While many guests enjoy the modern facilities and campus setting, significant concerns include overheating rooms with poor ventilation, student party noise until early hours, and occasional mould issues. The accommodation works well for short stays but comfort can be compromised.
🚩 Red Flags
“Very expensive for a tiny room with cracks on the wall, mould in the bathroom and no air-conditioning”
“old and dirty, bed sheets had blood on it, pieces of the walls fall off, horrible shower cabin with mold”
“Very noisy at night with party noise till 5am”
“Students very loud to early hours of the morning”
“The noise, DCU caters for youth/sports groups, the quadrangle arrangements of the buildings makes it worse”
“When we went to leave in the morning our car was clamped. Had to pay €80 to have clamp removed”
“The next morning (8AM) we found a clamp and a fine of 80€. They took hours to release the car”
“Room was too hot all night, no AC and window did not open sufficiently to let cool air in”
“It was too hot in the rooms, it was impossible to sleep and we had a constant feeling of choking”
“It was 40 degrees in the room and impossible to lower the radiator”
“I came at 3:30pm and told my room wasn't ready and was told they couldn't give a time as an estimate. Made to wait until 5:30pm”
“Waited in the check in queue for over an hour only to be told room was not ready. Ended up checking in at midnight after the concert”