Your easy way home.
Rooms and whole homes we look after ourselves. See the room, the house and what the rent covers, then ask for a viewing.
- Deposits protected (DPS)
- Property Redress Scheme member
- No minimum term
- Real photos of every room
Available now and coming up
When a home is let, it comes off this page. Room or flat? Do the sum
Nothing right for you yet? New homes come up every month. Tell us the city, your budget and when you want to move.
See it all first. Ask in a minute. A team that answers.
We lived in house shares ourselves, so we run the kind we wanted to live in.
See everything before you visit
Real photos of the room and the house, what the rent covers and the area around it. No surprises on the day.
Ask for a viewing in a minute
One short email or WhatsApp from the room page. We confirm by email, then send the address and directions. Text reminders follow.
Repairs in 30 seconds
Report from your phone with a photo, whenever it suits you. No login and no phone calls, just done in about 30 seconds.
A real person who answers
Email or WhatsApp. A small team that knows your house, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Know someone who needs a home? Get £100.
- WhoAnyone 18 or over can refer someone new to us: not already a tenant, and not someone who has already asked us about a home.
- HowYour friend puts your name in their viewing request, or sends it to us on WhatsApp before the viewing. We cannot add it afterwards.
- WhenOnce your friend has lived with us for a month and paid their first month's rent.
- PaidBy bank transfer within 14 days. £100 for every friend who moves in, no limit.
- ChangesWe may change or end the scheme. Anyone who has already moved in under it is still paid.
Home Room or flat?
What would a flat cost you?
Put in your own numbers - the ones there are only examples. We compare the whole monthly cost. Each room shows which bills its rent covers; any it does not cover are added to the room side.
A flat on your own, per month
Monthly unless marked one-offYour numbers stay in your browser. Nothing is sent or stored. This is your own sum, not a market claim.
Home Reviews
What tenants say about us
Every review here is from a real tenant, shared with their permission.
Lived with us? Share a few words
Room
The room
The house
Meet the house
Who you would live with - anonymised from the house record, never invented. Job and age range only.
House rules, in short
What your rent covers
The area
From a tenant at this house
Other rooms in this house
You can see more than one room on the same visit. Say which in the notes when you ask for a viewing.
Your house, sorted
Everything a tenant tends to need, in one place. Report a repair, find your council, register with a doctor, settle into the UK. Bookmark it so it is there when you need it.
Something broken? Tell us in 30 seconds
Describe it, add a photo, press send. You will see updates in your tenant app and get an email when the job is sorted.
Report a repairOpens our repair form in a new tab. No login needed.
We answer Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Outside those hours we help if someone sees your report, but nobody is watching all the time. If it is dangerous, use the numbers under Emergencies first.
Emergencies first
Quick things to try first
No heating
Check the thermostat is set above room temperature and the schedule is on. Look at the boiler display - a pressure below 1 bar or an error code is worth telling us straight away.
No hot water
Check whether the heating works. If neither works, note any code on the boiler and report it with a photo.
Leak
Turn off the stopcock - your welcome pack shows where yours is. Put a bowl under the drip and report it straight away with a photo.
No power
Check the fuse box (consumer unit) for a switch that has tripped and flick it back up. If the whole street is dark, call 105. Otherwise report it to us.
Smoke alarm beeping
A short beep every minute usually means a low battery - tell us and we will replace it. Never take the alarm down.
Locked out
If a key or key fob is lost, email or WhatsApp us. We help Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Outside those hours we help if someone sees your message, but nobody is watching all the time, so you can call a locksmith at your own cost or wait until the next morning.
Living in the UK
The official pages, wherever your home is. We link to them so the details are always up to date.
Find your local council
Put in your postcode. Your council runs bin days and recycling, and council tax.
gov.uk - find your local councilRegister with a GP
It is free. Register as soon as you move in, not when you are ill.
nhs.uk - how to register with a GPRegister to vote
About five minutes online. It can also help your credit history.
gov.uk - register to voteHow to Rent guide
The government guide to your rights and responsibilities as a tenant.
gov.uk - How to RentRight to Rent
How to prove you can rent a home in England, and get a share code if you need one.
gov.uk - prove your right to rentTenancy deposit protection
How your deposit is protected, and how to get it back at the end.
gov.uk - tenancy deposit protectionNew to the UK?
The first few weeks have a lot of forms. Here is the order that saves the most time.
Opening a bank account
Most banks want photo ID and proof of address. We can give you a tenancy confirmation letter on request. These are banks tenants often ask about, in no particular order.
Your tenancy, plainly
- DepositProtected with the Deposit Protection Service (DPS); you get it back at the end less any agreed deductions. A holding deposit of one week's rent reserves your home.
- RentPaid monthly by standing order or Direct Debit. Each listing shows which bills, if any, the rent covers.
- TermNo fixed term - tenancies are periodic. We hope you stay for the long run.
- NoticeIf you want to move on, two months' written notice. The details are in your agreement and welcome pack.
- FeesWe only charge what the Tenant Fees Act allows. No admin fees, no renewal fees.
- ComplaintsTell us first - see how we handle complaints. If we cannot sort it, we are members of the Property Redress Scheme.
- ContactEmail admin [at] differentroomlets [dot] co [dot] uk or WhatsApp us, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Outside those hours we help if someone sees your message, but nobody is watching all the time.
Share your feedback
Happy with your home? A few words help the next person. Something not right? Email or WhatsApp us so we can put it right.
Share a few wordsRefer a friend, get £100
Know someone who needs a home? You get £100 when they move in.
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