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How to Choose the Perfect Flatmate 2025: 7 Green Flags to Look For
Finding a flatmate isn’t just about splitting the rent—it’s about sharing your space, your routines, and your lifestyle. The wrong match can turn your home into a stress zone. But the right flatmate? They can make your day-to-day life easier, more comfortable, and even fun.
While there are...

How to Tell Your Flatmate You're Moving Out
From personality clashes to lifestyle differences, it's super common to want to leave a less than desirable flatmate situation. Identifying why exactly you want to move out can help you feel more confident in your decision, and it'll even help...

10 Signs Your Flatmate Relationship is Toxic
1. Controlling
Some like to go with the flow, while others take the reins and don't back down.
If your roomie always has to have everything just so, that's fine to an extent. (Honestly, who doesn't prefer their own way of doing things?) This can become problematic i...

Your Flatmate Stealing Your Food: Navigating Food Theft Among Flatmates
In the vibrant tapestry of shared living, where individuals from diverse backgrounds converge under one roof, the potential for both harmonious co-existence and simmering conflict exists. Among the myriad challenges that can arise in this unique ecosystem, the issue of food theft stands out as a...

How to Evict a Flatmate in 2025
Flatmates can be beneficial in helping pay expenses and assisting with household chores and duties. However, if your flatmate's actions begin to cause you difficulty and you cannot resolve the issue through negotiations or compromise, you may need to know how to evict a flatmate. Although evictin...

Your Flatmate and Observing the Holiday Season
Back when I had a flatmate, how I should observe the holiday season was a big question mark. Prior to my home sharing, I either went to my mother’s house or my romantic partner invited friends over for the big day. But my first year with my flat-mate, I wasn’t too sure how I would ap...

How to Deal When Your Flatmate is Late Paying Bills
How should you deal when your flatmate is late paying bills? Should you scream, throw a temper tantrum, or walk around silently resenting the person who hasn’t paid their bill? Nope, none of those are going to help the situation.
Ask for the MoneyWhat you do need to...

10 Surprising Celebrities Who Used to be Flatmates
Ah, celebrities. They often seem so different from us, living in luxurious mansions and leading glamorous lives. But believe it or not, many of them were once just like us – struggling to make ends meet and sharing cramped flats.
Before they became household names, some of Hollywood's bigg...
