House Share...Good or Bad?

movilogo

It all depends how good is your housemate(s) is/are.

lostinrates

movilogo wrote: »

It all depends how good is your housemate(s) is/are.

I disagree . I think this is often where sharing, and for that matter relationships of all sorts go wrong.

It half depends on how good he sharers are, and half on how good one is oneself.

purch

when she knew I used the house "for business"

...less said about that .... :eek:

PasturesNew

That's the thing for me - nobody wants to houseshare with somebody old enough to be their mother (+), works from home, who loves silence, prefers to be awake at night, wanders round without turning any lights on - and will often step outside in the night air at 2-4am.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's the thing for me - nobody wants to houseshare with somebody old enough to be their mother (+), works from home, who loves silence, prefers to be awake at night, wanders round without turning any lights on - and will often step outside in the night air at 2-4am.

The silence thing would be the only obstacle here. we're quite noisy Nothing else in that list would bother me. My list might bother you though:rotfl:

Jowo_2

abc1989 wrote: »

Yes, She showed me around...seems a nice lady. Same age group as myself (always a bonus) and shes very laid back...Works nights (Bonus!)

Will it be such a bonus if she sleeps during the day, including weekends, which means you have to tip toe round the house on your days off?

StevieJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's the thing for me - nobody wants to houseshare with somebody old enough to be their mother (+), works from home, who loves silence, prefers to be awake at night, wanders round without turning any lights on - and will often step outside in the night air at 2-4am.

And goes by the name of Vampira :eek:

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's the thing for me - nobody wants to houseshare with somebody old enough to be their mother (+), works from home, who loves silence, prefers to be awake at night, wanders round without turning any lights on - and will often step outside in the night air at 2-4am.

All sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

abc1989

Jowo wrote: »

Will it be such a bonus if she sleeps during the day, including weekends, which means you have to tip toe round the house on your days off?

Hmm yes, I didn't realise! I forgot about the weekends! haha!

Loughton_Monkey

In my case, sharing has led to lots of disputes. Specifically on issues like who should use the kitchen at any one time.

However, very early on I successfully defended my right to stay out of it. A situation that has lasted 40 years [or at least will be when we celebrate the Ruby wedding next year].