Belgrove Double Room?

PrometheusZer0

I'll be living at Belgrove House 13 in the coming spring semester, but I got placed into a double room. Has anybody been in a double before? What are they like? Are the rooms sizable? Are there 3 or 4 people in an apartment with a double room?

smk89

Do you mean double as in a twin room or double as in a double bed?

Chet T16

3 in the bed and the first year said...

PrometheusZer0

smk89 wrote: »

Do you mean double as in a twin room or double as in a double bed?

I mean that I got put in a twin room, sorry for not being clear.

AkiThePirate

You're welcome down to Apartment 2 for a few drinks sometime... Unless you're a jerk.

I've not seen any double rooms, but I'd imagine that they're somewhat spacious. Being honest, I didn't even know that House 13 had double rooms, but you learn something new every day, I guess...

Presumably there are four people in the apartment, as there are normally three.

Bryan4president

A friend of mine stayed in a twin room in Belgrove two years ago. There's still only 3 in the apartment, just the bedroom is the size of two single bedrooms, just the wall usually between the bedrooms isn't there.

PrometheusZer0

Bryan4president wrote: »

A friend of mine stayed in a twin room in Belgrove two years ago. There's still only 3 in the apartment, just the bedroom is the size of two single bedrooms, just the wall usually between the bedrooms isn't there.

That doesn't sound as bad as it could be, certainly. If push comes to shove, I'm sure some bookshelves or a bedsheet could make a suitable makeshift wall. Thanks for the info, Bryan!

TimeToShine

Your time will be well spent looking around for the house party with the hottest girls every night for 5 months.

PrometheusZer0

TimeToShine wrote: »

Your time will be well spent looking around for the house party with the hottest girls every night for 5 months.

I hope they don't prove to be that elusive!
How difficult is it to get into the city, or around the rest of the country for that matter?

TimeToShine

Very very easy, 46A takes ya to the city centre, or at night within walking distance of a good few clubs in Dublin, and getting back costs ya like 3.50 for the taxi, you always find people goin back to UCD so its fine. As for the rest of the country, once again 46A to city centre, 5 minute talk to Busaras and you can get a bus to most towns/cities.

AkiThePirate

That depends on what you mean by around the country and around the city.

With a little luck, you can get into the city centre in twenty minutes or less and the buses aren't infrequent. Going to different parts of the city which aren't adjacent to UCD can take quite a long time depending on how frequent the buses there are and such.

Trains and buses run to most other cities quite frequently and don't take particularly long to get there, but if you're aiming to go to West Kerry/Cork or Donegal or anywhere else 'out of the way' you can spend five or six hours(Maybe more) on a bus.


Parties around Belgrove are anything but elusive, by the way.

liamygunner29

what RA's like?

AkiThePirate

They're pretty cool unless you're pissing somebody off.

smk89

PrometheusZer0 wrote: »

I mean that I got put in a twin room, sorry for not being clear.

I was twin in first year. They're double the size of a single with beds on either side of the room. I was with a total dick for the 1st semester but the 2nd guy was great. Rooms are kind of hard to heat but that will only be in January and some of Feburary.

All I can say is welcome to Belgrade, drink lots and it will all go away

p.s. as for privacy with a member of the opposite sex goes a simple gtfo to the other guy works wonders

AkiThePirate

Sage advice right there.

You can always take home a screamer anyway.

quicksliver

Huh, I'm in 13-3 now and I didn't even know there were double rooms. Anyway, its a good enough spot, especially if you'll be spending most of your year in the Arts building:D .

PrometheusZer0

quicksliver wrote: »

Huh, I'm in 13-3 now and I didn't even know there were double rooms. Anyway, its a good enough spot, especially if you'll be spending most of your year in the Arts building:D .

I'll be spending my time in Quinn, but I'll be right down the hall from you!

quicksliver

Hmm... Thinking we should throw a house 13 party to get to know each other next semester. That's way off topic, but keep it in mind.

PrometheusZer0

That's very feasible, I'm already acquainted with 13-2. Between the three of us, that has to be a better part of the 1st floor. So what year are you and all that?

quicksliver

1st year eng. My room mate had a party at the start of the year and the RA was very sound about the whole thing.

PrometheusZer0

quicksliver wrote: »

1st year eng. My room mate had a party at the start of the year and the RA was very sound about the whole thing.

I've gotten the impression that RAs are pretty relaxed with their application of the rules unless there's really a problem. I'm also under the impression that parties happen pretty regularly in Belgrove. I'm a second year marketing major. Are you from the area?

quicksliver

Unfortunately not. I'm from Donegal, so 9-10 hours in a bus most weekends is the norm...

PrometheusZer0

Well, that's certainly closer than me. I hope to see as much of Ireland as I can while I'm there; I may recruit you to give me a brief instructional on the busses if you wouldn't mind.

AkiThePirate

quicksliver wrote: »

Hmm... Thinking we should throw a house 13 party to get to know each other next semester. That's way off topic, but keep it in mind.

Hell yeah.
I only know one person from floor two and one from floor three.

quicksliver

I'll get back to ye on it in January. Don't want to post the details up for obvious reasons!

PrometheusZer0

Okay, let's get this **** started!

AkiThePirate

Get to the bathroom, then. :pac:

PrometheusZer0

okay okay you win, "Let's get this party started!"