After not being accepted into my first place accommodation, I was somewhat apprehensive to be living in Lancaster house for my first year at the University of Sussex. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of my accommodation. My room was spacious (with plenty of storage), the shared toilets and showers were of a good quality and the kitchen was more modern than I had anticipated. On the social side of things, I quickly made friends in my halls and having East Slope Bar a mere stumble away from my bed was always convenient. The accommodation has a fairly central location on campus with the doctors surgery next door, the coop a minutes walk away and most lecture theatres being not much further than that. If I were to have one complaint about Lancaster house, it would be the security -petty kitchen theft was common place toward the end of the year (I wasn't too fond of the basket ball court being outside my window either, but I quickly got used to it). Ultimately, my experience living here has been positive. Compared to the other park houses, in my opinion, I felt that Lancaster house was the best and was great value for money. read more