Modern Families
The Family are coming. Aaah the joy of family… how do you manage them when they come and how long can they stay for? All of us have family member/s who at one point or another want to come and …
Tips & Guides
Bringing up Baby: Living with a pregnant flatmate
So, your flatmate is pregnant Life’s little accidents happen to the best of us. Remember that time you kissed that boy that you knew that you shouldn’t and you ended up in all sorts of romantically engaged fun for about …
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Time to move on and move out
Are you getting kicked out? The letter has arrived.  You get home from work or a night out and the mail is open on the bench, there and ready for you to read. You have to leave your house because the …
Flatmate lost their job? Here’s how you can help
Imagine coming home from work one afternoon to find your flatmate in the foetal position, hugging a bottle of cheap wine, surrounded by a pile of  wet tissues.  There could be many reasons but two will spring to mind – …
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Chef, doctor or lawyer – who is the best housemate
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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You think your flatmate is weird?
Flatmates come in all shapes and colours. Â From the very basic clean, tidy and agreeable person, to the late night heavy metal playing guitarist. We all have a space in the world and flatmates are no exception. We asked a …
Love when my flatmate moves out and steals all the plates… Cheers kid.
Hmmm Ultan, you have a dilemma on your hands that’s for sure. This issue comes up a lot when people are moving in and out of share houses. I’m sure we can all live with the odd glass of milk …
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Best way to kick out a flatmate
So your flatmate has stolen your last piece of bread, or used the last of your favourite mustard. Instead of peacefully calling a truce and hoping it will never happen again, you decide to kick them out! It could be …
Flatmate has sex in the shower and I heard everything…
Recently we came across a friend of flatmate.com who was upset with her flatmate as she suspected she’d been having sex on the shared couch, to make matters worse it was with a random after a big night out. We …
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Share House Scammers
Scammers come in all shapes and sizes and tackle a range of industries, including the rental market and share houses Unfortunately there are people out there who want to rip people off. We strongly advise the following- Ask potential flatmates …