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A woman’s list of 12 draconian rules for becoming her housemate at a shared property in London has gone viral with hundreds of people sharing their views on her outrageous demands.

The list of demands includes that the new housemate is “out of the flat on weekdays during normal hours”, doesn't cook in the flat “before 8.30am and after 11pm” and “be someone who has friends.”

The list was posted to a Facebook group for French-speaking people in London. The person who posted the list said he had applied for the room at a house in Finsbury Park on SpareRoom and was “so baffled” by the woman’s demands he decided to share it with the group.

The woman said that the prospective housemate should be out of the house during working days from 9am-5pm as she works from home.

She also has strict guidelines for cooking.

“If you prepare proper work lunches at home, you’ll have to make them the previous day. I don’t like people spending a lot of time cooking in general,” the woman said.

12 rules for becoming a housemate 1. Be out of the flat on weekdays during working hours so I can work from home. 2. Be quiet and considerate. Use door handles rather than slamming. 3. Don't use the phone or skype a lot throughout the day. 4. We're not a sociable house but you should have good manners and speak to your housemates. 5. Be someone who has friends and don't spend too much time at home watching tv on your laptop 6. Follow the cleaning rota. This is not a students dorm. 7. Don't move in if you go to the toilet a lot or take long showers. 8. No cooking in the flat before 8.30am or after 11pm. I don't like people spending a lot of time cooking in general. 9. Everyone is expected to clean up after themselves in the kitchen and the bathroom. 10. I don't want to see your friends constantly hanging around the flat. 11. Boyfriends and girlfriends is okay if they're not sleeping over more than 3-4 times a week. 12. I don't want to see people "under the influence" of alcohol or drugs. Reasonable amounts are fine.

She also demanded that she needs “someone a little more sophisticated here.”

“If you have to run to the toilet 15 times a day or every 15 minutes, don’t move in here,” she added.

Prospective housemates are also banned from spending free time on their laptops.

“If you spend all your free time hanging around the house, streaming TV shows and talking on the phone for hours, we’re not gonna like each other.

“When I’m not working in my part-time job, my life revolves around my laptop when I work at home because I’m a very busy person. But I don’t want my new flatmate to assume that just because I spend so much time here, it’s OK for them to do the same.”

The list has gone viral online with many people taking to Twitter to share their opinion of the rules.

Susan said: “I don’t understand how you can expect someone to work 9-5 but wait until 8.30am to make breakfast?! Is this flat a five minute walk from all typical employers?”

While another wrote: “We need to rescue ‘the other flatmate’ as soon as possible, I fear they may be in mortal danger and/or imprisoned against their will. Rocking backwards and forwards longing to eat cooked lentils after 11pm.”

Another said: “This person needs to live by themselves because they don’t want someone else to actually do any living there. They just want someone to pay their bills.”

Do you know the person looking for a flatmate? Contact our news desk on news@standard.co.uk or 0203 615 2534