Here’s an article, published by the AARP on middle-aged single women choosing to live together. It was written in 2007. I wonder how many more people are discovering the pleasures of sharing housing?
Posts Tagged ‘housemates’
The Time Has Come?
At a conference in the summer of 2009, home sharing was declared “An idea whose time has come”. But this is not a new idea. It is an old, old way of living. History is full of examples of individuals sharing housing. Farm helpers lived on the farm. Teachers and preachers boarded with families. Servants [...]
Hardly Forgotten
It’s been awhile since I wrote on this blog. I’ve been hard at work on the book of the same name as this blog. Draft 1 is complete. I can focus once again on writing for the blog. The book offers a step by step guide on how to go about finding and selecting housemates [...]
Internet Matching Services
While Craigslist simply offers the ability to post, there are internet services that offer matching services. For a (in general) small fee you can get an account and are prompted through questions that create your profile. Since everyone has a profile, it is possible to search for housemates that match your criteria. You can also [...]
Don’t Make This Mistake!
As I interview people for the book I’m writing, I’m hearing stories about the nightmare housing situations. What is a nightmare situation? It’s when the comfortable feeling between housemates breaks down because of conflict that is unresolved, and communication stops. It is really awful. Home becomes a battleground. If you have lived a nightmare situation, [...]
The interview – Key to success
“She seemed nice enough.” “He was well-spoken and gentle.” “We were friends and both needed a place to live.” These are real quotes from people who ended up being unhappy about their shared housing arrangements. What do they have in common? Lazy interviewing. All three neglected to really consider the interview and what they needed [...]
Cleanliness – the Kitchen
The kitchen is the most used common room in a home. When there are housemates, the kitchen is often the place for casual conversation, laughter, and sharing. It can also be a source of irritation and anger when members of a household don’t have the same standards of cleanliness and/or guidelines are not followed. It [...]
Golden Rule
The Golden Rule – “do unto others what you would have them do to you” is key to living well with your housemates. If you don’t like to walk into a kitchen with dirty dishes in the sink, don’t leave dirty dishes in the sink. If you want to be told when a housemate is [...]
Private space vs. Common space
For four years I had a housemate who was an incredible slob in his room. There was stuff all over the floor with barely a path to his bedroom. Did I ever say anything to him about that? No! That was his room to do with as he pleased. He was perfectly neat in the [...]
Active Social Life May Delay Memory Loss
Article on Healthy Aging website. From article: “Social participation and integration have profound effects on health and well being of people during their lifetimes,” said Berkman. “We know from previous studies that people with many social ties have lower mortality rates. We now have mounting evidence that strong social networks can help to prevent declines [...]