Bumper Accomodation Thread *Put ALL Accomodation queries here*

ciaradx wrote: »

Anybody know anything about Davcon Court?

Hell NO!

very old building, mould everywhere (they keep painting over it), Internet very slow (you're actually lucky if you'll have it at all), bedrooms very poorly equipped, as far as I've been told run by the same people as Farranlea ad the spires, so avoid it at all costs! there's no reception on site so nothing gets done.

Vic lodge and university hall is nice and the receptionists are waaaay nicer!

MariaBlaah wrote: »

Farranlea looks really nice in the pictures on the website... Is it actually like that? And the price! Is it 5800 or is that just me?! Do you get 750 back at the end of the year? It says that that 750 is a deposite? but 450 is utilities? Although, (surprisingly) I'v heard really good things about CW from a number of people this year (despite a broken shower :P) and it seems to be a good bit cheaper? And its on the gate! What's the craic like there though? I know the post previously said that there isn't much but is that everyones experience? Or does it just depend on who youre living with! I have a few friends going down to Cork aswell but we're all going living in different places so as to met more people!

Please avoid Farranlea. You are supposed to get 250 deposit back but they will rob you blind for any "rubbish" left in the apartment, any spots that were actualy there on walls or carpets, they just didn't bother to do something with it, there's mould everywhere - they just paint over it but it will come out again and again, there's vomit in every single carpet and every single couch, those cushions look as if they have never been cleaned, have spillages and burn marks on them. The door can be pushed open by a two year old, so you WILL be robbed at some point. The woman at reception, Emma Buckley, is extremely aggressive and rude and the more you complaint or ask about things, the meaner she gets and eventually looses it and shouts at everyone. The apartments are dirty on move in, everythign is old and not replaced for years. Internet is extremely slow and you get kick out all the time.For all the money you pay its not worth it so I would strongly advise to go somewhere else to save yourselves the hassle of some mean and unprofessional office worker taking all her problems on you!

funki_munkee wrote: »

Def not true! Farranlea is by far the furthest away of all the student accommodation, Victoria Station is more or less beside it so much of a muchness! Im going to say 15/20 mins depending on what part of the campus ur goin to. Might be a bit shorter going the orchard road way but defo not 5 mins anyway!

Totally agree, it's at least 15 minutes through orchard road and that's if you walk pretty fastso a bunch of lies on their website, they had 10 minutes but changed it to 5 a few months ago, probably to encourage people to book. Castle white is 5 minutes away from college, whatever is 5 minutes walk must be on campous and farranlea is NOT on campus, so lies lies lies...

Booked Brookfield cus I want to do Nursing
Anyone else the same?

chimpo85 wrote: »

Evening...new to boards.ie and hopefully will be new to UCC. Have applied for a masters in ecology...

Im hoping to get accomodation very near to the college and with postgrads also...any tips!?

Cheers

I'd also like to know the best place for UCC accomodation. I applied for an undergrad course in Physics, so anywhere near campus with prices around 350 a month that can be recommended? Some places around College Road look cheap, but not sure about what kind of people I'll be living with.

I have recently been accepted to study in the child and family law LLM in UCC. starting in September 2011.
I am not familiar with Cork or UCC, so I was wondering if anyone would have any advise as to where would be the best places to start looking for accommodation? I am 25, female and would require parking also! I was also wondering is all the college accommodation (as with NUIG) full of first years? Not that there's anything wrong with first years but gone a bit past that stage now! :-)

UnionOfV wrote: »

There does tend to be more first years in college accommodation, and they aren't the quietest of places. I'd have a look in the sharing section of daft.ie, there are a lot of houses with single girls in their 20s around Cork that are advertising.

Thanks, yeah I've looked at daft but not a whole lot there yet for this coming September. Also, not knowing Cork that well, I'm not sure where are the best areas to look! Thanks again!

Gavarn wrote: »

Hey, Just wanting to know a bit more about The Village accommodation for first years!

I was told that first years are put separate to the other years that stay there. Are the first year apartments like the photos that are on the website?

If anyone could give me more info on what the five bed apartments are like it'd be great!
Thanks

Spent a lot of time with my friends in the Village, they were living in a 5 bedroom apartment, first years are generally put together, unless a request is made to live with a specific person who might be in a higher year- this is handy if you are a repeat student and want to live with your friends who are a year ahead! The five bedroom apartments are the ones I was often in, all with first years. They are not as nice as what the photos show unfortunately, with the bedrooms being slightly smaller than shown in the photos- however there was one larger room with a double bed in the apartments. The kitchen area is not as straightforward as the pictures show either- my friends apartment had two fridges and a standalone freezer in there taking up room in the living and kitchen area. The Village are quite strict about having house parties, with Gerry coming in and kicking everyone out fairly early on, and he gets quite moody if you have people to stay too often- much easier to get away with these things in a place like Brookfield- security become quite lax there very quickly I found, which was great for first year. Both places have issues with dampness on the ground floors. Having lived in Bookfield myself and having stayed in the Village after a few drunken nights during the college year, I and my friends living in the Village agree that Brookfield is a better option for first years. The internet in the Village is wired, not wireless, usually slow and many sites are blocked- including the UCC timetable lookup on http://timetable.ucc.ie, which is ridiculous. The internet in Brookfield is unreliable also, but it is wireless and there aren't any blocked sites apart from The PirateBay, which can be bypassed via a proxy like hidemyass.com . The Village blocks proxy sites, the Village apartments have a slightly larger living area than the brookfield houses, and the Village kitchen/living area is about twice the size of the Brookfield apartments on the ground floor of the blocks. In Brookfield all the rooms have a sink and mirror which is handy when someone is in the jax and you need to have a shave or brush your teeth or whatever, and the Village bedrooms have a mirror but no sink. Five bedroom apartments at the Village have a toilet, and also a bathroom with shower and second toilet.
Either place is good for a first year. They're both good places for getting to know people when you're starting off in college, but if I was given the opportunity to choose first year accommodation again, I would still choose Brookfield.


Now after sharing all that, I have a question myself I'm filling out my Vic Mills resident form, and it asks how big an apartment I would like to live in- Does anybody know what is the best size apartment to live in, to have the most space in? For things like the living area and the notorious issue of fridge space? There's a choice for anywhere between a 3 and 7 bedroom apartment. Thanks in advance

Sounds like a good spot, planning on staying there next year, thought those prices are discouraging might look at a house.

Any thoughts on what's the best size place to go for there-3,4,5,6, or 7 bedroom?
I'd like the social aspect of living with another 5 or 6, but there are surely disadvantages, and thoughts?

engizmo wrote: »

Now after sharing all that, I have a question myself I'm filling out my Vic Mills resident form, and it asks how big an apartment I would like to live in- Does anybody know what is the best size apartment to live in, to have the most space in? For things like the living area and the notorious issue of fridge space? There's a choice for anywhere between a 3 and 7 bedroom apartment. Thanks in advance

3 bed apartments are the smallest, no balcony but €400 cheaper.
Obviously the more bedrooms the apartment has, the larger the apartment will be.

Fridge space is ****e, doesn't matter what you opt for. 3 and 4 beds have one fridge. 5/6/7 have two, but they're tiny.

if your going away to college on your own? (rest of my friends staying at home) whats the best place to go? am freaking out about this!

Heya. Just wondering if anyone knows what are my chances of getting decent accommodation in a weeks time? As I'm thinking of waiting for second round offers before I book accom in Cork.

I'm doing pharmacy in ucc this year and have booked farranlea before i read all the posts on here. Is it really as bad as everybody is making out? Any good experiences? Would it be easy to study there? Thanks!