The struggles of living in the Park Village flatlets

Everyone at Sussex is aware that living in Park Village is not considered a luxury. But if you thought the normal Park Village was bad, then you clearly have not had the privilege of seeing the Park Village flatlets.

In these flatlets, you share a kitchen and toilet with one other person and though this may not sound so bad, here is everything wrong with this accommodation.

The tiny kitchen

This kitchen is so tiny, two people can barely fit in there, let alone three. Just big enough to fit a 5ft individual … it could be a steam room. You don’t need an all inclusive holiday when you have Bahamas temperatures by the microwave.

It is recommended two decide to share a meal as this will stop the kitchen from getting too crowded. Yes, in here two's a crowd. If you get stuck in this accommodation, make sure you have little cutlery as the chances of everything fitting is very low. We suggest investing in a spork.

You may think that if the kitchen is too small why not just open the door to the people in the corridor? Well, that is not an option because if the door of the kitchen is open for too long the alarm goes off.

Disadvantages of being tall will clearly be visible when entering this kitchen

The fire alarm

If you thought the fire alarms in other accommodation are bad, you clearly have not been to the Park Village flatlets, where the smallest amount of steam can cause the fire alarm for the entire block to go off.

The room

The rooms have an extended version of the kitchen in them in the form of our mini fridges. Whilst yes they are handy, they sound like an alien ship has landed in your room at 1am in the morning thanks to their constant noises.

Even if nipping to the loo in the middle of the night, always make sure you leave your key in the lock outside. The door automatically locks when shut – you can't even begin to imagine how many people just sleep up against their door instead of venturing out to York House security.

Fuse

Many people complained about how good ol' East Slope's appliances barely worked – well this is the same case for this accommodation as well. There are fuse trips every five minutes. With the boiler room being located in the corridor, one person cooks whilst the other one holds the switch. The place is probably gonna blow up for all we know!

The bathroom

The bathroom is luckily bigger than the kitchen, but honestly a bubble bath doesn’t sound so nice when it’s about 100 years old.

However, despite all this it can be quite okay as it is said that who you live with can make or break your time at uni. So as long as your flat mate is great, you are bound to pass through the year without even realising it!

Just make sure you spend most of your time exploring Brighton instead.