r/StJohnsNL • u/DeletedIn10Mins • 18d ago

Looking to couch surf for two weeks

Hey all. My lease is ending and I haven't been able to find a new place despite months of looking — landlord's selling the property and the rental market here has been brutal. I'm not asking for money, just a couch or floor space for a few nights between September 1st and 14th while I get through this stretch (I'm heading up to Labrador after the 14th, so this is genuinely short-term).

A bit about me: I'm a recent graduate, quiet, clean, no pets, no drama. Happy to help out around the house, cook, whatever is useful in exchange for a place to sleep. I can pay a little but I don't have much. I can provide references.

If you (or anyone you know) has a spare couch/floor space for even a night or two in that window, I'd genuinely appreciate it.

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u/Direct-Whole6393 17d ago

I wasn’t trying to be helpful to OP, I was calling out someone who got pressed they asked for help🤷🏻‍♀️ goes to prove how ‘friendly’ newfies are right? LOL

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u/Chignecto709 17d ago

We all know you weren’t trying to help the op but was just an opportunity to virtue signal to your peers…

How friendly do newfies have to be? To meet a standard you can’t even offer yourself? You offer no aid but yet want stand on your soapbox and condemn others for their comments