EasyRoommate Blog – Flatshare Tips and Trends for the UK

The recent recession bit hard for many. In a bid to help with paying the mortgage and bills during this tough period, many home owners across the UK have, in turn, taken to renting out their empty rooms to lodgers …

Easyroommate presses for lenders to recognise once again room rental income when offering mortgages
• Renting out a spare room can generate £4,392 a year
• Taking room rental income into account would allow the average first-time buyer to borrow £11,000 more
• 89% of …

Below are a list of the websites which may be of use to you.  Be aware of great internet findings or just useful or fun sites.
Property websites

Ipswich Rooms To Let: For quality double and single rooms to let in …

Tenancy Agreements Q&As
Tenancy agreements for both people with lodgers in their home and for live out landlords are available FREE to all EasyRoommate members. If you are a member and don’t have a copy please email frank@easyroommate.com
Q. Which agreement should …

This maybe the first time you’re looking for a flatshare. You may have doubts about how to do it and feel like you need some advice!
Here are 5 tips that will help you to find the perfect flatshare online:
1. Write a …

Thanks to a very useful tool, you can now check if the ad you are interested in may be a scam or not!
Have a look at
http://www.pickrent.com/stuff/scamquiz.cfm
Each ad posted on EasyRoommate is checked by our moderators. However, even if an ad …

We met Sophie, a french girl working in a restaurant in near Spitafields Markets, in London, who found a flatshare last week thanks to Easyroommate!
She wanted to move to another flatshare that was more spacious and closer to work.

How long have you …

In the last few months we’ve made some innovative upgrades to the site to improve your site experience. Now you find a room even more quickly with our great new search facilities.
Watch our short video outlining the improvements we’ve made to the site if …

Try to be clear about the length of time you need the room, short lets and Monday to Friday lets are available so you don’t need to get tied in
List your profile on the house and flatsharing websites.  List an …

Be sure to do relevant sense and document checks and get tenant to sign an agreement. Set out all terms and agreements in writing and get all parties to sign although it does not form a private tenancy agreement it does give you some protection.