Summer is the time for vacations! Shared vacations are like shared housing - they need careful planning and can provide lots of fun!| Sharing Housing
Traveling together can test a good friendship. We explore how and if it is a good test of home-mate compatibility. What do you think?| Sharing Housing
Sharing Housing is a win/win solution! Learn how to find and keep a good housemate. On-line classes and other resources.| Sharing Housing
Meryl needed housing and joined forces with a friend to rent an apartment out of necessity. It was not the plan. The plan was to move into a tiny house which she would finance by selling her single-family home. The tiny house she ordered also had a rental unit.But the builder of the tiny home […] The post A Scam Leads to Shared Housing appeared first on Sharing Housing.| Sharing Housing
Learn some basic principles in a vacation house share so that you have a fun and relaxing time visiting and living with family.| Sharing Housing
The secret of finding a good housemate is really not that difficult! Learn the secret and build a great home.| Sharing Housing
Silver Sharers is a new U.K. based home-share service for people around 50. Read about how it works, and how the founder Suzanne started her journey!| Sharing Housing
There are five major Benefits of Shared Housing. Let us show you how shared housing can solve problems in your home and your life!| Sharing Housing
When your pets are your sun and your moon, it's essential that you consider them when you choose your housemates. They have to like the pets.| Sharing Housing
In William Goldman’s Marathon Man, the antagonist, a Nazi war criminal, finds himself in New York City in search of a cache of hidden diamonds. At one point in the story, he kidnaps the protagonist and questions him while drilling his teeth sans any anesthetic with “Is it safe?” If you don’t like going to […]| Sharing Housing
The Golden Girls, the 1980's sitcom, is a model for a relationship that many can have. It's a home-mate relationship that you can have.| Sharing Housing
Explore the concept of boommates and how baby boomers are living together to combat housing issues and loneliness.| Sharing Housing
My glass storage canister was missing. The lid was in the dish-drying rack, but the container was nowhere to be seen. I looked all over the kitchen and pantry – nada. At the weekly house meeting, with all housemates present as usual, I asked about it. “Has anyone seen my glass canister? I washed it […] The post Missing! and The Benefit of the Doubt appeared first on Sharing Housing.| Sharing Housing
A transaction is a simple exchange, but living in shared housing is more is a bit more like a job interview.| Sharing Housing
Finding financial ease through sharing housing.| Sharing Housing
There’s a smoker at my house now. I’ve never lived with a smoker before. An amazing outdoor appliance, it makes great chicken, asparagus and potatoes. I’m promised meals of bratwurst, salmon, and eggplant. When my housemate told me he’d ordered it, I was intrigued. Honestly, I’d not seen one, nor known anyone to have one. […] The post A Smoker—Who Knew? appeared first on Sharing Housing.| Sharing Housing
What is your attitude towards renting out rooms in your home? Turns out our past experiences shape our views on shared living.| Sharing Housing
Learn why aligning cleaning preferences with a new homemate is crucial for a stress-free living situation and shared spaces.| Sharing Housing
My new housemate moves in at the beginning of April! I’ve been preparing for this since September 2023, so it’s taken a while. And because of a bad knee that needed surgery, I couldn’t really start on the needed and desired renovations until April of ’24. I’ve written about the plan and the renovations. The […] The post How I Found My New Housemate appeared first on Sharing Housing.| Sharing Housing
This guidebook for finding and keeping good housemates could be all you need to land in an happy, comfortable home with others. Check it out.| Sharing Housing
Shared housing has many benefits for older adults including lower housing costs, companionship, and mutual help in managing daily life.| Sharing Housing
In the midst of huge life changes, including losing her husband, Ellen is prepping her house for sharing it, and looking forward to spring.| Sharing Housing
When doing home renovations, it can be frustrating to wait for contractors. I have the money, I have the time but no one else is ready!| Sharing Housing
Ellen Dudley is preparing to share her home so she can rent out space, stay at home and have some company with a home-mate.| Sharing Housing