Shared Kitchen
Dinner together, then each to their own.
You enjoy life at home without it being a party. Cooking together, a bit of table talk, then everyone does their thing.
One of Roomealo's eight living profiles. If you recognise yourself, you probably are one.
Lives well with
Sociable, tidy people on compatible schedules.
Watch out for
Flatmates who barely use the shared spaces.
How someone with the Shared Kitchen profile lives
Your day has a centre and it's the kitchen table. You cook most evenings, and if a flatmate's around you'll make enough for two and say so. Dinner is where the flat catches up, and you like that it happens without anyone organising it. Afterwards, though, you're done: washing up, a bit of telly maybe, then your own room and your own evening. You keep things tidy because a clean kitchen is a kitchen people want to be in.
You make a flat feel warm without turning it into a party. You share food, pans and the odd bottle of wine without keeping score, and you're clear about what you need, so nobody has to guess whether something's bothering you: they'll hear it, kindly, over dinner. Your version of tidy is high but not obsessive. You're good with guests in moderation and happy to adjust plans. People who want a home rather than a hotel or a hostel tend to thrive with you.
Your frustration is the flatmate who's never there. You put a plate on the table and it goes cold; you ask how their week was and get one word. It's not that you need everyone in every night, but a flat where nobody uses the shared rooms feels hollow to you, and you'll start to feel like the only one making it a home. You also expect a certain standard in the kitchen, and someone who cooks like a whirlwind and leaves it will test your patience quickly.
Who they live well with
Profiles where the reference compatibility is 78% or higher.
Where friction tends to show up
Profiles where the reference compatibility drops below 66%. Not impossible: it just needs talking about.
What to ask at the viewing if you're a Shared Kitchen
- 1.How often do people actually eat together here, and is it planned or does it just happen?
- 2.How does the kitchen get used on a normal evening: one person at a time, or everyone at once, and who tidies what?
- 3.If I wanted to do a shared shop for the basics, how would people feel about that, and how would we settle up?