THERE are many reasons why people choose to rent rather than buy, and sharing is definitely one of them.

Students, friends, colleagues and people who just don’t want to live on their own often opt to house-share, with the advantage of splitting the rent, bills and responsibility.

In York, there are plenty of opportunities for sharers.

For example, Arena Letting has two five- bedroom houses in York.

The first is in Claremont Terrace, Gillygate, and boasts good-sized bedrooms, a communal room, a large kitchen with appliances, a bathroom with a shower and a second WC.

The house has been partially renovated and rent is £1,000 per calendar month.

Arena Letting’s second five-bedroom house is in Queen Anne’s Road, in Bootham.

It includes a reception room, a large kitchen, two bathrooms, four double bedrooms, one single bedroom and a rear yard.

Rent is £1,000 per calendar month.

Meanwhile, Linley & Simpson has an unfurnished barn conversion in Stockton Lane.

Only two miles from the city centre, Rowes Cottage boasts four bedrooms, a fitted kitchen with appliances, a sitting room, a bathroom and a separate WC, as well as off-street parking.

Rent is £650 per calendar month and it is unfurnished.

Linley & Simpson also has a three-bedroom terrace in Holgate Road, York.

Within a Grade II listed building, it includes an entrance hall, a kitchen/diner with a cooker, a lounge, two double bedrooms, one single bedroom, a bathroom, central heating, a rear garden and on-street parking.

Rent is £795 per calendar month.

Next, Copleys has a four-bedroom terrace home in Wigginton Road, York.

Nicely decorated in neutral colours, it also has attractive furniture, gas central heating, a fitted security alarm and two bathrooms, and rent is £810 per calendar month.

If you would prefer to live in Rawcliffe, Halifax has a three-bedroom house in Bilsdale Close.

It is unfurnished but boasts an entrance hallway, a kitchen with a washer/dryer, fridge/freezer, an oven and a hob, a lounge/dining room with a feature gas fire and patio doors to the garden and a bathroom with a shower over the bath.

There is also a garage and a rear garden with lawn and a patio area.

Rent is £695 per calendar month. Finally, Letters Property Management has an unfurnished four-bedroom home in Harcourt Street, Heworth.

It includes an entrance hall, three reception rooms, a modern fitted kitchen, a bathroom and a separate WC.

There is on street permit parking, gas central heating and part double glazing.

Rent is £700 per calendar month.