I'm starting to look at rooms in house/flatshares this week. Choosing a house or a flat will be relatively easy... it's choosing the people that's going to be hard. How do you know decent seeming people are still going to seem decent after a few months? They'll have the same problem, I suppose.
spamtwo:
Tell them your favourite film is Shallow Grave and talk about how true to life you find it. That should help you out, maybe