JustysiaS:
i used to live like this for 8 months when i first came here and its a total nightmare. there was never enough of hot water for everyone to take a bloody shower, and as the lot i lived with was all related to each other, i was the last person in line to do anything. couldnt even put anything in the fridge-freezer i have shared the money to buy just because they put their shopping in there first. bunch of tossers.
wow sounds dodgy to me, i went to bording school with a house full of kids, never had that kind of problem, we were drilled like soldiers. As far as property and food were conserned, you defended what you had to the death, lol. :)
As for living arrangments usually the people i have lived with afterwards have been people i knew previous to the move so there was never any problem there. Plus i can't imagine sharing a room with four other people after the age of 16!!