Stories by SuzanneNoble on Medium

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SuzanneNoble — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:36:24 GMT

I’m a Piscean, for as long as I can remember I’ve been happiest when I’m close to the water, although I’m a terrible swimmer. I also love…

SuzanneNoble — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:57:59 GMT

There’s a well worn saying, ‘You can’t have it both ways.’ Never is this more true than when it applies to letting out a room in your home…

SuzanneNoble — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 07:52:17 GMT

I first started sharing my home in 2017, when I was 57. Amrit, a friend of a friend, moved in with me. When we met, I was managing two…

SuzanneNoble — Wed, 12 May 2021 14:03:09 GMT

Everything was rocking back in January 2020. The startup I co-founded with my colleague Steve in September 2019, called Silver Sharers…

SuzanneNoble — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:53:39 GMT

I co-host a large community on Facebook of people, most aged 50+, who share a common desire to challenge the media narrative around ageing…

SuzanneNoble — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:36:25 GMT

There are currently over 6m empty bedrooms in the homes of those aged 60+ in the UK. Homeowners aged 60+ account for 55% of all UK…

SuzanneNoble — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:04:12 GMT

Meet some of the people that we’ve helped to find a place to call home

SuzanneNoble — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:17:14 GMT

Only yesterday I received an email from a man, in his early sixties, who had suddenly been made homeless. Lacking the necessary finances…

SuzanneNoble — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 13:28:38 GMT

Money is often the initial motivation for seeking ‘paying guests’, but many mature homeowners go on to find that the experience of sharing…

SuzanneNoble — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:10:28 GMT

Marc Andreessen of venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz reputedly said, “Breakthrough ideas look crazy.” Indeed, that was the…