When I turned up to my university digs, the sofas were covered in numerous stains, the heating was under lock and key and the oven gave me - and the other poor sods living there - an electric shock every time it was used. At least we had internet, which was appropriately named, 'Pornonet'. It was an experience, to say the very least.
My expectations of a student house couldn't be further away from what some rich kids expect to stay in during their 'studies'.
Take this brand-new 3,540 square-foot pad on one London's most sought-after streets, Park Lane, for example. It is worth £12.5 million. The soon-to-be occupants who are about to move in here expect no less than glass floors, a roof terrace and a 24-hour concierge.
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Built around a dramatic 60-foot atrium, the house has a cantilevered glass staircase 'floating' inside, which soars to the lower ground right up to the top floor.
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While I was content with a single-bed room with a sink in the corner over mould-infused ceilings, these London lovies will sleep in luxury. The large stylish bedrooms come complete with en-suite bathrooms.
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The master bedroom even has a monster walk-in wardrobe - while my wardrobe came out of a skip.
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We never had house parties as such in our student digs. We did all down shots of gin one evening in the kitchen when a previous housemate told us that he and the other former tenants had slid around the manky, tiled floor that they had smothered in butter. Pre-drinks was as far as the house partying went for our pad.
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On the complete other end of the spectrum, the housemates who will be moving in to this London pad would be idiots not to use up the huge kitchen. Seating 10, the kitchen will surely be the heart of entertaining other lucky Freshers.
If partying in the kitchen becomes boring, then the three-storey house's roof-top terrace that boasts stunning views overlooking Hyde Park is another option.
The Mayfair dream house can be yours for the rental price of £4,000 a week or £192,000 a year - seven times the average annual UK salary.
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Peter Wetherell, Chief Executive of Wetherell, described number 80 Park Lane as the 'ultimate address'.
He said: "Park Lane is London's most famous and prestigious address, an iconic location made famous by its enduring blue-chip status on the board game Monopoly.
"This luxurious triplex has the distinction of being the only townhouse with its own private front door on Park Lane, all the other homes on Park Lane being apartments.
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"This property will appeal to an ultra-high-net-worth person or family, probably from the Middle East or Asia, who wants to launch themselves into Mayfair society."
I bet their parents don't leave them trying to make a four-pack of beans and a loaf of bread last a week. #studentlife
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