Your ideal flatmates!

So this is my 5th year at university, and I have had so many different living arrangements, some good and some bad.

Since this is about the time of year people have to start looking for flats and deciding who to live with next year, everyone with some experience should share their stories, good and bad.

Maybe some people will reconsider who they are living with next year, or confirm their ideas with what they’ve read in this thread.

Oh, and I was on another forum and the general feeling was that boys should share with boys or one girl should live with two boys. And basically that a group of girls isn’t ideal. What do you think?

First first year – Student halls.
I had a roommate. I thought I’d hate having to share my room with someone but actually it was fine. She ended out dropping out half way through the year so I got a double room all to myself. There were a lot of things wrong with the halls, but that was all down to the actual building than the people who lived in it. I was on the all girls floor and it usually smelled quite nice.

Second first year – Flat with 3 other girls.
Ended up living with a friend from school and two of her other friends. Started out as quite a good year, but one of the girls turned really nasty quiet early on and tried to ‘turn the others against me’. The flat was always dirty and I spend most of the year visiting my other friends or hiding in my room so I didn’t have to talk to them. I ended up eating a lot of junk and takeaway food so that I could avoid being in the kitchen for any length of time. Hated this flat so much. A friend I met on a forum (not this one) phoned me one day saying he was looking for an extra flatmate and would I like to live with him. I said yes. Moved out this flat the next week.

Second and third year – Flat with 2 boys.
This was the best arrangement I’d say, boys don’t usually get upset or think you’re being bitchy if you remind them it’s their turn to clean the bathroom! The flat was a total nightmare with rubbish landlords and a broken boiler for 3 months, but the actual set up was fine for the most part. One of the boys became really ‘popular’ during the second year of living together and turned into a bit of a knob, but other than that this arrangement was quite good. I was never left out of anything like I was in the other flat.

Fourth year – Living with boyfriend and another female flatmate.
Ended up deciding to live with my boyfriend as I needed a flat at the same time as he did. We got a place with three bedrooms and advertised for another flatmate on Gumtree. Pretty good living arrangement really, I like having my own bedroom! Flatmate can be annoying as she rarely helps to clean around the house and can be really confrontational and bitchy. Other than that it’s ok. Oh, apart from I’m VERY protective about my stuff, none of my magazines have so much as a crumple in them, but my female flatmate is not like this and has lost some of my DVDs and others have returned with scratches on and what not. Also, can’t really use the living room much cause she’s always in there watching stupid music videos. There is a LOT that I dislike about her, but it’s definitely not the worst situation in the world.

Reply 1

crazylemon

Well I am only starting out so

First year - Halls Has been amozing fun, corridor have been fantastic, some of my best friends. No one makes that much mess and cleaners everyday but weekends so never gets beyond the odd dirty plate really. Awesome time.

Second year Current plan is to be sharing with 2 other guys. Both people on my corridor, both really clean (more so than me) and one likes to cook (roasts each sunday :coma:

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Beyond that we will see as one of the people I am living with next year graduates then...

Reply 2

linkdapink

Good thread :smile:

First Year:
Was living in catered halls, got all my meals cooked and everything and a cleaner every two weeks to hoover and dust. But, I didn't get on with the people in my corridor. The girl at one side of me was from my home town and we had some friends in common, but she was very christian (now president of the CU), so never really went out and got drunk... as opposed to the girl on the other side who had parties til like 3am! But I made good friends who were in other corridors, and spent like 99% of my time in their rooms

Second and Third Year:
Got the worlds worst flat with my housemate (only one). She's really introverted, and didn't really come out of her room much. To be honest, I'm the same, so it suited us. Had a bit of a problem with washing up (I left mine til the next day), and stuff like cleaning (she would claim the hoover was crap, so just didn't bother). To be honest, lots of things that she did really bugged me, like buying huge amounts of food and letting it rot. Her room was also DISGUSTING, but thankfully, I didn't have to go in there.

Now, she's dropped out of uni and moved back home, so I live alone.... and I'm barely there because its horrible!!! I've pretty much moved back home too!

Reply 3

Hello Laura!

crazylemon

Second year Current plan is to be sharing with 2 other guys. Both people on my corridor, both really clean (more so than me) and one likes to cook (roasts each sunday :coma:

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That sounds ideal!

A Sunday roast sounds amazing, I wish my flatmates would do that!!

Reply 4

lella_m

I'd hate to live with just girls.

I can't handle the bitching and loud screeches that seem to occur :sigh:

Reply 5

crazylemon

Hello Laura!

That sounds ideal!

A Sunday roast sounds amazing, I wish my flatmates would do that!!

I is soooo good. Don't have it when he cooks lamb though as I don't like it :frown:

We made cupcakes and bannoffee stuff this week to.

Reply 6

Crystalline

Awesome thread.I haven't started my uni life yet so can't help much.

Reply 7

Broderss

I'm not going to be moving in with anyone because I have floated around many different groups of people in my 6 months here so far and have found no one I would like to live with next year because I don't know them that well. So my plan is to find another room in the halls on campus and meet new people again :biggrin:

Reply 8

goodtogallop

this year i am in halls, i get on with everyone although obv some better than others. kitchen is always a tip but i can work with it.

next year living in a house with my best friend and 3 guys. the guys are all really chilled which is good as me and my best bud are not.

Reply 9

Psyk

Through uni I lived with a fairly balanced mix of guys and girls. I think that's the best way really, but I wouldn't mind living with just guys (I'm living with 3 other guys now). One of my friends lived with 6 girls, he was the only guy. By the end of the year he really could not wait to get out of there. It was horrible apparently. It was fine from my point of view, I got to meet loads of girls :biggrin: