I lived in UniLodge D2 for 6 months, and my girlfriend has lived there for nearly three years. Over that period of time, it has degraded to such a degree that she cannot wait to get out of there.
Homeless people regularly crash on the couches downstairs. Most recently, security footage has found a community of homeless people gathering on the ground floor, raiding the vending machines, between 4am and 6am, with some hanging around throughout the morning. This happens on a regular basis.
Residents are not screened, or rooms checked up on. People smoke in their rooms or the stairwells, making entire floors smell of cigarettes and setting off the fire alarm at all hours of the night - most recently at 12.30am last night. People dump their trash in the stairwells (and not just a few), leaving it to rot and stink up entire hallways. Fights take place in the alley directly next to the building, and the pub just next door plays deep, loud music until 2-3am every weekend night.
To top it all off, rent is expensive and rooms are cheap. Furnishings within the rooms are average at best, the smallest damages are charged towards your account and if you want to leave because you don't want to live in a ghetto such as D2 anymore, you pay huge cancellation fees, including continuing to pay rent until the room is filled by another unfortunate tenant. read more