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Plain-English updates and practical guides for people living in and managing shared homes.
Using Rimeroo
What Monday morning looks like.
One job per guide, in the order an agency meets them.
Move a tenant in without a phone call
How a landlord or agency gets a new tenant into a shared house with Rimeroo: describe the house once, hand over a code, and the tenant arrives knowing the door code, the Wi-Fi, their room and the bins.
4 min read · As of 21 September 2026UK rents in 2026: what the official figures say, and what they miss
The latest ONS private-rent figures for every UK nation and English region, how the index is built, and how to use it when you are actually looking for a room.
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Renters' Rights Act: what changed for private renters in England
A plain-English guide to the tenancy reforms that took effect in England on 1 May 2026, what is still to come, and what each change means in a shared house.
4 min read · Checked 19 September 2026The shared-house move-in checklist
What to collect, check and agree in the first week of a shared house, including the documents a landlord in England must give you before you can be asked to leave.
5 min read · Checked 19 September 2026Is your shared house an HMO? Licensing, standards and what it means for you
How a house in multiple occupation is defined in England, when a licence is required, what the licence obliges the landlord to do, and the practical consequences for the people living there.
4 min read · Checked 19 September 2026Something is broken: what to report, what the law says, and what happens next
How to make a repair report that gets acted on, what a landlord in England is legally obliged to fix, how long is reasonable, and what to do when nothing happens.
4 min read · Checked 19 September 2026Shared-house bin day without the group-chat chase
What changed for household recycling in England in 2026, why HMOs are a special case, and a room-based system for collections, swaps and reminders that survives people moving out.
4 min read · Checked 19 September 2026A better tenant handover for shared houses
What a landlord or agent in England must hand over when a new resident arrives, what they should hand over, and how to change one occupant without disrupting the rest of the house.
5 min read · Checked 19 September 2026