Dusk

Ok, I need some advices, and I know you Kiwis can tell me a lot about it.
I wanna move to live with some flatmates. Not now, but from beginning of November, as I have signed the fixed-term rental contract till then. I've never lived with flatmates in my life, so I wanna get an idea of what it's like. You can probably tell me some bright details;-) That would be very helpful.
I have no idea how to choose flatmates, I know that I would prefer to live with people whom I already know and like them, so will be looking for something like that... It's a long way till getting there (9.5 months, wow) but being a rather paranoid Alchemist I'm already trying to plan and understand something.
Thanks, I'm looking forward to hearing your comments.