The Lawns - dope smokers' paradise! (Halls Of Residence At The University Of Hull)

Member Name: drown_doll

Product:	Halls Of Residence At The University Of Hull
Date:	16/06/01 (2054 review reads)
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Advantages: cheap, small 'community', make lots of friends (!?!)

Disadvantages: distance from uni, food, sharing can be a major problem!

The Lawns is an area of halls of residence about 3 miles away from the university itself. It costs around £1 to travel there by bus and around £4 by taxi. There are many halls and also some bungalows (self-catering). You have the option of a shared or single room - single costs nearly £100 more per year though. Evening meals included, you pay around £60 per week to live here. This price also includes electricity, cleaners and kitchen equipment. Each block has three or four floors with 9 people living on each - 2 shared rooms and 5 singles.

OK, so it's fairly cheap living here, but what else does it have going for it? Well, as this is my opinion I am going to tell you exactly how I found it to be. Obviously there are going to be some arguments, but these shouldn't come about because people have been threatening you and destroying your property with knives and shooting at your windows with guns. Rows shouldn't come about because you are against their drug taking either, especially when your warden walks in and catches them in the process of smoking dope and does absolutely nothing about it. Complaints seem to have gone unheard to the warden and tutor - each hall (consisting of about 5 blocks) is allocated a warden and tutor - they are supposed to help you and protect you!

Despite these massive problems, if you do find people on your wavelength it is possible to have a good time here (as long as you steer clear of the food - or at least be on food poisoning alert!). There are three bars here and you have the chance to play tennis, table tennis, pool, snooker and pinball. There are also many non-student orientated pubs in the area - they may be higher priced, but the atmosphere is generally better. You can also pick up a late night snack at the 24hour garage here - which is great if you're in need of chocl=olate at 5 in the morning.

All in all, I'm sure that it's impossible to live here without problems and
it seems that I got the worst deal when I chose to come here. But, you might be one of the lucky ones and enjoy your time here!

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