How to find a room for a single couple in Queenstown (Flatmate)

How to find a room for a single couple in Queenstown on Flatmate

Queenstown is a small town of 10,000 people, but a city that attracts nearly as many tourists. If you're looking to live in Queenstown for the short or long term, one of the first things you'll probably do is find a place to live.

If you're a single or couple, you probably don't rent out your entire home. Probably the most realistic route they take is to go Flatmate.

Flatmate is a unique living arrangement in New Zealand where you have your own room in an entire house, but share the living room, kitchen, and bathroom with others. These other people can be friends or acquaintances, but most of the time they are complete strangers.

In Korea, people may be resistant to the idea of living with other people because they live in families, but in New Zealand, Australia, and many other countries, flatmates are a common practice.

As a side note, I thought you might like to read the post below about how to find a job after you've found a place to live, based on my experience.

Use the Facebook Flatmate Finder Group

There are many ways to find a room for singles in Queenstown, but I personally find that the fastest way to find a room is through Facebook groups.

Facebook is the most used messenger in New Zealand, and the Facebook groups are a very active community. If you're single or a couple, you can find a room here very easily and quickly.

Queenstown flatmate Facebook group

If you go on Facebook groups and just search for Queenstown flatmate, you'll see a lot of different flatmate groups.

First, when choosing a group, try to choose one with a large number of members. This is because the more people there are, the more active the group will be, which means more people offering rooms and more people looking for rooms.

In the picture, you can see that the groups labeled Visit are groups that I've already joined, and the groups labeled Join are groups that I haven't joined.

[Queenstown flatmate group].

There are many more groups out there, but this should be enough to get you started. This is my quick and easy way to find a room for singles and couples in Queenstown using Facebook groups.

Example of how to get a room for a single couple in Queenstown

I joined one of the Facebook groups I mentioned above. It's a feed for people looking for a flatmate. The content of the feed, which is typically room-related, includes the following

Read it, and if you like what you see, you can get in touch by clicking "Send Message" at the bottom of the photo. Of course, you'll need to install Facebook Messenger first to get in touch.

Typical Queenstown room price for a couple sharing

I can't really say for sure because it really depends on the condition of the room, and I personally think Flatmate rooms in Queenstown are more expensive than any other city in New Zealand.

Typical prices for a room for a single person in Queenstown are as follows (my opinion)

Where to get a room for a single couple in Queenstown

When you're looking for a room in Queenstown, one of the things you'll probably want to keep in mind is where you'll be working. If you're a tourist or short-term resident, you won't need to worry about this, but if you're going to be in Queenstown for the medium to long term, the location of your work and home is very important.

My top two recommendations are downtown Queenstown and Frankton.

First, the main street is Queenstown's main drag, with plenty of places to eat and see, from hotels to restaurants to activities. As such, there are plenty of jobs to be had, though many of them are within the hospitality industry rather than specialized jobs.

If you get a room in or near the center of town, you can walk back and forth, which is great. You'll also save on transportation costs.

The second is the Frankton neighborhood. This neighborhood is more popular with locals than tourists, as there are many large supermarkets (such as Parkin Save) that sell basic necessities, groceries, etc.

There are a lot of sales jobs here, like retail, but there are also hotels and restaurants, so you can also work in hospitality.

Frankton is the hub of Queenstown's transportation, with all buses passing through here, so living near it means you can get to almost every part of Queenstown with ease.

If you're curious about bus routes in the Queenstown area, check out my post below.

Finalize

Today we've been talking about how to find a room for singles in Queenstown. It seems like no matter where you go in New Zealand, there's always a Facebook group to help you out, so I guess that means it's pretty active.

We hope you enjoyed the Queenstown Flatmate Wanted Facebook group mentioned above and that you found the room you were looking for. Thank you for reading this article.