Low cost accommodation in Staines TW18

£500 per month (including bills, or excluding bills).

Council Tax Band: F

A friendly and independent elderly gentleman is seeking a Helpful Housemate for his home to give him a little bit of help and company – up to 5 hours a week - in exchange for the lower-than-market- rent.

Due to his age, he would really benefit from some ad hoc practical help around the house and garden with things that tire him out, including light housework (including hoovering), putting bins out, changing lightbulbs when needed, mowing the lawn twice a month, making the beds and generally just the friendly company and reassurance of having someone else living in his home.

The Helpful Housemate is also required to keep their own accommodation clean and tidy, and to leave any communal areas such as the bathroom and kitchen clean and tidy after use.

The accommodation on offer is a newly decorated double bedroom with king-sized bed, chest of drawers and wardrobe. There are also two small rooms, currently unfurnished for the Helpful Housemate’s use – ideal for someone working from home sometimes. The shower room is shared, as is the well-equipped kitchen, sitting room and garden. There is parking.

The property is conveniently located in the riverside town of Staines-Upon-Thames, just 12 minutes’ walk from Staines Station, and 20 minutes’ walk from Staines town centre.

The gentleman is ‘young at heart’; his main hobby is music, playing various instruments and enjoying a range of music genres including Americana, Country, Rock & Roll, Irish and popular Classical. He is very sociable and enjoys regular visits from family – and perhaps a game of Bingo! His daughter has a small friendly dog who visits with her, so a dog lover is essential.

Helpful Housemates usually work or study and have a few spare hours each week to offer a light hand to their Host. The ideal Helpful Housemate will be a positive, friendly, kind, helpful non-smoker.

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.