Homeshare – Finchley Central, London N3

We are delighted to offer a lovely opportunity for someone to live comfortably and affordably in a great location in North London, in return for providing some practical support and daily companionship (approximately 10-15 hours per week) to an older lady.

Available from: end May/beginning June 2025

Homeshare Location:

A 5-minute walk to Finchley Central Tube station (Northern line, High Barnet Branch) and to the high street’s shops and cafés, and excellent bus links.

Accommodation on Offer:

Bright, single room in a charming and quirky four-bedroomed house in a quiet residential road with a lovely, small garden. There’s wardrobe space and a desk together with use of a separate, smaller room to work or study. Shared use of bathroom, small kitchen, dining area and living room and washing machine. There are two separate toilets. Wi-Fi is available. A cleaner comes every week.

What the Opportunity Involves:

In return for the low-cost accommodation (£199 per month), we are looking to match our lovely homeowner with a friendly and kind female sharer who is happy to provide some practical support, some daily companionship, and a reassuring presence at night. No personal care is permitted in a Homeshare.

Our homeowner is a very friendly, engaging, and interesting lady in her early 90s with a good sense of humour. She is close to her family and has nice neighbours and she has lived in the area for many years. She is mentally very sharp and has good eyesight, but she is a little hard of hearing and has some health issues including painful arthritis and some back problems which affect her mobility. She has carers coming in to help her following a recent minor surgery and her bedroom is downstairs.

Our homeowner has been homesharing happily for over a year and sadly her sharer is leaving for work reasons, so she is seeking a new sharer ASAP. Someone who can provide some practical support for a short time early mornings around 8am to open the house up, open the blinds, water the plants and put away any dishes, and at other times if needed help with the odd local errand or shopping (she gets an internet food order). However, this Homeshare is mostly about sharing some quality time and companionship particularly in the evening.

In terms of her interests, she worked for many years as an artist, illustrating and painting, and loved to travel. She used to dance and sing, and theatre, music and drama were a big part of her life, and although she no longer attends performances, she still loves art, listening to classical music and reading a good novel. She values kindness and very much enjoys being with friendly and cheerful people and sharing stories.

Our homeowner would prefer to share with a female (preferably 23 years ++) who might work fully or partly from home. Someone friendly and mature, kind and caring with a good sense of humour and who is happy to spend time together in some evenings, sharing some meals, chatting, playing cards or scrabble, doing a puzzle or watching tv.

We are looking to match this Homeshare opportunity very soon. If it is of interest, please get in touch with us preferably by email, telling us about yourself, your work/study situation, and interests, and particularly why you consider that you would be well suited to this opportunity. Thank you.

Cost: £199 per month

This is a monthly facilitation fee for our matching and ongoing monitoring service. You do NOT pay any rent to the Homeowner. Bills are included, although you may be asked to make a modest contribution to the Homeowner towards the energy bills, and council tax if you are working.

Call us now:  020 3137 6421

Email:  info@homeshareliving.co.uk