Hall Comparison: Facilities and Amenities

Nearest Tube Getting to Cluster Hall Post Code Lift? Wi-Fi Everywhere? Room Features Social Facilities Kitchen Bathroom Near to Comments Station School

- Kitchen on each floor shared by 8-10 people - Shared fridges and freezers - Common room/TV lounge with DVD player, wi-fi Generally more spacious than Southside/Eastside - Individual food storage cupboard Union Bar, Hyde Park, High Street Kensington - Higher noise level due to Student Union Beit SW7 2BB Y Y - Games room: pool table, table tennis, foosball, Shared - rooms, but room allocations are unpredictable - Depending on your luck, (shopping) - Hall seniors organise events regularly Xbox there may be a personal locker for fridge and freezer

Falmouth SW7 1BA - Southside Social Space: pool table, table tennis, - Wall mounted TVs in kitchens Selkirk SW7 1BF foosball - Large kitchens on each floor shared by about 20 people Tizard SW7 1BJ - Common room: piano, playstation, TV, wi-fi - Constructed in 2007 Y Y - Shared fridges and freezers Southside - Individual mail boxes - Access to Falmouth Common Room - Limited number of lockable freezer/fridge Keogh SW7 1BE - Rooms are new, well furnished compartments - Table fan - Access to the Southside Social Space - Essentials () South Kensington 2min walk - Individual food storage cupboard En-suite - Full-length mirror - Eastside bar Gabor SW7 1AZ - Armchair (Premium/Deluxe rooms) - Wall mounted TVs in kitchens - Vending vestibule and ATM, available 24 hours a Linstead SW7 1BU - Kitchen shared by about 10 people day - Constructed in 2008 Y Y Common room with wi-fi, foosball, table tennis - 3 fridges and 1 freezer per kitchen - Ethos (gym) Eastside - More single rooms than Southside Wilkinson SW7 1AW - Communal cupboard, individual lockable - Hyde Park food storage cupboard - Knightsbridge (shopping) - Science Museum, Natural History Museum - Large Sainsburys (20min walk) - Most affordable non-en suite single room near school, with facilities and amenities comparable to - Common area: TV with cable subscription, that of other halls - Sink playstation, pool table, table tennis Kitchens located on alternate floors, shared Bathrooms and shower rooms located on each Weeks SW7 1NE Y - - 8 levels, 8 units per level - - More spacious rooms than at Southside/Eastside - Student run café bar serving drinks and snacks by 15 students floor, maximum of eight students sharing - Security post (also handles parcels) for the entire - Access to a large garden Princes Gardens estate is located within the building - Efficient hall maintenance - Kitchen shared between 15 people - Common room: cable TV, pool table, foosball, wi- - Showers and washrooms are shared in a ratio of - Evelyn Gardens hall office (handles maintenance - Sink & mirror in room - Each person is given a personal fridge Bernard Sunley SW7 3BJ fi about 1 to 3 issues & registered mail) located in the hall - Personal safe compartment and a 3 tiered cabinet to keep - TV room: DVD and video - 3-4 bathrooms on every floor - Same hall management as Southwell; residents food and utensils can also gain access to Southwell

- Games room with table tennis, games machines and wi-fi - Kitchen shared among 8-20 people - Laundry room gets crowded at times - Sink & mirror - TV room with plasma screen surround sound TV - Own fridge & freezer compartment, own - Wi-fi available in entire Block 56 Southwell SW7 3BH 2 bathrooms shared between 16 people - Walls are thin - Study areas with wireless internet cupboard - Same hall management as Bernard Sunley; - Sainsburys Local, Marks & Spencer, , - Coffee bar with a social area and wi-fi - TVs in kitchens residents can also gain access to Bernard Sunley Express - Access to a large garden - Large Sainsburys (15min walk) Evelyn Gardens Gloucester Road 15-20min walk - - - Common room: pool table, foosball (20p per - Cinema game), TV with cable subscription, dart board, Xbox - Kitchen shared by 3-6 students - Chelsea FC - Sink 360, board game & DVD rental collection - Kitchens on each floor with shared fridges - Direct buses to Chinatown, Oxford Circus and Fisher SW7 3BG - Rooms vary in size but are generally smaller than Shared bathrooms and shower rooms on each floor Hall amenities are basic - Fish Bowl café – open from 8pm to 10pm on Sun- and freezers Victoria Coach Station rooms in other halls Thur - Individual food storage cupboard - Small study room with wi-fi - Kitchen shared by 5 people Holbein SW7 3BQ Sink - Common facilities are shared by both halls, and Shared bathrooms and shower rooms on each floor - Most shared facilities are in Willis Jackson, but located in Willis Jackson - No ovens Holbein is not directly connected to Willis Jackson - TV room (with Wii/PS3/GameCube), pool room, - Friendly wardening team frequently organises foosball, wi-fi - Kitchen shared by 27 people events, most proactive team among Evelyn Gardens Willis Jackson SW7 3BQ Sink & mirror - Access to a private garden shared with Southwell - Shared fridges and freezers Shared bathrooms and shower rooms halls - Outdoor table tennis table, bbq - Individual food storage cupboard - Holbein: freshly repainted last year - Wide range of DVDs can be rented for free - Willis Jackson: refurbished a few years ago

- Sainsbury’s Local, Tesco Express, Sainsbury's superstore, Tesco superstore - (Daiso equivalent), Ryman The Stationer - Situated within the Charing Cross Campus - Each flat has a shared bathroom - Broadway Shopping Centre, Kings Mall (shopping - Free breakfast on Sundays (pancakes, waffles, Hammersmith, 50min walk, Common room and laundry room at the hall Parsons W6 8NB Y - Flat-sharing hall, flats consist of four rooms each Each flat has a shared kitchen - Able to hang towel and place toiletries centre) bacon, eggs, sausages etc) Barons Court 30min tube opposite permanently in the shower - Primark (cheap clothing), SportsDirect, phone - Movie screening session once a week in the shops, (frozen food) common room - £4.95 Chinese Buffet Restaurant - Free gym, music room and medical library in Charing Cross campus

- Tesco Metro, Marks & Spencer, fishmongers - Two kitchens shared between 100 people - Games room: pool table, table tennis - Bayswater (Chinese restaurants & ) 25-35min walk, - Rooms are quite large - Fridge space is not compartmentalized and Pembridge W2 4DX Notting Hill Gate - Y - TV lounge: piano, TV Shared bathrooms and shower rooms - 2 cinemas, a theatre Wi-fi is weaker on higher floors 3 tube stops - Personal fridge locked - Access to a small garden - Portobello Road Market - Lockers to store food & utensils - Westfield Shopping Centre

- Waitrose, , Tesco Express, Marks & Spencer, Tesco Metro - Rooms in the basement are smaller than the other - Secure bike storage area - Post Office rooms in the rest of the Hall and this is reflected in - TV and table-top games lounge - Consists of 3 houses with three levels each Paddington / 20-25min walk, Large shared kitchens with individual food Bathrooms and shower rooms located on each - Bayswater Wilson W2 1UF - - the rents - Communal Study Spaces - Daily & weekly publications available Edgware Road 20min bus storage cupboards floor, shared by 5 people - Oxford Street - Sink - Large multi-purpose social space (newspapers, magazines) - St. Mary’s Hospital (swimming pool, gym, Imperial - Personal fridge - Repairs/requests are dealt with efficiently College library) - Buses to Stansted & Gatwick airports

- Marks & Spencer, Costcutter, Sainsbury's - Lounge: cable TV Waterloo / 25min tube, 50 - Rooms are new - Cinema - Secure bike storage area Xenia SE1 8UE Y - - Access to a private courtyard with patio - Shared fridges and freezers - Shared, with the option of en-suite rooms Southwark min walk - Sink - Covent Garden/Leicester Square - Constructed in 2012 - Study/IT rooms - Theatres and concert halls Hall Comparison: Price Summary

Single - Deluxe (£) Single - Premium (£) Single - En-suite (£) Single - Standard (£) Twin - En-suite (£) Twin - Standard (£) Triple - Standard (£)

No. of Cluster Hall Post Code Students Week Month Year Week Month Year Week Month Year Week Month Year Week Month Year Week Month Year Week Month Year

- Beit SW7 2BB 314 195 780 7605 175 700 6825 127 508 4953 117 468 4563

Falmouth SW7 1BA 127

Selkirk SW7 1BF 125 250 1000 9750 215 860 8385 Southside Tizard SW7 1BJ 126

Keogh SW7 1BE 28 201 804 7839 131 524 5109

Gabor SW7 1AZ 158

Eastside 250 1000 9750 215 860 8385 Linstead SW7 1BU 139

Wilkinson SW7 1AW 156

- Weeks SW7 1NE 64 158 632 6162 156 624 6084

Bernard Sunley SW7 3BJ 88 170 680 6630 115 460 4485 76 304 2964

Southwell SW7 3BH 182 170 680 6630 124 496 4836 115 460 4485

Evelyn Gardens Fisher SW7 3BG 156 117 468 4563 80 320 3120 60 240 2340

Holbein SW7 3BQ 64 156 624 6084 103 412 4017

Willis Jackson SW7 3BQ 119 187 748 7293 179 716 6981 124 496 4836 115 460 4485

Parsons W6 8NB 42 124 496 4836

Pembridge W2 4DX 99 154 616 6006 137 548 5343 92 368 3588 90 360 3510

Wilson W2 1UF 273 180 720 7020 147 588 5733 135 540 5265 115 460 4485

Xenia SE1 8UE 150 206 824 8034 145 580 5655 110 440 4290