My (thus far unsuccessful) attempts at cohabitation...

So with less than a month until uni starts I have still yet to find a flat...
I have a group to live with, I have pots and pans to put in the kitchen, a bathmat for the bathroom, and a dining table but no flat.
We did have one... almost... but such is the way when you deal with a douchebag agent (he really was). And so after a week of thinking we had a flat the hunt is on once more!
So far I haven't found a particularly wonderful way of doing it. Start early maybe, even if you will have to pay a bit more because you have to pay over the months you're not there. At least you'll definitely have somewhere to live come the start of the semester.
I will say however that this is one time my love of list making has come in handy. Without it there is no way I'd have been able to keep track of which house was which and where and which agent it was with and when the viewing was and all of that nonsense.
Also the discovery that I could make my phone a wifi hotspot and use the data for my mobile plan on my tablet when we went to Wellington for the weekend to look at flats what crazy handy! I was able to put up internet listings and maps and everything.
The other thing that would maybe help would be having no budget... (of course I am living in a fantasy world with this one)!
Having one member of your group designated in charge is always best (that's me in our case - haven't quite decided how I feel about that yet). You'll avoid double bookings or missing out on flats. It also avoids a lot of confusion and agents like talking to the one person in charge as opposed to talking to all members of the group.
We'll get there I know, it would just be nice not to have this stress but c'est la vie!

Still on the to do list:
Find a flat!!!
Set up a flat bank account
Figure out what we need to buy and what people can provide

At least student loan and courses have been sorted!

xx
nzunigirl

Edit: We have a flat!!!!!