We’re pleased to share the results of our recent photoshoot at The Penworks; and we’re really chuffed with the shots as they really do capture the quality of our latest development of student accommodation in Birmingham.
The Penworks opens later this year, in time for the 2013/14 academic year and will offer 282 ensuite rooms across a mixture of shared apartments and individual studio rooms.
Rooms are available to book online now, and prices and availability are available on our main website.
Work has begun on our latest student rooms development in Birmingham, The Penworks.
Open in time for the start of the 2013/14 academic year, The Penworks will offer 282 en-suite bedrooms ranging from individual studio rooms to shared clusters of 4 to 6 bedroom apartments.
All rooms at The Penworks student housing have en-suite bathrooms, and will be available as individual studios or in clusters of 4 to 6 bedroom flats.
The Penworks is located close to our existing Studios 51 accommodation, extremely close to Aston University and ideal for many of the other higher education facilities in the Birmingham area.
More details will be available on our website and on this blog through the following months.
So the final week of our #51reasons started less with a bang and more with a very tenuous reason (we were struggling at the end!) but what we believe to be a nice little quirk to our service…
We sign for all your parcels and keep them in the office for you – how’s that for customer service? And a lot of our tenants like the fact that with us you get a real key rather than a plastic swipe card – it feels more like a proper home to them so it made it in to the list at reason number 49. And to add to our slightly obscure reasons to live at Studios 51, reason number 48 tells you that you can live in an old pen factory. The building is actually over a hundred years old and used to make pens with many of the period features of the building still evident.
Back to the more concrete reasons to live here, we do believe we provide a good service and we often have many people who re-book with us – if you do this there are offers and discounts to help out. As a company we also aim to listen to the concerns of our tenants and their families and care for our tenants.
While we did have some odd reasons in the last week we saved two of the best for last as well. Studios 51 is a quiet halls of residence ideal for Postgraduates and later year students looking to get their heads down and study and is provided with absolutely no hidden costs.
If you’ve been following the campaign, thank you! Maybe if you’d like to add some of your own reasons you could post them on Facebook, here on the blog or tweet them to us. Don’t forget you can still book for 2012/13 academic year. Call us on 0121 333 5792, visit us in the office or send us a message.
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Firstly, my apologies as I missed reason 28 off the last post!
All of our kitchens here come stylishly fitted with hob, combi microwave/oven and fridge freezer. And you can enjoy the kitchen in a studio with high ceilings and big windows; very unusual for student accommodation where space is often at a premium; because of this our studios feel very spacious. We also have a private launderette with plenty of machines for our students and bike storage which many people take advantage of!
Reasons 30 and 31 go into more about our ideal location. Birmingham Snow Hill railway station is close by for all local rail links and more importantly for BCU students we are ideally placed for anybody studying at the North or City Centre campuses. We are a short bus ride up the A41 from Perry Barr and BCU’s North campus. It’s pretty much a straight road up to the campus and a short walk in the other direction through the Aston campus will bring you to Millennium Point and the City Centre campus. More info on our location available on our website.
We also have an on-site management team here during office hours to cater to your needs in addition to our on-call service mentioned in reason 10. We also have secure access, electronic entry to the building as well as 24 hour CCTV on the premises.
Finally one of our big advantages is our booking system. It doesn’t involve any paper! Agree your contract and pay online!
Bye for now….
James Ogden
Residence Manager – Studios 51
We continued telling you about our #51reasons to live at Studios 51 this week. The week started with reason 22: our lovingly tended courtyard; which was actually full of rubbish and broken furniture for a few days after all of our students moved out! It’s back to normal now though and is a lovely space totally enclosed by the building where you can relax outside in the wonderful British summer. It was followed by reason 23 – our full size double beds which will you will find in every studio, in fact in studios which are suitable for dual occupancy you will find two full size doubles! There are also elegant wood effect floors throughout every studio.
We also told you about we are very well located for a number of institutions in the area. University College Birmingham and the College of Law are just a short walk away from Studios 51. Birmingham Ormiston Academy and Birmingham Metropolitan College are close to Millennium Point; just a 10 minute walk through the Aston campus. And Birmingham College is a 20 minute walk or easy bus ride from Studios 51.
Finally you can choose your studio size to suit your budget and preference. If you want lots of space you can choose to pay more for our extra large studios or if you are on a smaller budget try our Early Bird or Small studios – book early with these though to avoid disappointment!
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