Anyone used spareroom.co.uk?

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Hi has anyone used spareroom.co.uk and if so what's your experience at renting one of their properties, good or bad etc

Hello, Spareroom is a listing site for people to list rooms, like Rightmove or Zoopla for homes. I used to use it to find properties when I lived in flatshares, and never had any issues with it. Back then, there was a lot more demand for rooms than availability, but I'm not sure if it's still the same.

I've used it to let a room. It has worked out well.

You can choose who to let view, screen them etc

I found it great. I had been looking for a room in a shared house in the town centre. By luck, after creating a profile, I was contacted by a management firm who were hosting an open house for a shared house the owner had just renovated. It was a 5 minute walk from work in the nicest area of town. The house was aimed at young professionals and post-grad or above students. I stayed there for 3 years and never had any issues with housemates.

There were a lot of "lodger" adverts that I avoided because it felt weird to be living in a house with the landlord. That being said, my DH lived in a house with his landlord and 3 others years ago and loved it. His landlord was rarely there but was easy to live with and never made it feel like his house (except when it came to fixing things or redecorating).

Yes I've always used it (I house share because I'm saving up).

Never any problems with it. Obviously you need to do your due diligence with any property - visit in person, don't say yes if you get weird vibes from it, the LL or the other tenants etc.

Obviously you need to do your due diligence with any property - visit in person, don't say yes if you get weird vibes from it, the LL or the other tenants etc.

Oh this is a good point. You've just reminded me of when I got weird vibes from one landlord who owned a building full of beautiful flats. The other tenant in the two bed flat said he was a bit weird but ok. Then I met him and got "hidden cameras" vibes. I ran into him at a bar several months later and he demand to know why I didn't rent his flat after he offered. I pretended i had no idea who he was.

I rented a room for a year. It was brilliant. Very easy and great find.

I rented a room back in 2016 I found on Spareroom. It was just another woman who lived in (and owned) the house. We still keep in touch and are good friends! It was great. Obviously like others say, you still have to visit the places, meet the people etc. but my experience was that nice, normal people advertise on there rather than weirdos!