You know the vibe. Rent's due Friday. Six people in the flat. Five of them transfer to Chris because Chris's the "head tenant" and Jordan promises they'll sort it with the landlord. This is how most flats handle rent in 2025 - pick someone, trust them completely with hundreds of dollars of your money every single month, and hope for the best. It's basically a financial trust fall, except sometimes you hit the floor. There's the obvious stuff: the chasing, the reminders, the.

Stop Asking 'Are You Tidy?' Ask These Instead   'So... are you pretty tidy?' I asked this in four different flatmate interviews one summer. Every person said yes. Every person had a completely different definition of what yes meant. The problem with flatmate interviews is that everyone performs. You're speed-dating someone you'll share a bathroom with for a year, under pressure to fill the room before rent comes around. Most questions are designed to get reassurance, not inf