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Straight answers to the things that actually cause arguments in a share house.
26 Aug 2026
What to Do When a Housemate Will Not Pay Rent
A calm, escalating approach to a housemate who has stopped paying, what your actual exposure is depending on your lease, and how to protect yourself before it happens.
Read guide12 Aug 2026
How to Split Rent Between Housemates Fairly
Four proven ways to divide rent in a share house, when each one is fair, and how to handle couples, box rooms and mid-lease changes without an argument.
Read guide29 July 2026
How to Split Bills in a Share House Without the Monthly Argument
Which bills to split evenly, which to split by usage, how to handle someone who was away for a month, and the record keeping that stops the whole thing turning into a spreadsheet war.
Read guide15 July 2026
What to Include in a Share House Agreement
A practical checklist of what a share house agreement should cover, why the boring clauses are the ones that matter, and how it differs from your tenancy agreement.
Read guide24 June 2026
How to Find a Good Housemate (and Spot a Bad One Early)
Where to advertise, what to put in the listing, the questions that actually predict how someone lives, and the warning signs worth taking seriously.
Read guide10 June 2026
Moving Into a Share House: The Complete Checklist
Everything to sort before you hand over money, on move in day, and in your first fortnight, so you do not discover the problems after you have signed.
Read guide27 May 2026
A Share House Cleaning Roster That People Actually Follow
Why most cleaning rosters fail within a month, three formats that hold up, and how to define a job clearly enough that nobody can argue it was done.
Read guide13 May 2026
How to Get Your Bond Back in Full
What actually gets deducted from a rental bond, the evidence that protects you, and the steps to take at the start and end of a tenancy in Australia.
Read guide29 Apr 2026
Splitting the Bond When a Housemate Moves Out
How to handle bond transfers between housemates mid lease, who owes whom, and the record keeping that prevents a dispute two years and four housemates later.
Read guide15 Apr 2026
How to Leave a Share House Properly
Notice periods, handing over your room, settling the last bills, and the exit steps that stop a clean move turning into three weeks of awkward messages.
Read guide1 Apr 2026
Setting Up Utilities in a Share House: Who Goes on the Account
Which utilities to connect, whose name should be on each account, how to spread the risk across housemates, and what to do at every changeover.
Read guide18 Mar 2026
Renting With Friends vs Strangers: What Actually Goes Wrong
The honest trade offs of moving in with friends, why money is harder with people you like, and how to protect a friendship from a tenancy.
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