Cranbourne House

Nice location and decent living area , bed and room is too small and kitchen needs improvement e.g fire alarm goes off too often due to no extractor fan

The location is close to town and buses run regularly past to get to uni and Poole. It's run by BU and they are quick to repair anything broken.

Living in cranbourne is difficult most of the time for a number of reasons. For instance the fire alarm goes off over undercooked sausages. I once got stuck in the lift for half an hour and some of the staff was reluctant to help us

I do like living in the flat as I got extremely lucky with my flat mates but there are some things which aren’t great. This includes the rats in the smoking area, there is no compost bin in the flats, for the first few months there was hardly hot water, there aren’t curtains in the windows in the kitchen meaning people can always see into the flat which makes me feel anxious a lot of the time, the beds are also reeeaaally uncomfortable. However the parcel collection system is great and works well and the sound containment is also great. The location is perfect as well so nights out are easy and the uni bus stop is right outside the halls!

Lifts never work, maintenance enter flat without knocking and fire alarm evacuations really early in the morning and problems with hot water a lot. Staff are nice and social side of the halls is good if you like partying, location right near town centre

Room is too small and not great value for money, sofas in kitchen are the most uncomfortable things ever but the social life makes it fun

great location, maintenance isn't great. the walls are thin and you can hear other people easily. Building works going on nearby early in the morning which is a disturbance.

There are a lot of fun people here however I wish there was a better communal area. Also there is no extractor fan in the kitchen which results in fire alarms nearly everyday. Additionally the showers are never a good temperature they are either boiling hot or freezing cold.

Overall I great halls of residence, a few minor issues that could be sorted but the rooms are good and the shared living spaces are well set out

Good location as is close to shops for food and drink also quite close to town. It's quite dirty and the showers either are freezing cold or scorching hot. They have multiplw problems like turning the water and internet off.