Time to Share

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What a strange world we live in with many people living in a big old house by themselves.

Would it be possible to get people to share a house when they live alone - take two old ladies who would like a bit of companionship, reduce their heating bills and reduce the worry and get release some money from the equity in the house.

They both live in a big house - so the idea that one of them sells up and moves into the other house. Splitting the money accordingly on sale of the house and possibly modifying the new house with lifts, toilet on ground floor and other modifications that would help them.

So what does this bring to the people who would use this?

  • Release some money/equity from the sale of a house
  • Provide companionship by sharing the house
  • Release a house onto the market for buyers - so fewer houses would need to be built
  • Reduce the worry of winter bills and bills in general
I see the website based on a dating site where people would match their likes and dislikes against other people then find people in the area who would want to swap. This would also work when people want to move to a new location and would use this method rather than buying a new home.




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