Single Rooms - Standard Plus Ensuite
18-41 Weeks
Tenancy Length
20 Sep
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£143.71
From (Per week)
0.3 mi
from Keele University - Main Campus
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great modern accommodation building, plenty of parking nearby, takes like 10 mins to walk down into the centre (can do it in 7, if you overslept). cleaners come in once a week which is greatly appreciated. expensive block but you get what you pay for, i was in block Z and it was brilliant, know people who stayed in Y who loved it too
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great modern accommodation building, plenty of parking nearby, takes like 10 mins to walk down into the centre (can do it in 7, if you overslept). cleaners come in once a week which is greatly appreciated. expensive block but you get what you pay for, i was in block Z and it was brilliant, know people who stayed in Y who loved it too
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Internet / Wifi
Barnes Hall Information
| Price from | £143.71 per week (subject to availability) |
| Catering | Self-catered |
| Postcode | ST5 5DZ |
Room Types
Single Rooms - Ensuite Superior
18-41 Weeks
Tenancy Length
20 Sep
Move in from
£221.41
From (Per week)
Single Rooms - Bathroom Shared Apartment and Houses
18-51 Weeks
Tenancy Length
20 Sep
Move in from
£154.14
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Amenities
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- Common Room
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Access
Features
- Common Room
- Communal Kitchen
- Vending Machines
Internet Access
- WiFi In Communal Areas (All Free)
- WiFi In Room (All Free)
Laundry
- Coin-operated Communal Laundry
People/Staff
- Courtesy Officer (24-hour Patrol)
- Maintenance Team (Daytime Only)
Services
- Cleaning Service
- Contents Insurance
Special Policies
- No Smoking
Transport
- Bike Storage
- Car Parking For Additional Fee
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Bar D 018 is it ground floor or first floor?
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Barnes Block Y is generally pretty good but way to expensive considering the amount of maintenance issues there tends to be.
Issues within my accomodation that I had with flatmates were my only main letdown of this accomodation. Issues weren’t dealt with efficiently considering the wider impact.
Overpriced accommodation for what you get. Maintenance issues take a long time to be resolved, but the cleaners are lovely and come once a week for social areas and once every two weeks to do private bathrooms. The accommodation is very noisy since it is next to the main road into/out of the university, and the only shop in walking distance is the co-op on campus which is heavily overpriced. There is only one social space which is comprised of some sofas in the building entrance. Resident advisors occasionally set up board game events but these are not held at the accommodation. The internet connection is incredibly slow and unreliable, devices will often have no internet.
great modern accommodation building, plenty of parking nearby, takes like 10 mins to walk down into the centre (can do it in 7, if you overslept). cleaners come in once a week which is greatly appreciated. expensive block but you get what you pay for, i was in block Z and it was brilliant, know people who stayed in Y who loved it too
Loved staying here for my first year at uni. So convenient had everything I needed. The laundry room was even in the same building! Room was a great size, had a en-suite that is cleaned every other week and the kitchen was cleaned weekly. Kitchen bins are emptied everyday. Have met so many people, students and staff and will definitely miss living here on campus.
Definitely too overpriced for what we had. I enjoyed it though because of the people in my flat and Don always went out of his way to help us.
Although the campus safety and cleaning services are great, barnes hall is really overpriced and I am aware the rent is going up next year too. For an area like stoke on trent where all of the surrounding accommodations are far cheaper, paying fees matching southern university prices is ridiculous. As a 1st year medical student with no car I don’t have much choice. The wifi is also quite bad in some rooms. Overall, had a great time living here though - would definitely recommend to people who don’t mind the price. Thanks for a great year! :)
Lovely hall, need to plan who they are pairing flatmates with as I had many second years and as a first year it was hard for me to make friends. Cleaning could be done better or more frequent in the kitchens and en-suites. Barnes bar could have been more. Great location as close to lectures.
Overall a good experience at this accommodation however very expensive. And so would expect higher quality/service, ie wifi and signal
Enjoyed the accommodation, very few social spaces that were up to date, clean and comfortable as student accommodation goes
Great place to live for first year! Amazing facilities, great response time to issues or maintenance complaints and an overall great experience.
The barnes B complex was old fashioned and small but the location was perfect as it was at the heart of campus. There were no social spaces such as a living room and the kitchen was too small for more than a couple of people at a time. The cleaners didnt come often enough as the corridors and kitchens were always dirty.
The accommodation is not bad, but compared to the other students who are paying the SAME price as us, and have a bigger common space, a bathtub, a backyard, a common room, it just seems unfair because we are paying the same price after all, but apart from that, everything is good. Little pricey. But good.
It’s definitely NOT value for money
Lovely room and big kitchen but I don’t think the price is justified. Kitchen cleaned once a week and en-suites once a fortnight which is good
It’s a little on the pricier side but the rooms are a good size and it’s nice to have your own bathroom. It would be better if there was more space and opportunity for socialising with people outside of your own flat.
Overall good however the accommodation fee was too much.
the rooms are small and are often too warm. the windows don't do much to cool the room down as they are so small. have to sleep with them open to stop condensation.
I live in a small block so only live with 3 other people, the kitchen and social can be quite a squeeze if we're all in there and we all struggle with not having enough space in the fridge. Besides that it is.not a bad little place to live and the maintenance team are friendly and quick when fixing problems
Overall positive review - the cleaning staff are lovely, friendly and always do an amazing job! However maintenance issues were not always solved promptly, such as our freezer breaking, which took multiple days to find a solution to. The facilities are okay, circuit laundry is forever unreliable - ESPECIALLY the dryers - which is frustrating as we have been told we aren’t allowed clothes airers. The money is not great value - whilst I appreciate having had my own en-suite, it’s still sharing a kitchen with 8 people. It’s not worth as much as they’re charging for it, especially considering the amount of maintenance issues including a broken oven - TWICE, two broken kettles, the fridge freezer issue mentioned earlier and a leaky tap. Overall, nice accommodation but not fully worth the money.
The rooms are incredibly spacious and nice, and the cleaners are incredibly friendly. It is quite costly compared to the rooms you can get outside campus, but for the safety and for first time students, this is good if you can afford it.
The uni accommodation generally is very dated and overpriced for what is offered and there have been gradually more and more issues surrounding it during my 4 years at Keele - the vast majority of the accommodation needed bringing up to the standards of the rent years ago, and the prices on keep increasing. If something gets done to improve the buildings and rooms themselves, even if the price stays the same, it would be far more worth it
Maintenance is poor but almost every other aspect is good
So you want your own toilet? Pay an extra £2000. So your plumbing doesn't work? Ignore it and hope it goes away. So your window is broken and is hanging open in the middle of winter? We'll fix it within a week, honest. The staff are genuine and try to help, but the university protocol is worthless. You have no choice but to give them money, so they do not care about your problems.
It’s close to campus just wish the accommodation was more modern.
I lived in Barnes C during first year and I loved it! Big rooms for the price, lack of social space but we got stools for our kitchen and it made it more social :) fridge space was never an issue, 3 fridges and 3 freezers so 5 people per. Bathrooms cleaned often, bins taken out regularly. So close to everything! Overall such a good place to live - however bring earplugs as the walls are thin lol
Its quite nice for staying on campus because it is more near to the academic buildings that we need to get in everyday. We have different genres people in the hall and get to know more cultural things from them. Just abit pricey than staying off campus.
I'm in the new builds and they're very spacious with lots of room in the kitchen, including a large sofa and monitor we can watch TV or play xbox on. I like it so much I'm living there again for second year.
Clean and communal, bets place to live
The halls are really close to the med school and I love the beautiful surrounding. Rooms are good as well. The only issue is the current management of the halls, not very supportive and not a great laundry facility (too expensive and low quality). Overall, I do enjoy being here and the university is great. There is room for improvement in terms of the accommodation management.
Excellent value for money and communal spaces are cleaned well very week
Great halls just a lack of in block social space
Good accommodation but not worth £133
Cleaners took our Christmas decorations for no reason whatsoever. Had to call the head of fire safety to get them back...a week before we went home for Christmas anyway. Cleaners hardly even clean anything and Barnes common room and bar is embarrassing. Having said that I adore my flatmates, the kitchen is big and I love my room. Just the staff really.
Kitchen area is not very homely, no comfortable seating to socialise. Therefore it is hard to make friends with the people I am with because everyone stays in their rooms. If there was a living area it would be easier.
I would not advise anyone to stay at Barnes hall, although the rooms are spacious and the area is close, the noise of the pipes is horrendous. The banging is so loud you can't sleep you are tired for lectures everyday. The banging starts at 7 o'clock in the morning onwards so lie ins are impossible! Awful when trying to do work! The banging is louder when radiators are on so I keep mine off which means it's freezing !!!! the curtains are also ugly. However the layout is nice and it is very close to the student union which is very useful ! It's a shame general maintenance lets Barnes hall down! Wifi is good, and the shower is AMAZING
Lovely communal blocks just a wee bit mouldy and needing of redecorating
I was in a shared flat in Barnes. It was a super good hall, close to everything, it would take about 5 minutes to walk to lectures in Chancellors. I always felt safe when walking home and once i got into my building. The bins are emptied regularly and rooms are cleaned every two weeks. In my opinion it's the best halls on campus simply because it's the only one that provides a table and seating in the kitchen to sit and eat and socialise at.
Barnes was a breath of fresh air after I'd stayed in Hawthornes. One I was in a flat sharing with three other girls, who were all lovely, and the kitchen stayed pretty clean most of the time. And the cleaners were absoloutly lovely. Also the Barnes Bar was a good place to go, and was usually used for socials that my society was in, which was a really nice experience, to not have to do a twenty minute walk to get to the social like I had to with Hawthornes
Lived in the traditional blocks A-F during first year. Perfect location 60 seconds from chancellors, 2 mins to SU perfect after a night out! This was the main good point about Barnes. The other is that it was cheap so plenty of money for other more important stuff. Main bad point would have to be the kitchen, tiny shared between 15 and no table. Only 2 fridge-freezers so major lack of space. Gets quite dirty and there are no supplies (brush/mop) left by cleaners incase of any spillages so you have to wait until they clean twice a week. Was with lots of international students so didn't really form many close friendships in my hall. Didn't really use social spaces. But the proximity was excellent and it was cheap enough to allow me to do others things (go out etc) that I wouldn't have been able to do in other halls.
It is very expensive but it is a en-suite room.
Had numerous issues with ants/other bugs but that could just be the weather whatever. Accommodation was extremely basic. Beds awfully uncomfortable. And paring of students not good! I was a student nurse living with student midwive.. So we were on placement different times.. There for clashes with noise when I was on placement and she went out, same for me! Hated the overall experience of living there and had to leave.
Friendly staff, very close to lecture buildings and student union,
Living in Barnes W block is fantastic, it takes minutes to be in the centre of campus. Fantastic facilities in my en-suit room. Although you only really make friends with the 5 other people in your flat. The best place to make as many friends as you can would be the shared bathroom accommodation of Lindsay where you're never short of seeing someone. Cleaners are great and most do a great job.