The Essential Guide To Flatsharing, 2nd Edition: For sharers, lodgers and everyone renting out a room

The item The essential guide to flatsharing: This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Contributor Hutchinson, Matt, Summary Whether you're looking to flatshare or renting out a room, 'The Essential Guide to Flatsharing' has everything you need to do so successfully.

Publication Oxford, How To Books, Label The essential guide to flatsharing: Isbn Isbn Type pbk. SpeedFlatMating The original flatmate finding event. You can now Follow us on Twitter for event alerts. Email us or call Terms and conditions Privacy policy. About The Website Spareroom has been specifically designed to put renters in touch with each other, the one thing you notice about the site is that it is about people rather than places which we liked.

Users can either advertise a room or post a room request by simply registering on the site.

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The profiles for each let you set preferences such as pets etc as well as tell accommodation hunters what the costs are. Searching the website is really easy and you can do it without registering which is free anyway!! The added advantage to using the site rather than just going to a traditional letting agency is that it gives you a chance to check out your potential housemates. What We Thought We liked the spareroom. The searches are pretty easy to use and the amount of information you can access is spot on which means no more endless wandering from rental agent to rental agent.

If you are looking for a new place to live and want to hook up with people who share your ideals take a look at spareroom. On average, someone finds a flatmate on SpareRoom every three minutes. It saved my tush, my behind, my buttocks, my rear-end, my butt SpareRoom helps people looking for a room find people with a room to rent. There are advanced search options that allow the user to specify location details, property preferences and sharing preferences. It is based on the speed dating concept. They call it Speed Flatmating. My experience with this service was amazing.

I searched flats in my budget and found a plethora of relevant results. I then simply messaged the landlord and within a couple of hours I would have a scheduled viewing time. After a few viewings, I found my lovely flat over in West London. It was as easy as basic algebra for Stephen Hawkings. Finding proper housing in a new country can be very overwhelming.

If you are new to London, try Spareroom. If you are a veteran Londoner looking for somewhere new, try Spareroom. They want to continue with that lifestyle. You can select what kind of people you'd like to live with and what ages. It's the safest and easiest way to find a room quickly. I received a successful match within a couple of days of placing the ad. I found the most wonderful spareroom via spareroom. The service was excellent and you are indeed highly recommended.

So easy to use and mobile friendly, which has been a massive convenience in finding something quickly. Felt much safer using your site than gumtree! I have now managed to find a flat with some great people. So refreshing to cut out agent fees and find somewhere with bills inclusive! Thanks again and keep up the good work! It really helped me to find a place to live even of I am not a student.

I had my doubt in the beginnig because I thought it was for student but I had response from 3 landlords out of 4 advert I had answered in 4 days from I placed my reply to their advert. Great service, I found what I was looking for within the month. I found a room from France and was living in it it within 3 days!!! I always tell everyone about spare room. Reluctant at first to part with 30 quid, I now realize it was the best money I spent looking for a room in London. Within days I had half a dozen good, solid options and was communicating with real people, not agent's answering machines.

Afer 10 days I found the ideal flat, minutes from school and right where I wanted to be. In a field awash with scammers and time-wasters - you provide an honest service that really works —TK Before signing with spareroom. In a field awash with scammers and time-wasters - you provide an honest service that really works. I have told all my mates who are thinking of moving of your service as I was so impressed! Thanks again —O Brandwood "Spareroom has helped me find accommodation twice so far.

Both times, i managed to find good flatmates, and property too. This site is probably the best way to avoid hassles of moving in and ending up in the hands of agencies that take you for a ride. Long story cut short - Spareroom's the word! I placed my ad and had a tenant within a week. The system was smooth and effortless and I was also secure in the knowledge that there was someone there for me to contact for help as this was my first ever rental. Many thanks - please pass on my appreciation to the team. I never usually write complimentary letters so this was special.

Cheers Paris —Paris Michaelides Good morning! I have just been on a voyage of discovery and want to thank you so much. Having been let down on some interim accommodation - a colleague introduced me to your site. What a voyage of discovery! Within 1 hour - I had an offer of some accommodation from a complete stranger, just to help me out for a week! On day 2, I found 3 adverts of interest met all three and by last night had found 3 very different room and met some absolutely lovely people. I have never done anything like this before - but there is a whole word I have missed out on and your Your Company make it a safe and interesting quest with the backing of professional expertise - Congratulations!

Anne Marie —AMB You have made the daunting task of finding my first ever flatshare so simple and stress free —Shane SpareRoom has been extremely helpful and I'm pleased to say I have now found my ideal flatshare. Found a perfect flat within 5 days of registering, i'm absolutely thrilled! Thanks to the team at spareroom! I have found the ideal flat in exactly the area I want. Have a good week and thanks for your help. Best wishes —A Khachadourian I found a flat in a matter of days and it's with really great people.

Thank you for providing the platform! This website is the bomb. Easy to use, clear, nice layout, the map application where you search by map location - genius. Cheers, Alex —Alex Dear SpareRoom I have now found somewhere to live via your website and I would therefore, like to un-register and stop receiving e-mails. I can't believe how easy it was via your site and how quickly I'd find somewhere suitable! Thank you so much for being there! I found just the right place in the area I wanted. Other providers are available but are no comparison! Managed to find a great flat and landlord in record time!

Thankyou for your services, I'd definitely recommend you! I can personally vouch for them being brilliant at what they do. Made my move to London really easy. I've now found a place to live. I found so many possible shares matching my criteria especially as an older sharer! I would not hesitate to recommend Spareroom to anyone looking for a share, or with a room to let. It took a matter of days to find somewhere literally around the corner from where I am currently living which is ideal for my work and social needs. Your website is easy to use and the information you sent to me was always perfectly tailored for me.

I know we live in an age where people don't thank companies etc for the work they do, but I felt compelled to say thank you. You have made something that has been historically stressful for me exceptionally seamless. After signing up with this website i managed to find somewhere to move in to the very next day.

Thank you very much, spareroom has been such a great help!! I would definitely use again and would highly recommend. Thank you for a great service —LD I'm thrilled, I just found my perfect house share in just 24h! I thought room hunting would be painful, thanks for making it so easy! I put a room wanted ad on and within 3 days not only had I found the room I wanted but had interest from about 6 other people with rooms to rent.

So, thank you and if I ever need to find a room again I know where to come. I was contacted by many people within the first day wanting to share their flat with me, as well as being able to find many suitable rooms myself. Mobile app easy to use, excellent —Maurice Picart I found Spareroom. I just felt I must express my thanks for operating such an easy to use and, especially to those of us in need of urgent assistance in finding somewhere to live, an essential website! I can, will and would highly recommend Spareroom. You did it again!

This is the 3rd time you've helped me find housemates or somewhere to live: Big thanks to everyone who runs it, for making househunting a pleasure! I have now found a room via Spareroom. Along the way I met some very interesting people some of whom I will stay in touch with and some know old music teachers of mine from over thirty years ago so nothing has been wasted in my prolonged search.

A good site - and I also very quickly found a room for my daughter in Leeds when I needed to urgently last september - we only looked at one place out of the many and it was perfect for requirements. Would certainly go through you again and recommend you to others looking. I've looked for a flat through your website twice and both times I got the perfect flatshare on the very first viewing and within weeks since I started looking.

I've found a "home" twice thanks to you! Keep up with the good job! Simple, affordable and it works! Thanks —Agnie Hi Spareroom! I just though i would email to say thanks. I found the prefect room in a lovely house with great flat mates and it only took 2 days! I will be recomending your site to any one i know looking to move house. Room found and moved into within a week. Scepticism replaced by appreciation. K from spain and this site has made it so much easier for me to find a place, so thank you. The site was easy to use and I would recommend it to anyone.

The emails and customisable settings are invaluable, and without the early bird access I would have missed out on my favourite room. Will definitely use again next time I move - thanks guys! It is the second time I have used your site and once again found a place only this time it was a flat instead of a room and i am so excited with my new place. Thank you Brilliant Website! I continue to visit your site on an adhoc basis to check out going rates. When I initally used your GREAT site I was doing my pricing research whilst looking for work, anyways I eventually found work which I started the next day after interview in a different area than where I was located, went on your site Henceforth I recommend your site to others.

I found a place last week. It is what I was looking for. I am really happy, my flatmates are nice and the place is very nice too. I think in the meantime I don't need to receive your email alerts anymore. Anyway again, many thanks for your assistance. Many thanks once again. I was able to find a very suitable room for my daughter with a lovely landlady within the week. It was very easy to arrange 6 viewings on the same day. Many thanks for a great service. Don't know anyone currently looking but will certainly recommend you should anyone ask. Found a nice room at a good price in no time: Actually viewed 20 properties in 2 days via SpareRoom!

I also liked the email-message system that allows you to stay anonymous until you know more details. I have been recommending your web site to our friends and family. Best Regards, Heidrun K. When I began looking I didn't really know where to start but your site was really useful with loads of ads with lots of details and pictures so that you know what to expect when you visit.

I have now been living in London for two weeks and I love my new flat! Thank you —Hannah Hi Have found an amazing home so thank you very much! I recommend your site often to anyone looking as always been best for me! Now we can happily look for a room without any hassle, thank you so much. I found a room within 5 minutes, I typed in my postcode and the room was in Park Street, just round the corner from where I lived.

I phoned, went round to view and it was perfect. Thank you very much, I will use you again and recommend you to my friends. Congratulations and keep up the good work. There is such a huge need for this. I found a room through your website! I have found a very nice room through spareroom. You do provide a wonderful and simple to use service. Best wishes Christine —Christine Just wanted to say that your website has been extremely helpful - have found a very nice room to rent - Thanks —O Moore Just to say spareroom. So quick and efficient. Such a good business idea for whoever thought of it and such an excellent online service - I found the perfect place to stay in under 3 days!

Best wishes, Bruce —Bruce Hi spareroom. The interest on my ad was so high and the site is very easy to navigate.

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Have tried other sites on the side but just don't get the same response. Very very pleased and will recommend you to all my friends! Took all the hardship out of looking for any sort of accommodation, especially when you consider I'm from outside the country. Found a number of places right from my workstation.

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Thanks again, great service —Gary Wall I would like to thank you very much for alowing me to use your service as it's been very useful and I've found a flat mate. My moving in date has been sorted, your site made it so easy and I will be recommending you to anyone looking for a room share —C Neaum Thank you. My new flat is great. Your website helped me a lot. I got a flat to rent within a very short time. Thanks a lot and best wishes to the Team.

Have since moved house, but would definitely use again —Sue Thanks for this terrific service! It's particularly helpful because I'm a PhD student visiting the UK in order to visit archives for six weeks, so I'm somewhere between a short and a long stay. This website was really ideal for me! Your well-managed site makes a difference to urban life and London. In summary I'm a gay man, that has just left a 12 year relationship.

I was struggling to find a place to live as everyone seemed to want a something. I went to the Speed Flatmating event run by SpareRoom. We buddied up and within just over a week found the perfect flat. I couldn't have asked for better house mates and I simply couldn't have done it without SpareRoom! Love your site, great work Ladys and guys, carry on. You people are amazing and offer such a brilliant service. I find my bedroom Finally!! I will suggest the web site to anyone want to move or live in London. Have nice day , take care All the best —IK Excellent service - thanks guys; was up against it having to find a place by myself for the first time no longer with friends and couldn't have found the incredible place I have without this site.

Moving on Sunday to a what will be an excellent room with some fun new people. There were 1 or 2 'duff' advertisers, ie obviously businesses who were less than helpful. But the individuals we contacted were very very good and we had a huge choice in the end. Actually got a result from the ad we put in asking for rooms, but the replies we made were also good. Thank you for your site, i would thoroughly recommend it. Thank you, Jane —Jane Thank you! Managed to find a lovely room in one week time, just moving out from another lovely place I had found through your website!

You are a lifesaver! It was harder to find a property in London living soo far away from the capital but I found the most up to date adverts on spareroom and it was extremely easy to navigate so overall I had a very successful experience. She cancelled on me with 6 days till I left. Immediately posted on spareroom. Chose one place and its in a better location, a better price, and has a giant-er kitchen —Erinn Whiteside Really excellent service. User friendly access and instant notification of new availabilities. Regardless, I found the perfect room on the first day of visits.

In February this year I moved into a fantastic house as a result of Spareroom. The house is one of a kind, beautifully decorated and refurbished by the owner. It is completely unique and I love living there, needless to say everyone that comes to visit is very jealous. I am a strong believer in giving good feedback where it is merited as we too often only remember to give negative feedback.

I would definitely recommend it to friends and family. The house is great and at a really good price! I couldn't have done it without you! I'll definitely be using SpareRoom again in the future if I'm looking for shared accommodation. I got loads of enquiries so had quite a few to choose from. Excellent service, very very pleased indeed. Many thanks and kind regards Sharon —Sharon McDermott Hi, By upgrading my advert became more visible and appealing to other users. This lead to it being spotted by a local landlady who promptly offered me her room.

Thanks, James —JB I found the site very easy to use, helpful and well laid out and successful, in that I found my perfect room! It was by far the best site of its kind and it only took me a fews days to find the perfect place. You can use that in your promo material! Thank you, I finally found the right houseshare I wanted. After 2 years of dreary flatshares, I have finally found the houseshare of all houseshares, and I am really happy to be moving into my new place on Sunday.

Came through on an alert last Friday, went to see it by Sunday, and it was mine. They even cancelled all other views as we clicked right away. My requirements were not ideal: Vietnamese partner and young child but through your website I found almost exactly what I was looking for. You are providing an excellent service with an easy to use website. I will certainly be back again in future. We think the Spareroom website is an amazing site that is really useful and easy to access. I also felt confident about the types of accommodation that were on offer.

Kind Regards Linda McHugh —Linda McHugh Just wanted to say a massive thank you to Spare Room, found an amazing place in a fantastic area, could not be more pleased -quick and really easy to communicate with prospects —Nadine It was easy and fast - early bird gave me a chance to get in there quicker than other people and find a household with my requirements. Within a week I found an accommodation what I needed. I also got plenty of choices so was able to choose wisely —JTH I was very impressed with your website and found it very professional.

The emails I received were helpful and very friendly. And yes, if ever I need to find accommodation, I will have no hesitation in contacting you. So a BIG thank you. Think it's great, really impressed! I decided against living in student accommodation, and wanted instead to find a flat share in London. I came across the SpareRoom. I was impressed by the selection of rooms on offer, and the quality of the website itself. It impressed me so much as to write this. I was about to become homeless and found a great place the night before I did! I found my current room using only your site and I am very pleased with it.

There is nothing more stressful and demoralising than having to move home and finding somewhere to live; one just does not know where to start. But thanks to spareroom. It provides so many options and I'm happy to say I have found my new home through the site. I do think it is very good, minimum computer jargon, easy to navigate and usually gets me good results. Just wish I had thought of it! Been looking to rent, found a place yesterday.

This site has taken all the stress and leg-work out of looking for accommodation. Within 2 hours I have received my first viewing! I will be sure to recommend Spareroom! I've never had so many hits from an advert, and I'm an estate agent by day! Thanks —A Melville Thank you for your service once again.

This is an excellent website. The flat found a great tenant within 24 hours. I am very impressed by SpareRoom, which has been the most user-friendly property-based website I've had the pleasure of using - clear, quick and very easy to navigate. I wouldn't do that every time but it shows how well it can work. My lodger has commented that my SR profile gave him a really helpful and accurate impression, so that he knew this was the place to go for. Feedback from other people I contacted was that they were equally clear it wasn't quite what they needed - so no wasted time in looking, just a few emails and the right one here!

So I'll keep the profile on file and use it again next time. I was really impressed with how easy using the website was. Browsing the profiles was really straightforward too. All my emails were nicely organised in threads, which made staying in touch with all potential flat mates really easy. Once I found the perfect match she's really lovely and it only took one day!

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I wasn't receiving lots of comms, and still knew I could re-post it should anything fall through. I'd definitely recommend spareroom. Excellent value for money! Great service, thank you. I will certainly use it again in the future. Thanks for all your help! It's easy to navigate and use. Updating your advert is easy and quick.

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I am now looking to welcome my 5th lodger, who like the others contacted me from the advert I placed with you. I would certainly recommend the site to anyone I knew who wanted to look for a suitable lodger. Thank you very much! This time I only used SpareRoom, had several enquiries and took the second person I saw!

Instant rapport, intelligent and considerate. Maybe I've even found a friend! What more could I want? I saw five in total and have turned away several requests. This is without doubt the best method I have ever found for finding a lodger other than letting selected friends know I have a vacancy. I always let friends know of your site when the subject of lodgers comes up. Thank you and the rest of your team very much. We have managed to find a very nice tenant - keep up the good work and thank you!

Thanks to your website I managed to let my spare room within 1 hour of placing the ad! Thanks for the great service! He was a spareroom. Thank you very much for your help. I will definitely use your excellent site again the next time I need to let the room. I have just let my room again in 1 day, this is now my 3rd flatmate I have found through your site. Thank you a million! I will be using this site again in the future. Thank you very much Alison —Alison Cass I advertised our spare room to let on Monday morning, within 2 hours I had a phone call from an interested party, Wednesday evening he arrived to view and took the room.

A totally pain free exercise and it cost us nothing! Many thanks for making my life so much easier financially and in terms of finding a tenant. Got my initial lodger within a few weeks, then when she left due to a change in circumstances although she still pops in for a cuppa , we got another lady within 2 days and she's wonderful too. Thanks SpareRoom - have recommended your service. Thanks —KU Excellent website - the only comprehensive one around. Found a flatmate using this service and all for free! Looking forward to using you again in the future. I have told everyone I know! Your staff are great so please keep up the great work!

I advertised 6 rooms and had them all let in 2 days! It is honestly worth purchasing the bold listings. I would only advertise through your website in the future. I have used other sites but all my enquiries and tenants have come through SpareRoom —PD It absolutely works. I've let my room within one day of it appearing. Fingers crossed one of them is suitable then that's the quickest lodger-find I'll have had!

So many property websites promise the earth and are really disappointing but yours actually delivers. I started by emailing people who were looking for rooms and filled 2 rooms that way. Then I paid for a week and filled the other 2 rooms. Altogether I did 9 viewings to get 4 tenants all with similar profiles. I will definitely use Spareroom again.

Many thanks —JW Yeah this service is great. I found the perfect house mate through this site in only 3 days!!!! I would recommend this to any one who is thinking of renting or letting. I found two lovely lodgers in less than a week! Thanks Tania —TR I would just like to send a big thank you to you and your team. I have used your website for the past three years, we have had some lovely lodgers. You run a brilliant service quick and easy. I would only ever recommend your company. Hope to do business with you again in the near future —Kim Kelly Hi, Just to let you know I found a lodger through Spare Room and have been really impressed with your service.

I would not hesitate to use Spare Room again in future and recommend to others. Advertised here and had 5 responses in 3 days. I mailed back 1st person and he moved in 5 days later. Brilliant, hassle free and will use again for future rooms Quick and simple when placing an advert, enabling potential tenants to contact you almost immediately. Good calibre of clientele. SpareRoom is clearly the best website around! I have found a new house mate within 24 hours of the add going up.

Thanks —Alexandra Robinson Just a quick line to let you know how impressed I was with the site. I found a flatmate within a few days. I found the perfect person for my room to let the very next day! I have just placed another ad with you for another property - your ads seem to really work! I advertised the room this morning, and secured a tenant this afternoon - brilliant! It takes all the hard work out of the worry of renting a room out. The 1st week we didn't get anybody through the door but plenty of people clicked on the advert - as soon as I upgraded to a bold advert, I was inundated with phone calls and viewings.

Many thanks for an excellent service. Has kept my room full since Jan —VP Excellent and rapid response to our advertisement on your website, all aspects worked so efficiently. Terrific website service and brilliant value for money. We won't be bothering with any other advertising in future, just you guys. Guide To Better Acol Bridge. With an Introduction by John Miller. The Carl Rogers Reader. Imprint How To Books. The Essential Guide To Flatsharing: More books by Rupert Hunt.

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