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Student Residences

  • 27-05-2008 08:20PM
    #1
    quacks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭


    Hi, I'l be heading here in September and just wondering which ressidence accommodation ye would recomend, I know I'm leavin it late.

    Anyway, will be in 1st year and from what I hear I understand corrib villiage is generally the place for first years. However I'm dropping out of my current college so I've already done the whole 1st year party thing and don't realy want to repeat it so any suggestions as to which accommodation is best? Any info' would be great.


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  • #2
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Check the "I got accepted" Thread here. Its similar to yours.
    Ive a small list of places here

    Coiribe village is really only for 1st years, mainly for first years who just want to party, as you said.

    Gort na Coiribe, Cuirt na Coiribe are both student accomodation for the slightly more mature students. A few 1st years, mostly 2nd or 3rd years. Its more expensive then houses or apartments but its student accomodation. Cuirt is well kept from what ive heard and seen, nothing missing or broken from the apartments when you move in etc.
    Gort can have a tendancy to be a bit of a cowboy job as regards how clean they are in September. Some cups or plates might be missing, the odd bit broken or not working, thank the previous tennants. Gort from what ive seen suffers from alot of damp issues, mould appearing on the walls, on the windowsills etc. Horrible to think about, thank the contract builders for that!

    After that theres Menlo appartments, they have a number of student living there, its a bit further out then cuirt or gort, maybe an extra 500 meters, but at 8.50am when its raining slightly, 500 meters can easilly be the difference between going to college, or staying in that lovely warm bed!

    If your new to Galway, and new to NUIG then renting and sharing an apartment or house with others might not be the best idea, or easy to find. 1st years generally dont get houses or apartments, but perhaps because you are a 2nd time 1st year you might get in with some 2nd years. If you do go down the route of a house or apartment, the link I have above covers the best places IMO to look.

    Any questions, just ask
    :pac:


  • #3
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    I can tell you where not to go: Dunaras.

    It's 15 minutes walk from college, which was fine for me, but then you add in the black mould, the slow internet, and the various other problems we've had. (I have a long list if anyone is interested!) If you do end up there if there is nothing else, ask to be in the apartments that are separate to the main part. It's quieter.

    But try not to end up there!


  • #4
    C-J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 934 ✭✭✭C-J


    For first year, corrib village is the best option. I made all my best friends there, and decided to live there even though my friends from home were living in a private house- best decision I ever made!!


  • #5
    quacks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭quacks


    Thanks for the replies, don't know a sole in Galway so here is pretty much the only place I can get useful info from (the sites' blurbs are all pretty similar).
    If anyone has anything more (however small) to add please do. :)

    edit: janeybabe- might well end up there, is it really that bad?


  • #6
    Peleus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    if i dont get my first choice, i might end up there for engineering. Should i be looking for accomodation now or can i just leave that till August? I really don't feel like looking for accomodation now for somewhere i may not be goin to. would it be hard to get some in August?


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  • #7
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Peleus wrote: »
    if i dont get my first choice, i might end up there for engineering. Should i be looking for accomodation now or can i just leave that till August? I really don't feel like looking for accomodation now for somewhere i may not be goin to. would it be hard to get some in August?

    Yes it will. August is going to be a hectic time. The best you can do is to put yourself on waiting lists in student accomodation. If someone who has a room doesnt go to galway, the freed up room goes to the next on the waiting list.


  • #8
    sallyally
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭sallyally


    i lived in dunaras this year and i have to admit i loved it! the apartments are much nicer than any of the student villages iv visited with cuirt being an exception! we went the entire year without an inspection, so no worries about annoying managers. Parties are not a problem, the security don't mind at all and never really intrude. Also, the village itself is a nice size so you get to know the majority of your neighbours pretty well, which is always a plus! I realise that the location is far from perfect but believe me the walk becomes the norm with time!


  • #9
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    sallyally wrote: »
    the security don't mind at all and never really intrude.

    That's all well and good but I lived in the apartments right next to the Oaks hotel and security rarely came down. At one point there were people kicking our door in and banging our windows at half 3 in the morning and we had no numbers for security. I was about to call the Gardai when they stopped. And after that it took over a week to give us the security numbers because he had to make sure he gave us the one that actually got through to the security guard on duty. He ended up just giving us a few.


  • #10
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    Yes it will. August is going to be a hectic time.

    I've only tried a few places but I keep being told to wait until August, is that normal?


  • #11
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Some people wait, I dont like to. I prefer not having to rush it.


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  • #12
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    yea but if landlords and accommodation
    agencies aren't showing places what do you do?maybe it was just the people i've called so far?Posted via Mobile Device


  • #13
    Supermanscat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭Supermanscat


    Here dont mind that talk about waiting! I got a house in Dun Na C this time last year so start lookin now if i was you :)


  • #14
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Ya, I suggest not waiting until August. Loads of places are full at this stage so you need to get yourself on waiting lists, which will start to fill up. Then, if you're lucky, you'll get a cancellation when CAO offers come out. If you wait until August you probably have little chance of getting the place that you want.


  • #15
    Supermanscat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭Supermanscat


    Well said Janey! Oh and more advice, if you think your really lucky to get an apartment in centrepoint then just ask why? Alot of my friends were boastin about how they got this place called centrepoint.
    Its AGES away from the college.
    Its a ten min walk, 5 minutes crossing over with a lama and then scaling a mountain for fifteen mins:D
    Ah no but it really is very far away! So stay clear!


  • #16
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Cheers lads and ladies, I'll get on the to the uni they might have an accommodation list I can check out.


  • #17
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    brianthebard wrote: »
    Cheers lads and ladies, I'll get on the to the uni they might have an accommodation list I can check out.

    Call them, don't e-mail them. It took them 2 months to reply to my e-mail last year! Having said that, the woman in there is great at sorting any problems with accommodation, and will give you advice about where to look.


  • #18
    vetmed2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭vetmed2012


    I am an American student and will be coming to Galway for the next Spring semester. Basically all the study abroad advisors say that Corrib Village is the only place students who are there for only one semester can stay. Is that true. It will be my last semester in college, so I am a bit worried about staying with only 1st years as I am a bit beyond the party phase of my life. Any suggestions? I'm not at all interested in staying with other abroad students cuz i want to meet cool Irish students!!

    Another side note...Anyone have any experience or info about the Equestrian Club on campus?


  • #19
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Gort na Coiribe take on American students who come over for just one semester.

    http://www.gortnacoiribe.com/

    Then at christmas when they leave head back stateside, they are replaced by another batch of Americans.

    Best give Gort a call/email and see what they say.

    PS. Its nicer then coiribe village, but its student accomodation, it has its faults, thin walls, damp here and there etc


  • #20
    TheInvisibleFie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭TheInvisibleFie


    'Lived' in Corrib Village this year and I have to say that if you are an international student don't bother. Every single one that I talked to hated it. Most of the people there are 17/18 and living away from home for the first ttime. There are parties all the time during the week and at weekends it was desolate. Now having horrible snobby was more of a problem to me than the other asapects but I would say it just wouldn't be enjoyable. It's hassle getting friends in after seven/ eight in the evening.

    To anyone who thinks they need to go to Corrib Village to make friends: have a bit more confidence in yourself.


  • #21
    Squeeonline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    janeybabe wrote: »
    I can tell you where not to go: Dunaras.

    It's 15 minutes walk from college, which was fine for me, but then you add in the black mould, the slow internet, and the various other problems we've had. (I have a long list if anyone is interested!) If you do end up there if there is nothing else, ask to be in the apartments that are separate to the main part. It's quieter.

    But try not to end up there!

    15mins my hole. I lived in Lisdonagh and had a couple friends in Dun Aras. It would take me 25mins to get to the Arts Millennium. so unless you know a way to get to the college faster than I did, i dont know how you managed it. (I walked.... I know it only takes 10mins to cycle but its a bitch home up the hill)

    DO NOT GO TO EITHER LISDONAGH OR DUNARAS, without a car anyway. The appt are nice but so far from the college. If you have friends going to galway, rent a house which is what Im doing now.

    You have to remember that most of the time you will be walking home in torrential rain and gale force winds. Its only nice coming up to the summer exams.


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  • #22
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Squeeonline wrote: »
    15mins my hole. I lived in Lisdonagh and had a couple friends in Dun Aras. It would take me 25mins to get to the Arts Millennium. so unless you know a way to get to the college faster than I did, i dont know how you managed it. (I walked.... I know it only takes 10mins to cycle but its a bitch home up the hill)

    Well it took me 15 minutes but I'm a fast walker.


  • #23
    Squeeonline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    I can almost understand 15mins there, but its atleast 25 home uphill, unless you are fairly fit which Im not!

    It does feel like an eternity when the weather is bad though...


  • #24
    Bijoux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭Bijoux


    Peleus wrote: »
    if i dont get my first choice, i might end up there for engineering. Should i be looking for accomodation now or can i just leave that till August? I really don't feel like looking for accomodation now for somewhere i may not be goin to. would it be hard to get some in August?


    Look now!


    I lived in cuirt in first year and its lovely, as is Gort....they are both quieter than Corrib but are still good craic!

    You're too late for either at this point though, I would try Menlo or renting privately.


  • #25
    oneofakind32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭oneofakind32


    http://www.nuigalway.ie/accommodation/student_residences.html
    Just looking on the website, there seems to be alot more options available for student residences then I was aware of. They are are all still ridiculously priced compared to the GMIT side of town. A house in the newcastle area is always the cheapest most convienient bet IMO


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 903 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    lalalalal.. I don't have accommodation.. la la la la la....... Im screeeewed!!!!!


  • #27
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Deleted User wrote: »
    lalalalal.. I don't have accommodation.. la la la la la....... Im screeeewed!!!!!
    Theres still time to get accomodation. If you put some effort in you can easilly* still get one.

    [size=-2]*This is not a guarantee[/size]


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 903 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I've been looking for the past few days (I know I know, I left it pretty late) and I can't find anything. The most annoying thing is that, like everyones saying to get the galway advertiser on wednesday when it comes out.. But I can't cuz im going to a gig... ahh.. what to do..

    Amazing band.. vs.. accommodation. :D


  • #29
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Muse is it? Because quite frankly if its anything short of muse then you should be getting accomodation! :D and giving me the tickets!

    Best you can do is get the advertiser online and ring all the numbers the next day and hope you get one still available.


  • #30
    Squeeonline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    I managed to get student accom in Lisdonagh like a week after the CAO offers came out. I knew i had gotten enough points by far, but i was too lazy to go and sort stuff out. A 4 hour bus to Galway from Dublin was my biggest obstacle.

    All is not lost. Yet. Just get a move on. Ring around, look in the Advertiser (online every wednesday). Dont be afraid to call places even based on a 10word description and ask some questions. These are things I wish i did.


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  • #31
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 903 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    Muse is it? Because quite frankly if its anything short of muse then you should be getting accomodation! :D and giving me the tickets!

    Best you can do is get the advertiser online and ring all the numbers the next day and hope you get one still available.


    Yep.. tis the unmentionable band! SOOOOOOOO EXCITED! :D

    But.. thinking of selling my tickets.. cuz like.. I kinda need to live somewhere.. :D


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