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.
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 room to a user they have been messaging. This feature allows important information to be […]
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Are caravans the new granny flats? There’s been a bit of press lately about granny flats, and the potential rental income they can provide. The good news about caravans however is that they are more often than not, cheaper to
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Whether you’re old, young, married or living in a royal palace; there are plenty of reasons to have a flatmate in today’s world. Some of you may shiver at the thought of sharing your home with a flatmate. They’re strangers, after
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House sharing in your 30s and 40s Midlife crisis or common sense? Share house could be the answer Once upon a time, sharing a flat or a share house was something that you did in your youth – between leaving
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We have all come across a bad flatmates at some stage in our lives, whether it be hanging out with our friends flatmate or living with one, they can dampen your mood, but also your spirits about what living with
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It can be difficult to overcome the feeling of losing a flatmate. Living with someone for a period of time means that you have gotten used to a certain lifestyle with them. Besides fitting in together, you have also made
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Having a flatmate is a great solution if you’re living on a tight budget. You never know what kind of person you’ll end up living with when finding a flatmate, but one of the best things about living with someone
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Whether you’re a veteran or complete beginner when it comes to finding a flatmate, you can ask anyone flatting or who has flatted before, that it’s often very hard to find one or many great flatmates. They will tell you
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You can tell a lot about a person by what they post on Craigslist. It’s a forum for the weird, the wonderful and the just plain WTF where you thinking? There are some funny craiglist ads. Just like basically anywhere
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So you’ve posted an ad and had a few requests to see the house you’re offering to rent out. That’s a good start. But now it’s time to reveal the applicants DEEPEST, DARKEST secrets through an intensive, one-on-one interview to
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