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iROOMit Blog is your trusted resource for finding the perfect roommate, renting a room, and living in a new city. Backed by user polls, surveys, and platform data, we provide expert tips, cost-saving strategies, and insights into trends and coliving options across the U.S., Canada, U.K., U.A.E. & Singapore.
Latest Posts by iROOMit Team

How to Make Your Room Listing Stand Out (Even in a Crowded Market)
Finding the right tenant or flatmate isn’t luck — it’s strategy. The rental market is packed, attention spans are short, and people make decisions in seconds. If your listing doesn’t hook them instantly, they’ll scroll past you faster than you can say “utilities included...

How Shared Living Funds Freedom
There was a time when rent owned me.
I’d wake up every month sweating over another payment — watching half my paycheck evaporate into someone else’s mortgage. Living alone in a one-bedroom flat in the city felt like “making it,” but truthfully, it was a financial quicksand.

AI-Picked Flatmates: How iROOMit Leads the Future of Smart Living
Imagine moving to a new city, scanning flatmate ads, scrolling through dozens of profiles — and still ending up in a stressful living situation because of mismatched habits. Now imagine instead an app or website that doesn’t merely display profiles, but chooses your flatmate for you...

Why Millennials and Gen Z Are Choosing Shared Homes Over Mortgages
Once upon a time, adulthood meant owning a home with a white picket fence. Now? That dream feels more like a bad joke.
Millennials and Gen Z flatmates have stopped chasing mortgages and started chasing meaning. The old form...

How the Housing Crisis Is Making Flatmates the New Normal
For decades, sharing a flat with flatmates was seen as a temporary arrangement — a stepping stone between college dorm life and the eventual dream of living alone. But today, that dream feels further out of reach for millions of people. Rising rents, stagnant wages, and a housing mar...

How to Rent a Room in Your House: A Complete Guide
Renting a room in your house can be a great idea to generate extra income, utilize the unused space in your house in a better way, and share living costs. It can be the spare bedroom, the basement, or the attic area; knowing how to rent a room in your house properly is important to ensure you pro...

Finding the Best Flatmate Experience in College
Starting college is a wonderful journey, but it also usually carries worry and uncertainty. Sharing living quarters with a flatmate is among the most important aspects of adapting to university life. Many pupils will have never lived closely with someone they might not know well before. Your whol...

How to Prepare Your Home for Movers
If you are moving home, one of the best things you can do to reduce the levels of stress and anxiety you’ll inevitably feel is to book a removalist company.
These types of professional companies are highly skilled and very experienced in making your move go as smoothly as possible. But whi...