What is a flatshare or house share?

A flat share or houseshare is where you rent a room in a flat or house and share communal areas such as living room and kitchen with other people; you would have your own private room typically.

Flatshares and houseshares are very common practice in large cities such as London, Glasgow, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh where the cost of renting and buying a property is highest.

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Why rent a room in a Flatshare or house share?

There are lots of reasons why people will rent a room in a flat share or houseshare, we can group them into 6 main reasons.

1. Living in a flatshare will reduce your living costs (and create income if you’re a landlord).
2. Some professionals work a long distance from home, so a houseshare with rooms for rent near to their place of work is an ideal solution.
3. For the flatmates! People sometimes house share just to live with other people and be sociable.
4. To live somewhere nicer, if you share a house then you can normally live in a nicer house than if you lived alone.
5. Getting on the property ladder, some people with spare rooms for rent will get in a lodger to help with the mortgage costs.
6. House and flat shares are a cost effective means of student accommodation as they are a cost effective alternative to living in halls of residence or bedsits. In most university towns you can always find rooms to let off campus.

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