UCD Accomodation Thread - All Queries Here

Stepherunie

Just so everyone knows:

Any third year who applied for Roebuck Hall you're in. They had enough space for all who applied and licences were sent out on monday.

Pythia

Stepherunie wrote:

Just so everyone knows:

Any third year who applied for Roebuck Hall you're in. They had enough space for all who applied and licences were sent out on monday.

And where did you get this information?

Stepherunie

From the administrator of Roebuck Hall who told me on the phone on Monday when I rang to enquire when those who applied for Roebuck Hall would be finding out about whether or not they got campus.

panda100

Ya see I told you roebuck was a sure thing if you applied and it really isnt as bad as it seems especially if your on the top floor with the single rooms.
The view from the roof top at nightime is perfect.You can see all over Dublin,really beautiful.Best View on campus

panda100

irlrobins wrote:

Policy is No Pets. Period.

Im pretty sure you could sneak in a goldfish or two easily

irlrobins

panda100 wrote:

Im pretty sure you could sneak in a goldfish or two easily

I never said you couldn't sneak pets in. I jsut said the policy was no pets.

And Roebuck Hall = new Roebuck. Roebuck Castle = old Roebuck

Stepherunie

panda100 wrote:

Ya see I told you roebuck was a sure thing if you applied and it really isnt as bad as it seems especially if your on the top floor with the single rooms.
The view from the roof top at nightime is perfect.You can see all over Dublin,really beautiful.Best View on campus

oh no its new roebuck i got, same deal though, as long as you had your deposit and stuff in on time and you weren't from dublin etc you got into roebuck hall

tintinr35

im going into final year now and i applied but i was told that we would be notified by email......do i smell inefficiency???

Stepherunie

Yeah i was told the email thing too - didn't happen - i heard that the places were being given out from a few friends who'd dropped into the roebuck hall office. Although I was talking to the admin for Merville too and he said that Roebuck Hall was the last to be sent out as far as he knew, everyone bar first years was already knew from his end anyways.

recyclebin

my friend and i both applied for campus. we are both final years. My friend rang them up to see why they hadnt replied to our applications yet . they said that we wouldnt find out till about the 15th of August. We were told we would probably get campus but because we are final years we would only get glenomena and we would not get offered anywhere else. Does anyone think this is unfair as glenomena is the most expensive place on campus at 117euro/week while merville is only 93euro/week. Glenomena is outside my budget so ill have to look for somewhere off campus. The student union should campaign to have this changed instead of having stupid elections to ban coca cola etc. anyone in agreement with me or am i on my own on this subject?

pFd

Hello, can someone answer me this question please.
I have a viewing for a house on Wednesday and in order to arrange an appointment I had to ring a letting agency. This house appears to be perfect for us and therefore I am reallt worried that it may be given to someone else. The letting agency said I have the first appointment but if someone came in to the office (before I got my viewing) with the deposit and said, "I want that house", would the letting agency give it to them even though they have a load of appointments arranged?

Stepherunie

Can't really say for certain - depends on the letting agency and who it is, say if it was someone they had dealt with before and knew were good tennants etc they may - if it was some random person they may not. Tbh you'd have to ask them

postgrad

Hi, I have a question. I just received an envelope in the mail from housing at UCD and all that was inside was a receipt for my Glenomena housing fee. The envelope was ripped so I am wondering if there was something else inside of it, like a message that I got housing at Glenomena...or doesa receipt for housing payment arrive on its own without further papers?

Because I got a receipt, does this mean that I have housing? Does anyone know if housing is closed for Glenomena?

Also, it is a single(or US twin) size bed in the glenomena apartments, correct?

thanks.

irlrobins

Not 100% sure. It could just be a acknowledgement of your deposit. But generally if you're a PG and apply to the Glen you get it. More info will prob come later. If you're worried, email them: info.glenomena@ucd.ie

And it's a standard UK single bed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed#Bed_sizes

Pythia

pFd wrote:

if someone came in to the office (before I got my viewing) with the deposit and said, "I want that house", would the letting agency give it to them even though they have a load of appointments arranged?

Happened to me when we were looking for a house. Totally depends on the agency.

carraigdubh

rainbow kirby wrote:

I definitely think that preference should go to students from outside Dublin. And that it's very unfair if a student from Dundrum/Ranelagh etc gets a place that could have gone to a student from outside the county.

I couldn't agree with you more kirby, as you've probably heard me rant, I applied for res is 1st year 4 years ago, and didn't get it, so i ended up living in delgany with my aunt and uncle for 3 weeks til i found somewhere to live. It was really hard, cause I didn't know dublin, I didn't know anyone in dublin, and i didn't get a chance to socialise or anything properly for ages.

Then I found out two of the people I knew who were living on campus were from mount merrion and sandycove!! That was a kicker.

pFd

Pythia wrote:

Happened to me when we were looking for a house. Totally depends on the agency.

Oh no, its going to be so disappointing when we find out the house is gone. We just arent that lucky to get a house that suits so well. I'd love if someone could say "No, the chances of that happening are very small." However, unfortunately, I think that the chances of it happening are massive considering the extreme demand on housing in Dublin, especially in this area.
Such a pity, its a great place.
But I'll still have a flicker of hope until I here the words, "Im sorry but that ouse has been let."
I apoligise for rambling on a bit too much.

fruitmonster

i am looking for accomodation on daft and myhometolet but am having no luck at all. i know quality reasonably priced accomodation near the college may be hard to find but i am disappointed with what is on offer so far.

singingstranger

For everyone's information, the new SU Accommodation & Employment Officer starts today, replacing Shaun Smyth who's moving into the big bad world of King's Inns.

It's Michael Pat O'Donoghue, and you can get him at suaccommodation@ucd.ie or at 01 7163117. I'd post his mobile but I'm not sure if he's getting a new one for work stuff.

As per, he'll be keeping the housing list open and looking for new landlords to supply stuff so if none of the other sites are coming up trumps, knock an email that way and get the current list from him.

dajaffa

BUT he doesn't start for a week so there's no officer for this week...

Mrs. MacGyver

I'm going to be a post-grad in Archaeology in the Autumn and havent a clue where to start with the whole accomodation thing. Any advice would be mighty.

Stepherunie

Well if you fancy living on Campus applications are accepted until the 31st of August. Check http://www.ucd.ie/residences/accomodationfinder.html that shows where postgrads can live etc and you can click on links to find out about the various different places.

As you're doing a postgrad in Archaeology and will be based on campus you'll probably be in Glenomena: http://www.ucd.ie/residences/glenomena.html

If you want to live off res best advice is to get a map, work out where you can live, and get on websites such as daft.ie or check the evening herald. Oh and a good thing to do is to start looking before the CAO offers come out, after the leaving cert results people will be starting to look but the main rush will come after the offers.

Other than that, best of luck! I'm sure others will add to this anyways

tintinr35

seriously this is a joke when are we gonna find out???

Stepherunie

I've heard some are finding out next week but that's only a rumour - best bet is to ring or email them and ask them when they're letting people know. Probably the best bet I'd say.

recyclebin

i got offered glenomena this week. You have to accept your offer by the 18th of August. Dont know if ill take glenomena as its too expensive.

Blush_01

Gah, I want to live somewhere. Other than here or at home, obviously. Main reasons being landlady suffering from pole-up-the-hole-itis and bills being too high here, home being too far away.

Do affordable houses exist? Nope!!!

hullaballoo

Stickied. I probably should have stickied this before now, but it's been at the top for so long I didn't realise it wasn't. If you know what I mean.

irlrobins

hullaballoo wrote:

If you know what I mean.

We do.

pFd

aggggghhhhhhhh!!!! We're never gonna get a f**king house near UCD. Why is there such a shortage of lettings??? can someone ANYONE please explain to me why it is so difficult to get a bloody house!!!???
theres 4 of us and we've been look for ages but still havent got anything. we were very very close to getting a house, we had the first appointment to view it but som1 went into the office and handed over the deposit. C**TS!!
WHY ARE THERE NO HOUSES????
will there be an increase in the number of 4 bedroomed houses anytime soon or is this it???
Please please please please please somone help me find anserws to these questions.
Are we the only people who find house hunting a very frustrating hugely disappointing task cos no one seems to be bothered by it?

WHY???

Pythia

Because you're students for a start. I had a bad time getting a place until I got a place on Roebuck Road.
You might just have to settle for somewhere further away than you had planned for.