Accommodation in general

such a good place to go if u want to meet people, i promise u will make soooo many friends, and everyone wants to be popular right! i didn't really like the catering although it was more social, the food was a bit nasty at times. only bad thing is that when the cold really hits (and i am a southern boy so not used to it) it is not a nice walk to lectures, but a nice big jacket and a wolly hat will sort you out a treat. ...  Read the complete review

I am a third year student at Edinburgh Univeristy and have stayed in three different University accomodation flats. The first one was 39 South Clerk Street. This is a first year flat and has about 120 people in it. It consists of four person flats and six person flats, I stayed in the one of the bigger six person flats. the facilities are quite good, there is a laundrette, a bike shed (two actually) and a lift. Since the flat is on a main road there is no car parking. The flat itself wan't bad but it could have been a bit bigger. The kitchen and lounge are one big room but the space is not well used and it feels cramped when several people are trying ...  Read the complete review

I was in Pollock halls in my 1st year and if you can you should definitely try and get into halls rather than University accommodation. There are some good accommodation places like Scheens and Hermits Croft, but the main disadvantage is that you don’t to choose who you get stuck with, and you meet far less people than in halls. I met people in the 2nd year that literally only knew 2-3 people because they were in University accommodation. It doesnt matter which house you go into in Pollock they are all the same, except Masson which has double beds for what I have no idea. ...  Read the complete review

Pollock is the name for the Halls of Residence, and apart from the v.v.v.odd one here or there it is pretty much only 1st year students who live here. I graduated from Edinburgh a year ago, so my Pollock days were a good 5 years ago and I'm sure it will have changed a great deal (for the better). Pollock consists of a number of houses (10 or so), grouped together with a big building in the middle which has the dining room, shop (newsagent-type) and bar for all to use. It houses 2000 or so (about half of the 1st year students). It's a healthy walk from Pollock to uni', so if you could seriously reject a place to live based on one place being ...  Read the complete review

The University only guarantees accommodation for first year students. The accommodation service is responsible for housing (http://www.accom.ed.ac.uk) and they will either be put into self-catering University flats or into the Halls of Residence known as Pollock. Pollock is continually undergoing improvements and around one quarter of the rooms are now en-suite, your rent includes breakfast and dinner on weekdays, with lunch thrown in at weekends. If you stay in Pollock, you will probably have to totally vacate your rooms during the holiday periods when they are rented to visitors. After first year, most students will branch off into privately owned ...  Read the complete review