Do You Live With House Mates?

I still live with my parents. Currently saving up to buy a house + furniture. You're right these days it's very hard and very expensive, we're on the council list here and we have to bid for a council house in a really unfair way. (we was told that we'd be in a house by now due to having jake and living in a over crowded house) I wouldn't really be bothered if the system wasn't so silly. the ammount of "single" people given houses with two or more bedrooms and the ammount of flats that they expect us to accept. it's really lame and i don't see why "one" person should even be able to bid and get a house of 2 or more bedrooms. (as they could manage with a flat) and it says in the bidding guide that the houses are reserved for those who need them which makes me wonder if they think things through. Sorry to moan. I just really want my own place and it seems like it won't happen unless i decide to risk a chance with a landlord which might be picky. (like my friends have had happen to them) Kudos! ~Joey

heh Yeah I live with my boyfriend. We can clash on certain issues reguarding free time and use of certain things like the tv or stereo. He can be rather obnoxious with the remote control and many times I day dream about getting my own place again just so I can have peace when I want it.

I'm married so I live with my family.I never didn't need to share my home with others.As i know myself if was at your situation I'll not feel comfortable and if you don't feel good in your own house........Sometimes we can't do nothing about it because you must share the money of the rent.Just try be patience by thinking the future will be better for you.

I live with my boyfriend and we rent a room out to a friend, who at times can be a right pain the backside so like you when he's not around it is very peaceful and calm. Unless I and my boyfriend have had an argument.... LOL Luckily He, our friend, does work 4 nights a week so we do kinda have the house to ourselves half the week, otherwise this wouldn't work! But like you say, having someone to help out with the bills is a great help. So the choice is share our home and be able to have a holiday each year or don't share and struggle with paying all the bills ourselves! I wouldn't say that i hate sharing as our housemate does have his good points, he very much into DIY and car maintenance so does save us quite a bit of money in those ways. He also gets on well with all our family's so will always help them out when he can and as i don't drive he is usually kind enough to give me a lift somewhere when needed if my boyfriend isn't at home. It does take a lot of give and take on everyone's part for people to house share and I would much prefer to have my own place but for now this will have to do.

I have lived in shared houses in the past - especially when I was a student, but I never really liked it, and I wouldn't consider doing it now. I am an only child, and I quite need my own space around me. The only other person in my house if my "significant other", - I couldn't share with a stranger at all. I know when I split from my first husband, I thought about taking in a lodger for a while to share the costsm as the mortgage was a lot on my own, but in the end, I decided to take on an evening job as well as my day job, and struggle on without, because I hate the invasion of privacy that occurs when people other than your partner share your space. I think it is very hard to retain a friendship with someone you share with, and Iremember years ago, my closest girlfriend, and I agreed that whatever the circumsances, we could never share, because we would probably fall out!

I think all in all it's very hard to live with other people no matter who you are. We all have little idyosyncracies that drive other people crazy. My mom and I own a house together, but thankfully she has an apartment in the basement so we have our own space. Otherwise I'm sure we'd be wanting to kill each other half the time, lol! Years ago when I was renting apartments my best friend and I shared one and if she hadn't left when she did I really think it would have ended up ruining our friendship. Despite the fact that we were and thankfully still are, the best of friends, we did things that really got on each others nerves, and it wasn't like we did them on purpose. It's just hard to live with people.

Yes I have a roommate. We have shared a home off and on for over 15 years. She and I are total opposites and get along perfectly! She had a son and so did I, we helped each other out with raising and keeping the kids when the other one worked. We have always worked opposite shifts so it worked out great! We now work the same shift and even at the same job, our kids are now grown and I take care of my elderly Mother and she takes care of her elderly Aunt. So once again we are on different schedules with out lives and we get along perfectly.

I actually live with a friend - my best friend, my boyfriend =) I would not wanna live with anybody else. We get along great =)

I have had the pleasure of having lodgers from time to time .. an enormous help with the household bills .. but I don't like having to live in the same house as someone else .. it hasn't felt like home when there are other folks here .. Right now I could do with another lodger for a year or so .. get my bank balance boosted up again .. ironically I can't do any work at all to earn any extra monies .. but I can have a lodger and I believe about £70 a week before it affects my benefits .. stupid really isn't it .. So I just need a nice pleasant lodger .. who wouldn't be phased by my constantly changing bed times .. and who isn't loud and noisy .. and definitely a lodger who goes to work so he's out all day ..

I live with my family in independent house and i dont like to share it with others.

it's just me and my husband and our two dogs, but i love when my husband takes them for a hike- i can then enjoy peace and quiet as well!

I live with my house mates and without them my life is boaring and it is nothing without them and i am home sickness and i cant leave even a moment without my family members.

I share my house with my husband and son and 2 cats and 6 fish. To be honest most of the time I love been surrounded by people but occasionally I do like the house to myself. Yes i agree that houses in the UK either renting or mortgage are expensive.

yes i did share room with one of my friend in the school.it just as if someone is in war front.will do fight almost everyday belief me you i dont collect money for rent from him.but i will like to itemise what cause the problem (1) religion incompartibility (2) converting my room to praying ground with his colleagues (3) use to litter the floor with afterused material (4) aiming to dominate in the room (5) total dependent on me.inconclution, i like live privately in a room there is pravacy in it.

nope i dont...right now im married and living with my family...although i agreee with living with somebody esp. if you dont see eye to eye is not good..

still 16.live with my family....huge clashes with sisters !! Can't w8 to move out when i turn 18!!

I'm married so I live with my husband. Then in 2001 my husbands brother passed away with cancer and he had been looking out for the other brother who has Cebral Palsy. He was at the point where he couldn't live alone any longer so we took him in. My husband works out as a maintenance man and I'm at home.

I live all alone in a real big apartment which has three bed rooms, a hall and a big kitchen, so I decided to sublet it for other girls. Sometime back there was a German girl for about three months and we used to have our own schedules and so we never came across each other. But now I have two more girls from Portugal and Norway and we have a great time. We three share a common interest in cooking... we actually discuss about what is good for health and which is the best way of cooking something. Since we come from different parts of the world and have totally different eating habits, we are getting to know each other well and learning the best of the other persons cuisine.

Yes,I am very understand about sharing house with others. From that moment,you must change many to your own life.Because the space is not just belong to you,but it must be share, So it is difficult to do something like before.If your house mates is very different from you,your life will be changed more.I think you'd better told him your idea about the life.When you discuss it with your house mates,you maybe will find out the same to him.So two sides of you and your house mates maybe can do something better in the next days.

I share a flat with my best friend and another housemate whose hardly ever around. There are days when things dont go so well but aint all that bad. Its nice to share a house with someone you know. So i'm lucky i guess. so far, the housemates that i have are very interesting and nice people :)