One bathroom, or sharing a bathroom with a housemate? This is always a controversial topic and can lead to many broken friendships and disastrous share houses! To avoid the uncomfortable conversations later, maybe try and work out some specific bathroom …
Ever noticed something amiss upon coming home? So you’ve just got home from work, opened the front door of your flat/house/apartment, and you’re heading towards the kitchen. You are walking down the hall when you get that feeling. You know …
4 signs your flatmate moved out without telling you Read More »
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 happens when a tenant is shown the door because the landlord doesn’t want to deal …
Tenants Rights: Protecting Yourself Against Revenge Eviction Read More »
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 …
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 …
Chef, doctor or lawyer – who is the best housemate Read More »
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 …
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 …
Flatmate has sex in the shower and I heard everything… Read More »
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 …
Can’t remember where we found this, but we love it! Have you left any “notes” for your flatmate recently?
To prevent any problems occurring with your flatmates, you may want to consider entering in to some sort of “Flatmate Understanding”. This could be quite useful in sorting out issues at a later date if any problems were to arise. When …
