Why Share Housing?

A good housemate is a joy. A bad housemate is a disaster.

• Save money. A housemate(s) helps pay the cost of your mortgage or rent.
• Talk, eat, be human. Someone at home to say hello and “How was your day?”.
• Share household chores. You don’t have to do it all by yourself.
• Live light on the Earth. Reduce your carbon footprint, reduce your need for “stuff.”

Sharing housing is for anyone, for instance:

• Twenty-somethings moving to the big city
• Middle-aged divorced persons
• Widows/widowers
• Senior citizens
• Graduate students
• Single parents
• Professionals living away from family for work
• Homeowners living in a large house

Whatever your age or circumstance, whatever you call them: housemates, roommates, or flatmates, you can find and keep the ones that work for you.

This site is all about sharing housing.

Information

• Read more about why shared housing is a good idea.
• Find information about how to find a good housemate.
• Find advice about living with housemates.
• Read stories about real people living in shared housing arrangements.
• There is commentary on housing and social policy.

Tools

• Take the interviewing checklist.
• Download worksheets.
• Buy the book.
• You can hire a coach to manage your shared housing at whatever point you are.
• You can arrange a workshop.
• Sign up for the newsletter.

I believe that sharing housing can be a great way to live. I  hope that you will discover that this is true for you!