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YAR(oommate)T: Rent issues

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Lifer
Moved in on June 1, well she did at least. Helped her move, and then I left. I didn't move until this weekend really, so I didnt see her room until then. I slowly trickled in because I was more concerned about staying at my old apartment where there was internet and I was downloading to fill up my whole damn HD. Plus I was getting my netflix still, and I had no reason to leave YET.

Well, her room is ginormous. I have more furniture, and so my room is a squeeze compared to her. Unfortunately, I didnt get to see the apt for more than 30 seconds when I first saw it, so I only got to see the smaller room, I didnt even see the bigger room. She went to see it on her own and she told me there wasa bigger room, but it was only 1 ft larger. It's a doorway wider because its at the end of the hallway, that's what.. at least 3 ft wider. It's a doorway wider because my room's door is at the SIDE of the hallway. So if our rooms are as long... say my room is 10x10, and hers is 3ft wider, t hen hers is at least 30% larger. Her room feels bigger in that it may be longer too, so her room could be like 40% or even 50% larger. Hell its ginormous. Bottom line is I think she should be paying a little more...

I feel bad for bringing it up only after I moved in and I guess it's sorta my fault I didnt' work this out. But then again I didn't know it was THAT much larger, because according to her it was only "1 ft larger" and that its not too noticeable.

I rarely get to see her because I have class and she has work. That said there's still plenty of time left right? However, her BF is almost always with her, (actualyl she's with him) and since there's no internet yet, she practically lives at his place to steal internet. Yesterday for example, I saw her for 2 min. (1 min before I go to class she comes back in after a night at his place, 1 min as I was leaving the apt to finish moving)

Today I woke up from a nap only to find her on the phone with her parents. She's back I thought. Hmmm, well after she's done we talk about a few maintinence issues and I guess I should bring it up soon, but her bf comes... bleh. They go off into her room. I guess I just have to bring it up when he's around.
 
Seems reasonable to me.
Calculate price and square footage. Tell her if she doesn't want to pay more, you would be happy to take the larger room and pay more.
If she is a reasonable gal, perhaps she won't throw a fit and have her bf beat the sh!t out of you.
 
It is whatever you originally agreed upon. The apartment that I am in now has two rooms, and the one I am in is larger. I pay the full cost for net access, so figure that is $25 saved for my roommate. We split the rent evenly. It wasn't until I spent a longer amount of time in the apartment that I have realized that my room actually is significantly larger, but oh well, that is what was agreed to.
 
Girls have no perception of size.. They cannot tell the difference betwwen 1 ft and 3 ft...It might be an honest mistake...

However, since she is in with her boyfriend and not with you, I assume the size perception does not work in one particular case.. you know what I mean 😛
 
you could try to bring it up and see how she feels about it but know that it really is her right to deny a new payment plan since it was already agreed upon. whether you saw the rooms beforehand or not was your responsibility before making an agreement.
 
Originally posted by: HN
you could try to bring it up and see how she feels about it but know that it really is her right to deny a new payment plan since it was already agreed upon. whether you saw the rooms beforehand or not was your responsibility before making an agreement.
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heck i think even bringing it up would be a bad idea. they already agreed to a price. he had a chance to go check out the room but failed to do so.

If he asked her to do it someone is going to get upset. IF she agrees she is going to be upset paying more when you already agreed on a price. If she says no she is going to be mad that you are trying to change the deal after you agreed and you are going to be uset that she said no.

Not a good way to start off with a new roomate.
 
Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Seems reasonable to me.
Calculate price and square footage. Tell her if she doesn't want to pay more, you would be happy to take the larger room and pay more.
If she is a reasonable gal, perhaps she won't throw a fit and have her bf beat the sh!t out of you.
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I don't mind who has the bigger room, I just feel it's more fair that bigger room = more $. If it's 1 ft larger, I don't mind.

My old apt had a 10x13 room and a 9x14 room, almost hte same, who cares....

If I saw the apartment in detail before, I agree we should've worked it out. We saw it separately, that's the problem, and I didnt' really get to see it so I relied on her words.

I will go apologize to her to bring it up so late, but if she says no, I'll be fine. At least I tried.. and no I don't think her bf is the type to kill me. He's a nice guy and reasonable person
 
I had a situation where one room was 40% more than the other. I said this when we saw the apartment "lets make it 800 and 700, I'll pay 800 for the bigger room!" My friend then says that he wants the bigger room, and we argued for it at 800. He then says, ok i'll pay 820 for it, and you can have the smaller room for 680. At this moment I thought it was weird, because he never cares about size of room, and I think he is trying to make me pay more for the room. Also, at this moment my girlfriend found out that I wanted to pay 800+ for a room, she told me it was dumb and I should just take the smaller room. So I called hiim a day later and told him he can have the bigger room for 820.

So 1 year goes by, and he tells me that he thinks we should switch rooms, and I pay for the bigger one, because its fair and that's what friends do for each other. I personally thought it was f'd up, but I talked to him about it, and I explained to him how it wasn't fair. What he is doing is similar to taking your little brother's toy and giving it back to him after you broke it. We're stll good friends though, but I wouldn't like to live with him again.
 
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Seems reasonable to me.
Calculate price and square footage. Tell her if she doesn't want to pay more, you would be happy to take the larger room and pay more.
If she is a reasonable gal, perhaps she won't throw a fit and have her bf beat the sh!t out of you.
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I don't mind who has the bigger room, I just feel it's more fair that bigger room = more $. If it's 1 ft larger, I don't mind.

My old apt had a 10x13 room and a 9x14 room, almost hte same, who cares....

If I saw the apartment in detail before, I agree we should've worked it out. We saw it separately, that's the problem, and I didnt' really get to see it so I relied on her words.

I will go apologize to her to bring it up so late, but if she says no, I'll be fine. At least I tried.. and no I don't think her bf is the type to kill me. He's a nice guy and reasonable person
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Haha this is why I prefer to live alone now. At first I hated it, but now I would hate to lose my freedom.
 
if you're going to bring it up, start by saying something like 'hey, would you mind giving me the larger room if i offered to pay more rent?' that way you can broach the subject without seeming like you want more money from her.
 
too late... hmmm, perhaps you can seduce her and move in with her... then she'll have to pay for two rooms....
 
What? That's not even something I would have thought about. I've always paid 50% of the rent, regardless of the size of the rooms. I have the bigger room in my current appartment simply because I have a larger bed and more furniture. There's no way I would pay a penny more than my roommate.

While you're at it, why don't you charge her for using your stuff... your washing and/or drying machine, your fridge and so on...
 
Oh well dude too late now, you should have checked it out first. Also if you have a lot of crap and she doesn't have much your room will seem smaller b/c there is more stuff in it. If your really concerned measure the rooms with a tape measure.
 
you should be allowed to have your desk and computer in the living room area. that's what we did in college.
 
unfortunately, its too late. You signed the lease and made agreements with her. Everytime I have found an apartment I always take dimensions of every room, make note of electrical plugs, independant circuits, conditions of windows, doorknobs, floors, walls, check for Carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors.

If you have a common area, you probably can just use that for some of your stuff. If she complains, just remind her kindly that you have a lot of stuff, and that your room is smaller than hers. But from what you have said, seems like she wont be hanging around enough to care about the appearance of your living area.
 
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