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jonesy93

Hey I was just wondering what is the cheapest first year accomodation ???
would it be on-campus or off campus... I would be looking for less then 2500 p/a is that a long shot ???
Also are there many student jobs available .,.. and would they pay enough to buy weeklyh groceries etc ??

ciano1

jonesy93 wrote: »

Hey I was just wondering what is the cheapest first year accomodation ???
would it be on-campus or off campus... I would be looking for less then 2500 p/a is that a long shot ???
Also are there many student jobs available .,.. and would they pay enough to buy weeklyh groceries etc ??

Most accommodation is around 4500 - 5000 a year.. Private houses/flats are much cheaper.

Not many jobs around too I'm afraid

QueenOfLeon

Even off campus a fairly decent house will still be ~300 a month so you'll be lucky not to hit 3000 a year.

If you had experience you might get some bar work but loads of people always apply. Clubs hire promotional staff to hand out stamps and stickers, they're usually advertising at the beginning of the semester.

Fionn MacCool

How much does that promo work pay? I can't imagine it being much at all, especially as you're basically going to be working the nights you'd want to be out spending the money.

jonesy93

what about Gleann na ri ,, that looks pretty cheap , but it ws desinged for GMIT STUDENTS,, does that mean im not aloud stay there >>>

leeroybrown

jonesy93 wrote: »

what about Gleann na ri

An NUIG student shouldn't even consider it. It's miles too far from NUIG. Check it out on Google Maps. Look at getting a cheap room in a shared house on the west side of the city.

Squeeonline

Promo work will be reduced since Cuba/903 died last night. Awful shame.

Other venues wont have the same level of competition so promo jobs might be down a fair bit.

jonesy93

how long of a walk ???

ciano1

3.4 miles according to Google maps

leeroybrown

jonesy93 wrote: »

how long of a walk ???

Gleann Na Ri is the Dublin side of GMIT and would be about 3.5 miles from NUIG. It's over 2.5 miles from most of the part-time jobs you might pick up too. An hour on foot each way every day is a non-runner. So unless you fancy long cycles in the rain and wind every day and pricey taxis home after nights out I'd steer well clear.

My advice to any 1st year who's isn't determined to go for 'official' student accommodation is to share a house with some students on the the west side of the city near NUIG.

Fionn MacCool

leeroybrown wrote: »

An hour on foot each way every day is a non-runner.

Unless you run.

My advice to any 1st year who's isn't determined to go for 'official' student accommodation is to share a house with some students on the the west side of the city near NUIG.

Trouble with that is, if you're by yourself, you're probably gonna be staying with a group of people who are already friends, or some erasmus students who can be really hit and miss when it comes to socialising...

Squeeonline

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

Unless you run.


Trouble with that is, if you're by yourself, you're probably gonna be staying with a group of people who are already friends, or some erasmus students who can be really hit and miss when it comes to socialising...

I'd tend to agree with a lot of people, but I am not in contact with anyone I met in Lisdonagh in my first year. Friends are in my class and societies.

It's not hard to make friends in college, it's hard to keep all groups happy though!

Decent degree, social-life, sleep - pick two.

Fionn MacCool

Squeeonline wrote: »

Decent degree, social-life, sleep

Change sleep to 'regular sleep', unless you tend to leave parties at 11pm so you get up the next day

xp90

Ah shure the ones with the grant can live in luxury

padraig91

jonesy93 wrote: »

how long of a walk ???

Last year i lived over in ballybrit (about the same distance) and it took about a hour maybe a hour and 20 mins to walk

jonesy93

Did you walk everymorning to the casmpus ??
Did you find that the lower cost made the walk bearable??
Did you "fit-in" with your roommates ?
thanks..

ciano1

It rains a lot in Galway.
Thats WAAY to far to be walking to college every morning.. Especially hungover!

It wouldnt be worth it!

jonesy93

Especially hungover!

:P well I don't drink :P

Where so is the cheapest place in walking distance to the university ??

Zon

jonesy93 wrote: »

:P well I don't drink :P

Where so is the cheapest place in walking distance to the university ??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITdjX2GT4k4

ciano1

All student accommodation is a rip off! All the NUIG accommodations are all around the 4500 - 5000 mark.

Only way to get it cheaper is to go with a twin room

Zon

Laurel Park, Hazel Park, Shantalla, Rahoon, Letteragh etc etc

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=573&q=westside+galway&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Westside,+Co.+Galway&gl=ie&ei=IXEnTfaFK8PKhAe51eXHAg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA

xEmily2011

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So I just booked corrib village, I'm delighted I got the room I wanted, double ensuite, but I'm heading to Galway away from all my friends so I thought corrib village would be the best place to book to make friends and the likes. where have others going into first year in September 2011 booked?
I'm hoping to get Psychology but if not, Arts and continue psychology for the 3/4 years
if anyone else is heading to NUIG or staying in Corrib Village next year pm me Im kinda feeling a bit worried about going so far away knowing no one like oh well it'll be great fun

TheCosmicFrog

You'll have a ball

xEmily2011

I hope so
Now all i've to do is get the results in the LC :P
Excitement all round i say xD

Eoin MurMur

Booked into Gort Na Coirbe but not entirely sure if a place is obtained though :rolleyes: I've heard some mad stuff about Corrib village so I doubt you'll be bored anyway!:p

MissMoppet

If you're wanting to get into 2nd year psych then Corrib is def a bad place to live..Basically constant noise and hassle. And it a hole in general.

xEmily2011

MissMoppet wrote: »

If you're wanting to get into 2nd year psych then Corrib is def a bad place to live..Basically constant noise and hassle. And it a hole in general.

Ah bit i guess dedication is key there...I really wanna do well so I will send the time on it and i have the library anyway :P Thanks for the imput though

meg3178

Check out the videos on youtube.com Good luck in your L.C

JohnCleary

If I was a 1st year again in NUIG, and under 20, i'd defo be moving into Corrib Village for the first year.

It's a kip and you'll do your liver permanent damage, but christ the stories i've heard are unreal I know people who lived there in 1st year and they're still best friends with their neighbours years later

xEmily2011

meg3178 wrote: »

Check out the videos on youtube.com Good luck in your L.C

I have Meg, the ones of RAG week and the activities are unreal :L cant wait.
and thankyou (Y)

JohnCleary wrote: »

If I was a 1st year again in NUIG, and under 20, i'd defo be moving into Corrib Village for the first year.

It's a kip and you'll do your liver permanent damage, but christ the stories i've heard are unreal I know people who lived there in 1st year and they're still best friends with their neighbours years later

Glad to hear that John. I'm glad i made the right decision If i wanna study, i can go to the library like haha
I do hope my neighbours and roommates are nice though, I'm sure they will be

Croppy Bhoy

You can always spot the people who are minus craic by their general snobbery towards Corrib. Oh the walls don't even have plaster!

If the place still any craic though? They seem to be getting more and more Auschwitz every year. Considering their main/only selling point is the fact it's mental fun there, you'd think they'd stop trying to clamp down on it so much. They treat their residents every bit as bad as some of the residents treat the place itself.

xEmily2011

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

You can always spot the people who are minus craic by their general snobbery towards Corrib. Oh the walls don't even have plaster!

If the place still any craic though? They seem to be getting more and more Auschwitz every year. Considering their main/only selling point is the fact it's mental fun there, you'd think they'd stop trying to clamp down on it so much. They treat their residents every bit as bad as some of the residents treat the place itself.

Ah shur i look forward to being treated badly then as long as the room mates are grand like And as long as i have a bed i can randomly sleep in...I'm quite content lol

I'm not one of those snobby bitches who want luxury :L It's college after all I can get luxury for 2nd year if i really need it :P

jumpguy

Ahh crap, I'm not sure whether to book yet or what, I'm constantly changing my mind about my course, and I won't be sure if I'll get medicine until like...August (although I'll have a fair idea in June with the HPAT results).

When would be too late to book it? :-/

xEmily2011

jumpguy wrote: »

Ahh crap, I'm not sure whether to book yet or what, I'm constantly changing my mind about my course, and I won't be sure if I'll get medicine until like...August (although I'll have a fair idea in June with the HPAT results).

When would be too late to book it? :-/

well tbh there's no harm booking it, you can always get 700 of your 800 in return If you don't think you'll get it defo reccommend booking cos you can get the room you want that way
G'luck

JonSnuuu

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

You can always spot the people who are minus craic by their general snobbery towards Corrib. Oh the walls don't even have plaster!

If the place still any craic though? They seem to be getting more and more Auschwitz every year. Considering their main/only selling point is the fact it's mental fun there, you'd think they'd stop trying to clamp down on it so much. They treat their residents every bit as bad as some of the residents treat the place itself.

To be fair security aren't THAT bad! The only hard part is getting non-corrib people in. but once you're in the gates security really don't give a ****. I've been living here since september and not once have security come along and broken up a party (except perhaps the infamous Block O party when the guards were called) They were strict during RAG week with the whole ID thing but sure they had to be infarness!

Corrib Village is unreal and I personally think 1st years that live elsewhere are mising out! :D

justniamh

yeah corrib village is definitely the best place to go.. i was like u didnt kno a single person moving to galway in september and hav met soo many people jus from living here..its brilliant! there'll be some nights where ppl are drinkin or somethin nd u wanna go to sleep nd they're loud but like defo worth it! buy earplugs nd you'll be grand
also

jumpguy wrote: »

When would be too late to book it? :-/

i didnt kno if i'd be in galway either nd booked mine after the college offers in late august nd still got a double room so you'll be grand!

Croppy Bhoy

johnt91 wrote: »

To be fair security aren't THAT bad! The only hard part is getting non-corrib people in. but once you're in the gates security really don't give a ****.

Most of the actual security guards were sound lads, it's mainly the management who clearly push them to find any reason to steal more money off the residents. I was fined something like €100 because a friend kipped the night on my sofa once. I'm not sure what the exact amount was because I told them in no uncertain terms that they wouldn't be getting it.

I've been living here since september and not once have security come along and broken up a party

We had it a few times. They'd lie about clauses in our rent agreement, no parties after 10pm and stuff, so we'd show them the part that said "12am" and they'd lie about 'noise complaints' from the flats full of people doing the same thing as us.

Corrib Village is unreal and I personally think 1st years that live elsewhere are mising out! :D

Agreed.

The third dan

Hi, sorry if there's another thread on these places, but I was just wondering if anybody here is living in either place this year? If so, what are they like this year? Are there many empty apartments/ apartments with 2 instead of 3 in them?

Squeeonline

Lived in Lisdonagh 4 years ago. Seriously, do us all a favour and search the boards. There are hundreds of accommodation threads.

The third dan

Ya, thanks smartass, if you'd actually bothered to read my post, you would have seen I was asking what it's like THIS YEAR, so why would I look at threads that are years old? I want to know if the places are half empty like last year, and if they're still continuing with only putting one person in the twin rooms, which always struck me as strange considering how in demand the other campus accomadations are. Anybody got anything constructive to add, unlike him?

Squeeonline

Look keyboard warrior, clearly you are a school kid wondering about next year

Even if lisdonagh/dun aras are full they can seem pretty quiet at times as they are so far away from college everyone spends as much time away as possible.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Lisdonagh was anything but quiet when I was in first year.

MissMoppet

I'm in Dunaras atm..Meh Has it good bits and bad.

Negatives - Dodgy woodwork,Bug infestation,****e internet,Drafty,FAR AWAY FROM UNI, have to get taxis after night out, can be noisy, hard to get replies from the office,bus runs at awkward times.

Positives - Good at matching roomates,will make friends,nice security,near to cheap offy, really really comfy beds, big kitchens, bus to uni, Bike sheds.

StephenMcN

I will be going into first year this year and was wondering where to get accomodation. I came across these 2 and was hoping someone could give me an insight into both. All help will be appreciated.:)

ciano1

There are TONNES of threads about accommodation on this forum..
Use search or scroll down the pages!

As far as I know, Gort is well booked up for next year.
Just keep well away from Cuirt na Coiribe whatever you do!!!

gaeilgegrinds1

Cuirt or Gort na Coiribe was where all the trouble was this year for Rag Week, don't go there. As for Corrib Village, maybe there or even an estate might be safer. Depends on whether you are coming to party or study or both I suppose.

QueenOfLeon

I think Corrib is better for first year, I enjoyed my time there anyway Don't be prepared for luxury accommodation though

Gort and Cuirt will be more than likely booked out at this stage, although there is a waiting list. They're further away, have a mix of all years, and are much nicer in standard than corrib.

hokeypokey

Gort is nice, corrib is basically a hole of a place with the opportunity to have fun at parties etc. Gort seems to have a lot of parties but not the ones where people trash your house for fun and you are actually are in a nice appartment...

Squeeonline

Wish I were a mod. Search the bloody forums before posting. There are literally hundreds of threads like this.

Croppy Bhoy

Squeeonline wrote: »

Look keyboard warrior, clearly you are a school kid wondering about next year

What makes him a keyboard warrior? He didn't threaten you or act the hardman, you just didn't read his post properly and failed to answer his question.