[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Self-catering: 40% [BULL] Cost: ú27(46wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] All 1st years are housed, but many of them live in [ULNE]Cardiff, University of Wales[EULNE] accommodation - single study bedrooms in modern purpose built halls with 8 people to a kitchen and single sex corridors. After the 1st year, about 25% of students get places, often in College-owned flats and houses. The Medical School accommodation, Neuadd Meirionnydd, is a 70s tower block, overlooking the Med Club bar.[PARA][BOLD]Car parking: [EBOLD][ITAL]Inadequate [EITAL]free permit parking space.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Renting: 60% [BULL] Ave rent: ú35[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability: [EBOLD]It's quite difficult to find appropriate housing although the search is least hopeless on the north side of town (eg the Cathays ghetto and Roath) in shared houses and flats. [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL] recommends avoiding Ely and [EITAL]nearby [ITAL]Riverside (none too safe and none too near). Splott looks brilliant as an address, but, again, it's a hell of a hike.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] The Accommodation Office provides lists of landlords and houses.[PARA][PARA]
