Student Village, The University of Melbourne Campus 108-128 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053

"Update: The management offered me a new room without the noises. That's very good. LOVE it! Construction noise beside the building is unbearable. I wouldn't pick this if I had known there would be construction site just next to my room."

"I would not have signed a lease if I had known that there'd be a construction site right next door during the entirety of my stay. It is absurd that you are expected to pay 300-400+pw just to be woken up everyday at 7 am, without fail. The disturbance from the construction site renders the room practically unusable for studying (or simply just living in) - except for a short period of time after 6 pm. Dont waste your money here and look for other options, I guarantee there are significantly better student accomodations that aren't terrible, like this one."

"Do not stay at this accommodation. For the past 9 months there has been extremely loud construction work which wakes everyone up at 8am, sometimes even earlier. They also spring a room inspection on you during exam period and claim if it is not up to their arbitrary standards they will fine up to $200. They will try and get money out of you at every possible opportunity - they are one of the only student accommodations to pay a fee if your rent is late just by one day. The security are also occasionally ridiculous about over night guests. They have a rule about guests having to be signed in before staying overnight, which is understandable, however if you forget they can be so rude and unreasonable despite the fact that you pay a ridiculous amount to live there. I once forgot to sign in my 18 year old cousin, when it was her first time travelling alone and they kicked her out at 2am despite me explaining that it would mean she would have no where to stay and being able to prove she was my cousin. Overall I unfortunately have to say my experience at this accommodation was not a good one."

"Unlike other accommodation like Unilodge, student village actually mandates room checkups and forces you to pay cleaning fees if your room is not clean to their standards. (Even if you pay for the end of contract cleaning, they still want to find reasons to get cleaning fees from you throughout the contract) Kinda annoying how these room checks infringe on student privacy and autonomy. Totally cool with rules that affect SVM image and brand, but these room checks are so intrusive and controlling. We had 2 men who did check ups, and it’s really uncomfortable having 2 guys inspecting a girl’s room. The cleaning standards are also very unreasonable for busy students like myself. I will clean my room so it doesn’t stink, have garbage on the floor, etc. But SVM check up guys literally pointed to two strands of hair on the ground, expected me to scrub the floor /tiles completely white or threatened me with a cleaning fee."

"Worst student accommodation in Melbourne, there is a construction site next to it that wakes you up every day. The administration doesn’t do anything about it even when every resident has complained. Also, the student vibes are really bad, almost no night life or social events. The projector to watch movies doesn’t work well, they don’t fix it and even if they did they don’t know how to turn off the lights of the room. Also the WIFI is awful and the place smells awful. In conclusion, don’t come to student village, it’s expensive and not worth it, go to an escape or a unilodge."