It’s the $64,000-dollar question. You’re convinced that having a home-mate is a good idea and you’d like to try it. But how do you find a good home-mate? Where do you even begin to look? After you've …
Uncluttered and Clean
Visiting a friend for a weekend, I observed how she manages with her partner their shared space. It became clear to me that one is a neatnik, she might even say obsessive about it, and the other more …
Do It While It’s Easy
“Do it While it's Easy” is one of our four guidelines for living well with others as described in the book, Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates. An essential part of …
Silvernest: A Home-Mate Yenta
In our continuing series of services that provide home-sharing options, we take a look at Silvernest: a pioneering service that's specifically targeted to empty-nesters and boomers, which helps …
CoAbode: Single Mothers House Sharing
Carmel Boss, future founder of CoAbode: Single Mothers House Sharing, found herself after her divorce facing high housing costs, juggling childcare and work with little to no help at all. Anxious …
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Doing Things Differently
What happens when you find yourself in a shared housing situation and you discover that your home-mate does things differently. Do you bring it up so often that it becomes an issue? Do you say nothing …