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Got my accomodation offer through the other week and its the one i want but the problem is that im on the bottom floor. I really dont want to be on the bottom floor because obviously im not gonna have that much privacy and there is always chance of stuff getting nicked.
How could i get a room change? Any good excuses as to why i can say i need to be on a higher floor.
Cheers
How could i get a room change? Any good excuses as to why i can say i need to be on a higher floor.
Cheers
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Just think of it as usefull, for sneaking people in and out
As for stuff getting robbed, your better of heading to a higher floor and try and find a all female flat, plenty of stuff to rob there........ and girls are generally just stupid...... Not that I mean to offend half of the population....... bah bah. The girls in my house are annoying.... bah
Bopz
and im sure the bottom floor wont be that bad as long as youre not tooo near the actual entrance to the building then im sure there wont be many people looking in at you
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I was on the ground floor when I was in halls. I wasn't too pleased at first when I found out, but I was lucky to get a room in the halls that I wanted and it wasn't that bad once I had moved in. The windows were sorta blacked out so you could see out but people couldn't see in unless they came right up to the window so it didn't make much difference to be honest. Also, all the ground floor rooms in my halls windows opened inwards instead of outwards so little chance of anyone getting in. You could try ringing the uni but honestly I wouldn't worry too much about it and if your halls are like mine were, it's enough hassle getting into the place with a key, never mind anyone else who shouldn't be there getting in.
The bad thing was: one night I was half asleep and some guy tried to climb in the window. After that I would never ever have a ground floor room again.
Do you know exactly where your room is? You might find it's in a position which is well hidden from where people normally walk or obscured by a bush or something so privacy won't be a problem.
I don't think there's any real reason you can change - someone has to have the ground floor rooms, and if everyone found reasons not to it would be a hell of a lot of work for the accommodation office. If you h have any problems after moving in do speak to someone about it, but in the meantime don't worry.
Admittedly once, one of my flatmates walked back into her room to find an old man poking his head through her window. She was a bit freaked out, but that'll teach you to leave your room to make some noodles and leave your window open! We never had any other issues, it was a flat on the top floor that had it's door kicked in by a delightful (and drunk) pizza delivery bloke. I'll say that the windows on the ground floor always have those catches on them, so they can't be fully opened, unlike people upstairs. A good thing, apart from causing some ungainly entry techniques.
My advice would be to wait and see until you get there. You might adore your flatmates, love the room, and decide that you can cope with being planted on terra firma. If you don't, then the most likely scenario is that someone will decide to leave (either halls, or uni altogether), want to swap rooms as well (bad flatmates, noise etc) or maybe not even turn up! At this stage they've probably tentatively allocated all their rooms, and sent the offers out. So you'd be more likely to get a switch once you're there and able to manage the situation in person (and harass accommodation staff, if necessary). As has been said previously, someone has to live on the ground floor, and it ain't so bad. They wouldn't put people in those flats/rooms if it was regarded as unsafe or unsecure. You'll always have a buzzer/key entry system too, and should have an on-site warden (usually a big dickhead, but nevermind, you still feel safe-ish...except from him!). Wait and see, anyway, it'll be cool.
I wouldn't do it again, but it was ok.