Halls Of Residence At City University

FINSBURY AND HEYWORTH HALLS After reading the negitive reviews of the halls at City, I feel that I must add my two cents to defend them. This is primarily a review of Finsbury and Heyworth Halls but there is some crossover into other residences. These residences consist of 14 floors with 24 rooms on each floor, each room has a wash basin, wardrobe, single bed, desk, bookcase, desk lamp and underbed storage chest. The kitchens are big and each room is assigned a lockable food cuboard. There are two fridge freezers and two cookers with grill, oven and 4 ring hob per kitchen which is shared among 12 students. Each group of 12 students also share 2 ...  Read the complete review

Introduction: ~~~~~~~~~ Being a Current Third Year Student at this University, I was situated in Halls of Residence for both the First and Third Year. Below I will list out my experience with this places. First Year: ~~~~~~~ The halls I was in was called 'Walter Sickert'. It was the halls which came with en-suite bathroom and shower. I never liked the idea of sharing toilets with other fellow students. The entrance to the Halls is really narrow with hardly any parking space. But being students we dont have enough money to afford and run a car, not to mention the transport in London is great ...  Read the complete review

This is mainly a review of Finsbury and Hayworth halls of residence. I've visited a few Halls of Residence around the country, but I haven't seen any others this bad. It's hard to describe what's wrong with these halls, it's more that there's nothing good to say about them. The halls is general are drab and bleak. Despite over 400 residents living closely together they often feel oddly isolated, although as you'd expect with any halls there's still a good social side. It's clear that 'maintenance' and 'renovation' haven't been high on the list of priorities here. The security to get into the building is a bit oppressive and ...  Read the complete review