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All GMIT accommodation related stuff thread

  • 17-05-2009 11:45am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    Because this topic seems to come up a lot, what are people's opinions of the accomodation in or around GMIT?

    First off; I'll attempt to go through the student villages. If I miss anything, please let me know.

    Glasan Student Village - It is quite literally a minute walk across the road. Facilities include: Laundrette, Restaurant (though I hear rumours that this is closing down?), shop.

    Gleann Na Ri - A 5-10 minute walk to the front gate of Gleann Na Ri. Nice enough apartments. Facilities include: Laundrette, fast-food restaurant, shop, creche.

    Cuirt Na Rasai - A 10-15 minute walk from GMIT. I'm not entirely sure what facilities there are. Hopefully someone will let me know.

    If you do not wish to live in the Student Villages, there are many student-friendly houses in the vicinity. Ballybane, Lurgan Park, to name but a few. You can use www.daft.ie and the Galway Advertiser website, which gets updated every wednesday online I believe.

    Any more enquiries can be asked here, or you should check out the Accomodation office in GMIT itself.


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  • #2
    ARGINITE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    Thanks man always meant to do something like this but I am to lazy :D


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ARGINITE wrote: »
    Thanks man always meant to do something like this but I am to lazy :D

    No worries, it kept me away from study so I was happy.


  • #4
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Glasan Student Village - It is quite literally a minute walk across the road. Facilities include: Laundrette, Restaurant (though I hear rumours that this is closing down?), shop.

    BTW the restaurant is just getting renovated

    With Glasan:
    Pro's:
    Its really close to GMIT (really handy)
    Good craic

    Con's:
    Management will screw you on deposit,and bills etc.(There assholes)
    It's can get really loud
    Secuirty is a joke
    No washing machines/dryer's.
    The internet is ridiculously slow(Its like 56k,:pac:)

    Cuirt Na Rasai - A 10-15 minute walk from GMIT. I'm not entirely sure what facilities there are. Hopefully someone will let me know.[/QUOTE]

    Cuirt na Rasai: I lived here during the year and its a really great place,management are sound as,the apartments are a good size/comfortable
    The broadband goes down quite abit but its really fast otherwise (+5megs).

    The only quarrel i'd have with Cuirt na Rasai is that it definately isnt 15 mins walk,its a solid 25mins,20mins if your an olympic walker,some people might contest this,but there blowing ****e, believe me I've been at it all year! :mad:

    TL;DR Version: Glasan for closeness
    Cuirt na Rasai if you have a car!
    Lurgan Park/Belmont if your with friends!

    Hope this helps! :D


  • #5
    KeepOnPimpin'
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭KeepOnPimpin'


    when should i applie for a place in glasan... how fast does it fill up


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    No harm in trying to apply now I suppose. Especially if you're trying to share an apartment with somebody


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  • #7
    claireloopy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 183 ✭✭claireloopy


    Hello well I got accepted into my course so I will be moving up there all the way from Wexford and I dont know one person up there.very exciting!
    So now I need to find somewhere to stay with other loners :)


  • #8
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    so is it just 80 euro a week for a single room, and do you have to pay bills aswell or is that covered in the deposit???


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    mink_man wrote: »
    so is it just 80 euro a week for a single room, and do you have to pay bills aswell or is that covered in the deposit???

    I may be wrong, but I think you have to pay for ESB?


  • #10
    starman08
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭starman08


    claireloopy wrote: »
    Hello well I got accepted into my course so I will be moving up there all the way from Wexford and I dont know one person up there.very exciting!
    So now I need to find somewhere to stay with other loners :)


    i believe im in the same boat as you, was in college for four years in dkit but now finishing it in gmit ... in dkit i never lived in the student accomodation cause of all the rules and ****


  • #11
    paulhealy1991
    Closed Accounts Posts: 104 ✭✭paulhealy1991


    in glasan is the internet blocked for websites like the pirate bay and are you able to download torrents at all?


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  • #12
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    paulhealy1991 wrote: »
    in glasan is the internet blocked for websites like the pirate bay and are you able to download torrents at all?

    No torrents or anything,in fact you'll be lucky to load Google in under a minute its so slow at peak times (in other words its fuckin useless)


  • #13
    Hyperbullet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭Hyperbullet


    paulhealy1991 wrote: »
    in glasan is the internet blocked for websites like the pirate bay and are you able to download torrents at all?

    The internet in glasan is awful. All sorts of firewalls and its as slow as a wet week.


  • #14
    Mike...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 956 ✭✭✭Mike...


    €80 a week.....I got a place in Bayview Rise for €60pw dbl room, only bill is esb and its nearer that glasan, the top of the carpark...woohoo


  • #15
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    oh and mike, the reason its 60€ a week is cos its ballybane! rough place!!!!


  • #16
    congress3
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭congress3


    The Student Union also have a list of private accomodation that is catered towards students
    http://www.gmitsu.ie/uploads/Private%20Accommodation%2009-10.pdf

    This list gets updated once or twice a week and is quite useful.


  • #17
    ARGINITE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    Third-Level Accommodation forum on Boards.ie - link is here.


  • #18
    galwayhalfpint
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭galwayhalfpint


    I'm hoping that someone can help me;
    living in rented accommodation and my washing maching has been broken for a months,it was replaced but that one didn't work either, so i've been ringing both landlord and the company who left the other washing machine...this company keeps promising to fix it every day but hasn't done so.. landlord has been calling too... ( so they say!)

    could some one advise me as to who should be calling the company, and what should i do as it nearly two months?any other action i could take?

    please any advise would be great!:)


  • #19
    ARGINITE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    If you go to the student union they should be able to give you advice, it's what they are their for.

    Best of luck.


  • #20
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    galwayhalfpint wrote: »
    I'm hoping that someone can help me;
    living in rented accommodation and my washing maching has been broken for a months,it was replaced but that one didn't work either, so i've been ringing both landlord and the company who left the other washing machine...this company keeps promising to fix it every day but hasn't done so.. landlord has been calling too... ( so they say!)

    could some one advise me as to who should be calling the company, and what should i do as it nearly two months?any other action i could take?

    please any advise would be great!:)

    AFAIK it should be the landlord who sorts this out.


  • #21
    congress3
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭congress3


    galwayhalfpint wrote: »
    I'm hoping that someone can help me;
    living in rented accommodation and my washing maching has been broken for a months,it was replaced but that one didn't work either, so i've been ringing both landlord and the company who left the other washing machine...this company keeps promising to fix it every day but hasn't done so.. landlord has been calling too... ( so they say!)

    could some one advise me as to who should be calling the company, and what should i do as it nearly two months?any other action i could take?

    please any advise would be great!:)


    Yep this is definitely the landlords problem.


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  • #22
    jamesdiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭jamesdiver


    Contact threshold in Galway for advice. Your landlord is pulling the p*** and needs a root up the h***. Threshold will inform you of your rights and how best to approach your landlord (i.e. nice big legal words to get him off his lazy a***)


  • #23
    liam12989
    Registered Users Posts: 545 ✭✭✭liam12989


    We have room for rent very close to gmit....in gleann rua estate single room, ntl, broadband....PM me for details


  • #24
    jameslcmullally
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭jameslcmullally


    I'd be happy to share an apartment with other loners:D, how much are we looking at per week:confused:
    This is directed at claireloopy.


  • #25
    PerrinV2
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 6,335 Mod ✭✭✭✭PerrinV2


    jameslcmullally wrote: »
    I'd be happy to share an apartment with other loners:D, how much are we looking at per week:confused:
    This is directed at claireloopy.

    Aren't you a couple of months late with your response...


  • #26
    mink_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    looks like it! ha


  • #27
    ARGINITE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    This thread is for accommodation and related topics.
    Keep it on topic or warning/bans will be issued.


  • #28
    gnilhsa
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭gnilhsa


    renmore is a really handy place to live espically down ballyloughan road, down from dawn dairies! its 5-10 min walk. i lived ther this year had a brilliant house for 56 a week!! galway advertiser is a good start...


  • #29
    liv119
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭liv119


    Hey, im startin in GMIT in CLuain Mhuire in september 10 and was wonder what the story is with accommodation? is there many students lookin for a place to live in with other gmit students thats near the cluain muire campus and where?:confused:


  • #30
    MeerKat17
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭MeerKat17


    You should try looking for a room in Wellpark or Tara Grove, they're right beside Cluain Mhuire. Check out the Galway advertiser accommodation pages...


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  • #31
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Where the fcuk is cluain mhuire? :confused:


  • #32
    alice_wisdom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭alice_wisdom


    heyy, im startin in cluain thingy in september and have met another person on the net looking to rent a place as we dont want to live in student appartments. Im female, 21, going to be studying art and the guy is 25 and studying business. Looking to rent a 3 or 4 bed house around the general GMIT area so if you're 21+ and not wanting to move into student halls let me know :]


  • #33
    Bummer1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Bummer1234


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Where the fcuk is cluain mhuire? :confused:


    It would be Here


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bummer1234 wrote: »
    It would be Here

    Precise.


  • #35
    Bummer1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Bummer1234


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Precise.

    There would be complaints otherwise :p:D


  • #36
    alice_wisdom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭alice_wisdom


    is anyone still looking to houseshare?


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  • #37
    sheamus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭sheamus


    alice_wisdom wrote: »
    is anyone still looking to houseshare?

    where are you looking to live do you know? im looking to move to a place more closer to cluain Mhuire campus with a mate and the houses around tara grove and welpark road are sold as a unit and not per room,if you get my drift,if a group of four move to a house it can work out just over 50 yoyo a week which isn't bad


  • #38
    alice_wisdom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭alice_wisdom


    Hey, yeah Id be looking around that campus and would love to live in a 4person house. 50 euros a week is really good, what are you guys studying?


  • #39
    liv119
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭liv119


    im still interested too, i guess that makes 4 of us? theres one or 2 decent places on rent.ie on wellpark road?


  • #40
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I wouldnt advise Wellpark tbh. . .


  • #41
    Kmkelly7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Kmkelly7


    Hey..just wonderin when u got offered ur place?Im hoping to get a letter soon they said July in the Portfolio interview?


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  • #42
    liv119
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭liv119


    Kmkelly7 wrote: »
    Hey..just wonderin when u got offered ur place?Im hoping to get a letter soon they said July in the Portfolio interview?

    well i got my letter to say that i passed the portfolio interview in may? wont kno for definate until the cao comes out in august i suppose?


  • #43
    amiii1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭amiii1


    Hey guys, I'm going into my second year in FTV in Cluain Mhuire. Just a heads up, Tara Grove is a ****hole. I lived there last year. The houses are FREEZING. Remember that particularly cold spell of a winter we had? Yeah, could see my own breath even when I was wearing hoodies, trousers and two duvets.
    Also we have a double room going in the docks which is about a 20 min walk from there. It's 300pm. Which is a really good deal for what you're getting right in the centre of town. If you think you can tolerate a few parties and music and such then please do message me as we need to find a housemate. :)


  • #44
    rightnow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭rightnow


    hey if anyone still needs a place, give me a shout, im gonna live there so just need the housemates.


  • #45
    liv119
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭liv119


    hey im lookin for housemates too so just let me kno what the deal is :)


  • #46
    Blank!!!!1111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Blank!!!!1111


    I too am looking for house/ housemates in that area.


  • #47
    Blank!!!!1111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Blank!!!!1111


    Anyone still looking?


  • #48
    zero19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    amiii1 wrote: »
    Hey guys, I'm going into my second year in FTV in Cluain Mhuire. Just a heads up, Tara Grove is a ****hole. I lived there last year. The houses are FREEZING. Remember that particularly cold spell of a winter we had? Yeah, could see my own breath even when I was wearing hoodies, trousers and two duvets.
    Also we have a double room going in the docks which is about a 20 min walk from there. It's 300pm. Which is a really good deal for what you're getting right in the centre of town. If you think you can tolerate a few parties and music and such then please do message me as we need to find a housemate. :)

    Tara Grove is fine i lived there last year, it's only cold if your too stingy to put on the oil. Very handy for the art college also as you're right beside it


  • #49
    hdowney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    sorry to drag an old thread but hoping to get into gmit for this coming sept and will be most deffo b looking for somewhere to stay - coming from wicklow.

    i'll b 26 yrs old. but at the same time i don't know a soul, don't know the area, wouldn't have to foggiest where to look for accommodation etc (particularly the private type). it'l be my first year and am already stressed to the eyeballs trying to make sure everything is in place so i would be looking for the most stress free way of finding decent accommodation. i also can't be legging it back and forth across the country time and time again to look at places, the cost of petrol and whatnot is just to great. cost me the bones of €70 to come across for my interview there last week!

    cheers for all the help in advance


  • #50
    luap2007
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭luap2007


    hdowney wrote: »
    sorry to drag an old thread but hoping to get into gmit for this coming sept and will be most deffo b looking for somewhere to stay - coming from wicklow.

    i'll b 26 yrs old. but at the same time i don't know a soul, don't know the area, wouldn't have to foggiest where to look for accommodation etc (particularly the private type). it'l be my first year and am already stressed to the eyeballs trying to make sure everything is in place so i would be looking for the most stress free way of finding decent accommodation. i also can't be legging it back and forth across the country time and time again to look at places, the cost of petrol and whatnot is just to great. cost me the bones of €70 to come across for my interview there last week!

    cheers for all the help in advance

    I will be able to provide you with accomodation for september if required!


  • #51
    kevh1987
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭kevh1987


    Hey hdowney, ill be starting in gmit as a mature student myself so i know the feeling,but i know Galway pretty well.Your prob not interested in the student villages but if you are there as follows, glasan, gleann na ri, cuirt na rasai and tir na capall a quick google will give you there websites.
    If you go to gmitsugalway.com there is an accommodation list on there with lots of houses/rooms etc.Also daft.ie and galway advertiser will be very handy too.
    Hope this hepls anyway.


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