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What Is Share Accommodation?

Share accommodation is one of the most common ways people live, and also one of the least explained. Here’s everything you actually need to know, from what the term means

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Is Your Flatmate Ad Breaking the Law?

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Tenants Rights: Protecting Yourself Against Revenge Eviction
What is Revenge Eviction? As a tenant, you may already know about revenge eviction. Perhaps you’ve already experienced one. Otherwise known as retaliatory eviction, it ...
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Make an Offer on Your Room
You can now officially offer your sharehouse room on flatmate.com flatmate.com has incorporated the feature whereby users who are advertising a room can offer the ...
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Why Your Verified Badge on flatmate.com Could Be the Most Valuable Thing on Your Profile

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Facebook, flatmate hunting and the identity-theft trap

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