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Looking for a housemate
Single ensuite room available in our lovely three-bedroom house in Didsbury. Five-minute walk from city centre. Move in from 1 June. Shared kitchen and living room with two female housemates, no parking, £600 a month excluding bills. No pets. Contact 07890 123456 for viewing.
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Hi, Mercury Hotel.
I would like to reserve a double room for three nights with a breakfast for this week on the 3rd and 6th June 2026, please. We will arrive at about 8 a.m. Could we have a room with a bath and could you leave an iron and ironing board, please?
I have a promotional code PR2457. Please, can you confirm the price, $80 per three nights with breakfast and bath included?
Please, could you confirm the booking? Let me know if you need any further information.
Many thanks with kind regards!.
Momo.
Hi Anas!
I just wanted to say thank you for everything you did for me. I really appreciated you warm welcome at your house. I had a great time with your family. They were nice and helpful. Now I know that my English emproved a lot. If you ever come to Morocco one day, I hope you will stay with me.
keep in touch!.
Momo
Double bedroom with ensuite in our lovely three-bedroom house in Sivas. Shared living room, kitchen with two housemites. No parking. Rent $700 a month with bills. No pets. Available from 2 June. Contact [number] for viewing.
for me live alone would be great because I need privacy for whatever I want to do.
I live with a housemate for four years, and everything is OK.
I prefer to live alone .That gives me more space. I don't like to share house with any one. More than that cleanliness is important to me and I find it difficult to ask some one to clean his room almost every day.
Do you prefer to share a house or live alone?
I prefer to live alone rather than share a house with someone I don't know (a housemate). However, I like living with my family. I help my elderly mother, and I live near my sister and nieces.
I prefer live alone
Living in a shared flat may be for a long run. However, having an understanding of the flatmate's expectations might ease the trouble.
In an ideal world I would rather live alone without a housemate. that is for reasons, and one of them is the friction of awkwardness that would be because of the differences between us. Plus, renting a flat without any housemate gives you a lot of freedom and privacy.