Here are the 31 things you’re bound to experience when moving out of your university halls

Now that your life as a silly little fresh is over, or you’re simply just reminiscing on all the times you stood outside in your pyjamas during a fire alarm, it’s time to clean the flat, clear the drawers, mop the floors, and get yourself out of there.

Spending a year in university halls is the key to your character development. You’re stuck in a flat with complete strangers who, by the end of the year, are either your friends for life or just downright weirdos. I’m saying that with the utmost peace and love.

You might have thought that Circuit Laundry was your biggest enemy, or that one guy next door that had a better sex life than you all year, but when it comes to students moving out? It’s a completely different realm. If you need something to prepare you for the chaos that you’ll inevitably experience in your final week, then strap yourself in and start taking notes. Good luck.

1. You’ll realise how much random stuff you’ve accumulated through the year

That array of free shot cards, inflatables, and the remnants of your handwritten lecture notes from the first week has never looked better.

2. There’ll be an argument over cleaning

It will also inevitably be left to the last person to leave the flat. My condolences.

3. You’ll run out of boxes, bags, and bubble wrap

All of your sentimental items will end up in old carrier bags, trust me. The planning goes out the window.

4. You’ll find all your weird fancy dress accessories

Oh wow, a cowboy hat!

5. You’ll realise how quickly you can fill up a bin bag

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Plus, the kitchen bin is full, so it’ll sit in the corner of your room until move out day.

6. That phone charger you lost in first semester? You’ll find it again

Nice to know that I’ve spent £75 on plugs this year just to find them all under the sofa.

7. You’ll realise how gross student fridges get

Is it meat juice or a the remains of a mutated mould monster? Who knows. To all students moving out this month – let this be a warning.

8. You’ll finally throw out that dying cactus on your windowsill

RIP buddy.

9. You’ll realise that Blu-Tac marks are in fact a real thing…

When the accommodation team explicitly says not to stick things on the walls, you should probably keep it in mind. Nothing screams students moving out like a dot to dot on the walls.

10. …and you’ll do an emergency paint run to fix the walls

B&Q you are the love of my life.

11. You’ll work out how many stolen pint glasses you’ve collected

I’ve got enough in my cupboard to open my own pub at this rate. Anyone fancy a squash in a Beavertown glass?

12. You’ll find out where that funky smell was coming from

Oh so that WAS mouldy food under my bed. Nice!

13. You’ll spend an hour washing up your dirty plates

Mine have been on holiday in the corner of my room for five weeks.

14. Your flat group chat will get really passive aggressive

No, I have no idea who kicked a hole in the bathroom wall and no, I am not buying hoover bags.

15. You’ll debate over whose stuff is whose for days on end

I spent a whole day counting out knives and forks once.

16. One of your flatmates will auction off all their stuff

Success! I’ve always wanted a beanbag, an open tin of sweetcorn, and some odd socks.

17. You’ll be left with a fridge shelf full of leftovers

This is the only blessing of being the last one to leave – not having to do a food shop because someone left you some pesto and half a loaf of bread.

18. You’ll use the hoover for the first time all year

Why does it smell like that?

19. You’ll panic over the final room inspection

Fingers crossed they don’t try to open that broken drawer. Or the wardrobe. Or sit on the sofa that’s missing a cushion.

20. You’ll have to say goodbye to the flat pet

Whether that’s the hamster you drunkenly adopted in second semester, a family of unwanted mice, or that weird flatmate you only saw three times during the year, it has to be done.

21. You’ll realise that when things go mouldy, they’re mouldy forever

That mug can be sacrificed to the bin lords.

22. You’ll run out of toilet roll on your last few days

Put a finger down if you’ve ever used a pizza delivery menu instead of toilet paper.

23. You’ll find a weird sticky patch in your room

Yummy.

24. Taking a group photo is not as easy as it seems

One of you is crying, the other won’t come out of their room, and the person taking the photo has an Android phone. Great.

25. You’ll get 10k steps in just by going up and down the stairs

Wellness girlies who?

26. Every piece of Tupperware will be thrown away

Mmm, that one smells like bolognese.

27. You’ll play furniture Tetris in the car

You know you wouldn’t fit that office chair in the car, so why did you buy it? Students moving out is basically a massive free for all for the neighbours.

28. You’ll order a takeaway on your last night

Nothing slaps harder than a solo Domino’s on your last night in the flat. Treat yourself.

29. You’ll realise you left something behind when you’re already halfway home

Let’s just hope it’s not your student ID card, right?

30. You’ll hear phantom fire alarms even when you get back home

They haunt you forever.

31. You’ll probably have a little cry

Then you’ll realise nothing beats a home cooked meal, clean bedsheets, and knowing your creepy flatmate isn’t trying to sneak into your room at 4am.

We all miss the dingy student lifestyle though, right? Right guys? Please tell me it doesn’t get any worse than this.