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  • The Room Xchange offers a distinctive approach to housing that transcends the conventional rental model. Traditional renting typically involves a straightforward arrangement: a room for monetary rent. However, The Room Xchange introduces an innovative concept known as Rent Offset. This model allows households the flexibility to reduce or completely cover the cost of rent by leveraging help with household tasks. The tasks requested go beyond the usual expectations of a housemate, with activities such as organising the home, preparing meals or even walking the dog. It's an opportunity to delegate those time-consuming chores to someone willing and able to take them on.

    Benefits to housemates

    Housemates, on their end, can indicate their willingness to engage in this Rent Offset arrangement directly on their profiles by listing the types of tasks they're open to helping with. This approach not only introduces a unique flexibility to living arrangements but also holds the potential to significantly benefit all parties involved by aligning mutual needs and capabilities.

    Rent offset calculator

    To further assist in navigating this innovative arrangement, we've developed the rent offset calculator  This interactive tool is designed to help both homeowners and housemates alike calculate the best arrangement. By inputting the monthly rent, desired hours of assistance and the corresponding hourly rate for such tasks, the calculator provides a clear overview of how much help a homeowner can expect say over a three month period or, conversely, how much a housemate can save in terms of rent.

    Explore the possibility of a Rent Offset option today!


    PS: If you've been with us for a while, you'll need to log in and make some adjustments to your profile to suit the new Rent Offset model.


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