East & Central Brownstones Reviews

This was prob cause of covid but I randomly got assigned at the Sargent College House with one roommate to a triple. The room was hella spacious and tons of light and windows, windows a bit old and broken sometimes but other than that noice. The area in general is really quiet and nice it sucks that the Sargent college house is like a 7ish min walk from the Marciano dining hall but the building in general is really nice. Lived on the 3rd floor so kinda annoying with stairs bc no elevator and washer/dryers are in the basement. You also have to take out the trash in the back of the building so that gets a little annoying to go all the way outside everytime. Bathrooms were cleaned daily and our floors shower broke for a week or two but it got ...See more

I lived in specialty housing (though I didn’t apply because I was placed there).

The building I was in was decent—no A/C, elevator or kitchen, messy bathrooms due to sharing them with basically all of the floors, iffy washer/dryer so always chose to walk to Towers, no communal basement like in other Brownstones.

However, we did have hardwood floors (plus to me), a living room space, and it was generally quiet (minus the hustle and bustle of Storrow Dr.) The size of my single was very nice too—lots of storage space in the closet (though some dorms have physical armoire-type dressers and not closets), large window and high ceilings.

The location was A1 as a CAS student—took me less than 5 minutes to get to class. Bus met right outside of ...See more

I lived in a specialty housing which you had to apply before the housing process started. I lived in the most ideal location for a brownstone (166-168: two brownstones connected together). It had a small kitchen which no one used, three lounges and two washing machine rooms (all run by coins which you can get at Towers with bills). I loved it because you could go and come as you pleased. I was on East campus where most of my classes were, plus there was the bu shuttle stop and a t-stop nearby. The dinning hall was one block down and the mail room was in Towers (also next block). It was very spacious, you could host things. Downsides though were one bathroom for four girls (so if one girls is showering in the morning, you can't get ready for...See more

I liked living here, except for the room being a triple. Would have been amazing if it was only a double. Definitely wish it had A/C and was not next to the new construction.