Name: University Of Arts - Don Gratton House
Address: 82 Old Montague Street Aldgate,Old Montague Street, London, London, London, E1 5NN, United Kingdom
Rating: 6

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Whitechapel

Aldgate East

Aldgate

Spitalfields

East London Mosque

Whitechapel Bell Foundry

Stolenspace Gallery

Whitechapel Gallery

Brick Lane Mosque

19 Princelet St Museum

Backyard Market

All Star Lanes

Christ Church Spitalfields

London Metropolitan University, Aldgate Campus

Fenchurch Street Railway Station

Tower of London

Liverpool Street Railway Station

Tower Bridge

Moorgate Railway Station

Cannon Street Railway Station

The Shard

London Eye

The British Museum

National Gallery

Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

Madame Tussauds

Hyde Park

Victoria and Albert Museum

London City Airport

Loftus Road Stadium

London Heathrow Airport

London Gatwick Airport

Rochester Airport

London Luton Airport

Stansted Airport

London Southend Airport

Farnborough Airport

Blackbushe Airport

University Of Arts - Don Gratton House

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I stayed here for 2 nights during the 2019 Summer. For a solo visitor in London I found the place to be good value for money. I walked from the Aldgate East tube station which only took 5 mins with luggage. There is a small supermarket located between the tube station and the accommodation which is convenient. Having access to a kitchen in London for this price is impressive. The kitchen had 2 stoves and a freezer, although the fridge was broken down, so they had put in a little bar fridge. Basic crockery and cutlery were supplied. My room felt private and secure with a comfy bed, and a really nice shower for a student dorm. The room felt clean and had good wifi.
There were minor things that were annoying. The room smelt slightly of smoke, reception was hard to find initially, and I had trouble getting the wifi to work initially, but the staff were very helpful in resolving this issue. I was there on a 35 degree day and the room was very hot at night. I was based on the first floor of the A block and there was a lot of noise in the car park below.
Despite these annoyances, this was a good place to stay if you are on a budget, but you'd like your own room. I would be happy to stay again.

Generally a good place to stay

Although I got really lucky with my flatmates, the facility has been awful. First of all our hob/oven broke on week 2 which meant we couldn't cook properly - despite literally telling staff everyday it took till early January (4 months) to resolve this!! Some staff can been nice, but I have been spoken to extremely rudely by other members of staff. Also on multiple occasions my parcel was literally been signed for however apparently "MISSING" which has happened to me and all my friends on many occasions. Also apparently the reason for our broken hob was related to the toaster which they took after a month of us living here and promised us and my parents a replacement which we never received. The washing machine in run through an app and when me and my friends have used this on several occasions it has taken the money and then the actual machine doesn't respond, to which staff did not help.

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