Lambert & Fairfield House - iQ Student Accommodation Manchester

My move into iq was smooth and had no problems, would highly recommend any going to uni in Manchester to consider this as there accommodation.

Location, location location - this is all you’re paying for. I think this might be possibly one of the worst student accommodation on the market for the money you are paying. From early waking with construction mid contact to smelly flat mate rooms and nothing being done, I would urge students look elsewhere when looking for student accommodation in the city. A real shame that on arrival to the flat, there was no IQ provided basics, ie toaster, kettle and working radiators in the kitchen and bedroom - all either being bought by the people in the flat or not having them.Another major issue which the whole property would have encountered would have been the constant water loss, be this work being done on the water tanks or water just suddenly turning off and only having cold water.Within the first week, the noise from the upstairs flats became almost unbearable and caused issues sleeping, pushing us to call for the on-site security who did more or less nothing, only advise us to call again if it happened again - which it continued to happen for another 1-2 months with no action being taken by onsite staff. With every flat not having any carpeted areas, the noise just echoed through the property and was not pleasant at all.We had numerous issues with other flat mates, non of which were solved by staff - even after numerous reports and also a concern about welfare in the flat. The worst of all being a room in the flat which had a strong and pungent odour to it, even after being mentioned to staff 3 to 4 times. With flat mates not keeping the kitchen tidy or take the bins out on a fair rota, maggots appear and this just made the kitchen un-liveable and disgusting - not somewhere you’d want to spend your time eating food - not as if you’d be able to sit there with the kitchen being so small.Overall, with the unaccommodating and unhelpful staff, unpleasant and uncooperative flat mates I wouldn’t rate this even a 1 star, going even lower might be the right rating.We have booked with Allied Students City Edge for the new academic year and are very much looking forward to being here, hopefully extending into the 3rd year. I would strongly urge students to look elsewhere, with a more reasonable price and helpful staff team.

I woke up at 8:38 a.m. by amazing noise beside the window as usual days in the past month. Every day during the exam period, an alarm was provided by the essential window work. And today, when I am back home the previous window was replaced by a new window and left a mess in my room.I understand that replacing new windows is essential and useful, but our contract will end at the beginning of July, there are 2 months for the window work and no one would be affected by the noise. And you choose to trouble people several days before they move out.

It has very good facility in room and kitchen. Also I like common using area.All the staffs are kind and always help us.

a spacious, well-equipped student residence with very friendly workers. The residence is very well located

Worst student accom i’ve lived in, by far. Repeated invasions of privacy by staff/contractors and major building work during the lease (with little or no notice given, which is illegal), mice, broken windows, etc. A barely existent, artificial sense of community.£200 p/w yet no kettle/toaster/air conditioning provided (and it gets really warm inside).Literal crackheads right outside the door, and even inside the building on occasion.Avoid at all costs.

I enjoyed my stay here. My 3 favourite things about the place are:1. The location:It's so close to the Piccadilly train station that it was safe for me to walk home when I came back by train even at night. Also easy to access the tram from there.2. The staff:The staff at IQ are really kind and helpful - including Natalie and Lowina... and Andre is so lovely! He remembered my name from the first time I met him and always smiled warmly to greet students. The staff really cheered me up and made me feel at home. They always helped me when I had any problem.3. The gym:The gym is well equipped - it has 2 treadmills, free weights and some weight training machines. It was very convenient to have a gym downstairs as I was able to destress and stay in shape whilst studying.

I don’t think you can get worse experience anywhere else.There’s 11 days until I move out and they just have to change the windows now? without any advance notice?? Luckily I’m home today so I can at least tidy up my bed, but there’s still a lot of dust on my bed and everywhere after they took off the window. And leaving my room without a window for several hours? This is ridiculous and unacceptable. Not to mention the dirty kitchen and hallway, smell so bad that I thought someone died in their room. I’ll never come back and never recommend to anyone this horrible place.update: They broke into my room again while I wasn’t home three days after they changed the window to do some leftover works. They didn’t even redo my bedsheets and also left so much dust and crumbs on my bed. Imagine I came back to a dirty and messy room? How could they not finish the work at once and have to mess up my room twice?update 2: Two cleaners(?) unlocked and opened my door without knocking while I was still lying on my bed. When they saw me they just said “oh so this room is not empty” and they left without any apologies. I just don’t understand how could this place fvcked up with everything.

people at the reception are so friendly. The accommodation is well.also there is a gym;)

It’s my first year here in manchester and this is the worst place to stay for students.. especially for international students, if you have a full academic year in Manchester don't book with IQ LAMBERT & FAIRFIELD. Construction all around your building will start from mid month of may till june or july (from morning 9 am till 5pm) window cleaning team can enter your room whenever they want and detach windows and blinds. And when asked to IQ for an alternative room they would say they don’t have any available rooms to me and everyone else( my friends living in same accommodation) it was a mistake to book with iQ lambert & Fairfield.