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Spoke to a landlord today...
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That is absolutely awful, you are compltely right!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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I have no true idea of the level of income/debt/parental contribution now versus 20 plus years ago when I did my degree. I have no idea how it is funded.
However,it seems that the shiny expensive dedicated student properties are flourishing. They are always generally much more costly than typical tenement flat shares.
Lifestyle expectations change. Gap years didn't exist then.
When I processed Uni applications for accommodation in Uni halls for new students 20 years ago, generally only mature students could get a single room, most students had to share and I believe twin rooms are pretty much beyond the pale now and are only a small proportion of what is now offered.
That's way out of kilter, surely?
Although not quite 20 years ago, when I did A levels in 1996 (18 years ago) and then took a gap year, it was completely normal. About half my year at school took one, as did my other half. We then met at uni after our respective gap years.
Similarly, UCL's student accommodation in 1996 was pretty grotty, overpriced, but almost all single rooms. Very, very few shared ones....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
the_flying_pig wrote: »sorry to bump an old thread but i enjoyed seeing this just today.
'facade retention' has been a thing in architecture for a while, helps with planning & so on. sometimes it works well. other times not so much.
privately financed student accommodation is just about as bad as it gets from a quality perspective, but, even so, seriously...
another win for the UK's magnificent planning system.
WTactualF??? :eek:“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse0 -
Similarly, UCL's student accommodation in 1996 was pretty grotty, overpriced, but almost all single rooms. Very, very few shared ones.
I don't think shared rooms has ever been particularly popular in the UK, unlike in the US for 'freshmen'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »...Similarly, UCL's student accommodation in 1996 was pretty grotty, overpriced, but almost all single rooms. Very, very few shared ones.
Was it *that* uncommon? In 94/95 I had a girlfriend who shares in a uni owned building at the top of Gower st. I was at LSE at the same time and shared there.FACT.0 -
the_flying_pig wrote: »Was it *that* uncommon? In 94/95 I had a girlfriend who shares in a uni owned building at the top of Gower st. I was at LSE at the same time and shared there.
It was the only one, that workhouse building in Gower Street. All the rest (and most were much, much bigger) were single rooms. Grotty, small, not enough baths and showers, but single rooms....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Although not quite 20 years ago, when I did A levels in 1996 (18 years ago) and then took a gap year, it was completely normal
My cohort 1986 'what's a gap year?'
When I first heard of them I genuinely thought they were what you had if you needed to retake A levels.0 -
the_flying_pig wrote: »sorry to bump an old thread but i enjoyed seeing this just today.
'facade retention' has been a thing in architecture for a while, helps with planning & so on. sometimes it works well. other times not so much.
privately financed student accommodation is just about as bad as it gets from a quality perspective, but, even so, seriously...
another win for the UK's magnificent planning system.
The amazing thing is that beautiful facade was from a building that was built when there was little or no planning regulation!0 -
the_flying_pig wrote: »sorry to bump an old thread but i enjoyed seeing this just today.
'facade retention' has been a thing in architecture for a while, helps with planning & so on. sometimes it works well. other times not so much.
privately financed student accommodation is just about as bad as it gets from a quality perspective, but, even so, seriously...
another win for the UK's magnificent planning system.
That really is dreadful! where is it?0
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