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de Havilland Campus Accommodation Reviews

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#4 out of 5 halls at University of Hertfordshire

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Most of the halls are kept in a good state. If you got classes in law or business de havilland is made for you. (literally a 2 min walk to lectures). On the other hand there's only one common room for this entire campus and it's got a closing time, so it might get crowded every once in a while. In the end this campus is just one big community with some extremely lit flat chills.

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By member1046905
On 22nd March 20
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Most of the halls are kept in a good state. If you got classes in law or business de havilland is made for you. (literally a 2 min walk to lectures). On the other hand there's only one common room for this entire campus and it's got a closing time, so it might get crowded every once in a while. In the end this campus is just one big community with some extremely lit flat chills.

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By member1046905
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Student Review: 1 /5
By Anon1 On 15th August 21 verified Verified student

You can literally hear rats running around in the walls. I don't think this requires further elaboration.

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Student Review: 3.4 /5
By member1046905 On 22nd March 20 verified Verified student

Most of the halls are kept in a good state. If you got classes in law or business de havilland is made for you. (literally a 2 min walk to lectures). On the other hand there's only one common room for this entire campus and it's got a closing time, so it might get crowded every once in a while. In the end this campus is just one big community with some extremely lit flat chills.

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Student Review: 2.3 /5
By member945634 On 13th February 20 verified Verified student

Pretty expensive for what you get, especially with the lack of things to do and areas to socialise in. Hatfield is pretty dead and depressing which doesn't help. Hall management is okay, but it seems like they'll use any excuse to come into your room/flat and do repair work at all times of the day.

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Student Review: 1.7 /5
By member542855 On 21st October 19 verified Verified student

De Havilland can best be described as the child the university didn't want, completely neglected in favour of the college Lane campus. There is one social space for the whole campus where as the other one gets a social area from each group of flats, staff at the help desk are pretty rude and unhelpful, the help desk also closes ridiculously early so if you have a problem after 4:30 too bad, the shop is tiny in comparison and nobody seems to take noise complaints seriously. So if you like getting treated like dirt by staff and not sleeping by all means come to this campus.

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Student Review: 1 /5
By member441450 On 14th August 19 verified Verified student

The most stupid place to live, extremely expensive and dirty. F*** DE HAVILLAND

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Student Review: 4 /5
By member1136354 On 4th March 19 verified Verified student

Lovely facilities. Very good for students who want quiet

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Student Review: 3.1 /5
By member1136351 On 4th March 19 verified Verified student

The location was excellent near to shops, easy bus links, sports facilities and lecture halls

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1336221 On 22nd February 19 verified Verified student

The hall is great, met alot of amazing friends. The rooms are average but the washroom is extremely small for a 6' or so students. Major issue is the Hot water keeps running out and they keep sending an engineer to fix it, but the problem repeats itself and the help desk is not going to have a permanent fix for this.

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Student Review: 3.6 /5
By member1136116 On 16th February 19 verified Verified student

The hall is acceptable. Good security (but beware the fire alarms at 5AM). Would recommend to someone who doesn't mind quietness/loneliness.

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Student Review: 3 /5
By member635957 On 9th February 19 verified Verified student

The student accommodation is actually really enjoyable. I stayed on college lane, the new campus and halls are amazing. They are luxurious & clean because they’re so new. They don’t have very good common areas however. They did have a little common space but you have to walk a couple minutes to it depending on where your flat is, and nobody is ever actually in there. Halls are very overpriced compared to other unis- they charge you London prices without being in London. I know de havilland I supposed to be a lot better in terms of social life, with more parties etc but have worse rooms (which are slightly cheaper)

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member435793 On 2nd February 19 verified Verified student

Nice environment. Clean place.

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Student Review: 5 /5
By member435794 On 2nd February 19 verified Verified student

Very clean and nice environment.

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Student Review: 4.1 /5
By member1335691 On 29th January 19 verified Verified student

Overall really good facilities available

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

Very beautiful campus with well equipped library which is open 24/7. Campus also got a number of other facilities like sports center and resturant

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Student Review: 1.9 /5
By member735314 On 15th December 18 verified Verified student

They charge you a ridiculous amount for the most basic, run down, outdated accommodation. You only get a mini fridge and have to share a kitchen between 12 people. Bathrooms are tiny and the kitchen is the only shared space you get in your flat. If you want to live in uni accommodation, live on College Lane.

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Student Review: 3.7 /5
By member1121574 On 1st April 16 verified Verified student

Internet is terrible, however socially Welwyn is great!

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Student Review: 3 /5
By member97910 On 27th April 15 verified Verified student

Pretty fun, close to lectures etc, do your own cleaning though

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Student Review: 3.5 /5
By member47856 On 27th April 15 verified Verified student

Nice room, with ensuite but very expensive for what it is. It is on campus and close to the LRC which is good.

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Student Review: 3.5 /5
By member107759 On 27th April 15 verified Verified student

Such a good experience, great location.

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