Students in double bed dreamland
Here is the first glimpse inside Wolverhampton's towering new £40 million student village – and each room comes kitted out with a double bed.
Gone are the days when students in the city have to accept single beds after developers behind the new accommodation off Wednesfield Road admitted they thought that would be "uncool".
The development, made up of more than 720 rooms, is already starting to leave its neighbours in the shade after being pieced together room by room with the help of a 300ft crane.
Individual flats already fully kitted out with kitchens and bathrooms, weighing 32 tons each, have been created off-site and are now being craned in one by one.
These snapshots inside show the clean white bathroom fittings and kitchen areas starting to take shape around the double beds. Bob Crompton, chief executive of Victoria Hall Ltd, which is behind the development, said today: "I can't imagine many of the students would have single beds at home and so we thought it would be uncool if we didn't put double beds in."
The development comes complete with satellite television, broadband internet access, en-suite bedrooms, gym and communal areas.
The neighbouring Royal Mail depot, Low Level station and hotel development are dwarfed by the student village. But not everybody is a fan, including Frank Sharman of Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society, who has branded it a "monstrosity".
