£500 per calendar month (including bills and council tax).

An older person with reduced mobility is seeking a Housemate for their home and is offering lower-than-market-rent to someone who will be happy to lend a hand with some practical help they find difficult (no more than 5 hours a week).

The practical help will include taking in the newspaper and feeding the cats each morning, and at the moment – due to the Host’s mobility – carrying a tray up with a microwaved supper on evenings the Helpful Housemate is at home. They would like someone who will keep the kitchen clean and tidy and washing up done, and who will be happy to give a little help in the garden (such as sweeping leaves/watering plants), simple IT, and run occasional errands and ad hoc other tasks. They will also appreciate the reassurance of having someone living in their home.

The accommodation on offer is a very large bedroom, furnished with a single bed, some easy chairs, wardrobe etc, and own shower room. The Housemate should keep their personal belongings in their own appointed space, and not throughout the property. There is a bright shared kitchen, which is kept very neat and tidy.

The property is conveniently located just 10 minutes’ walk (or 5 minutes bus) from Kentish Town Tube and Thames Link – Northern Line zone 20, and 3 minutes’ walk from Gospel Oak overground. It’s also just a few minutes’ walk from Hampstead Heath (Parliament Fields). 

The householder is currently mainly bedbound (they have separate care support) and smokes miniature cigars, but the Housemate’s bedroom is on a separate floor at the top of the house. 

If you are interested, please fill in the application form and we will be in touch and can then give you more details about this specific situation and potentially offer you an interview.

A warm and friendly older person with reduced mobility is seeking a Helpful Housemate for their home to give them a little bit of help – up to 5 hours a week – in exchange for the lower-than-market- rent. 

This person would really appreciate some extra company, and help with a few little jobs around the house when needed, such as picking up shopping, light cleaning/tidying, cooking a meal once a week, simple IT, pottering in the garden or accompanying on a short walk when the weather permits. The Helpful Housemate is also requested to keep their own rooms clean and tidy, and leave any communal areas such as the main kitchen clean and tidy after use, if they use it.

The Helpful Housemate will be on their own floor of the property. The accommodation on offer is a bright double room with ample, built-in wardrobes, it’s own shower room, and their own kitchen. The sitting room, garden and main kitchen are shared with the Host and one other Helpful Housemate.

The property is conveniently located in a lovely residential area of Ealing, just 7 minutes’ walk from South Ealing Station (Piccadilly Line) and 15 minutes’ walk from Ealing Broadway Station (Central Line).

The person’s use to be a biology teacher and volunteered at Kew Gardens after retirement. They enjoy reading books and the newspaper (and doing newspaper puzzles), and sitting and pottering in their garden, nature and drawing. 

Helpful Housemates usually work or study and have a few spare hours each week to offer a light hand to their Host. The ideal Helpful Housemate will be a positive, friendly, kind, practical, helpful and reliable non-smoker, ideally with a few Shared interests.

If you are interested, please fill in the application form and we will be in touch and can then give you more details about this specific situation and potentially offer you an interview.