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Refurbishment and planned maintenance in halls

See what works are planned and in progress at your hall

This page provides information about refurbishment and maintenance works in halls. Before you apply for a place, read and consider this information carefully, as it might affect your preferred hall.

To keep our buildings in good shape, we sometimes have to carry out maintenance and refurbishment works during term-time.

Projects and schedules sometimes change at short notice, but we're aiming to keep the information on this page as accurate as possible. Use this information as an indication of planned work rather than as a detailed plan. 

This page was last updated: 27 February 2024

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Bankside House planned works
Butler's Wharf Residence planned works
Carr-Saunders Hall planned works
High Holborn Residence planned works
Lilian Knowles House planned works
Passfield Hall planned works
Rosebery Hall planned works
Sidney Webb House planned works
urbanest Westminster Bridge planned works

Bankside House planned works

Currently no scheduled works. 

Butler's Wharf Residence planned works

Currently no scheduled works. 

Carr-Saunders Hall planned works

Currently no scheduled works. 

High Holborn Residence planned works

From January 2024, work will be undertaken on the reception area in High Holborn. This is essential work to allow for a more modern reception facility.

Additionally, starting February 2024, work will be undertaken to replace a generator within High Holborn Residence. These are essential works to increase the resilience of services in the hall. This work will involve a temporary installation of a platform outside one area of the building. For a brief period of around 1 hour on a set date which will be communicated to residents, there will be a planned brief outage to the power. 

Noisy works will be kept to a minimum; However, these are unavoidable on selected dates. All residents impacted by these works will be given full and advance notice. Most works are expected to be completed by Saturday 30 March 2024 and the full programme is due to complete by Tuesday 16 April 2024. 

Lilian Knowles House planned works

From late June 2024 until early September 2024, work will be undertaken to refurbish block B at Lilian Knowles House. The Lilian Knowles House team will work to minimise the impact on residents in other blocks, however, some disruption is expected due to the nature of the project. Construction workers will be visible in the hall during this time. This page will be updated with more details about these works in due course.

Passfield Hall planned works

Currently no scheduled works.

Rosebery Hall planned works

Currently no scheduled works.

Sidney Webb House planned works

Between October 2023 and March 2024, Unite will undertake essential maintenance refurbishment to the lifts in two blocks. 

Block C – the lift will be out of service from Monday 23 October 2023 until mid February 2024. While the lift is replaced, works will take place between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday by contractors in the communal areas only. There will be no work taking place 25 December 2023 to 1 January 2024, and during the Winter term exam period, 8 January to 12 January 2024. For real-time updates please refer to the noticeboard in reception and please speak to the Unite team on site if you need any assistance.

Block F – the lift will be out of service from Monday 20 November 2023 until mid March 2024. While the lift is replaced, works will take place between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday by contractors in the communal areas only. There will be no work taking place 25 December 2023 to 1 January 2024, and during the Winter term exam period, 8 January to 12 January 2024. For real-time updates please refer to the noticeboard in reception and please speak to the Unite team on site if you need any assistance.

urbanest Westminster Bridge planned works

Currently no scheduled works.