Shared flat nightmare

Possibly the worst student halls ever.

The walls are so thin that you can hear EVERYTHING that others in your flats are doing - I know when my flat mate switches on her light, j know when her alarm goes off in the morning, I even know when she flushes the toilet.
The doors slam a ridiculous amount - heaven forbid you want to actually sleep, don't worry someone letting go of their door four flats away will keep you up!

Cleanliness - right, you don't get to choose your flatmates. Communal areas can get disgusting; in most student halls cleaners are employed to clean kitchens and take out rubbish, etc. This doesn't happen here which is a huge problem if you find yourself in a flat of really unclean people!

Security will always want access to your flat. We've had instances where the security guard at night has come into our flat to deliver mail at 11pm. Not great for a flat of all girls! Similarly they rarely give you 24hr notice to enter bedrooms.

Tenperature - they are much too hot to actually do anything in. We've just had a huge problem where security locked all windows in the building for nearly a week. It was unbearable and I ended up going back home for the week - bedrooms were far too hot, kitchens were unbearable - you couldn't cook it was so hot.

Wifi- when I first moved in, I couldn't get internet anywhere; not even from the wired port in my room; similarly there was no wifi in our kitchen (as advertised). Reception are useless and just say you should get in touch with the provider. I ended up paying about £30 for a router that makes it barely useable - really not great when all university submissions are online ( I know people who have missed deadlines trying to get the Internet to work).

Plumbing - everyone I know here has had problems with bathrooms. My flatmates toilet leaked under her floor, making the entire bathroom unusable for the first term - reception only 'fixed' this in January - by retiling, not fixing the leak! Personally, my toilet flush is broken, and you have to hold it down for a few minutes before it works. Showers are okay but they don't drain quickly enough and you always have to turn the water off while the plug catches up.

Washing Machines - too few washing machines for the number of people who live here, means you always have to wait - they also often break, and you don't get refunds from wash station when this happens.

Reception - seem to be under the allusion that we don't know our rights as tenants; there are so many rules that we have to follow, but they dont follow any they've outline in our tenancy agreement. Also you can't actually view the tenancy agreement anywhere - I'm sure this is illegal.

Area - you're getting ripped off by living in zone four. We've found cheaper houses in zone 2, which had the bonus that you don't have to pay as much for the tube. It's a ridiculous area; it's expensive because of the stadium and you still have to pay a ridiculous amount to get into uni. There's not a lot going on in wembley either- forget nights out! The best we have is tgi Fridays round the corner!

Overall, my first year at uni has been pretty munched ruined by living here- I can't wait to move into a house in September!