Goldsmiths House

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  Rafal Albert

  (Translated by Google) Approx (Original) Ok Rooms : 4/5 | Service : 4/5 | Location : 4/5 Hotel highlights Quiet … More

  01-01-1970
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  Shaelyn

  01-01-1970
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  Dehi Shetty

  Goldsmith House offered a wonderful stay during my academic year 2019-2020 at UCL. The administrative staff is helpful. The house keeping staff is friendly, helpful and prompt. I enjoyed my stay at Goldsmith House, especially the spring of 2020 was beautiful with backyard garden. A calming space during the lockdown. The kitchen and toilets are well maintained too. An added advantage is the location, being in Zone 2 Camden, the hostel is a 20-25 minute from the main UCL campus.

  01-01-1970
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  Sobuz Ahmed

  01-01-1970
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  Jessie Lan

  All the staff, amenities, and location are great. If you want to chill a bit, you can just pop up to the Camden market and river, or the Regents Park. The Hight st. is also nearby so you can get your necessities quite easily. The best part is all flatmates are female and they are really awesome and friendly. You can make lots of friends here. Though the road across the accommodation is under construction, the window is soundproof and you can barely hear any noise with the window closed. Highly recommend it.

  01-01-1970
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  Haruna Kono

  01-01-1970
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  Mary

  I enjoyed staying here for the past two years. Experiences at student halls would always depend on who the flatmates are, and I was blessed to have so many nice people around me. People staying here seemed to be generally nicer/ more responsible at least in comparison to my previous hall. - The house is small enough to become familiar with most people including the reception and cleaning staff. The fact that we only have one big dining room also helped for getting to know each other. - Communal areas are well cleaned (unless there's that one resident who makes a mess) and the shared shower room was very new looking. - One side of the building has a railway + long term construction at the moment, but the admin team is very understanding and would work out a quieter room if available.

  01-01-1970
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  James Tidd

  Great jazz, even greater men. MEN MEN MEN. Goldsmen house is now MALE only.

  01-01-1970
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  Kat

  Firstly I don't understand why a male has reviewed this hostel as it's a women's only hostel. Not sure what that is about.. the only men you will find there are staff members. I stayed at Goldsmith house for a few years as a student and found my experience at Goldsmith House has been quite negative. I experienced many issues with the place like seeing Rats/mice in the kitchen (sometimes bedrooms). There was constant refurbishment…If you are a student, this is probably one of the worst things as there is always a disturbance of some sort… sometimes they are changing the doors, windows, painting the corridors, changing the carpets, lounge room refurbishment…the list goes on. Let’s not forget the waterworks going on outside (no one seems to know when it will end..a year? 5 years..?). If you are looking to complete at least one assignment in your place of residence, I don’t recommend staying here. You do need to be careful if you are out and about on your own at night. There were several instances when staff sent out emails to all residents about incidents involving phone theft occurring close to the residence. Oh yeah, my bike got stolen from the bike shed too (more on that in my next point). I suggest that you plan to arrive back at the hostel with another resident or within the day time/ busier hours. Also, avoid taking your phone out wherever possible around the building. Half of the concierge were found asleep rather than actually doing their job. That’s how my bike got stolen from the bike shed. I saw the concierge fast asleep and the next day my bike was gone. If the concierge had been awake and monitoring the security cameras, I probably wouldn’t have had my property stolen. If the gate was left open, this should have been picked up on in the security footage, and the concierge should have closed the gate ensuring all entrances are closed preventing strangers from entering the property. Don’t put too much stock in the fact that a 24-hour concierge is present - you will still need to be vigilant when it comes to your own safety inside the building. Kitchens were left in a disgusting state with bins overflowing and not a single clean worktop. It is a complete pigsty on the weekends. If you can afford to, avoid the kitchens on weekends and public holidays - it is not a pretty sight. Also, there were obnoxious members of the cleaning team that would constantly be heard shouting to one another or on the phone. Not what you really want to hear when you’re trying to sleep or study. Sometimes they carried out room checks, using their keys to knock on the door very loudly. Many of the new heaters didn’t work properly which led to multiple, ongoing complaints to the maintenance team. It was pretty cold in the winter but thankfully we were provided with portable heaters. Just be aware that there is a pattern of unsuccessful installations/renovations. There was one particular incident when the second-floor toilets had flooded and the water was leaking through the light on the floor below but the concierge failed to call emergency services. Instead, the residents were forced to call the fire brigade. It is a nightmare living in this place and I don’t recommend it.

  01-01-1970
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  Susan Mcdonnell

  Goldsmiths House is a fantastic place to live. It is clean, safe and very central to London. A 20 minute walk to Tottenham Court Road, 30 minute walk to Oxford Street, and you are right in the centre of London.The staff who work at Goldsmiths House are great. The Reception,Security, Cleaning and Maintenance staff will always help you if they can. Christopher Thomas the senior Housing Manager is especially helpful, and will always do his best to sort out any problems that you have. The cleaning staff do a great job at keeping the building clean. They clean it to a high standard. Kitchens, Shower rooms and Toilets cleaned thoroughly every day.The Maintenance staff will do their best to fix any maintenance jobs within the building as soon as possible. If you do have a problem you can go to Reception and know you can speak to them in confidence. There is 24 Security in the building so you always feel safe. It is a Women's only student accommodation, so a lot of women will feel happy and reassured about that. For runners and walkers, Regents Park is just around the corner. Regents Park houses London Zoo.Camden High Street and the famous Camden Market is also around the corner. The High street has all the major Supermarkets, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Lidl, Aldi.The building itself is a mix of new and modern. Even though it is not a new building, it has been upgraded to a high standard. Kitchens, Shower rooms and Toilets. Goldsmiths House also has a large garden, which is really rare in Central London. In the Summer you can done al fresco with your friends, or just sit in the garden with your books or laptops. It is also very quiet, so you are rarely disturbed by other residents when you are in your own room. It is on a side street so therefore does not get much traffic or noise. I would definitely recommend Goldsmiths House as a place to live for women students. P.s Forgot to say about the nice friendly atmosphere and the close proximity to UCL SOAS Birkbeck Universities, and other Colleges.

  01-01-1970