Best sudent housing near NUI

Alecsandra

Hello. I am going to be studying at NUI this summer. The program offers housing at Gort na Coiribe, Cuirt na Coiribe and Dunaras. Dunaras is much less costly as the others, and I wonder if anyone has seen Dunaras so I can compare. I undersand Gort na Coiribe and Cuirt na Coiribe are very nice. I just wonder if the accommodations are equally as nice at Dunaras? I also understand it is a little longer walk to NUI. Any assistance you can offer is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

oneofakind32

Dunaras is very nice accomidation. Its further away but the apartments are more spacious.

I would recomend for you to not stay in dun aras!Its about 20 min walk to college.Most people who lived there this year are not living there next year.It also lcated in one of the less safe areas of galway.It can get dangerous if you walking home from a nightclub etc.There was three break ins over the year.However the apartments are nice and spacious and i had good craic while i was there.

At the moment!I am living in Cuirt na Coiribe.They are quite strict but is very safe and apartment is very well laid out.Security is excellent there.It is quite expensive though.

Gort comprises more of house units ie you feel like its more a house than an apartment.They are less strict in Gort than cuirt but it seems to have pretty good security.

JIZZLORD

gort is full!

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

everywheres full! all the polish have taken the decent houses and apartments so everyones using student villages. or so i heard.

Tar.Aldarion

Oh crap. I need to find a place to live soon.
At least it should be easier as I'm on my own this year.

You may have to go for corrib OP. :eek:

danniemcq

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Oh crap. I need to find a place to live soon.
At least it should be easier as I'm on my own this year.

You may have to go for corrib OP. :eek:

you mean apart from my couch?

start lookin now as you will have loads of students in galway headin off mid august would be best time to look if you are after a house

Tar.Aldarion

That's when I swoop in in my limo with my wads of cash, buying it from under their noses...oh wait...

gustavo

I stayed in Dúnaras Summer 2003 and never had a moments problems with anything !

battmutler

looks like gort na coiribe and corrib village are both full... guess i'll shoot for dunaras, but i bet they're full too. btw, does anyone know how deposits work for international students who might not be able to lay anything down until they get there?

also, anyone is in dire straits (like me) and is still looking for a place to live: wanna go in on a house/apartment? if you're international like me, we could just poke around once we get there.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

its looking bad, i know about bout 20 people still looking for *houses*, theyve given up on student accomodation and we cant still are having trouble finding stuff.

Mark

Supply is exceeding demand on a depressing scale alright. I'll be the homeless guy at the docks drenched in piss and lucozade selling history lessons for food if you want me in the coming year.

myironlung

Stay away from Amhra House whatever you do!

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Why? There's no vacancies there anyway. I might have to rent a twin room for myself, 120euro a week! No alternative. I'd *never* share a room, I'd go nuts.

po0k

It's bloody hard finding accomodation actually, I'm starting my preliminary search for a large room, double-bed with sufficient floorspace for indoor waterpolo.

Sick of apartments too, I want a shed and a patch of grass.

Tar.Aldarion

Now that exams finished today, I need to get myself a place too. Just me this year, the more broadband and the cheaper the better.

english4490

myironlung wrote: »

Stay away from Amhra House whatever you do!

amhra house why??? whats wrong with it???

Mallox

lads theres always corrib village like .. applyin this weekend cant wait my economics teacher warned me thats its a dive and to avoid it at all costs but i still wanna go there ... anyone know wat the probability is of gettin three friends in the same apartment???

xOxSinéadxOx

SOMEBODY TELL ME WHERE TO LIVE!

english4490

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

SOMEBODY TELL ME WHERE TO LIVE!

same as you! had planned on gort, that is booked out, now cuirt is as well adn corrib is a dive!!!!ahhhh!!!:eek:

xOxSinéadxOx

somebody should just adopt me I think

english4490

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

somebody should just adopt me I think

thats a plan!!! what course u want to do?:)

xOxSinéadxOx

financial maths and economics, yeaaaaaaah you?
I need somebody to adopt me first though so I can have somewhere to live!

english4490

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

financial maths and economics, yeaaaaaaah you?
I need somebody to adopt me first though so I can have somewhere to live!

ha ha i was lookin at that, seems a nice course but i dropped outta honours maths so no more for me! corporate law is the plan! and arts or commerce if i do worse than i should! are u planning on living in student res?

xOxSinéadxOx

I've arts and commerce down too, and don't even talk to me about accomadation unless you can offer me somewhere to live :rolleyes:

english4490

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I've arts and commerce down too, and don't even talk to me about accomadation unless you can offer me somewhere to live :rolleyes:

haha what arts subjects would u do?? i would take politics/soc, economics, legal science and history.. but i dont know should i leave arts or commerce 2nd! i am just shocked that gort and cuirt booked out in like a week... i know people who want to go to dunaras- too far away! and corrib village- health hazard!!!

Iontach1888

Anyone who avoids Corrib because "it's a dive" is probably some middle-class loner who's been raised in a protective environment with a butler doing their housework. In all likelihood you'll live in far worse places at least once after leaving college, so do yourself a favour and get over yourselves sooner rather than later.

Corrib Village = closest location to the college by a good way and the best craic by a country mile. It's not really a kip it's just bog standard. Personally I just needed someone to pass out at 3-5am in the morning - Corrib has really comfy, clean mattresses, it's safe what with keycards and security, has free WiFi (pretty slow but so is Gort's, and you can always walk 2 mins to Cairnes). The kitchen is fairly well equiped, the only draw back is the small fridge/freezer and the rooms have more than enough shelves and cupboards for storage. You're also likely to have any problems fixed far sooner than you would with a private landlord.

The bad points are that you can't have non-residents stay over, and the gates shut at 12am or something, but being a first year you'll find most of the friends u make are living their anyway, and the fence is easy to climb!

Mallox

ya stop moaning you middle class stuck up brat haha (i know him jus so everyone knows) corrib looks good alrite buts its overpriced for wat you get like .. renting is way cheaper sint it and theres alot more freedom - you can have friends to stay over :)

xOxSinéadxOx

english4490 wrote: »

haha what arts subjects would u do?? i would take politics/soc, economics, legal science and history.. but i dont know should i leave arts or commerce 2nd! i am just shocked that gort and cuirt booked out in like a week... i know people who want to go to dunaras- too far away! and corrib village- health hazard!!!

ok, are you me? in a parallel universe or something. yeah I want to do the same as you, but not legal science. maybe maths

english4490

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

ok, are you me? in a parallel universe or something. yeah I want to do the same as you, but not legal science. maybe maths

ha ha ya kinda weird!!! arts no.2 so!!! any luck with finding any accomadation???

aisangiejosie

We will have two rooms to let this summer. Our house is 2 mins from Eyre Square. €80 euro per week....nice modern house with broadband, oil, bathroom and downstairs toilet. The house holds 5 tenants. It would suit student or young professional in their 20's.