Elms Village

The facilities of the accommodation is really complete, with a well equipped common area, study room, laundry room and even a convenient store within the accommodation grounds. However the residential assistants were not that helpful in ensuring the discipline or offering support to residents in the accommodation. It's quite difficult to contact them, and they usually don't really handle disciplinary problems in accommodation effectively. The events organised by them were also not too interesting or welcoming to every student. Nevertheless that being said, the service department, cleaning team and the receptionist in the accommodation still provide wonderful service. The previous downside I mentioned were covered by them, and they are there for students when we need them. Thus overall its still a wonderful and safe place to stay as a student.

My room here in Elms is a standard size room but it has more than enough storage. It is also very well finished and decorated. The kitchen is very nice and modern. The wifi is of a good standard but often slows down due to some residents having gaming devices etc. The treehouse is a great student hub with a large study room and free tea/coffee is available in the evening.

The location of elms village is okay, but would be nice if it were a bit closer to campus. It is about a 25 minute walk and whilst this is not awful. It is not ideal. The security is good and the rooms are kitted out very well, with modern facilities and style of bedroom. There is a shop in elms village with cheap basic goods.

Elms Location: 10 mins walk to the local Tesco’s. But closer shops included Mace (within the halls vicinity) and spar (5 mins away). Approx. 20 min walk to the Lanyon building/library. Facilities: Washing machines: useful but not always great for cleaning everything. Computer room: very handy for last minute work Social experience: Great. Mixed me with similar people, as a result all got on well. Room: small but nice. Had everything that was needed and big social area in the kitchen meant didn’t need to hang about in room.

Elms village is one of Queen's student accommodation located approx. 20 mins away from the Lanyon building. It is very big and clean and has complete facilities for students. The treehouse in Elms is a place for students to socialise, hangout and meet new people. It also has a study area to accommodate students for revision and group work. As there are approximately 8 rooms in one floor, you get to meet new friends from all over the world and expand your social circle. The people are very friendly and nice and would often ask you for a night out. The rooms are very clean and comfortable.

Elms Village is a very safe and closed area that is perfect for first year students. The rooms are roomy and the kitchens large and bright. There is a 24 hour reception and 24 hour social space (The Treehouse) that serves free tea and coffee during the week, a study and computer lounge, plus ping pong and pool tables. As far as uni accomodation goes, there's not much else you could ask for. The only downsides to Elms would be the price and the way in which accomodation is allocated. The closer you live to Belfast, the less likely you are are to receive a room in Elms. This means that international and GB students are always guaranteed a room and with the University's push to have more students from abroad, there are far fewer spaces for NI students, some who may still live over an hour away from Belfast. This year the allocation of rooms was nothing short of diasterous for NI students, receiving an email only a few weeks before the start of term to let them know they were probably not going to receive a space (but still might). The effect of not getting into Halls in first year often has a detrimental effect on the uni experience - with students being forced to seek spare rooms with final year students or commute long distances every morning and night. Surely if you put QUB as your first choice and were loyal to them throughout your UCAS application, applying to Elms the day applications opened, you should be more entitled to a room at Elms than a GB student who put QUB as their last choice and didn't apply till they got their results at the end of August.

I really enjoyed my stay in Elms as I had the opportunity to make friends from different countries and courses. The room I stayed in was also really new and refurbished making my stay there even more enjoyable!

I really enjoyed my stay in elms because it was just renewed, meaning the facilities and room were all new. The room was relatively cosy and when there was some problem with any part of the room, help was prompt. Social experience was amazing as I had the opportunity to meet people from other courses and countries.

It's just luck who you get out with and I got lucky. The rooms and kitchen are decent, it depends on what time of room you go for. I would reccomend standard ensuite. Despite high security usually being a good thing, this is a downfall for elms as they are too strict. They complain about unnecessary things such as posters on the kitchen wall and you must have a fob and student ID to get in after 11 which makes having friends over difficult. It is also quite a long walk from uni, of 15 minutes.

The location of Elms is what makes it so good, you are 15 minutes walk to the uni, 1 minute away from a Spar shop, 5 minutes from a couple of really nice pubs and some fast food places. The facilities in Elms are first class, you have the treehouse social area which comprises of a Mace corner shop which is well stocked so you could do a weeks shopping in there for a fairly cheap price, you have pool tables and a coffee bar with big tvs to watch sports on. There are ping pong tables and a laundromat which is again, fairly cheap, as well as a computer room with computers, desks and printers. There are several bikes sheds around elms itself and three smoking areas. The actuals rooms are spacious whilst being well heated, the showers are great but the bathrooms in general are compact. The rooms have apt storage space and shelves as well as a big desk and loads of electrical plugs. The social experience of elms has given me some friends for life and you meet a wide variety of people in the place. Living with foreign students from England or further away is a pleasure. Overal Elms is a great place to live in first year, the only complaint I could make is that sometimes the cooker in our flat would act up and not work properly.

Fifteen minute walk to uni so is good location and is only a ten minute walk to Tesco! Great to be surrounded by students in a student village as it gives the full uni experience!

Location is 5 mins from Tesco which is ideal and only a fifteen minute walk to the main building! Being surrounded by your friends makes it the perfect place to live.

Location is 5 mins from Tesco which is ideal and only a fifteen minute walk to the main building! Being surrounded by your friends makes it the perfect place to live.

The location was a bit far out from the main University buildings but I loved how secure the area was!

Overall elms is really good ! I love the social aspect of it , and everyone in our flat get along so well It is super handy to get to my building (the ashby) as it’s only a 5 minute walk I’m in premium standard, the rooms are colourful and handy, and there is never any issue with sharing the bathroom or shower. The only thing I could say is that the hot water sometimes is cold , and it’s really easy to lock yourself out of the room, but overall it’s great and I’m so glad I went to elms !

My room was a cheery Easyjet orange colour which definitely made it hard to be sad with such a bright colour around. The location was in the nice part of town only a 20 minute walk to the university with a handful of pubs and chippies scattered along the way. the gym wasn't too far either. the on site free coffee/tea and pool tables definitely helped the social experience. My block was recently renovated so we had a huge TV and a brand new kitchen which hopefully wasnt to worn down by the end of the year!.

The location of Elms village is excellent. Everyone is nearby in their respective building making it easy to stay in contact with friends. The treehouse offers music and entertainment and there is a Mace shop in there for convenience. It is about 10 mins away from a large Tesco store making it easy to walk and get your shopping. Roughly takes 10-15 mins to walk from Elms to the Lanyon building (main Queen’s building). Security is taking very seriously at Elms and you are required to show ID and a key fob to gain access to Elms after 23:00.

Great location as it's very close to even the MBC building. As it's a student village you are surrounded by other students and are completely immersed in student life. There is also a very handy supermarket in the centre of the village which is great when you run out of milk!

Good social experience as everyone is together so easy and quick to see friends. WiFi was very temperamental in the kitchen but worked fine in the rooms. Distance from class was too far, a 20/25 minute walk and an hour walk from town. There was a free bus to lidl on a Tuesday which was very good. Room was basic but decent size. Very high security, had to have a student card and a key fob to get into Elms after 11pm.