The Summit, Leicester

I am an international UoL postgraduate and I've been living in the Summit since September 2020. While the staff are friendly and it is nice to have such large windows, most of my experiences have been bad or gross and NOT WORTH THE MONEY. I booked to Gold Studio and the only part that looked like the pictures was the shape of the room. A broken table was laying in the middle of the floor, the toilet seat was completely unattached and laying on the bathroom floor, there were sick stains on the mattress, the sink was clogged, I did not have any seating which was promised in my contract, the TV didn't work until November, and mold and dust was everywhere. Clearly, no one checked the room at all before I moved in, though the front desk and maintenance staff have always been quick to respond if I need help. The elevators always smell horrible, hallway lights haven't been fixed in weeks, and the laundry services tend to leave black smudges on your laundry. Once, I walked into the building and found a homeless man sleeping under the stairs and had to report it to the front desk who had to have the police remove him. Despite supposedly having security 24/7, no one has managed students partying/having loads of people over during the lockdown which puts all residents at risk of exposure. Unsafe and unclean. I wouldn't live here if I had the chance to do it again.

DO NOT LIVE HERE There has been constant building work going on in order to remove flammable cladding. This foreseeable disturbance was not disclosed to me as I was booking my room. The sound of drilling has been very disturbing to both my sleep and my studies. Also, on the day I was moving in, I was met with very unhelpful staff who couldn't care less if there wasn't a place to park and unload my car. The invasive nature of these building works includes men on platforms whirring past your room, looking through your windows. The summit has offered a measly one weeks rent as compensation to us (£159) which does not cover the issues caused by their deviance in not disclosing these building works.