A SOUTHAMPTON student was not expecting this greeting when he returned home – 5,000 balloons in his bedroom.

Marine engineering student Tom Evans returned to his shared house in Shakespeare Avenue, Portswood, after he went home for the weekend and made the mistake of leaving his bedroom door open.

His friends blew up a staggering 5,000 balloons over seven hours and put them in his room as a prank.

They said they did it because they thought “it would be funny”.

When he came home, balloons spilt out on to the street and it took two days to pop all of the inflatables.