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Anyone done homestays for international students?

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AvocadosBeforeMortgages · 12/04/2019 21:42

I've been having a look at this - it seems to bring in a bit more money than having a lodger. I'm in a big city with lots of language schools.

I wouldn't want to do the younger ones - I'd want to do 16+ or 18+. I live alone with a slightly twatty dog. Mid 20s.

Has anyone tried it? I'm not sure if it's worth the additional faff over having a lodger. For instance, if I wanted to go away for the weekend to visit family would I still be able to do that, leaving the host student unattended?

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marvellousnightforamooncup · 12/04/2019 22:30

Friends of mine do it in Kent. They swear by it, it pays their mortgage.

Lonecatwithkitten · 12/04/2019 22:50

I did it one summer, by the time you have fed them etc, I just broken even.

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