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boyfriend moving to uni with me
Hi, My boyfriend is moving to uni with me and i just wanted some advice on accomodation.
Firstly, is there any possibility he could move into halls with me, even though he isnt actually attending uni. ( i kno this is probz a stupid question but thort i would ask anyway)
Secondly, would it be cheaper to rent a flat and split the cost than live in halls?
thirdly, would it 'ruin' my uni experience not living in halls?
Any advice much appreciated. Also, I'm going to Warwick if thats any help!
thanks in advance
p.s. +ve rep for good advice or words of experience!
Firstly, is there any possibility he could move into halls with me, even though he isnt actually attending uni. ( i kno this is probz a stupid question but thort i would ask anyway)
Secondly, would it be cheaper to rent a flat and split the cost than live in halls?
thirdly, would it 'ruin' my uni experience not living in halls?
Any advice much appreciated. Also, I'm going to Warwick if thats any help!
thanks in advance
p.s. +ve rep for good advice or words of experience!
Reply 1
Haylz_xxx
Hi, My boyfriend is moving to uni with me and i just wanted some advice on accomodation.
Firstly, is there any possibility he could move into halls with me, even though he isnt actually attending uni. ( i kno this is probz a stupid question but thort i would ask anyway)
Secondly, would it be cheaper to rent a flat and split the cost than live in halls?
thirdly, would it 'ruin' my uni experience not living in halls?
Any advice much appreciated. Also, I'm going to Warwick if thats any help!
thanks in advance
p.s. +ve rep for good advice or words of experience!
Firstly, is there any possibility he could move into halls with me, even though he isnt actually attending uni. ( i kno this is probz a stupid question but thort i would ask anyway)
Secondly, would it be cheaper to rent a flat and split the cost than live in halls?
thirdly, would it 'ruin' my uni experience not living in halls?
Any advice much appreciated. Also, I'm going to Warwick if thats any help!
thanks in advance
p.s. +ve rep for good advice or words of experience!
Hey,
I stayed in halls for my first year and, honestly, its not for every one. I had a great time but some people dont like it so it depends what sort of person you think you are i spose. Halls is great fun but be prepared to be woken up by ridiculous antics like drunken people transfering the entire kitchen to the hallway at 4am (oven included!)
I went to Liverpool and they wouldt allow you to have a 2nd person living in your room but they do have accomodation for couples but again... i think hed have to be a student at the uni.
Id say a flat is your only option, however, this wont be as cheap as student housing as your BF is eligible for council tax if hes not a student, so youd either have to split that or hed have to pay it...and it can be pretty expensive!
Reply 3
I know they don't check at my uni - but I think your flatmates would probably object. I know I object when my flatmates' partners stay here for a long time - not because they're there and not paying, but because it's an extra person in the flat to fight for the shower with, an extra person taking up space in our fridge which is far too small for the six of us anyway, without letting another two people use the space. It sounds selfish, but it's incredibly irritating when you have to live off of canned food because there isn't any space to store stuff in the fridge.
Besides, your contract will probably have a clause about how often you can have guests to say etc
Besides, your contract will probably have a clause about how often you can have guests to say etc
Reply 5
Me and my boyfriend both moved to uni together, but we are going to the same uni, doing the same course.
We are both currently living in spearate halls, (although very close to eachother). We never really considered living together in the first year in either couples student accomodation or private student accomodation. We would have only been together for a year anyway and figured it would be far too soon and that we wanted the 'halls' experience and proper opportunity to make new friends. Also to see if we stood the test of time and change of circumstances that could have put a big strain on our relationship.
I'm not really a big fan of the whole living in halls experience i must say! I didn't really get put with like minded people, and i am realllly tidy so hate having to live in everyone elses mess. Me and my boyfriend are still V. strong and are moving in together in July for the second year (something which we have been waiting for for the whole of the first year tbh).
Not to say that halls wouldn't be for you or that you should move straight in with your boyfriend but him moving up with you is a big step. Has he got anything else to be moving for apart from yourself? Maybe (as hard as it may sound) you should consider doing the long distance for a year and you can easily move in together in the second year.
In the end though, it all depends upon you as a couple, (and you as an individual). I'd say, dont knock halls unitl you've tried them, because they may well be the best year of your life, or you might just think meh. You can't tell until you have done it. Also depends on how long you have been together, finances (in relation to you living together) and whether you think you will be tempted to isolate yourself.
Good luck with your decision!
We are both currently living in spearate halls, (although very close to eachother). We never really considered living together in the first year in either couples student accomodation or private student accomodation. We would have only been together for a year anyway and figured it would be far too soon and that we wanted the 'halls' experience and proper opportunity to make new friends. Also to see if we stood the test of time and change of circumstances that could have put a big strain on our relationship.
I'm not really a big fan of the whole living in halls experience i must say! I didn't really get put with like minded people, and i am realllly tidy so hate having to live in everyone elses mess. Me and my boyfriend are still V. strong and are moving in together in July for the second year (something which we have been waiting for for the whole of the first year tbh).
Not to say that halls wouldn't be for you or that you should move straight in with your boyfriend but him moving up with you is a big step. Has he got anything else to be moving for apart from yourself? Maybe (as hard as it may sound) you should consider doing the long distance for a year and you can easily move in together in the second year.
In the end though, it all depends upon you as a couple, (and you as an individual). I'd say, dont knock halls unitl you've tried them, because they may well be the best year of your life, or you might just think meh. You can't tell until you have done it. Also depends on how long you have been together, finances (in relation to you living together) and whether you think you will be tempted to isolate yourself.
Good luck with your decision!
Kiyoko
I stayed in halls for my first year and, honestly, its not for every one. I had a great time but some people dont like it so it depends what sort of person you think you are i spose. Halls is great fun but be prepared to be woken up by ridiculous antics like drunken people transfering the entire kitchen to the hallway at 4am (oven included!)
I went to Liverpool and they wouldt allow you to have a 2nd person living in your room but they do have accomodation for couples but again... i think hed have to be a student at the uni.
Id say a flat is your only option, however, this wont be as cheap as student housing as your BF is eligible for council tax if hes not a student, so youd either have to split that or hed have to pay it...and it can be pretty expensive![/QUOTE]
Yeah but he'll be eligible for a reduction in council tax since you are a student.
The senior residents at my university are extremely laid-back when it comes to having guests-despite the fact it's prohibited in the accommodation contract. I've had friends stay over at mine no problem as I live in a single room as opposed to a flat arrangement which is probably more difficult.
Reply 8
Haylz_xxx
Hi, My boyfriend is moving to uni with me and i just wanted some advice on accomodation.
Firstly, is there any possibility he could move into halls with me, even though he isnt actually attending uni. ( i kno this is probz a stupid question but thort i would ask anyway)
Secondly, would it be cheaper to rent a flat and split the cost than live in halls?
thirdly, would it 'ruin' my uni experience not living in halls?
Any advice much appreciated. Also, I'm going to Warwick if thats any help!
thanks in advance
p.s. +ve rep for good advice or words of experience!
Firstly, is there any possibility he could move into halls with me, even though he isnt actually attending uni. ( i kno this is probz a stupid question but thort i would ask anyway)
Secondly, would it be cheaper to rent a flat and split the cost than live in halls?
thirdly, would it 'ruin' my uni experience not living in halls?
Any advice much appreciated. Also, I'm going to Warwick if thats any help!
thanks in advance
p.s. +ve rep for good advice or words of experience!
At Warwick there is no chance of living in halls together.
Renting a flat between two would be no more expensive than halls at a guess but I couldn't be sure. Campus accomodation at Warwick can be quite expensive though it is nice and living on campus in first year is brilliant.
Thirdly it probably would ruin the experience of Warwick. Simply because first year almost everyone is on campus, so the atmosphere is awesome and its a good place to be. People make friends with flatmates and not having any at first could disadvantage you. That said if you are willing to put in effort you should be able to make course friends etc/ Campus is a bit of a bubble for first years that's all and those not living there sometimes get a bit left out. I do know people who lived at home in first year and they do seem to have less of a uni social life and more of a friends from before uni social life, easy enough because they live at home. You'd really have to make extra effort to make friends, be really pro-active and join lots of societies etc. If you were to go for an off campus option, I'd recommend Coventry because then your close enough to not feel too cut off (getting to campus for a last minute night out wouldn't feel like such an effort) I'd recommend campus for first year though, not sure what you'd do with your boyfriend though.
Reply 9
Don't live in halls with an 'illegal' boyfriend. A girl in the next flat along did it last year- her flatmates hated it, as did most of my flat, as we kind of operated as one. Luckily she broke up with him before this year, as we are now sharing a flat- I would have gone and reported him had he been in the same flat as me. It didn't help that he was a pretty creepy guy, who the uni had no knowledge of and hence, no control over. Also, these rooms are not designed for two people to live in full time!
thanks for your advice guys! We have decided to live apart for the first year, him up here and me in warwick, them get a flat together in 2nd year. it wouldnt be cost effective to get a flat in 1st year, plus i really want to make new friends/meet new people. thanks for all your help!
Reply 11
Im thinking of doing this with my boyfriend , can you let me know how the experience went ?
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