Advice on Living in a share house

[data_storage]

I found some articles which can be found here
http://www.reachout.com.au/default.asp?ti=1327&lo=1
http://www.rlc.org.au/sharehousing/10_ch5.html
considering I will be moving into one next year I found this helpfull and gave me a few ideas.

[Rory G]

you should also watch the movie 'he died with a fallafel in his hand' it shows the diversity of some shared households in australia.

[Angela]

Thank you for that information ^^

[igivejellybeans]

The second article gave me a bit of a laugh....
...Even though STD and international calls...
I'm american, so I will just assume that means something significant that I do not know.

[Angela]

STD calls are long distance calls that are still in your "country"
International, well thats obvious

[Kyle]

Thanks for contributing this!


Very good and helpful thread

[D0ug]

Thanks for the info, appreciated.

[grace]

Rent can be paid individually or as a group, depending on what suits everyone in the house best. Different ways to pay rent include:

Direct debit/automatic transfer: this is where the money is withdrawn automatically from your account each rent day. You need to talk to your bank and work about how you can organize this. It’s a good option if you have a regular income.

At the bank: going into the agent’s or landlord’s bank and depositing cash or a cheque into their account. Some estate agents’ will give you a deposit book.
At the real estate agent office

B pay: This is a card which has a bar code on the back that identifies your house. You can use this in post offices or set it up.

Paying as a group: Paying as a group means that one person collects the money from everyone else and pays the whole rent at once, using one of the ways described above. An option of making this easier is to set up a household account for rent payments with a bank or credit union. The idea is that on pay day everyone deposits their bit into the household account so the rent gets paid in full and on time. A household account gets even easier if everyone sets up an automatic transfer each pay day from their own account into the household account.

Many banks have fee-free accounts and if you are a student there are often special deals. It’s usually a good idea to open the account in the names of everyone in the house, but remember to change the account names and signatories when anyone moves in or out. Another good tip is to set it up so that at least two people have to sign to take money out – not just one person.