Santry accommodation - help please

cal4nia

Hi i was thinking of living in Hazelwood student accomodation in norfolk santry just wondering does anyone know whats it like and is it too far from the city centre?

summersunplease

Hi did you view the Hazelwood apartments since your last post? If so what did you think? I was thinking of living there too this year. I will probably view them early next week and see what the story is!

cal4nia

yea am moving into it wat about you?

summersunplease

Not sure yet I haven't seen them yet. I like the way it has the gym there. Would prefer to be nearer to the city but I'm sure there's buses

cal4nia

yea ino i was abit annoyed about that too yea tere is buses are u a first year?

summersunplease

No I'm doing a Postgrad in Trinity. Still haven't got a chance to view the apartments yet! Hope you're getting on well there.

Lollipops13

Hi , so have people booked accommodation? Have people booked hazelwood in Santry, at all because it seems ideal but I don't know anyone going there or the area well?
Please help!

spurious

There is a Third-Level Accommodation forum, which I will move this to. I will change the title of the thread for you.

Lollipops13

where has it been moved to?

Victor

Lollipops13 wrote: »

where has it been moved to?

You are now in boards.ie > Soc > Accommodation & Property > Third-Level Accommodation

lauz94

What colleges does this accommodation serve ? Or is it available to all colleges ?

Smithwicks Man

Wouldn't go near Hazelwood if I was you.

Stayed there last year and thought it was a mistake right from the start. The apartments are nice and you can party away reasonably enough as long as the music isn't overly loud but apart from that it's a nightmare.

Firstly, they advertise it as a "5 minute walk to DCU and 10 minute walk to St.Pats"

It's a 25 minute walk to DCU, minimum, and that's when you take the "shortcut"

St.Pat's is a solid one hour walk if not more.

Secondly, if you have a car then the parking is "free" in the sense that you only have to pay €70 for a buzzer to open the gates, €50 of which is supposed to be returned to you at the years end but I knew 7 people there with cars and none go the money back.

Thirdly, getting back the deposit is a no-go. I was staying with 3 people I knew and our apartment was in identical shape to when we left because the girls never let it stay messy for more than a day. At the end of the year they made up a load of nonsense as to why we weren't getting the deposit back.

They say they'll review the apartments at a date which is 2/3 weeks after the academic year finishes so it's even more difficult to argue with them because you're no longer living there.

When we were leaving we asked Gina or the man that was there if they wanted to come and view our apartment now so we could get the deposit back and they said they had to "view them all at the same time" and refused to come up with us.

Then when 2 of us got nowhere on the phone, we travelled up to Santry in June to demand our money back and see what the problem was. They said they had already "paid cleaners to fix the apartment up" and we wouldn't get our money back.

We even had photos of the rooms and all from the day we moved in and the day we left and they said that "they could have been taken in any one of the apartments and they prove nothing" :eek"

Absolute joke of a spot and I'd advise everyone to avoid at all costs.

Victor

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Firstly, they advertise it as a "5 minute walk to DCU and 10 minute walk to St.Pats"

It's a 25 minute walk to DCU, minimum, and that's when you take the "shortcut"

St.Pat's is a solid one hour walk if not more.

Is this it? https://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Hazelwood+Park,+Artane+to+DCU,+Whitehall,+Dublin&saddr=Hazelwood+Park,+Artane&daddr=DCU,+Whitehall,+Dublin&hl=en&sll=53.387887,-6.211168&sspn=0.0097,0.030556&geocode=FW-iLgMdoDmh_yn9Nar8zg9nSDGZddtwmTKTag%3BFSeYLgMdDoag_yGowgdBmEW7EikDXZ0vGw5nSDGowgdBmEW7Eg&oq=Hazelwood+Park,+Artane+to+DCU+&dirflg=w&t=m&z=14

Smithwicks Man

Victor wrote: »

Is this it? https://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Hazelwood+Park,+Artane+to+DCU,+Whitehall,+Dublin&saddr=Hazelwood+Park,+Artane&daddr=DCU,+Whitehall,+Dublin&hl=en&sll=53.387887,-6.211168&sspn=0.0097,0.030556&geocode=FW-iLgMdoDmh_yn9Nar8zg9nSDGZddtwmTKTag%3BFSeYLgMdDoag_yGowgdBmEW7EikDXZ0vGw5nSDGowgdBmEW7Eg&oq=Hazelwood+Park,+Artane+to+DCU+&dirflg=w&t=m&z=14

Nope.

Hers' the exact shortcut route

https://maps.google.ie/maps?q=maps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl

Stay away for your own good!

Smithwicks Man

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Nope.

Hers' the exact shortcut route

https://maps.google.ie/maps?q=maps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl

Stay away for your own good!

Awh the link won't work, it's on Santry avenue, directly north of DCU, and when you zoom in it shows "Ben Dunne Gym Northwood"

25min walk minimum.

Lollipops13

wow well I was thinking the fact the deposit isn't refundable if you don't go there speaks volumes about it but can anyone recommend a student complex near enough to town catering all universities that isn't too loud? I'm afraid I will get results and then have no where to live.
With this being my first time moving out of home I want it to be nice.
Thanks for all previous advice.