Your First Week

Tick these off and you’re already winning.

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Before You Leave

Pack bedding, towels & a spare set of keysTake a photo of important documents (passport, NI number, tenancy agreement)Sort online banking and download your bank appTake any medication and prescriptions you needSay goodbye properly — you’ll wish you hadYes we will cry. That’s allowed.

Day One

Find out where the fuse box and stopcock (water off switch) areCheck the smoke alarm worksGet a sim card or check your phone worksFind the nearest supermarket, pharmacy, and GP surgeryIntroduce yourself to your flatmates — even brieflyYou don’t have to become best friends. Just don’t be a mystery.Unpack enough to sleep comfortably

First Few Days

Register with a local GP surgery (do this first — it takes time)Register with a local dentistSet up household bills if they’re in your nameGet a library card if you’re studyingDownload useful apps: banking, NHS, transport, grocery deliveryFind where to do laundryCook one proper meal — even just eggs on toastIt will taste incredible. You earned it.

First Week

Sort your student finance or payroll detailsSet up a basic budget (use the Budget tab)Find out what’s included in your rent and what isn’tRead your tenancy agreement (at least skim it)Write down your landlord and utility contacts somewhere accessibleMake an ‘essentials’ shopping list and do one proper shopCall homeWe’re waiting. We won’t say that out loud but we are.Do something that isn’t admin — explore, eat something, or breathe

One thing at a time. You’re doing brilliantly.

Nestdrop is advice from a loving parent, not a professional — so treat everything here as advice, not instruction. Please read this first.