who to live with

starr0409

just wondered if living with people you dont initially know is as bad as they say it is??turns out all my friends are going to cork or galway or just other goddam places in september
advice???

PeakOutput

starr0409 wrote: »

is as bad as they say it is??

who the fk says its bad? i moved in with 4 girls and 3 guys i didnt know in september and it was fkin awesome besides the american we are living together next year aswell.

now i know people who really dont get on with their roommates and have changed houses for this semester but in general i think you get on with a few and dont get on with a few.

i was lucky in that we all get on really well with eachother and i get on with all their mates well(which is good as i knew precisely no1 in ul)

its not bad at all if you dont put yourself out there like that you will never get anywhere

starr0409

ha im definately not one to hesitate putting myself out there....it just seemed all my friends are going off to live in big groups together but you know what your right!
roll on new random people
right now how do i go about getting a house...... can i just stand on the road with a sign saying 'house me' ?

rmacm

starr0409 wrote: »

right now how do i go about getting a house...... can i just stand on the road with a sign saying 'house me' ?

Head down to UL and walk around the estates and look for notices in the front windows of houses. You can also contact the accommodation office in UL and get a list of houses available around the place with contact details for the landlords.

Meh **** it move in with randomers, it won't do you any harm (I did it in first year). If you don't like it move you probably won't be tied to any type of lease agreement given that you're a student.

Just to satisfy Peteee and kaimera I have to mention that I'm ****faced.

Y2J_MUFC

I'd advise not living with random people if you have the option... try living with someone who is a certified nutjob. (And not in a good way - In a, "I hate you all die" way). It really is the luck of the draw, and you could be very, very unlucky and theres nothing that kills the semester more than living with sh!tbags!!

On the other hand, you could be very lucky!! First year my random housemates were unreal, but every other year we've usually had (at least) one jackass.

Mr. CooL ICE

In 2nd year, I moved in with 5 randomers, but I specifically looked for 4th year randomers as I assumed there would be less of a chance of them being crazy. Only one person in the house was a nutjob and the other 4 didn't know him before then (he was a randomer like me), and it was fine.

Just look around and don't pick the first house you find. Spend some time talking to the landlords to assess them. Some don't care who moves in as long as the house is filled, while others actually care about the well-being of all tenants (happier tenants = bigger guarantee of them not fecking off without paying bills and wrecking the place).

Oh, and avoid any house owned by Ollie Hasket.

Nutty

or Maureen Hourigan or her ex-husband cant remember his name but he owns hourigans shop in town both have houses in Milford Grange

Funkstard

Have you thought about going on-campus? Everyone's thrown in together there, and from experience it generally works out very well. I made some really close friends in 1st year from living with them.

Granted, this year I'm with a friend from home and we have 4 new students this semester and didn't really get to know the previous students all that much. Still, hardly a bad experience.

starr0409

cool great advice guys.was talking to a guy last night who said i could ask the student accom office to put me with someone from my course in a place on campus.woo!
cant
frickin
wait
for college omg

Otacon

starr0409 wrote: »

advice???

Don't live with rmacm!!

Honestly, I'd say move in with some randomers in first year. Great way to expand your friends list initially. As you go on through the years you can move in with college friends then.

starr0409

ive decided on Plassey village........
so is it gonna be like The Village with scary monster things in the woods around it?id love that

PeakOutput

well i wouldnt recommend plassey but whatever your into

rmacm

Otacon wrote: »

Don't live with rmacm!!

Feeling brave today are we?

The Don

Otacon wrote: »

Don't live with rmacm!!

+1

Funkstard

Plassey Village is a great place to live for 1st years. The place isn't the nicest, but then fun you'll have there will make that not matter. ****ing great fun over there.

Mossin

Otacon wrote: »

Don't live with rmacm!!

The Don wrote: »

+1

Don you are living with him, despite all the warnings!

The Don

Mossin wrote: »

Don you are living with him, despite all the warnings!

Thats why I'm warning others now.

kaimera

Now now, lets not feed rorys ego and give him an opportunity to recall yet another joyous night of him being pissed and doing something he thinks is humourous.

PeakOutput

ah first night back in kilmurry and i already have pics of my roommates wrestling naked(fellas unfortunately) and there is a whole thing of salt and a jumbo squeezy bottle of ketchup all over the kitchen...................good times

starr0409

ya see ?thats exactly what i cant wait for.KETCHUP in the kitchen.....and you can leave in the wrestling naked guys!!!!
and whats so bad about living with rmacm?!!i need to know the these do's and donts of living with people

Otacon

DONT live with a guy with a fetish for knives, or door handles!

DO make sure you socialise in the first month or so and get a good peer group going. Helps a bunch.

rmacm

starr0409 wrote: »

and whats so bad about living with rmacm?!!

Come to Dublin for a few days and you'll find out. Fortunately for you I've finished my time in UL so there is no danger of ending up living with me.

Otacon wrote: »

DONT live with a guy with a fetish for knives, or door handles!

I wouldn't call taking the handle off your bedroom door a fetish.....the knife thing I'll admit to though.

rmacm

The Don wrote: »

Thats why I'm warning others now.

www.daft.ie if you can't handle it boy.

PeakOutput

DO get locked and run around to random houses turning everything in the house upside down

DO use finger paint when found in other peoples houses for what its meant for..........painting walls.

DO do pull ups on the shower curtain rail


DO NOT get so drunk you dont realising you are doing all of the above in YOUR OWN HOUSE so you will have to clean it up yourself the next day

starr0409

hahahahahahahhahhahaaha
actually was just thinking about telling the people i live with who i am.i'll tell one person im a serial killer.i;ll tell person no2 im only in their imagination......y'know to see their reactions.i mean what would you do if you moved in with a serial killer or someone from your head
also
how do people react to you playing guitar a lot?(just acoustic when im at home)

PeakOutput

starr0409 wrote: »

how do people react to you playing guitar a lot?(just acoustic when im at home)

all the irish are real laid back and wont give a **** some of the american erasmus students can be up tight about noise and drunkeness and drugs and forced sex but they get used to it soon enough

starr0409

hahahahahahaha lol lol lol
god i hope the forced sex bit doesnt take long...sure hope i dont actually get stuck with them at all if thats how they'll be! i play nice music, honest

rmacm

Tell them you like to eat babies for breakfast, that goes down really well (just wait for Peteee or kaimera to latch on to that comment or one of the other goons)......mmmm babies.

The Don

rmacm wrote: »

Tell them you like to eat babies for breakfast, that goes down really well (just wait for Peteee or kaimera to latch on to that comment or one of the other goons)......mmmm babies.

rmacm even found a menu full of babies at one stage and left it in the kitchen for cooking tips.

Like someone else said, go out with the people in the house as early as possible so that you get to know them. Heading out with new people on the first night for a few is a good idea.

Mossin

Definitely go out for drinks with your new housemates as early as possible. [even if you dont drink!]
It is a great method of getting to know people as everyone has said.
Many a story that Kaimera, Rmacm, the Don, Otacon, Petee, Vuk [when he bothers to look at his forum] or myself will tell you have will probably start with "we were out drinking" or "do you remember the night we were drinking and ...."
They are the best stories, and some of the best times were had then too.

reminisces about all those drunken nights with the lads

Otacon

Mossin wrote: »

Definitely go out for drinks with your new housemates as early as possible. [even if you dont drink!]
It is a great method of getting to know people as everyone has said.
Many a story that Kaimera, Rmacm, the Don, Otacon, Petee, Vuk [when he bothers to look at his forum] or myself will tell you have will probably start with "we were out drinking" or "do you remember the night we were drinking and ...."
They are the best stories, and some of the best times were had then too.

reminisces about all those drunken nights with the lads

A simple "MOJO NEEDS HLEP!!!11" brings back so many memories...

starr0409

aw sounds like so much craic!hope my house will be as fun a yers was
actually it will cause i'll make it!:D

PeakOutput

if you know anyone up here already i strongly recomend coming up for a tuesday or a thursday night if not for rag week and then you will have first hand experience on how great it is and you will know a few people too

Nutty

i think most stories are like that or which night out was that again.. way too many nights.. way to many stolen items...

Mossin

Otacon wrote: »

A simple "MOJO NEEDS HLEP!!!11" brings back so many memories...

14 Harvard was never the same after that night!! What a legend !!

ninty9er

Mossin wrote: »

Definitely go out for drinks with your new housemates ........................ [even if you dont drink!]

Don't encourage poor Starr....


If you don't drink yet....start as soon as you get to UL

That means straight to Champers as soon as the parents have disappeared:D:D

Mossin

ninty9er wrote: »

Don't encourage poor Starr....


If you don't drink yet....start as soon as you get to UL

That means straight to Champers as soon as the parents have disappeared:D:D

Champers/Fine Wines/Chawkes/Next Door/Dunnes

Take your pick from off licenses in fairness, but dont be encouraging people to drink if they dont want to!

Ah now, who am I kidding, I have corrupted too many people to believe that

starr0409

haha dont drink yet?! funny.i'd forgotten there was a finewines there!going on what the finewines where i live is like im soooorted!and yeah i do know someone there already but....ugh sticky past....
wooo roll on september!

rmacm

starr0409 wrote: »

haha dont drink yet?!

I like your attitude lol. Rest assured you will drink and if you happen to encounter anyone like me you'll end up drinking a lot.

starr0409 wrote: »

and yeah i do know someone there already but....ugh sticky past....

Leave the past behind....college is a new beginning for many people, it certainly was for me anyway. No point dwelling on the past when you've got 4 years of (mostly) good times to look forward too.

kaimera

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Drunk already? hahahaha.

rmacm

kaimera wrote: »

Drunk already? hahahaha.

Not yet but now that you mention it

/me goes to place that sells drink.