Still nothing from the Accommodation peeps, or HR as yet. Not a site plan, floor plan, nothing.
Silence may be golden, but with 2 weeks to go until I leave UK, things are getting twitchy.
It's unlikely either department will help P7xkk.
The HR department probably can't get an answer from the accommodation department even if they wanted to help... as someone stated earlier the accommodation department is by far the most useless department in the organisation. Even those of us who communicate to them in a respectful and nice manner don't get anywhere. The rumours of arrogant blatant laziness I'm afraid are true. That's from personal experience, not second hand tall tales :-(.
I hope you get something sorted to your liking... but be careful about rushing to take the allowance (which they are pushing heavily at the moment) as its only suitable for those who are young, free and single with cash to spare. Or maybe an option if your wife works and also has a decent allowance to put towards an acceptable villa.
Good luck.