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DCU 2012 Accommodation Thread **MOD WARNING POST #48**
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So what about hazelwood/gateway ???nikkaypandarr wrote: »nikkaypandarr wrote: »I stayed in Larkfield (on campus) this year. Its the first year accom, and generally where you end up of you apply for campus, regardless of what you put down in your preferences.
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Many will disagree i'm sure but many more will agree when i say that it is a depressive, overpriced, noisy, smelly dungeon of a place similar to what you would imagine a prison cell.
You're Only sharing with one person and if you don't get along with that person, it can put a dampener on the whole year.
I suppose the positives are that you get to know lots of first years in the same boat as you and theres loadsa parties and stuff. But thats probably it.
I lived in Larkfield last year too, and Jesus I was never happier to leave a place than I was when I closed the door for the last time on May 27th.
In a mirror to the above comment, my room mate and I didn't get on AT ALL. Ok, we shared civil words together, but when you come home and the first thing they do is lock their door, it gets depressing.
Second, mid-year a friend who lived in Larkfield, with whom I spent a lot of time, and I fell out, so I ended the year sitting in my room alone watching DVDs and listening to Adele while trying to entice Larkfield Cat into my room (oh yeah, Larkfield has a few cats around)
Enough on that.
I've spent a few nights in Shanowen, and from experience it's miles better than Larkfield. For one thing, you actually have your own bathroom, which eliminates the 'GET OUT OF THE F**KING BATHROOM' shouting matches which are inevitable when living with other girls. As well as this, you can move about in the kitchen. The kitchen in Larkfield is a glorified triangle, and if you can fit five people into one of them, I'll give you my life savings.
And, there are couches. Larkfield have none of that. It also doesn't have the freedom to bring a non-resident into the place after midnight. Shanowen be sound like that.
I myself am (hopefully) going into JR2, and have applied for Halls with two classmates. You can apply with a friend, otherwise it's completely random picking.
Rant over, you'll be glad to hear.
Hi Aoife.
Keep hearing mixed reviews on both!0 -
So is Hazelwood ok to live in as a first year??? Applied for campus acc but doubt I'll get it. Don't want to be isolated if it's too far away from DCU . Are there many other DCU students there, first years especially??? Is there a bus direct to DCU from there???😳😳
I lived in hazelwood last year as a first year, and it was fine. . although I wouldn't do it again. Firstly it is quite a distance from dcu. . about 20/25 minute walk at a moderate pace. . . also, regardless of what they advertise, its not purely student accommodation, and the students that are there seem to be mostly dit students, so as dcu'er it's more difficult to meet people as opposed to campus, shanowen or even gateway.
The 17a passes by the apartment complex and will leave you at the top of collins avenue, about a 3 minute walk to dcu.
Saying all that, i never had any real problems living in hazelwood, the apartments were nice and reasonable sized with your own bathroom and there was never a problem with overnight guest or anything, and it is the cheapest of all the other typical dcu student apartments (shanowen or gateway)
For me though the cons just outweighed the pros, but everybody is different 0 -
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Hey guys! So completely unsure as to whether or not this is the right place to put this, but there's a room to rent in the house I'll be living in next year. It's SMALL, so is going to be 210e monthly, on a 9 month lease. There are 6 of us living there already, 5 girls and 1 guy: 3 final year Communications, 1 final year Law, 1 2nd year Health & Society, 1 3rd year Computer Applications. The room has a single bed and wardrobe, space for a wee bedside table but not a desk, hence the crazy low rent. If anyone's interested or has any questions just message me!
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Just received my offer for Larkield but I'm slighty confused!
When I printed the contract it said that the Booking deposit/Utilities charge both had to have been paid by August 15th???
I know it's probs just a typo but I just need some reassurance..
Anyone else seeing that?0 -
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Just received my offer for Larkield but I'm slighty confused!
When I printed the contract it said that the Booking deposit/Utilities charge both had to have been paid by August 15th???
I know it's probs just a typo but I just need some reassurance..
Anyone else seeing that?
It must be a typo because that was the deadline for 2nd year students. I had to have mine paid for by then for Hampstead. I think your deadline is August 28! I'm not sure though. Just e-mail campus res about it!0
theres four people i know, including me who just got offers and as far as i know none got over 500 so 
Is there anything that can be done to help financially (like spreading out the costs etc.) or is this just only for Access students? This discussion has been closed.
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