Showing posts with label roommate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roommate. Show all posts

Friday, February 12, 2010

Finding a Roommate - take care!

If you are using a room-mate service, such as EasyRoomMate and StudentFlatmates.com.au, take care. There are a few issues.

First, there are a number of scam listings, by people who pretend to have a room available, to scam the deposit or bond from you. For example, a "person" called Heather Buffington Nicole pretends to have a room for rent in Cathedral Place: 41 gotha street, brisbane. This is just a scam. See, for example, this blog.
Second, there can be disputes between flatmates regarding rent and bonds, and they get very messy. Often, one flatmate is held responsible for the conduct of another flatmate.