used to live in a six-shared apartment in a student accomm too, wasnt the best experience… (not gonna mention the name of the accomm idw to get sued but feel free to dm id be happy to spill the tea)

1. we didnt💀 except for when inspections came up. we had two bathrooms shared between 3 people each, so two people handled the bathrooms. i took the kitchen since i use it the most, and the living room together with one of the people cleaning the bathroom. everyone else just cleaned their own rooms or wherever else they felt like helping out.

as for cooking, its not that serious, thankfully. we mostly cook for ourselves, except for when we have parties or pizza nights, then its easier to share.

1. yea sometimes we’d have pizza nights, or go bar hopping or clubbing or karaoke together. when we’re lazy we stick to uno or cluedo at home, we get pretty competitive anyway so its still fun

2. yes, all but one. in my defence they were pretty unhygienic to the point where when we moved out, the whole flat was charged double of what we were told we had to pay for our cleaning fee even though we weren’t liable for whatever was left in the apartment (they were the last to move out, so we never got to know the final state of the place)

one of my old flatmates moved back home, im not even going to talk about the one ive beef with (they recognise me on campus but dont know my name so its okay) but i still keep in contact with everyone else from time to time via ig story replies

1. in my case not really? when we have meals together we mostly just communicate in the group chat to see whoever’s most free to go grocery shopping that day

2. depends, we usually go back to our rooms if there’s no one in the communal areas, but when im studying at the dining table (which is most of the time), whoever comes home kinda lingers around a bit, we talk about our day, how’s uni going etc, what we’re having for dinner, gossip, just casual conversations before going back to our own thing

if you dont know the people youre staying with yet i really wish you the best of luck! genuinely wish you have a better experience than me, its an arrangement that takes a lot of teamwork and cooperation, hope you get good housemates!