Amhra House

reap-a-rat

I decided to start this thread because I know a lot of people on here will have had a very bad experience living here and I need to encourage everyone to please do your bit to get this sh1thole off the list of student residences, there's strength in numbers guys.

When people look into staying here they are shown a nice apartment, but most of the apartments are riddled with mould. The landlord is a wánker, I know a guy who rang him over na dover, left any amount of messages, emailed him, and eventually when he got a hold of him by blocking his number he ignored any comments asking him why he didnt answer or reply. He also won't answer calls from Agnes O'Farrell from accommodation, or indeed parents of the tenants.

First hand, this is what I've experienced. Freezer broken, landlord ignores request for repair until the acc office, the prtb and a TD got onto him. Curtains regrow mould less than a week after being cleaned. No fire extinguisher and landlord said "Sure there won't be any need for one". Smoke alarm going off irratically and landlord said "At least ye have one that works". Buzzer for upstairs apartment didnt work, he said "Ye shouldnt be having guests anyway". Burst Pipe and he said "Sure what do ya expect with the flooding".

TOTAL GOB****E.

And to top it off, no tenants got a copy of the lease agreement, despite asking for it on numerous occasions. Please, reply to this, if we get enough numbers we can sign a petition, do anything just to ensure its taken off the list!!! please, if there is something wrong with your apartment and the landlord wont do anything about it, get onto the accommodation office!!

You can find contact details for the accommodation office here:http://www.nuigalway.ie/accommodation_office/

please call into them or email them or get someone to do it for you, we can win this war together!!!!!

Padkir

Ya I completely agree, he's a complete twat!! He won't do anything around the place, when we moved in there was no freezer which we didnt get til November, and a broken couch! Mould was growin everywhere and the place hadn't been cleaned at all!!!!!


So whoevers looking at this, don't go here!!!!!!!! Dont!!!!!! It's not worth it, he's jus so frustratin to deal with!!!

Go to dun na coiribe, its lovely, im goin there next semester!!!!

poisonated

Well I wont be bothering doing that because I have never been there but I will know to avoid it in the future.Thanks

Carsinian Thau

Would it be worth asking the Accommodation office if it's possible to get the place removed from their list? If it's really that bad and the landlord won't even take their calls, there isn't much reason for him to be allowed to continue to be affiliated with them.

aido179

fair play reap-a-rat!
spent a while in there with friends and stuff. the place is a scum hole. A friend of mine has had no hot water in their place since the start of the year. and he wont even try to fix it.

Padkir

Ya iv been on to the accommodation office cos im tryin to get my deposit back, and i told them that theyb shud reconsider having it on the list of recognised student residences, but i dunno will they do anything about it or not!
All I can do is warn people to stay away from there, because he's as ignorant as they come!!!

bonnie1810

well in your living in my block (which i don't think you are) the alarm that goes off is manly the evacuation alarm (some f***ers from last year keep smashing it! silence button comes in handy!) He kinda forgets about our apartments and doesn't really bother us much but i have never had a problem with ringing him about stuff thats wrong in the apartments even came at 12 o clock at night to fix a problem for me!

Doctor_Socks

Amhra house is a terrible location to stay, the only plus about it is it is close to town. I suffer from asthma and informed the landlord numerous times about the mould that was in my room, never once did he call around to fix it! Ignored every call about it, when he came around to do inspections he told me he would fix it but never followed up on it. Freezer door was broken, couch was broken, internet didn't work, heating didn't work for months either!

A petition to have this removed from the student accomodation list is a brilliant idea, the college would have to remove it if a large amount of past tenants informed the college of their past experiences they would have to remove it.

reap-a-rat

Doctor_Socks wrote: »

Amhra house is a terrible location to stay, the only plus about it is it is close to town. I suffer from asthma and informed the landlord numerous times about the mould that was in my room, never once did he call around to fix it! Ignored every call about it, when he came around to do inspections he told me he would fix it but never followed up on it. Freezer door was broken, couch was broken, internet didn't work, heating didn't work for months either!

A petition to have this removed from the student accomodation list is a brilliant idea, the college would have to remove it if a large amount of past tenants informed the college of their past experiences they would have to remove it.

exactly, students year after year are being misled and its just not good enough!! the place "apparently" has a 3 star Bord failte standard, MY EYE!!! its just not up to standard at all, and students' health is being compromised, another fella I know had that mould problem and had a bad chest for months due to it!!!

whadabouchasir

Where is this place?

reap-a-rat

whadabouchasir wrote: »

Where is this place?

yellow buildings beside sleepzone, its in st brendan's avenue!! ya know, down a bit from TK MAXX.. just giving you an address to stay away from!!:D

whadabouchasir

reap-a-rat wrote: »

yellow buildings beside sleepzone, its in st brendan's avenue!! ya know, down a bit from TK MAXX.. just giving you an address to stay away from!!:D

Ah well at least your near Cuba!If it's this bad why don't you look for somewhere else during the holidays?

reap-a-rat

whadabouchasir wrote: »

Ah well at least your near Cuba!If it's this bad why don't you look for somewhere else during the holidays?

I live in Centrepoint, just have hed experience with this kip first hand... I know two lads at least movin out over the hols, and another guy is only stuck there coz his moiety was paid before he realised it!

christina_x

im living in amhra house this year. its not toooo bad, but i will agree about mould and dampness. we started leaving heating on over weekends and trying to dry the place out. internet doesnt work in the single room, got o2 broadband though. the entrance door keeps breaking in my building and randoms end up on the halls and banging doors and generally scaring me ****less:P
the locks for bedroom doors wernt working and because i got off to a bad start with my flatmate i wanted to make sure my stuff was safe and my room locked. he kept telling me to think about it whenever i phoned him about the locks, and when i gave up my dad phoned him and ate the head off him tellin him wed be moving out the following week and expect our moiety back because we dont have basic privacy in the flat and he eventually came down (go daddy )
my friend downstairs only got her hob fixed last month, a guy came in and put them on and was like "theyr heating up" and they said "yeah.. but thats as hot as they go, its not hot enough to actually cook anything" and he decided because they were heating up, they wernt broken and left! insaaane!
finally what bugs me about this place is how anti-social it is! i know 6 people out of alll of amhra house.. what the hell?! nobody talks, and im in the side building at the bottom of the road so theres only 4 flats (inc myn) in my block.. no fun at allll
oh! and we had a small fire and the alarm never went off! flatmate and friend layin sufferin from handover, she left clothes layin on hob and turned oven on not realising the hob knobs were on (they got hot then when oven was turned on) and i smelled smoke from the shower but they didnt cop to it, (sleepin) and then i went to see if food was burning just as they started screamin:P smoke alarm costs what, a tenner? he can even buy me one out of my damage deposit, but i would like an alarm

reap-a-rat

christina_x wrote: »

im living in amhra house this year. its not toooo bad, but i will agree about mould and dampness. we started leaving heating on over weekends and trying to dry the place out. internet doesnt work in the single room, got o2 broadband though. the entrance door keeps breaking in my building and randoms end up on the halls and banging doors and generally scaring me ****less:P
the locks for bedroom doors wernt working and because i got off to a bad start with my flatmate i wanted to make sure my stuff was safe and my room locked. he kept telling me to think about it whenever i phoned him about the locks, and when i gave up my dad phoned him and ate the head off him tellin him wed be moving out the following week and expect our moiety back because we dont have basic privacy in the flat and he eventually came down (go daddy )
my friend downstairs only got her hob fixed last month, a guy came in and put them on and was like "theyr heating up" and they said "yeah.. but thats as hot as they go, its not hot enough to actually cook anything" and he decided because they were heating up, they wernt broken and left! insaaane!
finally what bugs me about this place is how anti-social it is! i know 6 people out of alll of amhra house.. what the hell?! nobody talks, and im in the side building at the bottom of the road so theres only 4 flats (inc myn) in my block.. no fun at allll
oh! and we had a small fire and the alarm never went off! flatmate and friend layin sufferin from handover, she left clothes layin on hob and turned oven on not realising the hob knobs were on (they got hot then when oven was turned on) and i smelled smoke from the shower but they didnt cop to it, (sleepin) and then i went to see if food was burning just as they started screamin:P smoke alarm costs what, a tenner? he can even buy me one out of my damage deposit, but i would like an alarm

see, this is kinda what im talking about!! I'm not blaming you in any way for anything, but you're just too accepting of all the flaws!!! I can see people are all having problems but guys, as irish folk we're too willing to accept stuff that is obviously below standard!!!! it shouldnt happen!!! thanks for the post christinax:)!!!

christina_x

reap-a-rat wrote: »

see, this is kinda what im talking about!! I'm not blaming you in any way for anything, but you're just too accepting of all the flaws!!! I can see people are all having problems but guys, as irish folk we're too willing to accept stuff that is obviously below standard!!!! it shouldnt happen!!! thanks for the post christinax:)!!!

well.. did you complain when you lived here? (i think it was you anyways who said they used to live here!) theres no point, he doesnt do anything, and atleast hes not avoiding my phone calls so if theres a serious prob he will answer (i hope:P)

Tell yeh what.. you can fone him and shout at him for me until your happy in your nappy:P

christina_x

bonnie1810 wrote: »

well in your living in my block (which i don't think you are) the alarm that goes off is manly the evacuation alarm (some f***ers from last year keep smashing it! silence button comes in handy!) He kinda forgets about our apartments and doesn't really bother us much but i have never had a problem with ringing him about stuff thats wrong in the apartments even came at 12 o clock at night to fix a problem for me!

hmm.. you could possibly be in my block..

reap-a-rat

christina_x wrote: »

well.. did you complain when you lived here? (i think it was you anyways who said they used to live here!) theres no point, he doesnt do anything, and atleast hes not avoiding my phone calls so if theres a serious prob he will answer (i hope:P)

Tell yeh what.. you can fone him and shout at him for me until your happy in your nappy:P

my original point was that one person complainin to evryone they can complain too cant make a difference... let me put it this way, if i complained that my soup was cold in a restaurant they wouldnt pay all that much heed to me... if everyone complaines that their soup was cold the restaurant would be worried they'd get a bad reputation, theyd be extra helpful and offer ya refunds and stuff, but if they didnt change their h & s inspectors wouldnt be best pleased and the place would lose business and close!

Complaints, many complaints have been made... But when its from the same person it wont make a difference. Everybody who has had a problem should complain DIRECTLY to the college's accommodation office, only that way will Amhra House have to up standards or get taken off the list of college accommodations!!!

christina_x

reap-a-rat wrote: »

my original point was that one person complainin to evryone they can complain too cant make a difference... let me put it this way, if i complained that my soup was cold in a restaurant they wouldnt pay all that much heed to me... if everyone complaines that their soup was cold the restaurant would be worried they'd get a bad reputation, theyd be extra helpful and offer ya refunds and stuff, but if they didnt change their h & s inspectors wouldnt be best pleased and the place would lose business and close!

Complaints, many complaints have been made... But when its from the same person it wont make a difference. Everybody who has had a problem should complain DIRECTLY to the college's accommodation office, only that way will Amhra House have to up standards or get taken off the list of college accommodations!!!

ohhh ok, i see your point i'll pass on the message to people i know living here

reap-a-rat

christina_x wrote: »

ohhh ok, i see your point i'll pass on the message to people i know living here

please please please do!! although from the sound of it thats not many:D!! Thanks so much tho!! Try just write an email to agnes ofarrell in accommodation coz she's the main one!! just raise your concern about the mould and stuff!!

christina_x

reap-a-rat wrote: »

please please please do!! although from the sound of it thats not many:D!! Thanks so much tho!! Try just write an email to agnes ofarrell in accommodation coz she's the main one!! just raise your concern about the mould and stuff!!

LOL, its not my fault i share a building with people who refuse to talk... XD
i cant email just yet because things are ok atm, but next complaint i have i will, think one of the girls downstairs still didnt get her internet working, so i'll tell her!

TheCosmicFrog

Good on ya Tara for starting this thread!

It's a scum hole. My friend had no hot water or internet and the landlord ignored her calls and messages for months.

As Christina said, the place is ridiculously anti-social. Nobody knows each other. I suggested that ye all have a big party out in the courtyard in the new year

christina_x

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

Good on ya Tara for starting this thread!

It's a scum hole. My friend had no hot water or internet and the landlord ignored her calls and messages for months.

As Christina said, the place is ridiculously anti-social. Nobody knows each other. I suggested that ye all have a big party out in the courtyard in the new year

orrrr... this friday because then everybodys gone home for Christmas and its new year when were back! you just put that idea in my head now :L

bonnie1810

christina_x wrote: »

hmm.. you could possibly be in my block..

I am indeed!!;););) sooo how were the random drunks tonight for you!!!:p

christina_x

bonnie1810 wrote: »

I am indeed!!;););) sooo how were the random drunks tonight for you!!!:p

they were panned out in my sittin room chattin ****e and sprayin my wall with hair mouse..:L
Siobhan?:L

Padkir

How come im never there wen all this is goin down!!??? There never seemed to be any craic around!!! But im goin now after christmas anyway so it makes no odds at this stage!!!:D

bonnie1810

yep!!!
did one of them leave their keys there?:rolleyes: got a call this morning about them!!:mad: me not so good with early morning calls!!! But he did leave me two bottles of stella so cant complain:D:D:D!! btw the doors easily fixed in our place just turn the thingy yokey thing around! I dont know what ye are complaining about he fixed the door pretty fast when the bucky bottle went through it!

christina_x

keys?! howd they have your number?
nah.. but theres pink CK glasses here that none of us own :L
bucky bottle? through door? what the fudge?!

reap-a-rat

christina_x wrote: »

keys?! howd they have your number?
nah.. but theres pink CK glasses here that none of us own :L
bucky bottle? through door? what the fudge?!

guys can ya please stick to the topic.. i started this thread to try raise awareness of the poor standards in amhra house, sorry to be a bitch but either say something relevant or keep yer chat confined to yer own thread, or seeing as ye know each other, maybe yer phones! thanks for postin tho!:)

Claypigeon

That Agnes O'Farrel one is useless anyway, our situation in Corrib got to the point of having to have a meeting with her and she was dire. When she was told about how everything was broken, the place stank because of rotten food left everywhere/fire alarm broken, shower/bath filled with clumps of hair, noise all the time, unable to sleep etc she replied with "Ogden Nash wrote an awfully funny poem once.." and went off on a tangent about how we should "simply compromise".

|; What a hero

bonnie1810

Hey reap a rat whats the story about getting your deposit back? Im thinking I could really need that money for summer!!

estefaniagalway

Hola, he vivido alli durante un año. Es un lugar horrible. Tratan muy mal a los estudiantes internacionales. No es un lugar seguro. Intenta mantenerte alejado, es muy caro para lo que es en realidad. A la gente que va de visita, para una noche si le gusta, pero si vas a estar mas tiempo, yo te aconsejo no quedarte alli.

BAD SECURITY!!!
try to avoid stay there!!!

TheCosmicFrog

estefaniagalway wrote: »

Hola, he vivido alli durante un año. Es un lugar horrible. Tratan muy mal a los estudiantes internacionales. No es un lugar seguro. Intenta mantenerte alejado, es muy caro para lo que es en realidad. A la gente que va de visita, para una noche si le gusta, pero si vas a estar mas tiempo, yo te aconsejo no quedarte alli.

English only on Boards.

poisonated

Just for the Spanish lad there...I did Spanish for the LC so I will give a go at translating:
Hi I stayed here for a year.It is a horrible place.They
treat the international students very badly.It is not a
safe place....not sure what this sentance is... it is very
expensive place for what it is in reality.to the person that
is going to visit.by all means stay for a night if u want but
if you are going to be staying longer.I wouldn't reccomend
staying there.
Not great but there ya go..It's very easy 2 forget what u learnt at school:)

Sarah Ann

oh god, i'm doomed, already paid the money now! wish i seen this before i paid! is there anything good to be said about the place! please put my mind at ease!

reap-a-rat

I read one or two people saying that they loved it and are going back, but I really think they were just lucky, they must have got a nice apartment and didn't have stuff going wrong all the time, so they didn't have to deal with that awful manager!

Don't dread it, you could love it! the location is very good and hopefully you wil get an apartment of half decent quality! Just don't be afraid to stand up to the manager, he hasn't got a leg to stand on if you actually challenge him because more than likely he'll have been in the wrong!

Focus on enjoying college !

Sarah Ann

reap-a-rat wrote: »

I read one or two people saying that they loved it and are going back, but I really think they were just lucky, they must have got a nice apartment and didn't have stuff going wrong all the time, so they didn't have to deal with that awful manager!

Don't dread it, you could love it! the location is very good and hopefully you wil get an apartment of half decent quality! Just don't be afraid to stand up to the manager, he hasn't got a leg to stand on if you actually challenge him because more than likely he'll have been in the wrong!

Focus on enjoying college !

okay, thanks alot! i will!

christina_x

Im going back to Amhra this year! Just cant get myself to move further from town - the location is just way to good!
Theyr not thaaaaat bad - you will definately have your days where you will rant thats it's a damn ****hole but if you keep it tidy it wont bug you too much! Biiig plus is you can have parties (if mentioned to flatmates :P) because there is no security and good aul Mike is never around unless phoned!

reap-a-rat

christina_x wrote: »

... and good aul Mike is never around unless phoned!

Ha, he's never around even when phoned either:rolleyes:!

ciano1

Haha... This Amhra house place sounds like the Fawlty Towers of student accommodation!

Great location though if it's where I think it is!

reap-a-rat

ciano1 wrote: »

Great location though if it's where I think it is!

They're apartents in the big yellow and green building beside Sleepzone!;)

christina_x

reap-a-rat wrote: »

Ha, he's never around even when phoned either:rolleyes:!

oh, i discovered a great tip - use the parents! He's scared off them

reap-a-rat

christina_x wrote: »

oh, i discovered a great tip - use the parents! He's scared off them

It was my boyfriend that lived there, and he kept getting his mam to ring after Michael stopped answering his calls, but then Michael also stopped answering calls from his mam! The prick! Then they got our local TD ivolved, and it took him AGES to get a budge out of him! Eventually it all worked out and he got his deposit back, some serious hassle tho! :mad:

Did you get your deposit back?

christina_x

reap-a-rat wrote: »

Did you get your deposit back?

Yep! To be fair we caused some awful damage and he went mental and told me not to repair anything that it would be taken from the deposit - i'd get it **** with the parents though and it says in the contract that you will be given a time frame to fix any damages or they come out of the deposit so i just fixed everything poor man kept coming back to us "Is this not the apartment that (names what we did)??" we played stupid then my dad left him a message when we moved out saying that he tidied and left the apartment perfect - €18 deduction each