Whose job is it when the housemate wants to sublet for a chunk of time, say a summer or a semester to find someone to sublet? If you don't think about it, the quick answer is that the housemate …
Diane and Gary Sharing Their Home
Diane and Gary have been sharing their house since the 1980s, when they bought a 3,000-square-foot home in Boise, Idaho. They’ve lived with dozens of people over the years! And now, knowing how well …
How Would You Know If You are Compatible?
A compatible housemate is a comfortable home-mate. Your relationship is easy, relaxed, and warm. When you are in a room together you might chat and visit. It often happens that housemates encounter …
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Co-Living and Owning Together
We would call it “co-living.” They called it “co-housing.” The confusion in terminology highlights how English really doesn’t have a word to describe it when people who are not a nuclear family …
Short-Sighted Stranger Fear
This is for all the adult children worried about their parent – usually mother – living alone, who when the idea of having someone live with them is broached the child freaks out with fear. I call it …
An Odd Truth about Zoning
Ten years ago, when I was appointed a Planning Commissioner for my small town in Vermont, I had little idea of how zoning works. I jumped in because someone asked me, and it is a way to serve my town. …
