What's the safest way of me to find a room to rent? I'm a little worried of finding things off of websites that I've never heard of before because knowing my luck I'd find the only psycho in the whole of Yorkshire to live with :(   I've only ever gone via agencies and moved in with a partner but that ain't gonna happen.....I'm bloody useless at this and am so worried of makig a mistake.   Any advice please???                                                                                                                                                                             

I know you can find rooms/flatshare on gumtree if thats any help                                                                                                                                                                             

I've rented shared houses,both with friends or having been recommended by friends,always worked out ok,a mate rents my spare room from me,he's been here 16 years now!                                                                                                                                                                              

Thank you guys.  I'll look at gumtree see whats about.                                                                                                                                                                             

There's also http://www.spareroom.co.uk/   a specialized and free website that I'm using at the moment to try and find a place, its very user friendly and has a allot of places on its books, new ones being added daily                                                                                                                                                                              

I've got a spare room I want to rent out. I had similar misgivings about finding a tenant....shame kendal to Leeds is a tad too far to commute

That website sounds useful                                                                                                                                                                             

or Kendal to Darlington for that matter!                                                                                                                                                                             

A66 in January? Can't beat if for a fab journey to work lol                                                                                                                                                                             

both rightmove and prime location have shared houses to let as well...not many but might be worth a look.                                                                                                                                                                             

I bought a caravan .... Perfect :-)                                                                                                                                                                              

Caravans are great, and you can rent a static caravan a lot cheaper than a room. Plus you have privacy.

                                                                                                                                                                             

Exactly that GS. I bought a hobby caravan it's 30 ft long king size fixed bed its got a shower and full kitchen and all leather seating 7k some sites will let you put them there all year for £50 a week no council tax and its your own space. :-)                                                                                                                                                                              

hmmm i did that too for a year when i was younger - think id need a bit more security now tho.                                                                                                                                                                              

Security ...as in what kwakgirl ?? A big dog type or financially ??                                                                                                                                                                              

I've got a spare room I could rent out ..... might be a bit of a commute from Dorset though                                                                                                                                                                              

Haha! Yeah Dorset might be a bit far but thanks for the offer!! Lol                                                                                                                                                                             

My advice,try and find a room or house share with folk who have the same interests as yourself, less chance of a clash then... A house share will give more room and security but needs more commitment from you.                                                                                                                                                                             

Agreed, I've just found a house share, moving in next Monday. The guy who's house it is actually listed motorcycles as one of his interests (and turns out he does have one) in his advert so when I went round to meet him we spent the whole 'interview' talking bikes, a good sign!