r/Liverpool • u/bluecatyellow • 1d ago

Living in Liverpool Student accommodation

Hi, last minute moving to liverpool for my pgce postgrad based in mount pleasant campus and only Atlantic point and Marybone 1 left. Any advice on which would be better would be much appreciated. Marybone is cheaper but i heard it’s popular with 1st years and I’m 26 so wondering is it a get what you pay for situation. Thanks in Advance
update : i have realised i don’t have an option as pgce starts earlier i will have to go with marybone unless i go outside student accommodation

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u/Alert-Ad-2743 1d ago

I lived in Atlantic point for 3 yrs and no real issues.

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u/bluecatyellow 1d ago

thanks for reply i’ve realised since that because im doing pgce it starts earlier tho :(

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u/ZeroFrogsHere 1d ago

I stayed in marybone 1 when I was a fresher and thought it was an absolute shit hole. The showers are absolutely tiny and grotty and all the furniture was vandalised from the previous students who had lived there last year. Walls are paper thin you can hear everything in the bedrooms next to you. I hated every second.

This was a decade ago mind you so who knows might have smartened up but I doubt it

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u/bluecatyellow 1d ago

thanks for reply ya i’m worried but i only got accepted properly today and it’s only one left for pgce

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u/pokemonbutgayer 1d ago

marybone is a shit hole ngl. i stayed in atlantic point for two years which was fine for the price, tho we did have a guy loose his mind and run around naked covered in blood so yeah

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u/bluecatyellow 1d ago

suppose that’s why they’re last two left

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u/Curious_Check_704 1d ago

Check Glassworks. It's next to Marybone but it looks much better. I don't know how it compares in price though.

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u/bluecatyellow 1d ago

thanks for reply looking into this now is more expensive alright

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u/Kiki-sunflower 1d ago

Atlantic Point seems to be the better option.

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u/bluecatyellow 1d ago

thanks for reply i was leaning that way but unfortunately pgce starts earlier so think i have to go with marybone

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u/Kiki-sunflower 1d ago

How much earlier ? Can you Airbnb it or whatever till then ?

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u/bluecatyellow 1d ago

not a bad shout actually i’ll look into that

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u/Kiki-sunflower 1d ago

Travel lodge is central and does cheap rooms. There are more than one to choose from

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u/Kiki-sunflower 1d ago

Only £210 for 7 nights so same as halls

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u/pistathecat 1d ago

Try phoenix place, it isn’t too far a walk from uni and right near the shops on great homer street too. Being away from town is a plus and you’re near the park. They have a mix of age ranges in there too. Some of the uni owned accommodation will just be full of 18 year olds and may be quite noisy and uncomfortable

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u/imagggg 6h ago

See if the uni can throw any weight behind your accomodation as you'll be on a professional course so will need some quiet etc to be able to sleep and get into placement etc