Roy Jenkins halls are located in Cathays, meaning that it is super close to all of the independent shops on Albany road and is close to two supermarkets; it is also less than a mile away from cathays campus. To learn more about these halls, I interviewed Aisha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was your <\/em>favourite<\/em> thing about your halls and why? <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n My favourite thing was probably being in loop of the university community, especially first year it\u2019s easier to make friends when you\u2019re in the loop. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What was something you wish you had been told before you moved in?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The quality of house appliances e.g. Irons tables, and hovers. I ended up buying my own as the house appliances are old and poor quality. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you could pick accommodation again, where would you pick (not to be with friends, but singularly about the accommodation)?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not sure, I was happy with Roy Jenkins as as there was a small number of people of people and it was it was near to the the city centre. If I didn\u2019t pick Roy Jenkins, I would maybe pick the hall directly opposite the SU by Woodville pub [Hodge Halls]. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Which shop did you mainly use?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n I used Co Op, Aldi and Sainsbury local mostly<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n How did you <\/em>socialise<\/em> within the accommodation? <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our kitchen was our common area and it was very small, but we managed.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n How did you find sharing a bathroom if you did? <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n I hated it; ideally en-suite bathrooms are the best option. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Could you describe the experience and overall vibe of these halls? <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n It had its ups and downs but the overall vibe was convenient, its location was great. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As with all student houses, there is a degree of cheap student living. Roy Jenkins’ location more than makes up for the lack of an en-suite bathroom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Jenkins halls are located in Cathays, meaning that it is super close to all of the independent shops on Albany road and is close to two supermarkets; it is also less than a mile away from cathays campus. To learn more about […]","protected":false},"author":1772,"featured_media":11856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[698,6,10],"tags":[600,1092,1091,1058,151],"class_list":["post-11855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-application-process","category-halls-of-residence","category-living-away-from-home","tag-housing","tag-interview","tag-roy-jenkins","tag-student-housing","tag-student-life"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11863,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11855\/revisions\/11863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}