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How do I find house mates for a house share? UK

Hi all,

Can I please have some advice on how to look for house mates for a house share in the UK? How would you go about it if you were entering a new city and needed to find a house share with likeminded students? Is there anything I should be aware of? Tools or apps to use?

Thank you kindly!
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Original post by johng117
Hi all,
Can I please have some advice on how to look for house mates for a house share in the UK? How would you go about it if you were entering a new city and needed to find a house share with likeminded students? Is there anything I should be aware of? Tools or apps to use?
Thank you kindly!

Hi! SpareRoom is a brilliant website - people looking for a housemates post ads, which also describe what kind of flatmates they're looking for.

Unihomes also might be helpful, and all their ads are bills included, although its usually landlords that are making the posts :smile:

~ Fatiha, Cardiff University Student Rep
Original post by johng117
Hi all,
Can I please have some advice on how to look for house mates for a house share in the UK? How would you go about it if you were entering a new city and needed to find a house share with likeminded students? Is there anything I should be aware of? Tools or apps to use?
Thank you kindly!

Hi @John

I would say that the best thing to do is join Facebook groups for the city where you are - maybe the University group or just any groups in the area. People usually post if they are looking for housemates, have a spare room etc and what kind of people they are/are looking for, so this is a great place to start when looking for likeminded students. At Exeter, the group is called Overheard at Exeter and is full of students asking questions, making friends and helping each other out etc, so it's really helpful. There are also websites like Gumtree or Spareroom that can be good to have a look at too.

I live in a student house of 6, and we found each other this way and through shared flats in first year. Just message people on there and write a post saying that you're looking to live with likeminded students, and that should be really fun!

I hope that helps and please let me know if you have any other questions.
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Thank you both!!

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