Which do you prefer? The modern condo with an open floor plan and cathedral ceilings? Or the pre-war rambling house with multiple rooms with doors, nooks and crannies. If you are sharing housing with unrelated people, you should prefer the latter.
These spaces allow individuals to have privacy even when others are home. Think about it [...]
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Housemate Wanted – Worksheets
Years ago, I spent an expensive hour with a consultant who helped me list out all my requirements for a house. As I left I was irritated. I thought I knew everything on the list! Why had I spent so much money? Then I went house shopping. The list was extraordinarily helpful. No waffling for [...]
Interviewing Long Distance
Moving long distance presents a challenge. How do you find a place to live when you aren’t there to see the place and to interview potential housemates? Some people make the trip for a weekend ahead of time and try to jam it all in and maybe they get lucky. I’m sure some do get [...]
Housemate Ad – What to Write
A good roommate ad has five types of information. It should list the location and the rent. It should also include a description of the room for rent and the larger house, something about yourself as a housemate, and a description of what you are looking for in a housemate.
The location and the rent should [...]
Know Yourself!
To thine own self be true
The absolute most important part of finding housemates that you want to keep is being really, really honest with yourself and others about who you are and what you can and want to live with.
This is NOT the time to wish you were different. Do not believe you can make [...]
Roommate.com: The Basics
Roommates.com
This website offers free registration to post either “room offered”or “room wanted.” With pages and pages of testimonials, the company clearly seeks to establish itself as credible and helpful. J. Bennet reviewing the service at Reviewstream, comments. “Perhaps the best feature of roommates.com is that the service personally matches you with other site users based [...]
Finding Housing: The Pitfalls of Craigslist
For now, Craigslist is the most popular way to finding a place to live. It’s free to posters (except in NYC) and it is easy to search if you know where you want to live. I used Craigslist for years when I was looking for people to rent the single room in my house. With [...]