Student digs are not what they used to be!!! I visited my cousin in Liverpool and they had a really massive cool house. Plus she had been in "halls" with all mod cons (en-suite, large wardrobes etc).
In my first place in Leics uni (10 years ago sigh) I had a window that was always open 2inchs. It was snowing and I couldn't shut the fucker. Luckily I could see the bar from my window and was generally so bladdered I didn't get cold....