It's looking like I'm going to have this problem OP- I certainly don't want to live with my flatmates next year, and almost everyone else I know is super tight with theirs. One girl I'm friends with has said she is living with some of hers next year. Halls aren't an option as the uni only allows international students to stay beyond first year, and there are no private halls round here, so looks like I'm going to be trying to find a spare room and hope for the best.