Uni Halls

[MissyA369]

I'm going to uni soon and would like to live near the uni. However I don't like the idea of having to share a bathroom with other people, I don't mind sharing a kitchen though. I was wondering if I there was any other way of living away from home and since top up fees are coming soon i don't want to end up in a HUGE pile of debt. Thanks

[wizard]

I thought most halls of residence now have a small en suite bathroom in their rooms? I know Huddersfield do at Storwood Hall.

[CT]

A lot of halls of residence have single rooms, with shared bathrooms, kitchens etc. It depends on which uni your going to. Most will try to put you in a single room if that's what you specify. Lookat the uni's website. That'll give you a better idea of the accomodation

[morg_monster]

i went to nottingham, i think that now most of the rooms in all the halls there have small en suites so you don't have to share.  And i'm sure most uni's these days will have at least some rooms with private bathrooms. don't make this a reason not to go to uni!

[Lotus]

Depends on where you go to Uni, MissyA369, but I think most London Universities have the shared bathroom scenario...Establishments out of London are a bit better on that issue - for instance, my friend went to Durham Uni and she had a 'flat' - there were 6 people who shared a kitchen, but they all had en suites. I went to Uni in London and lived in intercollegiate halls in my first year - and altho I loved the experience, the bathroom sharing just wasn't nice :)
Having said that, some London Unis do provide accomodation with en suites - you just need to contact all your chosen Unis and ask them about accomodation..
Good luck :)

[Gef]

I presume you don't share a bathroom at home.

[acw]

You get what you pay for.  For example at the university of Manchester, an en suite room can cost up to �30 a week more than sharing a bathroom.  I honestly suggest you start going to swimming pools more often to get used to it. 

Anyway they're REALLY not that bad - they do have locks on the door!!  Go on a uni open day and check out the halls to be sure. 

If you live "out" in your first year, unless you are VERY sociable and make a LOT of effort, you will find yourself low on friends and thus it will be hard to get housemates in your second year. 

And to be honest, communal kitchens are often more unhygenic than communal bathrooms anyway!! 

Don't let an arguably dare-I-say-it "snobby" attitude towards something that takes 10 minutes a day ruin your chances of going to uni and enjoying it.  Seriously!

[5029]

Get in touch with the university and find out what the halls standards are.  A friend of mine at uni lived in halls which had a shared kitchen among 6 and each bedroom had its own bathroom with a toilet/basin/shower.  Newer halls at a lot of universities are up to this standard

[Scarlett]

When I went to uni in Canterbury, it was a single room each with a shared bathroom. I see that now exactly the same Halls are a single room and an en suite bathroom! This is far more popular now than before- people nearly expect it. So, phone them up and ask!