How to share a home with a like-minded lady?

Have you tried your local council or housing association.

They have accommodation for the elderly usually.

You have to go on a list and and get points but you can bid on properties that become available, you may be lucky and get a bungalow with a garden.

Just a thought but worth looking into.

Good luck.

What a brilliant idea. I'd love to do that too.

Thank you for the suggestion - but what I really want to do is 'share' a home with someone, in order to have someone to talk to...! Getting a bit fed up talking to myself, even though I do answer back ...

A friend of mine is investigating OWCH, older women's cooperative housing. If you live in the London area it may be of interest to you usagarry, but from your name I fear it may not be so

I live with my best friend, who also acts as my carer, and we get on very well. We each have our own bedroom, but share the lounge and kitchen, which generally means that one of us cooks for the other, My friend is better at gardening than I (I can't really do anything from a wheelchair!) and luckily we generally like the same programmes on TV. We do have tablets and laptops so we can watch whatever else in our own rooms whenever we wish. The shopping is mostly done online as we're both too old to lug spuds about. I find it incredibly easy to get along with my friend - we live in semi sheltered accommodation (you can pay for helpif you want it) but these bungalows are only available to people 55+. Maybe you could team up with someone older and then apply to the council?

The Abbeyfield homes were similar to what I think you mean. There's or at least there was one near us : 4 ladies each had a large private room but there was a shared kitchen and a quiet sitting room and one that was more sociable. A big garden. As ladies became older they shared the cost of visiting staff as required. A happy place I always thought -think "The Golden Girls". Good luck. Let us know how you get on. There could be more interest than you think!

Sounds a really good idea. Hope you can make it work for you.

I'm thinking of doing the same in about a year or so. After DS goes, I am looking forward to some lone time but I do think that after a spell of maybe a year, this may get boring too and so to share and have someone around would be a great idea. I live in social housing but I can take a lodger in, and they would get the large bedroom!

I would wonder what age/sex/gay/straight etc I would want to share with. I rather like the thought of a young gay man, no romantic attatchment and lots of fun. As long as he liked watching Corrie!

I do NOT love Corrie. I am neither young, nor gay. But your house sharer is out there somewhere. So that will let me out!Hoho.
Seriously, though, if you enrol in a local Meetup group, or U3A, you may develop a friendship with someone you like. Good luck.

Are you thinking of joint buying or joint renting? You would have to think about what would happen if/when one of you needs to go into a home or passes on. If you buy together the beneficiraries of the first one to go would want their share and you would need to look for someone else.

I love the idea of a few prople sharing a large house where they can choose to be alons or to mix. I would want an ensuite bedroom.I think this is the way to go in the future - something like the set up in "Quartet" but more affordable.

There is a government tax free scheme caller rent a room scheme where you can rent a room to someone and not pay tax up to about ? £4000 a year. Would that help you buy a property.

I would be concerned if after a while you didn't get on with the person I was sharing with. If you rented a room to someone you could at least give them notice.

I think USAGARRY might not live in the UK ... is that right, garry?

I do live in the UK, but my family are in the USA! There have been some good points raised by you kind people above, so thank you!