Dont worry about the living condition here, generally, the university hall is very comfortable and handy for your daily life--if you dont want broadband in your room, you could go to Hartley library for internet--totally for free. University just intalled lots of new Dell PCs in the computer room,brandnew and fast speed. There's also no problem with photocopy. If you want the University greeting-service at the Heathrow Airport, just enrol on University's website. www.soton.ac.uk and someone's going to meet you there--i think it's free as well.
By the way, Monte is a good place--very close to Unilink bus stop(30 mins by walking from the Highfield Campus) and it's a big accommodation area--you could make lots of friends there--and there are 2 cats living there as well:)
MONTE2 room has a basin, yes, you could use that one to do some basic washing--you will share the bathroom and toilet with other people. It's very convinient for you to photocopy materials in the library. Every university hall room has an internet access point--you pay to the accommodation office and then you got broadband in your room