Don't click with flatmates :(

Damn, living with 5 other people sounds crowded.

I'm living with 3 flatmates at the moment, lived with 8 in the past. But you're right, it does get crowded fast.

8? That would mess me up.

8? That would mess me up.

8? That would mess me up.

I'm living with 3 flatmates at the moment, lived with 8 in the past. But you're right, it does get crowded fast.

I live with 7 and its good fun actually

I don't know why I wrote 3 earlier lol. Yeah, it came with it's ups and downs. The good part was that 'more the merrier' thing. But the bad part was equally bad.

I was in a small house in halls on my first year and there was 23 of us, could see a few people who were isolated tbh. I felt sorry for one guy who would come out at times like 3am to make his dinner to avoid others. Unfortunately, it did lead to groups being formed very quickly.

In what ways is it fun?

In what ways is it fun?


Nothing beats the freedom you get from living alone. Sharing facilities with 8 ppl and not having any solitude sounds like a nightmare.

Flat parties are more fun. Although we always get people from surrounding flats and blocks and halls coming over anyway. And you can avoid the awkwardness and drama of arguments more easily. And more really is the merrier. And more flatmates increases your chances of living with a wider range of people.

All this stuff sounds foreign to me. I can't say I see anything positive about sharing with so many people, but I appreciate such a situation is becoming the norm these days.

Unfortunately when you live in Goldsmiths halls, which are always extremely oversubscribed, you don't get much of a choice over how many flatmates you get to live with or where you get placed. You learn to make the best of it. I've always been quite an introvert, but even I've come to realise no one was made to live alone. A support group is important at uni when you're away from your family. Part of living on campus means that you have to learn to come out of isolation every once in a while. But the downside to life in halls, is that you rarely get a moment of completely peace and quiet. Last year, the Americans I lived with loved to shout USA over and over around 4 am. And it's difficult to switch rooms in my halls.

Also, more people means that you have more of a chance of having flatmates who don't all love hardcore partying and going out.

Goldsmiths is 10 minutes away from me. Living alone is great for the freedom it gives you. You can have your own routine with no one to disrupt it. But yeah I understand that you don't have much choice if you're studying away from home - especially if it's in London.

Hey small world! Sometimes I find myself wishing that I could live alone. If only to get away from the constant party atmosphere of halls and all the drama. Living with a bunch of 18-20 somethings can be tiresome. I've never made a difference with age but they do whine about an awful lot of silly things sometimes.

But then there are perks to living with other people too. I'm hoping to combine the best of both by the end of this year. I'm planning to move out of halls into private with my boyfriend once we both graduate this year. So hopefully I'll get more space there. Still going to have to house-share for a while because of money. At the moment my room is just about the only privacy I get. And that's only because I lock it so that my flatmates can leave me in peace every once in a while! I get on well with my current bunch though.

Yeah, I've walked past some of places that are known flat shares in the area and I see around 6-7 people and I wonder how people get any quiet time or real privacy living among several unrelated occupants. Lewisham/New Cross is an overcrowded depressing place in general.
It's gonna be expensive renting if you plan to stay in London.

It depends on who you wind up with tbh. Some flats I've been to are pretty quiet because the tenants are quiet or older. Some of our postgrad halls are a bit like this. I agree with your observation about the area though. New Cross is pretty ****. In my first year, a security guard from my hall had to stop a mugging in process right outside my window! I've learned to see the good in New Cross too. I know lots of students/graduates who rent in London. London is always going to be super expensive.

Don't worry lol I may have lived in London since I was about 7 but I'm not planning to stick around. For the next few years I kinda have to. I'm planning to do an MA in film music at NFTS after I graduate this year so I'll have to stay in London for at least 2 more years. But after that, my plan is to move to Berlin. My boyfriend is from there but he's studying at Goldsmiths. There'll be more opportunities for me there in every way.