my old housemate put a housemate wanted ad on gumtree once, against my protestations and objections.
not a single decent option phoned or texted (usually “U still hav the room free 4 rent?”), just heaps of the following -
*kiwis (they were strictly banned from the house)
*hippies
*indian students asking if it was OK if 3 of them shared the room
*british backpackers asking if the room was available for a month and did it include bills and food (the ad was clear it did not)
*hippies
in short, fuck gumtree for finding housemates.