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It was good love my stay here would come back if I was to do my masters.

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By member688971
On 14th July 23
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Student Review: 5 /5
By member688971 On 14th July 23 verified Verified student

It was good love my stay here would come back if I was to do my masters.

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: 4.7 /5
By member1086039 On 12th May 23 verified Verified student

Jack is a bossman, make him in charge and give him a fat pay raise

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Student Review: 2.1 /5
By member580873 On 10th March 23 verified Verified student

I am in my 3rd year and this is the worse accommodation I've been in. I am unhappy with how issues with fellow flatmate with hygiene, shared areas were unclean and guy living for months who was disturbing the pace late at night. I have gone home because of the flatmate and her boyfriend arguing late at night. Living with flies and was told to clean someone else mess. Jade was the only one who took the situation seriously and resolve the issue by removing flatmate. Unfortunately it's the last 2 months of uni for her to move. This was not the only issue I have requested multiple repairs and some not fully fixed such as hot water in the kitchen and shower. At the 1st semester there was builders who was working on accommodation until Christmas. This was very distracting I missed lectures and struggle to focus on assignments which as a 3rd is a lot of stress. We wasn't aware the builders will remove the ceiling for dust in the air and lights hanging down from the ceiling which wasn't safe.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member1180539 On 7th March 23 verified Verified student

My experience involved a very troubled flatmate who kept me up at night, made me fearful to leave my room and made me apply to mitigating circumstances to my exams. It was unclean and an unsafe environment for my flatmates and I. These problems lasted from October until March, only resolved now. I believe the core person who helped me most during this process was Jade. Jade was extremely professional and helpful, she took us seriously and made us feel heard and valued. She dealt with the troubled flatmate and the unwanted visitor who was living there extremely well. She phoned me for updates regularly and made me feel very safe. Jade also called the police in which me felt like things were much more seriously taken. As soon as she worked for Unite Students things were much more fast paced and taken more seriously. Prior to the Christmas holidays, my flatmates and I didn’t feel heard enough or taken seriously. Tahir was friendly, Isabell was professional.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member780538 On 7th March 23 verified Verified student

Everything was really good but the whole experience was bad due to a bad flat mate who made the living place really dirty and uncomfortable to live in. Had to endure this from October to February. Issue resolved in March to a good standard however lasted a long while. Tahir had friendly service, Isobel was very professional. Jade was very helpful and she took a lot of action towards this troubled flat mate.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member771612 On 17th September 22 verified Verified student

I had a great feeling as soon as I entered the hall Mr jack potter was so friendly and helped me out with my check in process and made sure that I’m comfortable here

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