How much crockery etc?

[Sophist]

DS is going to uni in September and I’m trying to think ahead so we can budget.

The halls he wants to go to say you need to bring crockery, cutlery etc. I just wondered how much of everything you usually take? Was thinking of a set for 4 but is that too much/little?

Thank you.

One relevant thing; remote campus uni, or city centre? My DD is in the heart of a mid-sized city and went to uni with almost no kitchen stuff. She bought it when there, after she'd seen storage space etc, and it made for a sociable day of investigating charity shops with her new housemates. (Harder to do if you're stuck on a campus!)

Lots of teaspoons

I'd say two of each so that your child can accommodate a friend.

Its been a good while but I took 4 tea cups, 2 saucepans, 4 plates and 4 sets of knives and forks. Other people bring stuff so you can borrow a lot if you need to.

Definitely your spares or charity shop. Accept that you won't see any of it again. 2 of most commonly used things (plate bowl cutlery, mugs, glasses) 2 pans (one the pasta, one for the sauce) and a frying pan. Some plastic tupperware type things for warming stuff up (ones that we get from our takeaway or ready meals do well). Tin opener, colander, sharp knife and a few other essentials you use everyday. Students are massively resourceful, and sometimes don't even use what they have got, and as other posters say, they don't have room for much anyway. People are dreadful for "borrowing" ! x

I've just one of those for him

If social, plenty of mugs. I somehow ended up with a room twice the size of anyone else's in first year, and ended up hosting at least 3 meals a week sat on my floor, and being the place everyone stopped round for tea and a moan as there was an actual coffee table and armchairs in there, and this sort of carried on throughout uni. I had 4 bowls, 2 big plates, 2 small plates and 6 mugs, and sometimes these were all in use, such that people actually started gifting me extra plates/mugs. I didn't mind, I enjoyed the company, and bonus if they would do the washing up for me!

Remember cupboard space is quite limited and anything that won’t fit in will have to be stored in bedroom.

Two of basics plates, bowls, mugs, glasses, cutlery, 1 or max 2 pans, 1 baking tray, a sharp knife, a small wok or small frying pan, 1 sieve,1 potato peeler, 1 tin opener/bottle opener, colander, 1 fish slice/spatula, 1 wooden spoon, 1 bowl, 1 measuring jug, 1 chopping board etc.

Don’t bother with door stops (most aren’t allowed them as a fire risk). Please also wait to see kitchen size and till young person settles in first before buying or sending them with any bigger electrical equipment everything has to be PAT tested and most halls has a toaster, microwave and kettle and imagine if everyone insisted on taking along an extra toaster, air fryer, rice cooker, popcorn maker, blender etc etc will be very little workspace or plug space left in kitchen.