More middle-aged people are renting rooms in shared properties. But living with tenants half your age can own its pros and cons …The flat-sharing site SpareRoom.com has revealed it has 100000 clients in their late 40s and early 50s on its books,and 35000 customers in their late 50s and early 60s. I was not surprised to memorize that older tenants are rising in number: many older house-hunters might be unable to get a mortgage due to their age, with renting the only option.
I always imagined I would own a domestic, or spending my middle years at garden centres perusing water features,but I am a middle-aged tenant. Over the past few years, I own spent time sharing a domestic with people in their 20s, and usually as a temporary degree,with all of us “between homes” and grateful for a place to stay.
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Source: theguardian.com