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Posts covering local community activism and sharing economy.
Watch out for flatshare advert premium rate 070 numbers
Looking for a flatshare is fun but remember to have your wits about you, not all people are honest.
Probably The Best Flatmates In The World
"Carlsberg Don't do Flatmates TV Commercial". This video was an advert from a few years ago showing football fan's best flatmates in the world.
How to disable adverts and analytics across the web
Privacy matters. This site does not use Google Analytics. It uses Google adverts for income, while also teaching you how to block them. This article relates to the Privacy Policy.
Flatshare Fridge of the Future
Gay flatshare
Search for gay or lesbian flatshare. Flatshare adverts on the site can optionally display a preference for gay flatmate.
Justrentaroom is now part of Blocl
Since 2001 JustRentARoom helped countless lodgers and landlords to form their ideal house shares and flat shares, renting out rooms in the UK. Today the site became part of Blocl UK
Landlords Get a Better Rep
Live in landlords wanted for new TV pilot show
We’re currently looking for live in landlords that are looking to find a new lodger for their home and offering them a unique opportunity to take part in a new TV Show produced by television production company Green Inc.
Lets with Pets
Mock the Week Things You Don't Want To Hear From Your Flatmate
After looking through YouTube this week I came across one of my much loved programs Mock the Week and found this hilarious video "Things You Don't Want To Hear From Your Flatmate"
Landlords say NO SMOKING!
As nipping out to the supermarket for a pack of cigs just got a little bit harder thanks to the government banning large stores from displaying cigarettes, just how are landlords and tenants getting on with the ‘smoke or not to smoke’ debate?
Parents Filling Empty Bedrooms
Are your children not your little babies no more, are they now all grown up and made that decision to gain their own independence to stand on their own 2 feet to move out of your family home?
The Rent A Room Scheme
Renting a room has always had benefits but now people who rent rooms out can get an added bonus of being tax-exempt up to a certain amount.
Speed flatmating
Website's open source technology stack
Here's a quick outline of open source technologies used to power the site.
Flatshare Tenancy Agreements
Taking in a lodger or tenant the first thing you should have in place is a Tenancy Agreement. Having an agreement in place will help make sure everything runs smoothly throughout the tenancy, setting out the rent, deposit, terms and notice periods etc. These are also important If any future disputes happen, then you can refer the tenant back to the Tenancy Agreement.
Trademark, how to
Getting a trademark registered with UK Intellectual Property Office involved a few steps so here comes a little writeup of the process.
When flatsharing, keep your valuables safe
Whilst flatsharing we bump in to a variety of people, from your new best friend, to the constant talker, to the slightly odd flatmate. Although you’d probably end up getting on with most of these and you’d probably share a pack of rolo’s with them, you have to think, do I really know them.