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  • anfieldred
    anfieldred Posts: 267 Forumite
    I personally wouldnt get your own fridge straight away, but i would say just shop for yourself. For the first week when you move in, take like 6 pints of milk incase someone forgets to get some-things like this can get you in good stead for the year with your flatmates. In my flat, even when living with friends from home, we all bought our own stuff, and if any of us ran out of something, could just borrow it.

    Id say cook for yourself aswell, unless you have something that has to be used up by a certain date, as more often than not you will cook someone else their tea and never get anything done back for you, and you have to do your shopping again sooner than expected!
  • wirm
    wirm Posts: 5,273 Forumite
    Good post anfieldred. Buying your own food is a lot easier although there can be some arguments about who owns what....
  • boots985
    boots985 Posts: 9 Forumite
    Seconding the plastic bag outside your window idea...just make sure everything is well wrapped up and it is tied onto your window securely. At my uni everyone did this in halls (people are so bad with taking people's food, and also the fridges provided hadnt been cleaned for years!)

    Now Im in a flat where there are 3 of us, we buy our own food but for general flat type things we all use (loo roll, bin liners, washing up liquid, foil etc), we stock up at the start of term. Its always cheaper to buy in bulk if you have enough storage space in your flat. (We have a toilet roll and kitchen roll cupboard lol). Last term we used a Sainsburys home delivery with a voucher code saving us £10 on it all and free delivery, then split the cost 3 ways. Then you dont have to bother about that kind of stuff when budgeting later.
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  • TDQO
    TDQO Posts: 807 Forumite
    I was in a flat of 7 and we found that the best way was to each buy all our own food each week. This prevents arguments and as we had a couple of rich kids and a couple of poor kids it was much fairer. However we all got on very well and if one of us was ever short of anything we'd always lend them a few eggs or some bread etc and they'd pay it back eventually. Toilet roll was a precious commodity and could be bartered for anything!!

    My advice would be DONT go completely communal as it's a lot of hassle and causes arguments. But do be friendly and share between yourselves.

    DONT keep alcohol or chocolate or anything munchy like in the kitchen. It WILL get stolen by drunk people and they may not even remember doing it.

    If you have problems then do as has been suggested and keep everything in your room, it's hassle but it will stop your cutlery/pans getting broken/stolen and keeps your food safe.
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  • GrammarGirl
    GrammarGirl Posts: 1,466 Forumite
    Aaaah, when this thread was started I was only a 2nd year student! Now I've been a graduate for nearly 2 years! :(

    I still houseshare and find the easiest way is to buy food separately. It's especially hard to cook together if everyone is home at different times - my housemates like to eat at 5pm (??!!) whereas I don't even finish work until 5.30pm, so it's more like 7pm for me.

    Every month we have a night where we cook a big meal together. It's a good way to bond.
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