Scape Shoreditch Reviews Summary

Accommodation Quality

Pros:

• "Scape Shoreditch is a really nice accommodation for students. Safe, secure, modern building."
• "Rooms are decent in size with resourceful storage areas."
• "The building itself is pretty decent: there is a gym with free weights, cable machine and some cardio machines free to use, there are 2 roof tops which provide a nice view over some parts Shoreditch and where people can also hold a BBQ, there is a cinema room free to use and a study area decent in size."
• "Rooms are very convenient and well-organised for studying and chilling, aight."
• "The studios are well furnished and equipped with everything you need."
• "The rooms are nice and the communal area is cool and beautifully decorated."
• "It has well built and comfortable rooms."

Cons:

• "Secondly, the materials used to build the room were quite cheap as wooden pieces fell out from the bookshelf."
• "The rooms are very small in my opinion, I stayed in a window seat studio."
• "Maintenance is extremely bad: my heating has not been working for almost a week and despite sending emergency notices on the app no one has come."
• "The heater doesn’t work and it’s fukking cold in the room."
• "Most of rooms are facing another room with occupants. And thus you have to have your blinds down if you care about privacy."
• "However I had mice in my room and it took at least 3 weeks to solve the problem."
• "Living in this studio has been nothing short of a nightmare for anyone seeking a peaceful and private living environment."

Location & Facilities

Pros:

• "This place is well worth the price for the supreme location and great facilities."
• "Great location with the underground 2 minutes away, and supermarkets and eateries around the neighbourhood."
• "Best part is that the accommodation is located just off the main road, provide a shield against noise from traffics."
• "The location is perfect! It is near Old Street station and there is a UCL library within 4 minutes walk!"
• "This accommodation is a 2 minutes walk to Old Street Station which is very convenient."
• "The location is incredible, with loads of bus stops nearby and an underground station three minutes away."
• "Amazing location (Shoreditch) and studios!"

Cons:

• "Only issue is maybe construction noise... was not forewarned before paying 1 year fees in full."
• "This accommodation is extremely noisy, I wasn’t able to sleep for the whole year, there are construction just next the buildings."
• "The noise levels are really high if ur on the 1st floor."
• "It can get noisy sometimes."
• "On the negative side, I think there's a disparity between the quality (cleanliness) of the rooms and the equipment provided."
• "Even though the accoms do put in action in notifying us regarding the quiet hours but it was useless."
• "Got fined 25 pounds for putting a small bag outside my room."

Staff & Management

Pros:

• "I really do enjoy staying here. It’s quiet for the most part, secure, and all the staff are super helpful!!!"
• "All of the reception staff are very friendly and helpful. The maintenance staff is great and prompt too."
• "The staff is very professional and efficient."
• "The staffs are super friendly and they helped me a lot."
• "Great staff and a great location."
• "The staff are friendly and very helpful."
• "The staff are very helpful and friendly."

Cons:

• "For such a beautiful accommodation, the reception department is pretty bad."
• "Even if overall the staff is nice and helpful, some of them are rude and made me anxious about having to go to the reception."
• "The staff is very rude and won’t try to help you."
• "If you want to meet the worst receptionist, visit Scape! SHE is very rude to (especially Asian) people."
• "One of the receptionists is extremely rude and seems to target more at Asian students."
• "Other staffs are lazy, never responding emails of complains."
• "The staff enter your room without any permission."

Security & Safety

Pros:

• "I feel very safe living here in times like Covid."
• "A very proactive and efficient maintenance team who will sort out any issues immediately."

Cons:

• "There is now issues with Bikes being stolen out of the locked, CCTV covered Bike Store."
• "Security at night is also bad: I have been followed by people inside the building without anyone intervening."

Social Experience

Pros:

• "The parties that scape sometimes throws in the common room and rooftop are amazing!"
• "Living at scape has been the best year of my life... including the staff who are so kind and fun."
• "I made so many friends within the first week. Friends for life, including the staff who are so kind and fun."
• "The scape team organises a lot of events and provide a lot of deals of many clubs and events."
• "A lot of social activities, amazing networking."
• "Amazing place to stay and very social, I would highly recommend this place."
• "Have a lot of activities happening throughout the year!"

Cons:

• "Do not stay in this place if you don't smoke weed or you want to get some sleep."
• "Overall, if you want to be treated like a proper human being, don't choose this place."
• "STAY AWAY if you don't wanna be yelled at first thing when you enter the building."
• "Don’t get fooled by the good comments !!! They give free food in exchange of good google comments."
• "Don't be fooled by the good reviews as every few months they give free chocolate boxes to tenants that leave reviews."
• "Do not spend your money here. In this place, I was even bully by the staff which stole my water, and started laughing when I asked about it."
• "Early in the year we had several issues as staff members were entering our rooms (with or without our consent) to do 'room checks'."