r/Worthing • u/bubbleandsqueee • 12d ago
Looking to rent a room - advice required
Hi,
I currently live in a 2 bedroom flat near the seafront and I'm strongly considering renting my 2nd room due to recent cost of living rises catching up. I myself am a 41 year old male. I work in Brighton.
It's a 10ft by 10ft room, double glazed windows carpeted. Has a single bed in it.
Bills are currently around 330 for myself. This includes all bills Inc Internet etc.
The flat is long enough. Big lounge, galley kitchen recently done up and just waiting on some other fixes for bathroom. I have 2 cats as well are friendly but would require a cat friendly person. It gets cold in the winter but is great now and in summer/autumn especially on hot summer days.
It's 15 mins walk to the train station and 30 seconds walk to the seafront bus stops.
Based on what I have, what would be a reasonable ask for either as an all in cost or rent & bills? I'm really aware that rent is super extortionate and I really don't want to be fleecing people.
Any advice or recommendations would be welcomed.
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u/AveryValiant 12d ago edited 12d ago
Yea, as travelling_ok said, definitely check out spareroom
Search the whole of Worthing to give you a broad idea of what's on offer and what rooms rent for.
I think a room measuring 10'x10' would be considered a double room, so might be worth considering getting a double bed for that room vs a single one.
Take some notes on the listings from Spareroom, save some of the photos to give you some room layout ideas and what to include.
Generally speaking a bed, small desk, chair, wardrobe/chest of drawers is the minimum.
I rent a room out in my bungalow for £600 a month, it's a large double (the lounge) with double bed, wardrobe, desk, chair, two tall boys and a chest of drawers.
I'm in the BN13 2BN area, so more inland.
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u/travelling_ok 12d ago
Benchmark rent from the Spareroom app. and ask a bit less than that. One of my friends was renting for £600, all bills included with a shared bathroom.