More people are sharing households than ever before. Laurie Taylor conducts a sociological study of the home lifestyle of six young adults who live together. Thinking Allowed – Home Life 4: Shared Home 2^nd January Radio 4.

The programme follows six people, some of whom had shared at university that now live together as adults. This gives an outsider a good view of young adults living in a HMO (House of Multiple Occupation) – all of whom are professionals.

The occupants were all more than content with sharing as they couldn’t comfortably afford their own place and wanted to save money for a house deposit. In the meantime they are able to benefit from lower rent and living in a nicer house through sharing with friends. All of the occupants expected to continue to share until such time as they met a partner they wanted to settle down with.

Sharing is almost always cheaper than renting your own place. By sharing you’re able to live in a better standard of property or in a better area than you could afford otherwise if you wanted to live on your own. The programme explores the rise in popularity of house sharing today. A new breed of rental accommodation is now available, offering young professionals a higher standard of living, in beautiful houses in great areas.

Platinum Property Partners are a professional franchise network who specialise in providing high quality, affordable, all-inclusive, shared residential accommodation in locations all around the UK.

This new breed of high quality shared rental accommodation is currently being provided by almost 100 Platinum Property Partners Franchise Partners in over 75 towns and cities across the UK.

You can ‘listen again’ here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018gqzt