly staff and sense of comfort in the building and outside areas, always fun activities taking place and staff are very enthusiastic about providing outstanding services and raising concerns when necessary, perfect accommodation couldn’t recommend anymore

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member7133806 On 4th February 25 verified Verified student

Loved my stay here. It’s sociable but also quite do it’s easy to relax. Staff are super friendly and respectful! i feel very safe living here which is definitely something important. Would highly recommend living here at all stages of university.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member8133791 On 4th February 25 verified Verified student

I love the staff, they set up nice events and the maintenance is efficient. The location is amazing right in-front of my lecture building.

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Student Review: 4.3 /5
By member12133787 On 4th February 25 verified Verified student

As soon as I discovered The Glassworks, I immediately knew it was the place for me. The social area is nicely decorated and welcoming, the staff are very understanding, and the bedrooms have plenty of space. It’s everything I had hoped for!

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Student Review: 4.9 /5
By member13133694 On 3rd February 25 verified Verified student

I have stayed here at the Glassworks for my first year, I am currently in my second year here, with plans to stay for my third. This accommodation is in a close distance to the DMU campus and the staff here are incredibly friendly and always willing to help. They also organise events throughout the year that are fun and give opportunities to socialise with other students

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member11119860 On 15th October 24 verified Verified student

The staff all are nice. The basic facilities are pretty good.

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Student Review: 2.1 /5
By member961221 On 21st July 21 verified Verified student

Awful management, never tell you when mail arrives, last minute information given out, rude security and no consideration about rent over covid.

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Student Review: 1 /5
By Nits On 5th December 20 verified Verified student

BE AWARE - DO NOT STAY AT HOST,they are the most non-considerate towards students As a student you will be tied up in a biased contract

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member1050391 On 12th August 20 verified Verified student

One of only a few accommodation sites linked to DMU that still charged the full amount for the 3rd rent payment in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. All other either cancelled this payment or reduced it. This accommodation is nice, but HOST seldom care for the well being of its tenants, same goes for the building owners, a multimillion pound company with trustees registered in the Channel Islands, a well known spot for tax dodging. Communication with this company can only be done through HOST since the building owners only have physical addresses listed. Rest assured should prospective tenants find themselves in a similar situation to us, any concerns you might want to voice to the building owners through HOST will be promptly binned, and you will be met with the same copy and pasted, unsympathetic response from the hall manager. Profits come before people at The Glassworks.

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Student Review: 2.4 /5
By member847455 On 21st April 20 verified Verified student

For a company that's webpage is full of content related to how students wellbeing comes first, this is obviously not true. Money is the only thing that matters. As most of the services offered by the halls are not available due to the Covid-19 lockdown I moved out in March. Despite me not living there, Host are still unwilling to come to any new arrangements about the rent from April - June. Having looked around for accomodation for next year I have realised that the Glassworks is very over priced for what you get. The only benefit is its location, all the other factors can be found elsewhere for far less money. For instance standard wifi is poor and you need to pay extra for a decent connection. I would recommend those considering accomodation with Host next year that they look around as they will get far more for their money.

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Student Review: 1 /5
By NatalyaPietrak On 31st March 20 verified Verified student

Host obviously do not have student wellbeing as their priority. During this COVID-19 outbreak we have been forced to leave and students and family members have lost our jobs due to the government closing most things. Host however are still making us pay 1.3k in rent. Some students are struggling during this unprecedented time and there has been no sympathy from them or glassworks. We have emailed them many times as a collective and still received no adequate response. We have had to take some drastic measures such as rent strikes and making petitions to hopefully get through to them. They are acting as if upholding the contract is the most important thing to do when they themselves have breached their own contract, due to COVID-19, by closing all of the facilities and common room that we pay extra for in the rent, that they still want us to pay.

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Student Review: 4.7 /5
By member836566 On 18th March 19 verified Verified student

One of the nicer student accommodation at DMU, meaning slightly more expensive but it's pretty new and the aesthetics are good. Wifi is fast, room sizes are adequate, the common room is big and stylish. The guys who work there are friendly, chatty (sometimes a bit too much), and are helpful. There's free printing in the study area and there's also a cinema room. The walls in the flats are a bit thin though, meaning you could hear certain activities at night. Also the lift in C block is out of order a lot. The only thing which could truly tamper your experience are your flatmates.

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Student Review: 4.4 /5
By member1035578 On 24th January 19 verified Verified student

I've really enjoyed living at Host this year! The common rooms are huge, and the staff have been really helpful. I'm in a shared flat and share my kitchen with 5 other people. For the size of the flat, the kitchen and lounge are a good size and my bedroom is a good size too.

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