2nd year uni accommodation worries :(

Basically i'm living in halls at the moment in my 1st year and everyone is starting to decide on who they want to live with next year.

I have one really great friend at uni who I definitley want to live with and another girl who she is friends with wants to live with us too. I like the other girl but she can have terrible moodswings and make me feel rubbish and also she doesnt go out that often. I really want to live with my best friend but not sure I could take it being just the three of us.

I have lots of other friends at uni but theyve mainly bonded with people in their blocks in halls whereas I made friends from elsewhere so they all have people to live with already.

I really would like it to be us three and then maybe 2 or three others but I don't know where to find other people.. also my best friend is going away in her 3rd year in industry so it can't just be me and the moodswing girl!!! I'm stressed out and can't sleep from worrying x x x x

Reply 1

FroggieFrog

Honestly i wouldnt worry about it too much.

You can find other people on accommodation websites or from asking around in your halls or at uni.

Accomodation in your second year isnt as much of a big deal as alot of people seem to think it is. Yes you have to live with these people but you do get a separate room :wink:

If this girl is taking a year out but you want to live with her from this September you could see how things go with the girl you dont get on with so well and either choose to live with her again the following year or look for alternative accomodation.

Good luck and dont worry so much. I knew alot of people that didnt sort out their accomodation until August of their first year!!

Reply 2

khil

15

Just live with the moodswinging girl - to be fair, you might get on with her better than you thought you would. You don't have to stick with the same people for your third year, you know. At least you have people to live with!

I'm having 3/2rd year accommodation troubles myself. It's an utter nightmare.

Reply 3

Anonymous #2

I was in the same situation last year but i just couldnt cope with being with my mates friend, as she had huge moodswings and stuff. I just asked my uni to put me in halls again. Now i share a flat with 3 other 2nd years and love it :smile:

. Hope it all works out for you

Reply 4

parties-r-us!

theres always posters up advertising people needing a roomate or looking for somehere, ur uni might even have a board advertising them all or something, we do!

Reply 5

Reue

20

Alot of unis offer help to match people up, Have a look at your uni's campus and accomodation services.

Reply 6

Nosmo_King

i had a friend who got screwed over in the whole sorting houses out for next year thing. but they kept asking around and eventually found some people to live with. if you really dont wana live with this mood-swinging girl... keep asking around

Reply 7

Reue

20

When we were arranging houses last year there were 5 of us trying to get togther in a 4 person house. Draw straws and the leftover guy had to find his own housemates... that lucky s.o.b. now lives with 4, 3rd year chicks!!

Reply 8

Anonymous #1

OP

Thanks I haven't seen anything in my uni about matching people up.. I kind of wish I had a big group of friends instead one a couple dotted around all over the place its making this really stressful :-(

Reply 9

matt@internet

12

How many people are actually thinking about 2nd year accomodation. I haven't spared more than 5 mins thought to it yet!

Reply 10

djk_99

13

Don't worry about it- these things have a tendency to sort themselves out! I was in a similar situation last year, but just me and one friend, and we ended up finding 2 other girls to live with. Now I couldn't imagine not living with them, they are 2 of my best friends!
Posters usually go up around Jan/Feb time when landlords ask the current tenants whether they are staying or leaving. Keep an eye out for posters looking for extra housemates. Also check out www.accommodationforstudents.com as you can find spare rooms or extra housemates via there.

Reply 11

Mutant

6

Me and a few of our mates have put some thought in to it. Dunno wether to share with girls or not. 4/5 of us like the idea of having a rugby lads house, you just have to present ourselves well to landlord apparently.

as mentioned you may become good mates with this girl. I have friends who thought they were sahring with poeple they would always get along with and find they really don't like the person after living with them.

Reply 12

Anonymous #1

OP

thanks everyone, I feel calmer now, I guess hopefully it'll sort itself out! x

Reply 13

hippieglitter

19

If your little block of three so far is definate, start looking for house and try and find one that has a couple more rooms then put posters up around your uni saying 2 housemates needed or something. Otherwise if you really think you can't live with this girl, then your gonna have to find another solution, getting on with you housemates id so important. I didn't get on very well with my housemates and it was too late to join with them when i realised i was leaving it a bit late to find somewhere to live this year. I just looked on the accomodation board, took down a few numbers and rang around. I've been very lucky, i hadn't met one of my housemates, this year and the other two i barely knew but its been really great. The two already in the house are leaving next year, one is ok the other is a bit troublesome (but nothing big) and the other girl and i have been best friends from day 1.

Reply 14

Anonymous #3

i can stand the idea of a single sex house. how odd would that be?! personally speaking, we have 5 people lined up and have got 2 applicants for the last space.

Reply 15

darkos87

1

Actually it is quite common to have single sex houses, and it is sometimes better. For my second year I'm sharing a house with a boy and 2 other girls. My god, how they take ages in the bathroom... I need to wake up like 2 hours before uni starts! :smile:

Concerning your moodswinging friend of yours, don't worry too much about it. One of the girls in my flat has terrible moodswings, but she usually gets ok after we talk to her for a few minutes. If she's like, going on and on, just go to your room and leave her alone. Works for us :P

Reply 16

Reue

20

My house is 4 guys. It works out pretty well as no-one stresses when the house is a total tip. Plus various girlfriends/female friends are always comming over so its not a problem.

Reply 17

hippieglitter

19

Anonymous

i can stand the idea of a single sex house. how odd would that be?! personally speaking, we have 5 people lined up and have got 2 applicants for the last space.

Whats weird about single sex house's? My boyfriend is in an all boys house, i'm in an all girl house at the moment (we have boy moving in next year), but i never thought single sex houses were weird. Loads of people i know are living in sigle sex, not necessarily because they really wanted a single sex house but thats just how it happened.

2nd year uni accommodation worries :(

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