{"id":7587,"date":"2026-03-30T09:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/?p=7587"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:34:44","slug":"founder-living-in-share-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/founder-living-in-share-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;m Living in Share Accommodation Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7587\" class=\"elementor elementor-7587\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8b577 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c8b577\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d51ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0d51ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>Why I'm Living in Share Accommodation Again<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a695dd9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a695dd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ffee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65ffee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JandG-founder-flatmate-e1774863304832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10161\" alt=\"image of john with flatmate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JandG-founder-flatmate-e1774863304832.jpg 762w, https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/JandG-founder-flatmate-e1774863304832-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">John and his flatmate are both actors so they help each other out with acting things<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f5aec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"87f5aec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7cfe12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7cfe12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><em>By John Stericker, Founder \u2014 flatmate.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">It&#8217;s a bit of a strange feeling, coming full circle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">I was in a relationship for 15 years. We raised a family together, and during that time flatmate.com ticked along in the background. It never went away, but it never got the attention it deserved either. Between a full-time job, family commitments, and the general business of life, whatever time was left over went into keeping the site alive. My partner and I made that call together. Family first, startup second. We bootstrapped where we could, covering hosting costs, bits of marketing, keeping things moving. It wasn&#8217;t the focused effort I would have liked to give it, but it was consistent. It was also during that time that I found my technical co-founder, Jayen Ashar, which was a significant step forward for the platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Then the relationship ended. I moved out of the family home. I was bought out, which gave me enough to re-enter the property market. The reason I took out a mortgage wasn&#8217;t about ticking a societal box. It was because I wanted a decent home for my three boys to come and stay in. A place they&#8217;d feel comfortable, a place they&#8217;d actually want to visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A couple of months after settling in, I was made redundant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">From there I picked up rideshare driving, took on odd jobs, and kept applying in my field. But after a while the reality became hard to ignore. Whether it was my age, automation, the job market shifting, or a combination of all of the above, it wasn&#8217;t working out. After about two years I couldn&#8217;t keep servicing the mortgage. I had to let it go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">So I sold the house, moved into a rental, and made the decision to give flatmate.com one more proper shot. The kind of shot it never quite got during the family years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">And not long after that, I found myself with a flatmate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Not because I had to. Not because I particularly planned to. It just made sense financially, and if I&#8217;m being honest, it made sense in every other way too. If I&#8217;m going to be building a platform for people in share accommodation, I should probably know what it actually feels like to be living it right now, in this market, at this point in time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">So that&#8217;s where I&#8217;m at.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Over the next 20 weeks I&#8217;ll be sharing what share living is actually like in 2025 from the inside. The honest version. 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