Homeshare - Edgware, Middx

Bright, single bedroom with ample storage (including a large double wardrobe with shelves and ottoman) in a ground floor flat with views onto the gardens and room for a desk.
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Shared living room, kitchen and wet room (there is a separate toilet). The home has good WiFi and is spotlessly clean and tidy. The well-supported block benefits from a large hall with a friendly communal living area (also with its own WiFi where it is possible to work quietly too) a communal kitchen and laundry facilities. The flat opens onto the grassy areas of the communal gardens.

** Cost: £240 per month **

Homeshare Location:

A short bus ride to Edgware tube (Northern Line direct to the West End and City) with handy, local shops a few minutes’ walk away from the home.

HOMESHARE OPPORTUNITY

We are delighted to offer a new Homeshare opportunity for a sharer to live affordably in a convenient part of north London in return for providing some practical support and companionship to an older lady in her mid-80s.

** Available early September for the right person subject to our matching and vetting process**

What the Opportunity Involves:

In return for the low-cost accommodation (£240 pm), we are looking to match our older homeowner with a well-suited sharer (aged 23 +) who can provide around 10 hours of practical support and friendly companionship each week.

Our homeowner, who is in her mid-80s, was widowed a few years ago and lives alone but is close to her daughter who lives nearby and pops in regularly. She is flexible, warm and caring and loves company and making a fuss of people. Sadly, she has limited mobility because of arthritis but is well supported by carers who come in daily to help with practicalities, but the family would be reassured by someone being there overnight. She uses a walking frame at home. No personal care is required or permitted by the sharer.

Our Homeowner is used to sharing her home having enjoyed lovely Homeshares with previous sharers who have provided regular companionship over the last five years (the current sharer is leaving early September after a year), and she enjoys having someone around in the evenings. She spends her days watching television and enjoys history, geography and nature programmes as well as following the news. She enjoys colouring and would like to improve her IT skills to access YouTube and get the best out of her iPhone and iPad!

The ideal Sharer for this Homeshare opportunity will be a friendly, kind, caring and reliable female, someone who is happy to provide some friendly companionship and who would enjoy chatting with the Homeowner about their day when they come in, sharing some time discussing the news, playing a game or doing a puzzle together.

Although our Homeowner has lived in London for many decades, she is originally from India and would particularly enjoy living with a Gujarati or Hindi speaker although this is not essential. A knowledge of South East Asian culture would be a plus.

Practical help required is light and will include picking up some local shopping, helping with IT issues, maybe heating up some food occasionally but this is mainly about companionship, sharing some time together and providing overnight reassurance.

Please note: It is our Homeowner’s preference that the Sharer be a female, vegetarian at home and a non-smoker.

We are looking to match this Homeshare opportunity soon. If it is of interest, please get in touch with us telling us about yourself, your work/study situation, and interests, and particularly why you consider that you would be well suited.

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** Cost: £240 per month **

This is a monthly facilitation fee for our matching and ongoing monitoring service. You do NOT pay any rent to the Homeowner. Bills are included, although you may be asked to make a modest contribution to the Homeowner towards the energy bills, and council tax if you are working.

We are a social enterprise facilitating Homeshare matches across London and surrounding areas. We match people who live alone and need some practical support and company, with mature adults wanting affordable accommodation who are happy to provide some companionship and practical support in return for a safe place to live.