Accommodation in general

I resided in many a student dig in London. I observed that prisoners (mostly the scurge of society) must live in better conditions than us as student digs are not regulated/monitored whatsoever. All my landlords were greedy fat pigs, charging excessive rents, providing us with manky (no doubt extracted from skips) furniture and not repairing the house. Once landlady painted over a crack with paint and her fire alarms did not work. It appears to me they are happy to take our money but not provide us with a house that is fit to live in. Plus many of my landlords made us pay extra for bills, did not provide a living room and any thing extra, really stingey. ...

I have just started in the 1st year at Imperial and am living in halls. Mine are supposed to be some of the good ones at the college, but as the title suggests, I am less than impressed. The rent is not bad compared to others in the area, but that is because I share a room. The amenities are bad in my house, having very tiny kitchens, with one oven per house (each house has about 20-25 people). When I arrived in halls, I was disgusted at the amount of things broken or not working in my house, for example, one of the windows in my room would not close, there was no kettle, the kitchen light didn't work, there was 4 cupboards for 5 people on my floor, the toaster ...

I have just finished my first year at Imperial College during which I stayed at one of the many halls of residence. I was lucky in that I found myself in the most recently renovated hall, located near to Fulham Road and about 15 minutes from college. There are a group of halls located on campus, about 2 minutes walk from college, although they are in need of renovation. Most halls are within walking distance from college, apart from a few which are located in Notting Hill and Pimlico. There is a high proportion of shared rooms in the halls, which can be a good (or bad, very bad!) experience depending on how lucky you are, although most people are generally lucky! ...