HOLY CROSS STUDENTS’ HOME

45, MUSEUM ROAD, Blr 560025

www.holycrosshostel.in
FACILITIES & EXPECTATIONS
Dear Member of HCSH,

You are most welcome to our HOME. Kindly make yourself at home and let us know if in any way we can
make your stay more comfortable. This is a simple place which doesn’t offer too many comforts in
accommodation. But we try to create an ambience for silence, peace and basic conveniences for study,
relaxation and growth.

THIS HOSTEL IS RUN ON TWO MAJOR PRINCIPLES:

A) A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF AND
B) A RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND THE THINGS OF THE HOSTEL.

FOR THESE WE NEED TO TRUST YOU AND YOU NEED TO HAVE DISCIPLINE

You have to make this a community and not just a place to come and sleep at night. As brothers and friends,
you help each other in studies and personal matters, play, watch TV together, clean and maintain your
rooms together. Common rooms should have a leader for a month who will be responsible for cleaning up
and clearing trash. He will make sure that all keep sufficient silence, the last person leaving closes the door,
puts off fans, lights, etc.
Your parents entrust you to us because they feel you will be safe with us and that you will study well and
may form a good character with discipline and concern for others.

We would appreciate it if you keep the following guidelines in order to help us run the hostel in an
atmosphere of safety, tranquility and respect for the others:

A. Requests and Expectations:

First of all, we all value our “space”. Kindly respect that space by ensuring noise free ambience in
and around the house. I won’t trouble you unnecessarily unless you trouble others.

1) Doors: Please close doors gently, i.e., turning the door handle and shutting the doors as quietly
as possible in deference to and concern for others. No banging please. When you keep the door
open, put the door stopper down. Support the toilet main door with hands so that it wouldn’t
bang.
2) Sound Level in the Building: In the same way, please avoid playing loud music or whistling or
carrying on with loud conversations in the house. Also, kindly restrict the use of your cell phone
to your rooms (if private) or to the terrace or at the BB Court or at the stone benches outside.
Not under the tree or near the shed. In any case, total silence from 9:30 pm to 7:30 am should be
observed. However, you may have conversations, if really needed, on the terrace. But no parties
or gatherings of people in the rooms or terrace. When you come back from college/work or
meals, as you approach the hostel, lower your sound level.
3) Lights, Fans & Taps: Please switch off lights, fans and geysers when not in use or as you leave
the rooms/toilets. When you go to bed, make sure all lights on the corridors/rooms are switched
off. Turn off taps and save water. The cost of electricity and water for us has been recently
revised on a commercial basis by the BBMP. India is acutely short of these essential utilities.
The staircase lights have two switches one on top and the other down at the next floor. Use it at
night to turn on and off as you go up or down the staircase.
4) Library: Make sure that newspapers and magazines are returned to the respective locations after
use. As a respect for others and as a gentleman, keep your feet off the chairs, place chairs and
cushions neatly before you leave. If you are the last person leaving the library or GF at night,
please lock the library door, check that the front door is fully shut, turn off all lights along the
 way: outside, corridor, staircase, etc. You may write down the details if you would to borrow a
book from the library. Thanks.
5) Smoking or drinking is not permitted inside this campus. If found using this, it will be
considered a serious offence against your staying here.
6) Trash and Garbage: Throwing anywhere wrappers, cans, bottles, tickets, etc are not at all
accepted here. Kindly do not throw stuff out of your window either. You are expected to maintain
and clean your room. Remember: your room is not a dump yard! Remember: all trash must be
thrown into the blue bins (not on the top of the lid!) kept outside by the shed or by the BB Court
or at the gate and not in the toilets or elsewhere on the floor. Nothing should be dropped on the
staircase/corridors/toilet/entrances. There will be a leader for each month to monitor it.
7) Toilets: This is a common place. Nothing should be left on the wash basins or counters. All
soap wrappers, empty tooth paste tubes, etc must be thrown in the bin and not on the floor or on
the basins or counters. Bathing rooms are not urinals. It’s not a dump yard for leftover food and
other trash. Such things should go to the blue drum near the BB court. Remember they emit
stench and attract rats/mice/cockroaches as well.
8) Guests; If you need to meet guests, please use the park benches provided outside or at the
entrance. Guests are not to be invited inside or around the house. They must leave latest by 7:00
pm. Groups of youngsters gathering here as in a club or park will lead to other issues and so are
not at all encouraged. DO NOT INVITE a group to this campus.
9) Terrace: You may use it for drying clothes, group study and conversations. But not for smoking
or drinking! Whenever you use the terrace, make sure the terrace door is “really bolted” and
secure before you leave.
10) Changes: No electrical wiring or additions should be done without permission. No furniture or
equipment or mirrors should be moved out of its original location without permission.
11) Cooking; No cooking is allowed in the rooms. However, food may be brought from outside. All
packing and leftover stuff must be disposed of at the blue bins kept outside. It is dangerous and
illegal to have gas cylinders or any cooking devices in the house. Use of any electrical
equipment other than laptops and chargers will be charged extra (at Rs. 250 per month).

B. Safety:
12) Safety: We had no issues of theft so far. Keep each of us a trust worthy companion here. Your
things would generally be safe here. However, I would advise you all to have your valuables
locked away or deposited at the office.
13) Front door: When you open the front door from inside press the right panel and from outside
pull the left panel handle. Make sure the door is fully closed at night. No gaps.
14) Curfew: All students must be back here by 10:30 pm latest. Some of the working members have
been granted exemptions because of their work shifts. In case of an accident or emergency in
your case, I need to know your whereabouts. Please inform me when you are away overnight
(leave a piece of paper with the details in the letter box outside my room or slip it under my door
or send an SMS).
15) Out of Bounds: Other rooms in the GF or rooms not assigned to you are not open to the boarders.
Parents/ relatives / friends are not allowed inside the hostel. Kindly respect.

C. Facilities:
16) Drinking water: The water provided at the entrance is purified by Aqua Guard and is potable.
You may refill your bottles from the container.
17) Hot Water: There are solar hot water points at the left and right corners of each toilet for a warm
bath. There are two shower mixers with solar hot water and one with electrical geyser on each
floor.
18) Library: TV, Newspaper & Magazines. If you are the last person leaving the library at night,
please lock and leave the key on the nail of the door opposite to the library door

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 19) Washing Machine: At the GF entrance toilet, there are two washing machines. This may be
used at Rs. 50 per use. Your own detergents please. Limited load. Otherwise the machine will
spin out of control. A book is kept in front of my room for keeping the records of usage.
Remember to sign the details in the book even before you turn on the machine. Tick if you use
Old (O=outside) / New (N=Inside) machine. You must write if you use a second time
immediately. Otherwise, it could be construed as an illegal/dishonest use. You must follow the
3 button rule for use (power-program-start). Or you will be charged twice. The clothes should
be taken out as soon the cycle is complete as others need to use it. You can use the machine only
between 7:00 am and 9:00 pm. A fine Rs. 250 will be levied if found using the machine at other
times or without writing your name or leaving it on and going away outside.
20) Cloth Lines: On the terrace there are laundry lines to dry your clothes.
21) Iron: There is an iron on each floor. Make sure you switch off and pull out the chord before you
leave. Don’t take it to your rooms.
22) Parking of Motorcycles: We have a shed with very limited space. You need prior permission
before you can bring in a vehicle to this campus. You may be allotted a space if available. This
does not come automatically with your accommodation. A written application with details like
the type of vehicle, license plate, your license, etc should be submitted along with the request
before you can even bring in the vehicle to the campus. No other substitute vehicle can be parked
in the premises as we cannot identify the ownership. Short term guests may park their vehicles
at the side of the BB court provided it is not after 7:00 pm. You must follow the parking rules at
the garage.
23) WIFI: Bhavin Joy (2F Room LSF) is coordinating the ACT HI-Speed WIFI service and router
control. There are 8 routers in three floors. You may approach him for activating your MAC
address. No one, I mean no one else should meddle with the routers or their switches or
connections. If you have any complaints, direct them to him or to me.
24) Counselling: If you need counselling about life or job or study related issues, don’t hesitate to
approach me.

D. Recreation:
25) TV: Kindly restrict the use of TV to the following schedule in order not to disturb others: 12:00-
2:30 pm, 4:00-5:30 pm and 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Kindly keep the volume low. TV may be used at
other times if there is a cricket/football match or important events/News or with permission
26) Newspapers and magazines cannot be taken out of the library. Return them properly to the
exact location. If found locked, the key of the Library is on the door post opposite to the room.
27) Games: There is a chessboard in the library and a basketball kept at the entrance if you like a
bit of dribbling with your mind or body. TT is available in the annex building hall. By Friday
noon, the tables must be put aside by the wall and the net, bats and ball brought back to the
house. All students must, however, end your recreation by 7:30 pm (Mon-Fri) and get back to
your studies.
28) Matches: Only with prior consultation and permission, you may invite other teams for a match.

E. Rates and Payments:

29) Security Deposit is one month’s deposit (Rs. 100 extra for key) for long term guests This would
be returned to you if a. you stay here at least 3 months, b. no damages or dues have occurred, c.
if you inform in writing at least one month before of your next payment date and d. you must
produce the receipt and the key when you leave. This would guarantee that your security deposit
is returned in toto.
30) Each person gets a mattress, a pillow, a desk and chair. Two-sharing rooms may have cupboards.
If you prefer better mattresses and pillows and have a cupboard, you may do so with permission.
31) Current Rates: GF double-occupancy (all rates include wifi) with attached toilets is Rs. 4,750;
Twin-sharing rooms in 1st and 2nd Floors is Rs. 3,500; triple occupancy is Rs. 3,250. Please
remember that you pay for a full month when you join and when you leave regardless of the

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 number of days you stayed here on those months. During vacations Rs. 750 may be deducted
from your payment if you are absent for a month and the dates of departure and arrival are
informed by SMS/WhatsApp before your departure.
32) Guests: If your parents or relatives need to stay for a couple of days, they can avail of the GF
bathroom attached rooms. Single occupancy is R. 600 per day. Double occupancy is Rs. 800.
Sharing rooms upstairs Rs. 400/300.
33) Date of Payment: Your payment must reach the office by the 5th of every month for that month.
However, during vacations, you can make early payments or on the day of your return. You also
pay for the use of the washing machine for the previous month. Payment delays may attract a
fine (Rs. 250) without prior okay or valid reason. You may make your payments through
someone else or through bank transfer. See below:
34) Mode of Payment: You may direct the payments due to us to The Fathers of Holy Cross at The
South Indian Bank Ltd, Brigade Road Branch, Bangalore (IFSC Code: SIBL0000108). Our
account Number is: 0108053000015900.
35) Breakages & Replacements: When a rent an apartment, you are responsible for the doors,
furniture, locks, etc as well as to replace bulbs. Any breakages or replacements will have to be
paid for by the roommates if an individual cannot be held responsible.
36) Office Hours: Remember this is not your family. It’s an institution. Offices anywhere in the
world are not open according to each one’s convenience.
You may come to the office either for payments or consultations between 8:15 am and 12:15
pm or 4:00-6:30 pm or if very important any time when my door is open.
37) Availability: In emergency, even when my door is closed you may knock once to check if I’m
available or call me on the phone or send an SMS/WhatsApp. Do not knock persistently. Never
enter without permission.

F. For Any Assistance or complaints:

38) Augustine Tynsong is my current assistant and care-taker here. Please contact him for any other
assistance, repairs or water shortage or electricity tripping or other needs. Call him at: 90663-
14609
39) Do not hesitate to report to me immediately if there is water, toilet, electricity, iron, TV or Wi-
Fi related issues. Remember it takes time to get technicians, plumbers or electricians to come to
fix problems. So, bear with us.
40) If anyone’s behavior is a disturbance to your studies or sleep or order in the hostel or deemed
improper/immoral, please report to me without delay.
41) It’s also considered good manners to report about breakages, damages and losses caused by you,
albeit, inadvertently.

G. Registration Procedures:
42) One of the reasons for monthly (vis-à-vis annual) rent is that if you find it difficult to adjust to
this place or if we find you a disturbance to the smooth running of this place, then we can make
such changes quickly. We will ordinarily give you three warnings before we ask you to vacate
from here. However, you may pay for several months together, if you like.
43) When you fill up the form, remember that you also have agreed to the following matter:
“The management reserves the right to ask you to vacate this hostel if your conduct or behavior
is not in accordance with the policies or it becomes a disturbance to others. The management
also reserves the right to close down this hostel facility temporarily or permanently for structural
changes or otherwise.”

Rev. Dr. Tony T. Kayala, c.s.c.

Rector
tk@kayala.in; 94488-04865 or (080) 2558-7462

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