As students it is important to live in a good house and with the right people. Students often want share housing which is close to uni as it is cheaper. But not all share housing experience turned out as great as ours. Here are some tips to make sure that you get along with everyone and that you don't have a bad experience.
You'd be living in the same house for quite some time, say about a year or two.
Make sure you have a nice landlord/landlady
You have to pay to them every month so it is a good idea to make sure that you can have a good relationship with them.
Maybe if they are friendly enough and willing, invite them out for a coffee.
Be clean, tidy and responsible.
No one likes to live with someone who is messy and parties really loudly. Your landlady/landlord will not like this. Its is your responsibility to pay on time and if you can't, tell your landlord.
Most houses will have a cleaning roster of some sort and your name will be on it for some of the tasks.
Some houses will have a kitty (in the form of a piggy/money bank) for which you have to contribute for essentials like milk, cleaning things and toilet paper. Do contribute your fair share if you can.
Some house will have shared meals and others might not. It is worth asking this at the start of your tenancy. And please do not steal your flatmates food as it is not nice. One of our Indian friends has had his food stolen a couple of times and he was not happy.
Communicate
If you do not your flatmates will find it a living hell. And so will you. You'll fight all the time and it will impact on your study. You will not want to come home.
Interview your potential flatmates.
Make sure you know who you are living with and what sort of characteristics they have. You don't want to live with a murderer.
Nor do you want to live with a partygoer. Or with someone who steals food.
Have you had any bad experiences with flatmates? Or do you have any tips that you'd like to share?
You'd be living in the same house for quite some time, say about a year or two.
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| One such sharehouse. Image courtesy of Google. |
You have to pay to them every month so it is a good idea to make sure that you can have a good relationship with them.
Maybe if they are friendly enough and willing, invite them out for a coffee.
Be clean, tidy and responsible.
No one likes to live with someone who is messy and parties really loudly. Your landlady/landlord will not like this. Its is your responsibility to pay on time and if you can't, tell your landlord.
Most houses will have a cleaning roster of some sort and your name will be on it for some of the tasks.
Some houses will have a kitty (in the form of a piggy/money bank) for which you have to contribute for essentials like milk, cleaning things and toilet paper. Do contribute your fair share if you can.
Some house will have shared meals and others might not. It is worth asking this at the start of your tenancy. And please do not steal your flatmates food as it is not nice. One of our Indian friends has had his food stolen a couple of times and he was not happy.
Communicate
If you do not your flatmates will find it a living hell. And so will you. You'll fight all the time and it will impact on your study. You will not want to come home.
Interview your potential flatmates.
Make sure you know who you are living with and what sort of characteristics they have. You don't want to live with a murderer.
Nor do you want to live with a partygoer. Or with someone who steals food.
Have you had any bad experiences with flatmates? Or do you have any tips that you'd like to share?
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