Griffith University Village, Gold Coast (4215)

The village is a great first place to live by yourself after moving away from your family. it’s like a family here with how close everyone is and all the free breakfasts and dinners they offer. coming here is a great way to make new friends and meet people from all over the world. the location is also very convenient for walking to uni and the tram station. i definitely recommend moving here if you’re new to the area and want to make a bunch of friends!!

Horribly low standards of hygiene. The bathrooms and shared living areas are disgusting and uncleaned. They have ant and roach infestations. The construction noise is unbearable. They have disgusting waste management. Birds tear apart rubbish. Mold in rooms is common.

DO NOT STAY HERE — Unsafe, unsanitary, and the staff gaslight you This has been the worst housing experience of my life. I was placed in a room with soaked floors from a leak, no AC, and a disgusting, unbearable smell. I couldn’t open the windows, asked staff for help, and was completely ignored. I later found out they lied to my face — promising action they never took. Meanwhile, I was getting sick from the air: nausea, dizziness, constant headaches — classic signs of mold exposure. I had to throw away moldy items, clean everything I owned, and even deal with insects in my food (yes, my rice was full of bugs — likely mold mites or weevils from the humidity). Some of my belongings were soaked with toilet water. I spent my own money on cleaning supplies and replacements — no apology, no compensation. After finally being moved, staff came to my door unannounced telling me someone else was moving in. The next day, a manager berated me in person — called me a “RED FLAG,” waved her finger in my face, and tried to claim the old room was fine and I should’ve moved back there, when it was COMPLETELY UNLIVEABLE. When I asked if she’d been in the room herself, she lied and said yes. This place is disorganized, dangerous, and deeply unprofessional. They neglect maintenance, endanger students’ health, and then blame you for surviving it. If you're reading this as a future resident: stay away. You deserve to feel safe, respected, and heard. Here, I was treated like a nuisance for asking not to be poisoned. If any staff is reading this, you should be ashamed of yourselves for the way you treat people. As an international student, I would say this place and the treatment I received is the worst thing I encountered in Australia, and you really should think about how badly you are reflecting on your country.

This is our five people apartment looks like, but I'm not sure if all the apartment are the same. I wouldn't say it's really good, buy for me it's still ok. The only thing that I couldn't accept is that there is no air-conditioned apartment. For the toilets, it has two in my apartment. One is combined with the shower, the other is separation. In your own room you'll get the basic stuff like chair, table, bed without the quilt or pillow, closet, a medium size bucket. For the location which it takes about 10-15 mins walk to the Tram station.

The place is so dirty when I first moved in and noise pollution every morning from the construction site next to it. No oven, broken microwave. Insects and spiders are living with you and my roommates turned the kitchen into an insect and bacteria incubator. Recommend to search for smith collective nearby