iQ The Pad, Egham

My experience so far at the pad has been great. Reading the other reviews I'm not sure where all of these issues are coming from as my experience has been smooth from the beginning. I have had the occasional cold shower or minor issue in my room but they are usually quick to help out. Having spoken to my friends living on campus and being woken up at 5am every morning to fire alarms or their radiators not working, it has definitely paid off choosing here. There have been some recent staffing changes but the new team is so friendly and they always remember your name. If any inspections are needed they will email you in advance and encourage you to talk to them if there are any issues. I would definitely recommend a studio at the pad if you're not keen on sharing with 8-15 people on campus!

I've been living in the Pad for two years now and booked for my third and I am pretty satisfied. The staff members are really lovely people and always ready to answer questions and help with issues as soon as possible. The area is super clean and secure with cameras. There's fun events to partake in, sometimes freebies to enjoy, the common living area is perfect for small hangouts between friends or fellow neighbours and the study room works just well for when you're tired of studying in your room. I also appreciate how close the accommodation is to the RHUL campus. I live in an En-suite self catered studio and it's really comfortable for one person (yes even if you have a lot of stuffs there's storage space). Overall my main complain is the window (the only reason am not giving the full five stars), as it is a safety one it doesn't open as wide as I'd want it to which can be really annoying during summer heats, it gets really hot the higher your room is in (am on the second floor), am satisfied with the rest.

Whilst we haven’t actually moved in yet I wanted to say that if the experience of actually living at the Pad is half as good as the amazing admin team in Egham, I am sure my son’s year will be his best year yet. Nothing has been too much trouble for Sharon, Lucy and the team there and it has made me hugely confident that my son will be very happy living there.

Really really nice place to stay if you’re going to RHUL. It is right next door and the place looks great after they’ve refurbed it The team are so lovely. big shout out to Yara and Min for always being there to help me and for accommodating all my requests. I was very worried at the start of the year especially when they announced they will have construction going on during exams but it was done very well. Yara was always there and explained the process to me multiple times and she put my mind at ease about my belongings and what the place looks like now was very worth it. Min was also there to help with anything that went wrong in my room and it’s always been fixed before I could think about it. There’s also a few new people I haven’t had the chance to get to know yet but I’m sure they would be just as amazing Only problems were with hot water sometimes and the security people weren’t always very helpful and there were proboems with wifi sometimes but it still is a lovely place to stay I’m very sad that I won’t be here again as i’d have loved to enjoy the new spaces!