RMIT Village — Hotel in Melbourne

Because our 19 year old daughter went to Melbourne, Australia, in July 2015 for a six month study we wanted to find her a proper place to stay so that she would be able to enjoy staying in Australia and complete the study. So, although the room was rather expensive we booked a room for her at the RMIT Village. When she arrived however the room was very small and the environment extremely noisy. Also after several complaints the management refused to take appropriate action and only required her to pay the full rent till the end of December. Even with high-quality earplugs the noise was so unbearable that she left the room after 5 weeks. When we as parents tried to speak to the manager he bluntly refuses to speak with anyone else but our daughter. Also, he behaves very rudely in front of her (shouting, etc.).

Summarizing: do not rent an apartment at RMIT Village. The quality is lousy, the management does not act responsibly and it is...

Everything starts out great but the longer you live there you start to realise how much the management, especially the security restrict your independence. The events are fun during O-week but can also be poorly organised and after O-week they just lose appeal as they become more childlike. Although I met fantastic people here I would not attribute any of that to the management or events, I stayed 6 months And I am incredibly glad I did not spend the whole year especially when considering the overpriced rent. The security is by far the worst aspect as they head guard is on some kind of power trip and enjoys making life hard for most of the residents. The rules also make is quite difficult to have friends who are outside the village stay over or even hang around and have a drink. Overall even thought I valued my time here I feel the managements concern for the residents was mostly a facade to keep you in a overpriced...

Lived here when I studied abroad (March 2020). And I would caution anyone against staying here. The biggest issue was with the management. They day and night staff are both extremely cold and unhelpful. One example of this was a mouse in my room, and when I told the “night manager” I was told to deal with it and wait until morning. When I requested to change my room, after the mice problem did not resolve with treatment, I still had to pay a room change fee. One other example is when I was forced to return home because of a global pandemic and they only refunded me less than 25% even though I had only stayed there 20% of the expected time. They then billed me for cleaning issues and held on to every penny they could (unnecessarily). I could list many more issues as there were many other moments where the staff was incredibly mismanaged. For the price, you do not get many amenities, and there are many other...