Living in a share house is nothing like TV makes it out to be. No one just magically gets along with everyone they live with so don\u2019t expect constant harmony and 4am conversations all the time. You\u2019ll fight and you might even end up hating each other but it\u2019s not all bad. You\u2019ve also got the opportunity to make lifelong friendships and other people to split the rent with. Read on to find out what it\u2019s really like living in a share house from someone who\u2019s been there, done that.<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t know the people you\u2019re moving in with you\u2019re about to get to know them REAL fast. If you do know them then you\u2019re going to see a whole other side of them. You don\u2019t ever really know what a person is like until you\u2019ve lived with them.<\/p>\n
Having three cars and a driveway that only fits two is a logistical nightmare. You may think being the one who has to park on the street means you got the short straw but you\u2019ll be thankful you\u2019re out there when one of your housemates is waking the other up at 3am because she has to get to work but her car is blocked in again.<\/p>\n
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Someone, other than you, is at some point going to eat your food \u2013 probably when you most want it. If you live in a house where you share things that\u2019s great but more often than not you\u2019re just going to have to accept the fact that you\u2019re drinking your coffee black this morning because someone drank all your milk and didn\u2019t tell you.<\/p>\n
Your schedules will hardly ever line up but you can bet that when they do it\u2019ll be when you want to use the kitchen or bathroom. I would definitely suggest moving into somewhere you get your own bathroom if you can but cooking space is always going to be an issue.<\/p>\n
Studying in a share house isn\u2019t really that different to studying in one you have to yourself. There\u2019ll be more distractions but this comes with the benefit of being able to bounce ideas off your housemates and if you\u2019re completing the same degree you\u2019ve got an instant study buddy.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s always going to be one housemate who doesn\u2019t pull their weight and another one who does way too much. Don\u2019t be the one who does nothing but try not to become the maid either. Balance is essential in a share house and the only way it\u2019s going to work is if everyone does their bit.<\/p>\n
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Your housemates will either trust you with everything or nothing, there\u2019s not really an in between here. If they do trust you, you\u2019ll earn those aforementioned 4am conversations, if they don\u2019t then you\u2019ll just end up with random kitchen chats that don\u2019t really have a purpose other than filling time.<\/p>\n
There is always going to be at least one nocturnal housemate, if you don\u2019t know who yours is then it\u2019s probably you. As long as your night owl isn\u2019t too noisy this isn\u2019t really an issue, you\u2019ll just have to get used to the front door being unlocked at random hours of the night.<\/p>\n
Most of these points can be seen as both positives and negatives and that\u2019s ok because share houses aren\u2019t for everyone. By far the best thing about share houses, however, is the random fun you\u2019ll have with your housemates if you get along with them. It can be super hard living in a share house but it can also be amazing and it\u2019s a lot cheaper than getting your own rental. Just keep these things in mind because I can guarantee you that most, if not all of them will be true for any cohabitation arrangement but if you can deal with that then you\u2019re ready to go find yourself some housemates.<\/p>\n
Living in a share house is nothing like TV makes it out to be. No one just magically gets along with everyone they live with so don\u2019t expect constant harmony and 4am conversations all the time. You\u2019ll fight and you might even end up hating each other but it\u2019s not all bad. You\u2019ve also got…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19505,"featured_media":115869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[94],"tags":[210,215,220,224,307,311,310,308,229,234,239,309,306,244,249,254],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-105135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-in-real-world","tag-adelaide-events","tag-brisbane-events","tag-canberra-events","tag-gold-coast-events","tag-house","tag-housemate","tag-housemates","tag-housing","tag-melbourne-events","tag-newcastle-events","tag-perth-events","tag-roommates","tag-share-house","tag-sunshine-coast-events","tag-sydney-events","tag-wollongong-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n