Any single parents interested in renting a house together in Sheffield area?

[ojojojojojjjj]

Hello! Single parent here looking to rent a house in the Sheffield area with another single parent family. Currently down south in an extortionate, but shabby private rental.

Am early 40s, f, and have one lovely DC, age 8. Professional, self employed, reliable, friendly and clean!

I really want to make a big move from where I am with a view to eventually buying but that feels like a huge leap especially in an area I don't know. For now I'd be happy to rent, preferably with another single parent family (parent / child) to get to know the area, offer a little mutual support for each other, and someone to split bills with!

I think it would be for approx a year but I am flexible on this.

If anyone knows of anyone interested, or is interested please let me know, we can do a phone chat / zoom and later in person meet if appropriate. Not looking to rent with just anyone but as it's a lesser commitment than say buying, I would hope that we could easily get out of it if one of us were unhappy.

I appreciate this is a bit of a shot in the dark, and am not going to jump into living with just anyone, but if it solves a problem for both of us for the shorter term that would be great! So DM me if you're interested and we can chat :)

I'm not the person you are looking for but this sounds like a great idea. Bumping.

thank you @reallyworriedjobhunter - I hope your job situation resolves soon whatever it is!! (if ongoing)

Excellent idea but not sure if mumsnet is going to be the place to meet your future houseshare partner. Maybe advertise on a dedicated site for accommodation seekers?

thank you sinooh, I just thought I would put it on the lone parents board as it's quite a specific "lone parents" request and there might be more people in a similar single parent situation on here than might be on a general site. I'm also doing some houseshare sites too to maximise the potential :) fingers crossed and thank you!!

@ojojojojojjjj have you got the FROLO app?

There are Facebook groups for postcodes/areas in sheffield that are very active and may yield more of a response

Without wanting to put a downer on things have you really thought about this?

Who's name would be on the tenancy?
What if you disagree about bedtimes/snacks etc?
Would you 'babysit' each others children or would it be expected that each family remains responsible for their own childcare?
What if you have different incomes/spending priorities?
Are you expecting the children to share bedrooms or will they have their own bedroom? If so that means you would be looking for a min 4 bed?

Sounds like my worst nightmare!

• joint tenancy (both names)
• bedtimes / snacks up to each family (not getting involved with debates)
• 4 bedrooms (2 bedrooms per family) - not expecting kids to share
• rent split 50 / 50 as are bills - other spending up to each family!
• leading independent family lives, except sharing kitchen, lounge, bills and cleaning
• babysitting - not a foregone conclusion, possibly by arrangement if both sides happy with it, on occasional basis

Short term only (1 year) so hopefully achievable for this duration.

What about safeguarding?

Hello,
Have you made any progress on this yet? Am looking to move to Sheffield but am not after the exact arrangement you are proposing. Let's chat if you are happy to check out other possibilities.

I think it’s a great idea and bumping for you. Hope you find the right person.

I think this is an amazing idea. When i split with ex i would have loved to do this with someone to mutually support each other, but i wasnt brave enough xx

Hi,
I realise this message was from a year ago and probably isn't still what you may be looking for but thought I would message anyway just in case! I am a single parent of a soon to be 5 year old daughter and my tenancy ends in November. With the way the housing market is and to support eachother in being able to have more options I think it's a lovely idea! If this is still something you would consider your more than welcome to PM message me x

Hi. Now I'm a bit late but I'm in the same situation right now. I'm a single mom of 2. My son is 8 and my daughter is 5. I'm desperately looking for somewhere to stay in Sheffield from about middle of August. I'm now for couple of weeks living spare in my ex partner's place in London which is driving me almost crazy because we don't have a very good relation. It's because I have to left UK a few months ago because of family issues. I don't have anyone else in London that's why I want to move to Sheffield when I used to live before I have had kids and I have lots of good friends in there and know the city very well. I'm working now on nights to save money for rent but it seems almost impossible to rent a house as single mother with some bad credit score as I got to so much trouble when I've left my ex partner with 2 little kids :( now they are big enough for me to go to full time job and start to sort things out but I don't really know where to start. London is impossible for me to even save enough money for rent and deposit. But really I also just don't want to stay in here as I don't know anyone. I feel like Sheffield is close to my heart as I spend many years in there. If anyone is looking for someone to share house with kids together or know anyone who has flat or house and will consider to rent it to someone in my situation please let me know. I'm so sorry for a very long comment but I just felt like this is a place where I can say it :(

Or maybe you guys can share your experiences how did you menage to sort things out in that time. Or maybe anyone have any contacts to private landlords in Sheffield? That would be very helpful

Did you sort something?
I am looking at possibility of finding a single parent to share a 4 bed with in Sheffield. I have 8 year old. Rent increasing to unaffordable amount.