FAQs

Absolutely! Let us know your preferred floor, which direction your window faces or if you’d just like to live with other first year students. If available, we’ll cater for this, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Yes, we have six-room clusters available. If friends want to share the same flat, then just let us know how many. Message us on our ‘contact us’ page.

It’s easy and can all be completed online! Just complete our Book Now form to start the process and a member of our team will be in touch.

If you want to pay in instalments, then you will need a guarantor. This is usually a parent or guardian but doesn’t have to be; they just need to be a UK resident over 18 years old who passes our credit check. If you do not have someone to act as guarantor, then please do still get in touch as there are other options.

Yes, there is a £150 deposit to be paid at the time of booking, secured by the Deposit Protection Scheme. This deposit will be returned to you at the end of your stay, provided you don’t have any outstanding rent and you leave The Cube clean, tidy and with no damage.

We mainly have students from The University of Bolton and Bolton College, but the University of Salford, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University are about 30 minutes by train.

Yes, very good. It’s 250 MBPS included in the price of your room.

Yes. Heating, electric, water and broadband are all included in the price.

No, all of the rooms at The Cube have their own private ensuite.

No, food is not provided. There are excellent kitchen facilities for you to cook for yourself, including private kitchenettes in some rooms, or there are plenty of places to eat out or get takeaway, all within a short walk.

Yes, there is a laundry room with washing machines and dryers.

Your whole flat will have been thoroughly cleaned before your arrival at The Cube, but throughout your stay it is your responsibility to clean, tidy and take your rubbish down to the communal bins.

As standard we do not provide bedding and kitchen items. However, we do have them available to buy so let us know if this is of interest to you.

Yes, there’s a well-equipped on-site gym on site, free for residents to use.

That’s a question we get asked a lot and it needs a careful answer. There can be risk in any city, but we put an emphasis on student safety. There is individual key card access, monitored CCTV and 24hr security / concierge at Reception. In the unlikely event it would ever be needed, Bolton Police Station is about half a mile away.

Yes, The Cube is right in Bolton town centre, with plenty of shops, pubs and restaurants close by

Walk out of our front door. That’s Bolton town centre you’re standing in.

Bolton Station, the town’s mainline stop, is just round the corner. Five-minute walk.

Yes, let us know as soon as possible if you’d like to extend your stay so that we don’t book the room out to somebody else.

It’s easy:

Pack up EVERYTHING and give your room and kitchen a thorough clean

Donate any unopened food or unwanted clothing to Reception and we’ll pass onto a charity

Hand your keys into Reception and sign the end of tenancy form

Hopefully you will have left The Cube clean, tidy and with no damage. We’ll conduct a check out inspection to make sure and see if any deductions need to be made. Then we contact the Deposit Protection Scheme, notifying them of any deductions, and they’ll contact you for your deposit return.