Notorious party houses of Exeter

Getting the right house is fundamental to having a successful year at uni. House parties, prelashes and that one time you used the kitchen to cook Christmas dinner. It’s all important. No wonder, then, these domiciles are passed through the generations. Treasured hand-me-downs which stay in the hands of a sports team or society for centuries. Well not quite, but you get the point.

The Workshop – A poorly lit and decidedly dodgy alleyway in Exeter

You simply can’t miss this house if you are from Exeter. Admittedly, it’s mainly down to the fact it is the house on “that alley”. However, it wasn’t the cartographers of Google Earth that put this house on the map so much as the Red Bull sponsored party the occupants threw last Christmas.

Home to a number of EURFC’s EURL’s and EUMCC’s most prominent committee members and snakey guzzlers, the BNOCs inside, make this a… BHOC?

EURFC club captain and occupant George Beale highlighted the benefits of living in this notorious location saying: “It’s a great location to survey the Exeter demographic and ensure my kingdom is all in order.”

 The Castle – Next to Timepiece

Leave your white ace and Doritos at home. If you end up at The Castle, its caviar, horse cock and a glass of Moet. The security deposit of over £3000pp ensures this house is for only the most affluent of Exeter’s high and mighty – and that’s relative to the rest of us pony riding signet ring wearing posh kids.

It’s unlikely you will get an invite to Castle unless you back your networking abilities in the Mosaic smoking area to be of a high calibre.

The Chalet – Danes Road

The Chalet has been passed down through the hands of EURFC members for the last few years and is perhaps one of the closest things Exeter has to what our transatlantic cousins call a frat. It lends itself wonderfully to huge parties with big communal areas and access to “The Apartment” next door, conveniently another rugby house.

Over the years there has been many a big party of which the clean-up job mainly consisted of returning lost jaws to those who left them behind. Hopefully this year’s crop of Chalet hosts will fulfil the loose reputation this house acquired, thanks to inhabitants of years gone by.

The Weightlifting House – Archibald Road

Ain’t no party like a protein party. Forget the gram of naughty salt you picked up down “that alley” last weekend. To be cool at one of the self-named “weightlifting house’s” parties all you need is a bag of Creatine and a set of gym stats Wayne Pattinson wouldn’t shake his head at.

This house became notorious after their YouTube channel raked in a massive 102 views on one of their videos, giving these loose units quite the reputation around campus for knowing their way around a snatch and loving a good jerk.

The Deep House – Pennsylvania Road  

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