Press Enquiries
About Cohabitas
Please take time to look at some of our research below, compiled over the last 8 years, then if you have a question, feel free to email us on admin@cohabitas.com . We have a lot of anectdotal information to help you form a story line, so please ask.
Over 40s, 50s and 60s House Share Platform to:
- Meet mature housemates
- Advertise a room
- Find a room in a house share
- Get advice and inspiration about sharing
Cohabitas is the leading house share website for the over 40's and over 50s with:
- One million views, doubling every year.
- Over 60,000 registered users
- 68% of our users are between the ages of 45 and 64.
- 57% female users
- We are focused on the people you share with, not just the rooms and house shares available.
Cohabitas users are:
- Live-in landlords and home owners with a spare room to rent
- Lead tenants looking for a new housemate
- Long-term house sharers looking for a new home, often after the landlord sells or moves.
- 'Life changers' often coming from another country to start a new life. Typically over 50 and empty nesters, divorced and now free to explore.
- Professionals aged 35-54 needing a place to stay in the city for 2-3 nights a week only, returning to their out-of-city home.
- Recently divorced or separated people needing a short-term place to stay and deciding how to reorganise life.
- Digital nomads looking for stable base for a few months
Why do people house share?
Our user surveys tell us that most people share for financial reasons (90%), but that they appreciate the social value as well (57%). We have recently (Dec 2024) conducted a poll of registered Cohabitas users to confirm their reasons for house sharing, which shows an increasing level of appreciation for the social side of house sharing.
How does house sharing help you financially? Our recent calculation of the money you can save through house or flat sharing shows 30-40% savings per person.
We would be happy to assist journalists in understanding the need for a mature house shares and how we help people find a good match.
Media Appearances
Cohabitas Co-founder Nick Henley is available as a spokesperson regarding over 40s, over 50s and over 60s house sharing.
Fellow co-founder Eva Orasch is on maternity leave (congrats!)
Available for:
- Phone comment
- Interview
- Appearances
- Public speaking
- Research
Number of pensioners living in house shares rising
Nick Henley interviewed by Anna Jones and Kamali Melbourne on Sky News. Anna: A flatshare is something you think about doing in your twenties, right, but what about a Pensioners…
You and Yours. House Sharing When Older
BBC Radio 4 You and Yours programme looks at house sharing when older. Presenter Shari Val speaks to Suzanne and Nick. Listen to this 8 minute radio segment at timepoint…
The rise of lodgers over 40
The rising number of lodgers over 40 is the topic when BBC Radio Hereford presenter Elliot Webb interviews Nick Henley from Cohabitas. He asks why we needed to start Cohabitas…
Why live-in lodgers are making a comeback
Nick Harding, reporting in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday 8th July, detailed why more and more people are looking for a lodger. Featuring 3 case studies and comments from both…
BBC Radio London House Share discussion
Jumoké Fashola of BBC Radio London speaks to Cohabitas Co-founder Nick Henley about renting in the capital, and how and why house sharing is becoming a topic of discussion among…
A Grown-up Flatshare
With soaring costs of renting in London and other cities, more and more people in their 40s are turning to a flatshare as a solution. Eva Orasch originally decided to share to reduce her outgoings but soon discovered more meaningful rewards.
A large and growing community
Each month we reach around 20,000 people over 40 interested in house sharing, consisting of approx. 4,000 live-in landlords with rooms, and16,000 housemates looking for a share.
House Share Community
60% women
65% aged between 45 and 64
20% home owners, with 80% private renters
About Over 40s House Share
Cohabitas takes a more mature attitude to house sharing. Our community are like-minded, fiendly, over 40 years old group (minimum registration age 35) and are full of life, sharing tips and advice about house sharing.
Although the majority of our users are looking for cost savings by sharing, a significant majority (57%) also consider social reasons for sharing to be important.
As such, our users appreciate the importance of finding the right people to live with, not just finding a place to live.
See our key research reports:
Cohabitas Report: Attitudes to house sharing among mature adults (2017)
There is also more content in our House Sharing research section.
Also see these interviews about why people house share over 50: