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Balin (Middle Earth)

📍 541 E Peltason Dr, Irvine, CA 92617
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🏛 Suite🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 Co-Ed❄️ No AC🍳 Kitchen🛗 Elevator
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About Balin (Middle Earth)

Balin is one of Middle Earth's 24 "Classic" residence halls at UC Irvine, at 541 E Peltason Dr on UCI Housing's Move-In Day Map. UCI Housing describes the Classic halls as suites of 5–10 rooms with shared single-gender and gender-inclusive bathrooms, a hall kitchen and living room, and no air conditioning. The Move-In Guide lists it as sharing an elevator (it shares one elevator with Harrowdale).

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Balin (Middle Earth) has no air conditioning. Students here often pick up:

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