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  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    If you're worried about not getting on with "that person" then sharing with more than one would be a much better idea. It can be much more fun when you're young, it's a great way to meet new people and make new friends. Learning how to get along with others and learning the art of compromise and negotiation is character-building stuff and will stand you in good stead in the future
  • tek-monkey
    tek-monkey Posts: 1,434 Forumite
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    olly300 wrote: »
    And the two things that annoy people more than anything:
    1. Not keeping communal areas tidy i.e. washing your dishes
    2. Not paying rent and bills when they are due.

    As a house sharer of a dozen years, THIS IS LAW! If you don't wash up, leave the bath/shower dirty or use someone elses stuff and don't replace it, you will be hated. In return be careful who you share with, as any of these traits will annoy the hell out of you. Had one flatmate whose mum had always tidied his room (at 24!), he just didn't get cleaning. He went very soon!
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    It's also a hanging offense to use the washing on a Saturday and not take your clothes out of it for 48 hours. Musty, wet clothes on bed=not particularly pleasant when you come home at 3am
  • BexInLondon
    BexInLondon Posts: 382 Forumite
    Using up the loo roll and not replacing it = hung, drawn and quartered!
  • tek-monkey
    tek-monkey Posts: 1,434 Forumite
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    I remember years ago reading the Young Ones book, and Neil wrote a section on the different types of house sharers. The ones who label everything, the ones who eat your food (mr "Hey man, its only a sausage"). I've lived with most!
  • laughingcow81
    laughingcow81 Posts: 752 Forumite
    Hey! you're not meant to be scaring him out of house sharing...it can definitely be a good experience, mixed in with some bad ones.

    Certainly it opens your eyes to the many kinds of people out there!! And it makes you realise how high / low your tolerances are!
  • tek-monkey
    tek-monkey Posts: 1,434 Forumite
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    Hey, I'm a fan of house sharing! It vastly improves your social life as you meet lots of new people, it gives much better personal skills as you have to deal with other people whether you like it or not, and it probably makes you a lot more tolerent once you get a partner!

    Just choose your flatmates wisely ;)
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    tek-monkey wrote: »
    you meet lots of new people,
    My first experience turned out to be living w ith a posh escort girl, who was fraudulently claiming benefits but was still so much in debt the bailiffs turned up.

    And I CHOSE that place because it looked nice and so did she.
  • PasturesNew
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    Back to the original question: Most likely no, you won't be able to afford it on your current salary. Renting alone is horrendously expensive when you factor in the bills and running costs. Find your feet first in a shared place. There's a lot less responsibility in a shared place (especially if it's bills inclusive). Quite often the very very cheapest self-contained place is the same cost as a better room in a larger shared house with bills inclusive.

    Then, when you do go to live alone, look at studios rather than 1-beds, these can save you up to £200/month in extra rent/council tax/heating etc.
  • thriftyamy
    thriftyamy Posts: 50 Forumite
    edited 25 November 2009 at 1:52PM
    I have a house, I shared with my best friend for 6 months, she treated it like a hotel and me like the butler - we don't hang out very much anymore!!

    I advertised for a new, female housemate and on my mum's advice agreed to move a smelly, loud, MAN in

    we're hoping to get married next year or the year after :rolleyes:

    I'd give sharing a go, you'll save loads and could meet someone really cool!
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