>>23787239
WHatcha do in shakey city?

>>23787249
All of the above

>>23787255
...So studying at UC?

>>23787258
Yeah currently. Are you a student at all?

>>23787239
21/m/Nelson

What's up this fine Sunday night? I'm just drinking some rum and coke

>>23787262
I was, graduated recently. Now I'm drunk on a Sunday.
>>23787264
Drinking beer

>>23787264
Video games and whatnot
>>23787265
What did you study?

>>23787265
Ew beer :P What type of beer? I'm drunk too, but I'm on my night off.

>>23787268
Watching youtube and trying to sort out flatting with some mates

>>23787269
What's flatting like? I plan on trying to leave home mid-way through this year.

>>23787274
Get good flatmates. I flatted with some cunts last year who were super hypocritical. But 2 years ago I flatted with some cool dudes and dudettes. Clean up after yourself, try and do shared cooking as it is way better than having to cook for yourself 7 nights a week

>>23787274
Honestly how long is a piece of string mate. Really depends who you flat with, how big your room is. But it's ALOT better if you're straight up with "flat expectations" from the get go;

- Who cleans what?
- When is excessive noise okay? When is it not?
- What food/items are 'flat expenses?" - have a flat acocunt for cleaning shit/TP

As longas your clear, you'll be okay.

>>23787269
Speights. Lotttsss of speights.

>>23787275
I'm not the best cook but will try :) Hopefully I'll flat with 3 or 4 friends I've had since early highschool.

>>23787275
>>23787274
Fucking this. Clean up after yourself holy shit. >>23787279
Youtube. Youtube mate - you can learn to cook easy great meals.

Nachos
SpagBol
Burgers
Mac n Chese
Pom-Pom Pie (Shpeherds pie without the mash potatoes,)
Butter chicken

>>23787282
Bro I make the best burgers so I have that going for me which is nice.

>>23787277
Speights, better with mates! Crate or just stubbies?

>>23787279
If you can do flat cooking 3 or 4 nights a week is good. And yeah what the other guy said, having a rotating roster up on the wall is good as it means someone isn't always cleaning the bathroom as no one wants that. Easy food is
>Nachos/Mexican
>Stew
>Pasta
>meat and rice
they are all cheap and easy

>>23787286
Sick. A meal I made as a flat meal awhile ago was sliders, chicken lamb and beef mini burgers and fries, was a huge hit.

>>23787289
Haha, not THAT drunk. Just stubbies mate. Probably gunna polish off the box before I go to bed
Don't make stew. It's bad.
Meat and rice is bad. Go for meat and mash poratotes, pretty much the same price.

>>23787289
What's a good number of flat mates to have around? I've always thought the more the merrier as it's less expensive (well I would think so).

>>23787295
I flatted with 5 people which is too much for me as I'm quite shy/introverted. I'm hoping 4 people in a bigger flat this 2nd half of the year which should be better as I know them all and they aren't randos.

>>23787294
Stew is great, $10 and it feeds 4 and a half people

>>23787295
Christchurch, right?

Bigger flats are cheaper, sure, but it's also more people to clean up after. BUT if you've got the right people who are in for flat chores? You'll be golden.

You should be aiming to pay 160pw or so for everything - rent, bills, basic foods (several flat meals a week,)

Get whatever flat/number of people that'll make that work.

>>23787296
Where do you live? I know rent is quite tame in Christchurch so

>>23787298
I should mention I've been flatting in Wellington for uni

>>23787296
Stew is awful and you should feel bad.

[Alright this is probably on me - i had a flat mate that during flat meals only EVER made stew (we had a deal that you had to spend ~30 or so. He only ever spent 10 and made shitty stew.]

>>23787297
Yeah, I've been looking at a 5 person house with a rent of 500pw. I thought it was pretty nice and the people I want to flat with also thought it was good so I'm thinking of going for it.

>>23787301
I heard Wellington is quite nice for Students. Same for Dunedin but DESU Dunedin just seems like a shithole.

>>23787303
I make a mean Stew, bro I'll hook you up with some sweet stuff, I have a crockpot and make a mean stew as I would make it before going to uni and would be ready by 6pm. It meant the flatties could help themselves to it when they wanted it too.

Why are ID's even back?

>>23787305
Got a trademe link?
>>23787309
Mate I'll try anything new. It's just in my personal experience stew has always been a sub-par meal. I make the words best nachos though, i'll hook you up.

>>23787318
Nah I go past it every time I drive to work. I could probably find a trademe link.

>>23787320
Trade me is the best place to find a flat.

>>23787321
Yeah, I tend to go on it once in a blue moon just to check out houses.

>>23787321
There's jack shit in Wellington on Trademe :/

>>23787329
I'm not sure what the market is like these days (I can only presume better,) but when I last looked for a flat I only just found one a week before my deadline was up (old flat lease being up,)

So here's the advise; get the people sorted early and start looking. If you're all living at home then you can take more time to look

>>23787333
Fuck wellington.

>>23787335
Fuck you, Wellington is great

>>23787335
Where did you flat?

>>23787337
Yeah I do love it :( i'm just jealous

>>23787338
Upper Ric, we have a pool table!

>>23787339
Yeah it is, Chch ain't half bad though

>>23787340
Oh shit you're in Christchurch too? I expected Auckland

>>23787342
>>23787341
CHRISTCHURCH ROCKS!

>>23787351
It's rolls also :P

>>23787354
Damn dude... xD>>23787351
Yeah dude Christchurch is the dream

>>23787358
I have mates in Christchurch, but I wouldn't want to live there desu. I like Wellington, it's really good when it's sunny

>>23787367
All of my friends live in Auckland. I also wouldn't want to move to Auckland though.

>>23787375
Yeah that's fair. I made a few friends in Wellington, and I prefer the city over Christchurch

>>23787380
I love night life in the city. I ain't no weaboo or whatever they are but it's one of the reasons why I think central Tokyo would be amazing to live in. Or New York.

>>23787385
>Night life
I work nights, there's nothing that happens after like 8pm in Nelson

>>23787388
I work nights too. finish at 5am and get to drive through the city while it's still dark. I love it.

>>23787393
Lucky you, I work 10pm-6am and 6am sucks as it gets light about 6.30 and I don't get home until until then. Plus we have a subdivision next door and it sucks as they are building like 3 houses and I can't sleep much. Plus Mum gets annoyed when I "stay up late" on my nights off which is like 6-7am

>>23787398
Haha. Feels bad man. Parents can be a drag sometimes but I don't know where i'd be without them

>>23787406
Not alive. But yeah I had to move back in with my mum as I couldn't afford to keep paying rent in Wellington as I had no job

>>23787411
Ah. You looking to flat again anytime soon? My brother and his grillfriend recently came back from flatting as his flat mates moved out and he couldn't support the whole house by himself

>>23787412
Yeah I'm wanting to go back to Wellington at the end of June to go back to Uni in July. I'm assuming you aren't working tonight?

>>23787424
Nah never sunday - monday but every other night. Have you ever visited Christchurch?

>>23787432
Yeah I have. I've been there a few times as being from Nelson. My sister is down there for uni

>>23787436
Oh right. Have you ever been to Peloris? Not sure if I spelt that right

>>23787437
Yeah I have, it's on the way to Blenheim. It's Pelorus

>>23787441
Oh right. I love it there. I went last New Years with like 20 of my friends from Auckland and just got mad pissed and high over 3 days. So beautiful there.

>>23787450
It's ok I guess, the river is kinda gross. I'd rather go to Golden Bay

>>23787460
Where's Golden Bay?

>>23787464
Do you know Takaka? It's over the Takaka Hill, it's like 2 hours to the north west of Nelson

>>23787482
I've never heard of Takaka. Maybe I'll take the gang there this year :) Does it get busy with tourists at New Years?

>>23787489
Yup, it's really popular over there, but more in Kaiteriteri which is the main New Year's place to hang out as it's only an hour from Nelson and 50 minutes without traffic.

>>23787496
I've been to Kaiteriteri. It's so beautiful there and the sand is breathtaking.

>>23787499
Kaiteri is part of Golden Bay. You just go left instead of right at that intersection

>>23787509
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH