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\n\t\t\tDifficult Flatmate? Australian Share House Guide | flatmate.com Updated for 2026. Originally published 2015 as “How to Get Rid of ...\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Difficult Flatmate? Australian Share House Guide | flatmate.com Updated for 2026. Originally published 2015 as “How to Get Rid of Your Crazy Flatmate in 10 Clever Ways.” The old version<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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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<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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You Brought Someone Home Last Night To The Sharehouse. Should You Have Told Your Flatmates? You get home at 2am with someone you met at the bar. You like them.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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There’s a moment, early in any share house arrangement, where you start to get a sense of what you’ve actually signed up for. Maybe it’s the Tuesday morning the kitchen<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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To organise a share house is a masterclass in negotiation, diplomacy, and occasionally biting your tongue so hard you can taste it. There’s the electricity bill that always seems to<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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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<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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