what to take to student accommodation?

[alifemoreorlessordinary]

Hi, DS is due to start at uni this Sept, will be away from home, hopefully in Uni accommodation.
We didn''t get a chance to look around the rooms when we went to the Uni open day and the information provided says he needs to take "bedding, pots, pans, cutlery". I'm starting to prepare early with him, to spread the cost, but is there a list of stuff he should take? Knives, forks, etc ,what about a grater, wooden spoon??
What have others found useful? Was thinking he could take my old saucepans and i'll buy myself a new set! Any ideas? Thanks

Oh and a clothes drier too if there's likely to be space in the room - saves on tumbler drier costs

Go to charity shops for plates and glasses. Everyone else will have Ikea and they get stolen. Pink flowery china plates don't.

How much cooking and what sort of cooking does he do? One good kitchen knife a chopping board and a wok will be enough for some people. Green food colour - if your milk is being stolen colour it green.

My niece went to uni the day after her 18th birthday.

I bought her a weekend bag and then packed it as a 'bag of necessity', pinching the room of necessity from JK Rowling.

It had emergency chocolate
tooth brushes - cheap pack
toilet roll
noe pad
photo frame
flip flops (if you don't have your own bathroom at uni you wear flip flops in the shower)
vouchers for a couple of supermarkets
spare mobile phone (on offer for £5)
hat gloves and scarf - they go when it is warm but don't come home until it's cold.
memory stick.
first aid kit.
sewing kit.
paracetamol.
antihistamines.
bottle opener.
corkscrew.
tin opener.
shampoo.
soap.

I'm on year 6 of having DC at uni.
He may get the halls he applies for, or he may get his second or third choice.

None of mine have taken things like mattress toppers. You don't need extension leads. Most unis and halls are very high tech. DSs room has wall to wall sockets, very fast wired internet as well as wifi.
They often get a smart card which can be pre loaded for laundry, acts as ID, key, etc.

They took old stuff from home ( I had hoarded old pots, pans and bedding).
The traditional trip to IKEA is fine if you don't have spare stuff or can easily afford to kit them out but not essential.

Over the summer teach him not just how to cook but how to choose and buy food on a budget, how to do laundry and make sure he knows how to manage money.
Incidentally uni laundries seem to have humongous machines where everything goes in together and comes out grey. No iron has ever been used by a student.

Take him to Tesco, the £6 for 3 meals are a good idea, can you teach him to make pancakes, and fairy cakes.. not a word of a lie , eldest held a cooking master class for the blokes in the dorms....
Most had no idea about sorting washing, how to make mash or jacket potatoes.
They need to see what things should cost , and how to make them.