{"id":8625,"date":"2016-09-13T14:14:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=8625"},"modified":"2017-02-08T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T17:25:31","slug":"what-really-makes-the-perfect-housemate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/what-really-makes-the-perfect-housemate\/","title":{"rendered":"What really makes the perfect housemate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p>New research by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettaliving.co.uk\/\">Betta Living<\/a>\u00a0has sought to uncover what qualities UK property owners are looking for in their ideal housemates. Those considering renting out a room will be able to use these findings to hopefully find their perfect future housemates.<\/p>\n<p>The ideal housemate would have an annual income of \u00a325-35k and be in full time work. Generally, homeowners aren\u2019t bothered about what occupation their housemate has, with 42% of respondents not caring as long as they are able to pay them rent. See below for the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettaliving.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/2016\/09\/betta-living-finds-out-just-what-makes-the-perfect-living-partner\/\"> full infographic.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though there are certain careers which are viewed as preferable over others. A quarter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/landlords\" target=\"_blank\">landlords <\/a>show a preference to sharing a house with someone working in the medical profession (25%), which was followed by 10% of landlords wanting to live with those working within the financial services.<\/p>\n<p>While half of homeowners said the gender of housemates wouldn\u2019t influence their decision, there is a strong preference towards having female tenants. 43% of property owners say that they prefer living with a woman, leaving a very small minority of homeowners (7%) wanting to live with a male roommate.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to personality traits, over 70% of homeowners would share their home with someone who is tidy and hygienic. 69% of homeowners also want to share a sense of humour with their tenants, which was closely followed by having a thoughtful and considerate roommate (65%).<\/p>\n<p>With homeowners overwhelmingly preferring tidy tenants, it\u2019s no surprise that most also have a minimum expectation of cleanliness. In fact, up to 76% of landlords expect simple chores from tenants, like cleaning their room and replacing the toilet roll when it runs out.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking is still the number one pet hate, with 74% of homeowners reluctant to rent a room out to a smoker and 62% of homeowners not wanting to rent out to excessive drinkers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8626 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving.png\" alt=\"bettaliving\" width=\"500\" height=\"2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving-43x206.png 43w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving-100x482.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving-150x722.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving-200x963.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving-300x1445.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving-450x2167.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research by Betta Living\u00a0has sought to uncover what qualities UK property owners are looking for in their ideal housemates. Those considering renting out a room will be able to use these findings to hopefully find their perfect future housemates.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/what-really-makes-the-perfect-housemate\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":8627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[16,9],"tags":[557,418,556,202,47,52],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bettaliving2.png","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/what_really_makes_the_perfect_housemate_","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10120,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625\/revisions\/10120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8625"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=8625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}