Finding the right flatmate is part practical process, part instinct, and part luck. But mostly process.
This is where you’ll find guides on every stage of the flatmate search in Australia and New Zealand: writing a listing that attracts the right people, knowing what questions to ask before someone moves in, spotting the difference between a great applicant and a future nightmare, and understanding what a good flatmate agreement actually looks like.
Whether you’re listing a spare room for the first time or you’ve been through enough share house cycles to write your own guide, the articles here will help you search smarter, screen better, and move in with more confidence.
latmate.com has been connecting flatmates across Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand since 1998, and this is everything we’ve learned about doing it well.
Reddit is a wonderful place. It’s filled with people discussing the importance of organic clean living, people trying to sell their car/younger brother and at least 1.1 million cat videos. The options are endless as you scroll through the hot […]
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Picture the scene. You and your partner have just bought a place together. You’ve done the hard yards: saved the deposit, survived the auction, high-fived the conveyancer. Then the first mortgage statement arrives, and suddenly you’re having a very adult
An interesting story made its way across our desk a little while ago, and it got us thinking. Am I one of those professionals others like to live with? In Australia, it seems that people want to share a house
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Here’s something worth thinking about before you hit publish on your next flatmate listing. We came across a story that originally ran in the UK involving flatmate ads that were inadvertently, and in some cases very deliberately, crossing the line
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Picture this. You’ve just moved in with two strangers from a listing site. Things are good. Great, even. There’s a nice vibe, the bathroom roster hasn’t been discussed but everyone seems to be figuring it out, and no one has
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What do you say when you ring up or reply by email in response to the ad? “Hi, I’m writing / ringing about the room advertised on flatmate.com…” Be sure to give a brief background of yourself like current employment,
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