Hello, I'm Laurie. I'm studying French and Geography.
in Pendle College.
Come and have a look at my room.
So being a Geography student,
very stereotypically, I've got a map of the UK historical map
I've got some papers that I got at Glastonbury from the time I was there.
I've also got a map of all the Wainwrights.
I'm currently trying to tick them off.
Lancaster University is really close to the Lakes,
so I get up there most weekends and try and tick them all off.
So yeah, I was on the year abroad last year, so they guarantee you
a place on campus in your final year which is really good.
You know, it's a lot of my friends have moved away.
I didn't know who was going to move in with.
I really like the location of this accommodation.
It's kind of not too far away from the centre,
but kind of far enough out so that you, you can, it's a bit quieter.
You can kind of get away from the hustle and bustle of the middle of the university.
It's good being on campus in the final year as well.
You have lots of exams and it's close to the Library.
I live here with 8 other people.
And, you know, we share the kitchen.
And in my first year, it was it was very messy.
We didn't do our washing up that often, it all kind of started to pile up.
But, you know, this year, it's like, we've got a bin rota going.
We've got some recycling and is going quite well. On the floor
we've got to 2 bathrooms and 2 showers.
So between eight people with the shower, I mean, yeah,
some people worry that there's going to be a queue or whatever.
No, I've never had any trouble with it really. It was pretty decent really.
Yes, with the laundry, you get a card.
You top it up and you have to pay for each each wash and the dry.
So yeah, it's better living in town for that because you just
stick your clothes in the washing machine free.
It'd be nice to have, like, more of a communal space.
You've only got the kitchen and it's a bit kind of,
yeah, you're sitting around a kind of hard, hard table.
Yes, I tried to make the room more homely.
By adding some ornaments and things.
Yeah, of course, you have my books as well.
That's always good.
Posters and I'm trying to liven it up in here.
Kind of very plain walls, but yeah, I think it's getting more homely.
Hi, I'm Maddy. I'm from County College, and I'm a third-year English Language student, and this is my room.
So over here, we have my bed.
There's storage under the bed and the window overlooking Lancaster Square.
Um, my desk and some drawers where I do work and get ready
over here is the wardrobe,
and there's lots of storage inside,
more storage and here, and this is a sink
which is really handy to have in the room.
It saves me having to try to go to the bathroom every time I need to use a sink.
And yeah, that's my room.
Well, first, I like the big window because it, like,
makes it not very claustrophobic, and you get some really nice sunsets.
It's, like, so pretty. I like being with my friends.
So I'm like, I've moved.
I moved here with friends I already knew.
So it's like having a little house family.
So I have like board game nights and,
like, takeaway nights and film nights and things.
The main thing for me is convenience.
That's the whole reason I've moved back here for third year.
The gym is literally 10 minutes that way.
The Library is 10 minutes that way.
My seminar rooms are literally downstairs.
So it's really, really convenient.
Probably my first choice
would have been a townhouse, but they tend to save those for first year.
So this is probably the best, I would say
in County accommodation that's available like openly available to third years.
Yeah, and the living space in the kitchen is really good
because like people can be cooking their food
and you can sit on the sofa and just have a chat with your housemates
instead of being hidden away in your room.
So the cleaner comes, I think it seems, nearly every day
and she always makes sure everything is kept really nicely
The bathrooms are small, but they're convenient. So all there all is, is just a shower
and a toilet which is all you need, because you have a sink in your room.
We kind of decided in Freshers Week like who would be sharing bathrooms with who,
because there's 5 bathrooms between 13 people.
So 1 bathroom to share between 3 people.
People just kind of grouped together and that's how you decide really.
Also in this summer, because of all the big windows,
like the big ones in the kitchen, the big ones and rooms,
it does get quite hot.
But I mean, they provided a fan in the kitchen.
I think if you keep the blind down, it's never really a problem.
I brought a ton of pictures that are pictures all over my room.
All over the noticeboard, I think just to make it feel my own
and kind of had my own personal touch to it. And plants as well
you know, a few little cactuses and yeah, just little fake plants as well.
I'll just make it a bit more comfy.