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Lower living costs
Rent, utilities, internet, and even groceries can be split. This is usually the biggest motivator, especially in expensive areas.
About Affordtherent
A safer way to find a compatible roommate.
Affordtherent is easily explained from the URL name. In a country where affordable housing is scarce and incomes are not keeping pace, we step into the fray as a means to finding compatible and suitable roommates. A $2000 apartment suddenly becomes affordable with two suitors.
Why roommates make sense
Aside from the financial gain, there are many reasons roommates make sense.
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Shared responsibilities
Chores like cleaning, taking out trash, or maintaining the place can be divided, which saves time and effort.
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Built-in social interaction
A roommate can reduce loneliness. You have someone to talk to, hang out with, or just share daily life moments.
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Increased safety and security
Having another person around can make a place feel safer, especially at night or in unfamiliar neighborhoods.
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Flexibility and opportunity
Living with roommates can make it easier to move out sooner, live in better neighborhoods, or afford a larger or nicer place than you could alone.
A secure alternative
Our site offers a secure place to find suitable roommates as opposed to an open, unreliable platform such as Craigslist. Private information is safely guarded. You only reveal personal details after a level of trust is made.
The site is intended mostly to pair two people as roommates to then, as a team, find a suitable apartment or room. We also support the ability for those with an available room to find a roommate.
Robust searching by proximity and budget streamlines the process. Our extended questionnaire, including things like smoking, pets, and personal habits, removes any sense of surprise and disappointment.
Our goal
In sum, Affordtherent.com aims to make finding a suitable roommate safe, secure, and effective. We also aim to provide forms and strategies to keep your roommate situation vibrant. Check our resources tab for more.
As we are in this beta stage, we encourage your input. Let us know what we are doing right and what we are doing wrong.
Happy searching!