Swinnerton House

Dec 3rd, 2022

Jul 29th, 2019

I lived at Swinnerton in 2018. It is an appalling place to stay and is absolutely not one of the best student accommodation complexes in Melbourne. There was and to my understanding still is an issue with mice and rats that the landlord doesn't seem to care about too much. During my stay the cooking area and cupboards were filthy, there was no effective heating system in the communal areas which made them cold and rather uninviting during winter months. When I was there, there was no wifi network run by the company, but rather students had to fork out money from their own pockets for wifi. When I and a couple of others tried to get a network set up, we were told that all the ports in the area were taken, so a network was unable to be set up. As a consequence I had no wifi that entire year, and most months I went over the data limit on my phone plan. The website claims that the property is wheelchair accessible; this is not true, there is not one single ramp or elevator in the building. The only reason I stayed on is because of the people there, I have made a couple of wonderful friends which I am grateful for. I do not recommend anyone stay here, it is not good value for money despite the location. I am also disappointed that my original review was taken down...clearly the management know that I what I said was true but cannot be bothered to fix up the obvious issues.
Jul 25th, 2019