Apply to be a Host

Before completing the below form, please ensure you have read and understood the Host Family Guidelines and accept what is required of you as a Home from Home host family. 

Please also ensure that you meet the below criteria:

  • You are willing to accept students into your home, interact with them and treat them as part of the family
  • You are willing to share the main communal living areas of your home with the students
  • The bedrooms you wish to host students are in your own home
  • The bedrooms you wish to host students have a standard bed (not a futon, camp bed, mattress on floor), adequate drawer/hanging space and natural light and is good overall condition
  • English is the main language spoken in your home

Host family details

* Title   : * denotes required fields
* First name of main contact  :
* Last name of main contact  :
Name of partner (if living in the house)  :
Email   :
* Home phone   :
Mobile phone  :
How would you prefer that we contact you? :
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* Street address   :
Borough   :
* Postcode   :
* What is your nearest underground station  ?
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* What is your nearest overground station  ?
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* Preferred gender of students  :
* Preferred length of stay  :
* Please enter the number of bedrooms you have available to host students  :
* Please enter the number of bathrooms in the property  :
* Will you allow the students to share the living area with you?  :
* Do you have a garden?  :
* Do you have internet in your home?  :
* Kitchen facilities available to students  :
* Bathroom facilities available to students  :
(Multiple selections allowed by pressing CTRL)
* Do you have a valid gas safety certificate?  :
What is your ethnicity?   :
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* What are your preferences on smoking?  :
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* What are your dietary preferences?  :
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* Do you have any pets?  :
(Multiple selections allowed by pressing CTRL)
What is your religion?   :
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* How many children under 16 live at your home?   :
* Are you willing to host junior groups?   :
* Is English the main language spoken in your home ?   :
* Do you have a TEFL or CELTA qualification?   : 

(not essential to be a host family)

* If yes to the above, would you be interested in earning higher rates by providing English tuition to students at your home?   :
For more information on home tuition click here
* Have you hosted students before? (not essential)?   :
* Are you CRB checked?   :
* How did you hear about London Homestays?   :

Meal plans you are willing to offer

* Self-catering   :
* Bed and Breakfast   :
* Half Board   :
* Full Board (includes packed lunch) :

Rooms and availability

Please provide information on the rooms that you have available to host students.

Room 1

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Any other useful information regarding this room: 

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Room 2

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Room 3

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Room 4

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If you can provide photographs of the house and the rooms available this will increase your chances of hosting for us as we can send these on to the students. Please email any photos to families@londonhomestays.com

Assessment

What happens next? If you satisfy our criteria for hosting students, we will contact you shortly to arrange an appointment for one of our Trained Assessors to visit your home. 

In the box below, please let us know the best day/time for us to arrange an appointment with you i.e. Monday afternoon after 4pm, or Weekends any time, preferably Saturday mornings.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions

By pressing Submit you agree to abide by the host family conditions detailed here.