Circuit Laundry (Uni accomodation laundry systems)

unholyangel

Buy a load of those things from wilkos....sell them on to your student buddies at £3.50-£4 a pop. Then call yourself an entrepreneur

Or, consult with a few other friendly students and find 2 that are willing to pay £1 each so you all get the benefit of the clean machine but with reduced cost.

Really, you might be entitled to repeat performance or a refund. But there's no right to force the owner/managing company to keep them spotless. However I would echo the above comment that if you pursue it, be prepared to discover its the students responsibility to clean them.

hollydays

jammied90 wrote: »

Yes, thanked the one person who decided to steer away from been downright patronising.

Only one person I regard in this thread as having actually made a serious attempt to be helpful.

I , for example, took the time and trouble, to look for , and post a link for a product I can recommend myself.

It doesn't matter to me that you didn't thank me, but your sense of entitlement is worrying.
The elves and fairies don't do the cleaning.

Les79

jammied90 wrote: »

Yes, thanked the one person who decided to steer away from been downright patronising.

Only one person I regard in this thread as having actually made a serious attempt to be helpful.

I found a few more helpful replies to be fair. A few were probing a bit, to find out the complete picture.


For example, I would also start off by asking what your contract for the service says. It sort of dictates what you'd expect.


Your more recent post mentioned you have being doing washing for ten years now, which probably should have been mentioned in the first post as it would have prevented the posters from offering some "practical tips" to help you get around the issue.


Ultimately, though, I would like to point out that YOU chose to contract with them for that accommodation and those services. Nobody held a gun to your head. Lesson learnt and all that. Back in my day the student accommodation was a dive in many many aspects. I think one houseshare was condemned by the council a few years later. Also one place didn't have a working kitchen (ANY of it) but, THANKFULLY, there was a clause in the accommodation contract allowing me to leave after 1 month before committing to the full term! I distinctly remember this big, fat grey-suited douche quizzing me on why I wasn't staying. My answer, as a young'un, was "because it is a fkn shithole". That's why I'm a fan of reading contracts to at least get the gist of it.

meer53

My daughter had an issue at her Uni with the washers, they were through Circuit too. She reported it to the team at Uni (whoever it is that deals with them), they came and sorted it out.

Try this, much easier than trying to get random folk on a forum to help.

ThumbRemote

Les79 wrote: »

Ultimately, though, I would like to point out that YOU chose to contract with them for that accommodation and those services. Nobody held a gun to your head. Lesson learnt and all that.

Unfortunately university accommodation can be extremely difficult to arrange. Whilst, of course, no-one has a gun to your head, students are in an extremely difficult position. They accept an offer from a university, but usually cannot start looking for accommodation until the place is confirmed. At that point they are often hundreds of miles away and unable to look around any proposed accommodation before agreeing a contract. There is often a shortage of accommodation available, and as A-level results come out on a set day, everyone is trying to find it at the same time. Decent accommodation is taken by 2nd years and above, as they've had chance to sort it beforehand. The new students have to take pretty much whatever is offered when it 's available. It's a very difficult situation to be in. It's even worse for those who go through clearing, and end up left with the real 'leftovers' to choose from.

binao

Wondering which uni has dirty washing machines. Please name so that future generations can avoid?

Sounds like the OP is in what used to be known as halls, most mature students are in HMOs, initially found via contacts.??? Or with A level home town pals.

I suppose you could use laundry cleanser or hot wash or a sniffle, sorry, skiffle board. How about Primark - problem gone awaaay, hey oh.

Times have changed from my day.

Students have cars, useful for laundry trips. Sleep all day, unless lecture or assignment. Can afford taxis for clubbing, sorry drinking trips, minimal attire, so laundry not a problem.

If you be me, which ain't, start a communal laundry trip club.

Good luck :beer:

Ps. Please can I have a thank you? Ta er so.

meer53

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Unfortunately university accommodation can be extremely difficult to arrange. Whilst, of course, no-one has a gun to your head, students are in an extremely difficult position. They accept an offer from a university, but usually cannot start looking for accommodation until the place is confirmed. At that point they are often hundreds of miles away and unable to look around any proposed accommodation before agreeing a contract. There is often a shortage of accommodation available, and as A-level results come out on a set day, everyone is trying to find it at the same time. Decent accommodation is taken by 2nd years and above, as they've had chance to sort it beforehand. The new students have to take pretty much whatever is offered when it 's available. It's a very difficult situation to be in. It's even worse for those who go through clearing, and end up left with the real 'leftovers' to choose from.

I don't quite understand what this has to do with the washing machines at Uni ?
However, all the Uni's my daughter looked at guaranteed first year students accommodation in Halls of Residence. Second year students usually rent a property as most Uni's don't let students stay in Halls of Residence for their second year. My daughter is in her first year, staying in Halls, she already has a property for this September lined up, deposit paid and rental agreement signed.

DoaM

Not all Unis can guarantee accommodation in Uni halls ... often-times there are more 1st year students than accommodation available. I guess it depends on individual Unis. (Both my daughters went to Uni in Glasgow - different ones, 4 years apart. Neither was able to secure Uni halls accommodation thus went into private halls).

Manxman_in_exile

meer53 wrote: »

My daughter had an issue at her Uni with the washers, they were through Circuit too. She reported it to the team at Uni (whoever it is that deals with them), they came and sorted it out.

Try this, much easier than trying to get random folk on a forum to help.

Good advice. Also, as I think someone else suggested, try the Students' union.


FWIW I actually sympathise with the OP!