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[Quasmo]

This following question is about rent allocation.

Should I charge my roommate more a month considering the following:
1. the entire home theater is mine
2. all the furniture is mine (except his bedroom)
3. all the cookware is mine
4. He rarely cleans the living room / his dishes (his girlfriend does his dishes)
5. All the bills are in my name except rent.

Would I be out of line asking for more than half of the rent?

 

[MichaelD]

Being that he's currently a roommate (as opposed to a new guy off the street) you'd essentially be raising his rent. I don't think you have grounds to do that (i.e. a good argument).

When you let him move in and decided what his rent would be, it was already a fact that all the furniture, cookware and electronics were yours. If you told him back then he could use them, that's your problem.

The bills were in your name before and you never changed them. Your prob again. As long as he pays his half/share of the bills on time, you have no argument.

IMO, your only complaints are:

1. He is a pig, and a lazy pig at that
2. You don't have a #2

If you feel he's abusing your toys, then you should ask him to not use them. Ask him nicely to clean up after himself and not be such a filthy pig.

This is one of the many reasons why I don't have any roommates.

Good luck.

 

[Quasmo]

He didn't move in, we kinda got a place together, all the bills just happened to fall in my lap because I knew he would never pay for them.

He wouldn't even put in for a second couch, so now I won't let him sit on my couch if there are more than 3 people there.

 

[MichaelD]

The situation is obviously unhealthy, and there's really no pretty way to fix it.

I'm not being a turd here; I'm trying to be objective.

You knowingly moved in with a non-bill paying slacker...your fault.

He didn't move in, we kinda got a place together, all the bills just happened to fall in my lap because I knew he would never pay for them.

If he wont' put in towards new furniture or the general upkeep of the home (i.e. buy a new toaster b/c he smoked the old one), then you need to get to a financially healthier situation.

Years ago, I shared a 3-bedroom house with 2 other guys.

Guy #1, always had money, always paid bills, but 100% pig-sty, stinky dude, but would help clean when cleaning day came.

Guy #2, always had money, always paid bills, but was a ghost roommate, spent most of his time at GF's house. Never mowed the lawn, never helped clean.


The key of course, is the money. As long as the bills are paid, your OK.

Talk to your roommate (nicely and honestly) and lay it all out. If you fight over it, then you've either got to ask him to move out, or you move out, closing ALL the utility accounts.

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
I'm not being a turd here; I'm trying to be objective.

That's all I ask.

 

[Compudork]

Too be honest, I don't think any of these are valid reasons to raise someone's rent - especially after the fact. #4 would be the only thing to really complain about, but if his GF is doing the work, why would you care?

 

[Sinsear]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
He didn't move in, we kinda got a place together, all the bills just happened to fall in my lap because I knew he would never pay for them.

Your fault.