Halls of Residence (Accommodation in general)

Name: TigerTiger

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Product:	Accommodation in general
Date:	08/07/00 (71 review reads)
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Advantages: All mod cons, clean, security

Disadvantages: laundry facilities, no lifts

Plymouth is spending a great deal of effort and money on building student accomodation that students actually want to live in, which is important as not all students want to live in a slum. Although my experiences are a few years old now, i believe that the accomodation has become even better with another hall being built and more plans in the pipeline.

I lived in the Robins Halls in my first year and they are one of the best examples of halls that I have seen. The Robins halls are around 5 years old and are split into a number of blocks all comprising of flats of between 5 and 8 people and include ensuite bathrooms, data points for computers, some satellite tv and friendly cleaners who clean daily along with all modern furniture. They are also lucky to have pretty good security with CCTV camera and 24 hour security guards. I was in the unfortunate position of living on the top floor to which there is no lift, which was very inconvenient especially as I had to move all of my belongings out each semester to provide accomodation for a conference. On the positive side, it kept me fit!Although there is always something a bit clinical about halls, it felt like home for the year and there were social relationships between the different flats.

I hear that since i have left they have removed washing machines and dryers out of the flats and out them in one laundry which is a shame as it was much better than doing your laundry in public! Other than that, it was one of the most memorable years of my life and i was quite sad when i had to move out into a private house, I especially missed my view out to sea!

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