Senghennydd Hall (Halls of Residence at Cardiff University in general)

Member Name: kingjevs

Product:	Halls of Residence at Cardiff University in general
Date:	06/03/03 (1958 review reads)
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Advantages: Quiet, Close to Uni, Pretty decent accommodation

Disadvantages: Slightly "old" feel, Security issues

I lived in Senghennydd Halls during the summer of 1998. I wasnt a student at Cardiff, but actually spent the summer holidays working in the Cardiff area. The University actually rent out the halls to the public during the summer break.

The flats themselves were pretty decent. I was in the older block (near the railway track) and not in the new sections, although i did spend time in someone elses new flat.

OLD FLATS
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Rooms were decent - single bed - cupboard/wardrobe, desk+chair and some space. NO POSTERS IN THE ROOMS other than pinned to a cardboard section in each room. My room was larger than the other 4 rooms, but i was by the front door and next to the stairwell (which got VERY noisy at night - and it was a quiet time of year)

The smaller rooms had the same facilites but had about two single beds width. (if youget my meaning) the large room had the same width but was longer.

Small kithen area of a small common room meant that everyone was pretty packed in, but it was friendly enough. NOTE - one of the bedrooms opened directly off the kitchen and so was quite noisy.

Bathroom/Shower was pretty rough - One shower (between 5?) two sinks and a closed off toilet. The shower was either RED HOT or cold... not really much middle ground.

NEW FLATS
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A lot nicer. The bedrooms werent much bigger, but the kitchen was larger, more of a common room type of feeling.

There is a common laundry on the site that had washers and driers. Pretty good - cant remember how much it cost though.

LOCATION
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Perfectly located for town - about 2 mins walk into the centre, but quiet enough round the streets. There was a railway line next to the hall, but i dont recall seeing any trains on it.

Nearby pubs are good "Wig and Pen" and "firkin and Firedrake" are excellent. Good range of Kebab shops up in Cathays (only moments
up the road) and corner shop types (happy shopper or quicky shopper mini mart up the road.

Private parking round the back of the buildings.

Bridge over the train tracks into the university campus.

Security gates (pin code entry) to get in. Pretty secure although some people did get robbed and someone once came upto our flat and said "is dave in" then ran off..... someone got robbed the same day and reckoned it was the same person

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