If you can promise to be quiet when you work from home, know how to separate your plastics from your cardboard and have a good sense of humour, then you’re in luck – you’re one of the most desirable flatmates Londoners are looking for.

Considering that 50% prefer to live with a housemate compared to living alone, it’s important to choose a flatmate wisely. In a poll of 1,354 of people looking for a new housemate, those who can dust off the GCSE maths skills to accurately split the bills, someone who can fix things around the house and someone who’s over 32 also came out as the most in demand traits for Londoners.

Those in the capital are also keen to ensure the environment they’re living in is LGBT+ friendly as 61% said they’re more inclined to rent somewhere which is.

It comes as Get Living partners with Ideal Flatmate to help matchmake roommates across its neighbourhoods in London and Manchester.

When considering the proximity housemates are living and working together in, it’s no surprise that it was almost unanimous (99%) that people want a housemate to be compatible in terms of working from home. With just 18% of those in the capital planning on being back in the office full time this year, people also aren’t willing to give up a cushty commute with 91% saying good transport links are essential and 51% still want to be close to work.

Top 20 characteristics those in the capital look for in a flatmate:

1. Someone who is clean and tidy

2. Someone with a good sense of humour

3. Someone who is quiet when they work from home

4. Someone who is hard working

5. Someone who recycles properly

6. Someone who can accurately split the bills

7. Someone over the age of 32

8. Someone who is a good cook

9. Someone who doesn’t mind house parties

10. Someone who can fix things in the flat

11. Someone who is disciplined about food

12. Someone who gets a takeaway and lets you have some

13. Someone who has good taste in TV

14. Someone who likes going to art galleries

15. Someone who reads

16. Someone who supports the football

17. Someone generous with money

18. Someone with a dog

19. Someone with a cat

20. Someone with good dress sense

When asked about their wider house hunt and what Londoners look for before renting a new place, a safe neighbourhood (85%) good restaurants and bars (51%) were amongst the first things people scout out.

Elsewhere in the poll, singer Adele, actors Idris Elba and Tom Daley and comedian Jack Whitehall emerged as the celebrities wannabe roomies people most want to share a home with.

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Get Living, the UK’s leading build to rent operator, is launching a more than 800 brand new homes this Spring. In East Village London Portlands Place will deliver 524 apartments across two striking towers connected by a Skybridge amenity space on the 10th floor. The award-winning landlord is also adding 289 new homes to its New Maker Yards neighbourhood, located in between Manchester and Salford city centres.

All Get Living homes come fully-furnished, with stylish interior packages, WiFi already set-up and pets live free.

Commenting on the results of the survey, Tom Gatzen, Co-Founder at ideal flatmate said: “When it comes to what people look for in a flatmate, this survey showed that eco-friendly behaviour is becoming more and more important for people, and it’s all about living with someone you can build a friendship with outside the barriers of a standard flatmate relationship.

“It is clear people value social qualities and spending time with people that can make them laugh and bond with over the same taste in TV programmes, all while eating a home-made meal. My advice would be to ensure that you live with people you can see yourself spending time with rather than just passing each other in the corridor.”