What is a flatshare or house share?

A flat share or house share is where people share the same house or flat, normally with their own room.

Flat sharing and House Sharing is 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 Flatshare or house share?

There are lots of reasons why people will 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 your a landlord).
2. Some professionals work a long distance from home, so a flatshare near work is an ideal solution.
3. People sometimes house share just to live with other people and be sociable.
4. 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, so people take on a lodger to help with the mortgage.
6. Your a student and going to university and dont fancy living in halls of residence or a bedsit

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