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Canberra share houses fill and empty around the university year and the public service hiring cycle, so timing matters more here than in larger cities. Inner north and inner south suburbs are closest to both the universities and the offices. Winter is genuinely cold, so heating and who pays for it is a fair question to ask early.
Ask about heating and how the winter power bill is split.
Rooms turn over sharply at the start and end of the university year.
Check which side of the lake you are on before agreeing to a commute.
There are currently 2 rooms advertised in Canberra on flatmate.com. Listings change daily, so it is worth saving a search rather than checking back by hand.
ANU is at Acton, on the edge of the city centre, and the University of Canberra is at Bruce. Acton, Turner, O'Connor and Braddon are walkable to ANU; Bruce, Belconnen and Kaleen suit UC.
Semester one starts late February, semester two late July, and Canberra empties between them.
Ask about heating and how the winter power bill is split, because the winters are genuinely cold.
Rooms turn over sharply at the end of the academic year, which is the best time to look.
Every listing here is a room in someone’s home rather than a building run by an operator, so you are moving in with the people who already live there. That is worth knowing before you start: the household chooses, and they choose a person rather than an application.
