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SNG (Sovereign Network Group) - we're a leading housing association, providing 84,000 homes and investing in communities across the South of England, including London, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year.

Our purpose is to provide good, affordable homes: the foundation for a better life, and our vision is thriving communities, over generations.

Everything we earn, we reinvest so that our customers - now and in the future - have a sustainable home in a thriving community. 

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Keys will be available from 2pm from the reception/security desk in Royal Berkshire Hospital. If you need them earlier please contact the office on 01189 757 888, or email reading.properties@sovereign.org.uk, this is subject to availability. 

If you need to guarantee it, we advise booking the additional night. Please note keys are due to be returned to us on the day of your departure by 10am and they must either be returned to reception desk in Royal Berkshire Hospital, or posted through our office door in Norfolk House. If you are staying at Merlin & Pendragon, you can also leave your keys in post box 50. 

The accommodation is all off site but most of it is very close. Some accommodation is within less than a 5-minute walk of Royal Berkshire Hospital, whilst some of the accommodation is within 10 minutes of Prospect Park Hospital. 

There will be a map of where the accommodation is included in your key pack.

Advance payments can be made directly to our office by calling 01189 757 888 Please have a debit or credit card available. 

If you extend your stay whilst with us then another payment will be due. After this you can arrange to pay via direct debit, salary deduction, online, and over the phone to office. 

As long as we have clear evidence your agency are paying prior to your arrival then we’ll invoice them and deal directly with them.

This varies between the accommodation. Please contact us for further details and prices, or see our price overview above which has the full details.

This varies between the accommodation, however most accommodation it is included within the rent. Please see us for details. 

Yes, you’ll need to have a TV licence which you’ll need to arrange yourself.

Our accommodation is fully furnished with bed linen. The kitchens are equipped with a fridge, cooker, microwave, kettle, crockery, cutlery and basic cooking utensils. Any personal effects need to be brought with you. Washing facilities are available. If you are coming from abroad, we do have free simcards available on request which can be provided on arrival to help set you up in the UK.

The town centre is approximately 25-minute walk with a large shopping centre called the Oracle, with a cinema and restaurants. The main train station which has connections to rest of the country is situated in the town centre.  Reading University Campus is a short walk away, along with a Morrisons and Aldi supermarket. There are several gyms in the area too. 

There is permit parking available at the accommodation, parking permits must be purchased in advance of your stay through the Accommodation Office, as it is patrolled by a parking company. You can purchase either daily, weekly, monthly, or 3-monthly permits depending on the length of stay. There are also nearby roads where you will find chargeable street parking and the hospital has pay and display car parks.

Please note that parking permits are subject to availability.

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Non-emergency repairs will be dealt with with as soon as possible.

If it’s an emergency during office hours, please call 01189 757 888 or email reading.properties@sovereign.org.uk. For out of hours (OOH) emergency repairs, please contact our OOH team on 0300 777 7837.