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Studying in London: What to Do and Where to Stay

London is one of the biggest cities in the world. With a population of over 8.5 million people, the U.K.’s capital is a bustling city with loads of fun things to do, especially for students. What to do If you’re looking to experience studen...

5 Good Tips For Living in an All Male Flat-Share

Flat-sharing with your mates lets you create wonderful memories with friends. Provided that you follow a few rules, it can be a great, unique experience. Roomlala offers some good advice on what you can do to make your year in a flat-share an unforge...

How to Live with Several Lodgers

Renting out a spare room in someone’s home has now become a cheap accommodation solution for tenants and an extra source of income with many welcome advantages for landlords. However, you’ll need to learn how to live with several different types of l...

Decor Tips: Use Your Walls as Storage

The way in which you decorate your walls plays a critical role in the overall decor of your home. Between hanging a nice painting, some tapestry or some flashy trinkets, there are a vast amount of choices when it comes to decorating your walls. Howev...

5 Good Reasons To Rent Your Room To A Student

Have the birds have flown the nest, leaving you with an empty room? Take advantage of this opportunity by supplementing your income throughout the school year! If you live in a large university town such as London, Birmingham, Glasgow, or even Edinb...

Decorating Your Corridor

Whether it’s in a flat or a house, the corridor, or hallway, is often a wasted space, through lack of use, no matter what size it is. However, with a bit of clever decorating, you’ll be able to benefit from a stylish corridor, as well as extra storag...

Tips for Finding Student Accommodation

June and July are not too early to start getting ready to go back to uni. According to the Guardian, 80% of students move away from home to go to university. With the time to go back to university fast approaching, many students are still struggling ...

Decorating Tips: Making the Most of Your Little Living Room

Have you got a small lounge that you want to make more comfortable? Here are a few tips and some good advice on how best to arrange your small living room to make the most of the space, based on the way your furniture is positioned. What kind of fu...

Getting Ready to Study in France as a Foreign Student

Today, France is incredibly desirable as a place to complete university studies and a large number of foreign students come for both long and short periods either on study abroad schemes, or to complete their studies. In 2012, France welcomed 271 399...

9 Tips for Taking Successful Photos of Your Accommodation

Did you know that ads with photos receive 5 times more views than ads without photos? We therefore strongly recommend that you update your ad with pictures of your accommodation, if you haven’t done so already! To help you out we’re providing you wit...

Collaborative Consumption: Hiring a tasker

Is a leak bugging you? Are you struggling to fix your computer, or look after your garden? Becoming, or hiring a tasker, a practice born out of collaborative consumption, which seeks to encourage neighbours to help each other out, it could be the sol...

Finding a Summer Job

The arrival of the summer holiday marks the end of the academic year and the beginning of a lot of free time for you as a student. With all this free time, it makes sense that a lot of students seek to find a source of income, especially since the ex...

Homework Help: The New Trend That Helps You Succeed

Today, more and more students ask for help when it comes to their homework. Very often, this help comes from classmates and friends. Sharing useful information is trendy and it helps you succeed. The help of digital technology Thanks to ne...

To Rent Out An Attic

Everyone wants to have more space in their home. It opens up new areas to spend time and increases the value of your home. One space that often goes unused is the attic. This unused space offers many advantages, and we’ll teach you how to make the re...

The Collaborative Economy in the United States

Every day the collaborative economy grows a little more. Every time you look it seems as though there is a new company taking part in what some even call the sharing economy. From ridesharing services, like Uber and Lyft, and services that help you c...

Visiting the French Riviera

Going on holiday is normally synonymous with sunshine and relaxation, but organizing a getaway can be anything but that. That is why we have decided to give you a hand and help you plan your trip to the French Riviera. Here are some ways to explore t...

Rentals: What Does the Landlord Pay For

Every lease that is signed between a landlord and a tenant requires that the distribution of work is mentioned. Even with this mentioned, there can be sources of disputes between the landlord and the tenant. Here we will explore who is obligated to d...

Collaborative Consumption: Collaborative Insurance

Over the last few years, the sharing economy has grown rapidly. There are now all different forms of sectors in the sharing economy, there is house sharing, loans, carpooling, and even the rental of tools. But now, there is even a sector for insuranc...

Living with the Elderly

Faced with rapidly rising rent prices many owners are offering accommodations in their homes in exchange for the completion of services. This style of accommodation lets tenants save money on rent as well as lets landlords save money on paying for th...

Revamping Old Furniture

Do you have unused furniture at home that’s too old looking, inelegant or just damaged? Here are some simple tips to take something that’s an eyesore and make it a pleasant centre or attention. Why Redecorate? Whether you’re looking to give charact...

Flatshare or Homeshare: Which is Right For You?

Looking for a cheap solution to your rental needs? Here at Roomlala we are happy to present you with two excellent solutions: flatshares and homestays. The two concepts are similar in many ways, but each does have its own positives as well drawbacks....

Dealing with Noisy Neighbours

Do your neighbours work scream all day or play loud music? Do they throw too many parties and constantly keep you awake? What can you do to combat them without it turning into an all-out war? Here are some simple tips to resolve your problems with ...

Are You Allowed to Enter Your Flatmate’s Space

It can happen. You can be tempted to enter your flatmate’s space when they’re away. After all, you just needed to borrow their iron, or take something back that rightfully belongs to you, right? It shouldn’t be a problem, but what if it becomes one? ...

How to Avoid Unpaid Rent

Certainly the most feared part of renting out a space is not getting paid on time. It’s well known that housing costs consume the largest chunk of one’s budget, and we’re sure that’s no different for you, however some tenants view the landlord as h...

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