Low cost accommodation in Goring-on-Thames RG8

An educated and ‘with it’ older gentleman with some memory loss is seeking a Sharer for his home to offer a mix of 15 hours’ help and company each week in exchange for the low-cost accommodation.

He would value the friendly reassurance and company of having someone around his home in the evenings and overnight. He would also appreciate some general practical help around the home such as picking up shopping, cooking up to four or five meals each week and eating some together, light cleaning and tidying, help with IT/Tech challenges, prompts and reminders, and other ad hoc practical help and errands as may be needed.

The accommodation on offer is a double bedroom and shared bathroom (there is also a separate shower room) and shared use of the kitchen, sitting room and garden. Ther is also another room that could be used as a study (or as an alternative bedroom, to be discussed at interview*).

The property is in a lovely location in the heart of the pretty village of Goring-on-Thames, just 5 minutes’ walk from the train station (trains to Reading take 15 minutes, trains to Paddington take 1 hour) and it’s a 40 minutes’ drive to Oxford. There is parking.

The gentleman is still relatively active and enjoys walking, playing tennis, Pilates, gardening, photography, and watching the news and documentaries.

As a Sharer you are free to work or study as long as you have enough spare time to give the agreed level of company and support. The ideal Sharer will be a positive, friendly, kind, helpful and reliable non-smoker who ideally shares some of the gentleman’s interests.

If you are interested, please email a little information about yourself, your hours of availability, if you can commit for at least a year, and why you are interested in, and think you may be suitable for, this share. We can then give you more details about this specific situation.

£165 per month plus contribution to household bills (£65 per month).

Council tax band – G

We are a Homeshare agency specialising in finding Sharers for people who have a spare room and would welcome and benefit from some company and practical help. As a Community Interest Company, the monthly payment goes towards the running of the scheme.