Why Aussie Women Are Buzzing Over Reiss’s Viral Spare Room Request on Social Media

Reiss McMahon, 27, relocated to Australia last October and often shares enticing snapshots and short life updates with his followers online.

However, it was a video he shared in February that really caught the attention of many, amassing over 1.7 million views.

In the clip, he asked, “Does anyone happen to have a bedroom or two spare in Perth?”

‘Does anyone happen to have a bedroom or two spare in Perth?’ he said.

‘Because I’ve just went to a flat inspection with my mate there, where we just turned up pure chummy and 37 other couples.

‘There’s no way we stand a chance. Thirty-seven people with real jobs. This is brutal.’

Aussie women were quick to offer up their places to the handsome Scot. 

‘Half my bed is free in Melbourne,’ one wrote.

Reiss McMahon (pictured) moved to Australia in October last year and has been flat hunting

Another wrote: ‘I’ve got one… just gotta ring my husband and tell him not to come home… ever.’

A third wrote that her mother would take him in, to which he responded, ‘Let’s hear it for mums’.

According to Mr McMahon, he received offers from eastern Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

‘Would’ve been a few expensive viewings having to head to New Zealand, Cincinnati, New York and Melbourne for a look about the place,’ he told PerthNow. 

‘I think I’ll disregard the ones with no profile pictures and no followers though, just for my mate’s safety. 

‘I don’t want him getting dragged into a mess. There’s been a few good offers that I’m in talks with, but absolutely nothing concrete yet.’ 

While Mr McMahon and his friend ‘cracked up’ at the comments, he said there had been a ‘few good offers’.

‘It does make it very clear to me how it’s better to know someone than it is to go the traditional route of inspections with a million other people doing the same thing,’ he said.

‘(They are) probably in a better position to get the place than two 27-year-old guys are.

‘If nothing decent comes, I’m taking up a 50 per cent share in a queen bed, probably in another country.’