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Renting a room

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  • 25-08-2009 4:24pm
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    Elbi
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    I have just bought a new home and was wondering what people though on renting out a room, its only two bedroom so would only be renting out one room,

    firstly is it hard to get people to just rent a room are people usually looking to rent a whole place to them selves.

    and second would it be very difficult to live with a complete stranger, like would it make friends visiting awkward and stuff like that,


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    source
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    Lots of people looking to rent a room, the trouble is, you don't know who you're getting, you should screen the applicants as best you can, and remember while they might be only paying for a room, they'll be sharing the house, using the kitchen and sitting room.


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    Raiser
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    Ah no...... It'll be fine - I'll keep an eye on you, through several small holes drilled in your walls :eek:

    Only joking - While you may get lots of more helpful replies here Elbi - Best to check it out here too!

    The only answer really though is that it is utterly dependant on finding a mature, well-socialised, honest, thoughtful, helpful, responsible individual - they also must have no dodgy habits/friends or vices. Kinda like you're looking for a partner - and in this case I assume its a girl you are seeking so its kind of like you're looking for a Lesbian who'll pay rent on time.

    - Perhaps if you make it clear that's its a 6 month thing then once you've worked out they're tolerable you could let them know its for as long as they want it to be.


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    Elbi
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    thanks guys

    i suppose the best thing to do is just kinda interview them or what ever, with a friend I suppose you can never be sure someone who seem perfect could turn out to be a total weirdo,

    as for finding a mature, well-socialised, honest, thoughtful, helpful, responsible individual with no dodgy habits/friends or vices
    theres plenty of them out there, shouldnt be a problem :o ha


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    Casperbhoy
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    You should also take into account that they are entitled to have guests over...good luck with the search


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    Elbi
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    Casperbhoy wrote: »
    You should also take into account that they are entitled to have guests over...good luck with the search

    oh ya, i dont think that would bother me much anyway, my firends would prob call once or twice a week anyways


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    Raiser
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    I don't think he meant "over" to watch Fair City and drink cups of tea......

    .......Although some people pant heavily and howl whenever Fair City comes on - so it might be a moot point.


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    Elbi
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    Raiser wrote: »
    I don't think he meant "over" to watch Fair City and drink cups of tea......

    .......Although some people pant heavily and howl whenever Fair City comes on - so it might be a moot point.


    ha ha funny man! tut :rolleyes:

    i know what what was ment.


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    tomcollins97
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    I decided to do this a while back and came across a few issues:

    I had stated that it was rent + bills. One housemate objected to paying a share of Sky Sports & movies as she didn’t watch them – even though this was the package when she moved in. Aaaahhhh!

    Cleaning – I hadn’t done a rota to begin with. We are all adults so I wrongly assumed everyone would do their share. How wrong was I?

    Rubbish – trying to get housemates to recycle correctly is a night-mare, they just don’t give a sh1t. One guy drank bottled beer and had major issues going to the bottle bank – so I threatened a rent hike due to additional cost of rubbish collections.

    Fridge – things started to get messy re uncovered cooked & raw food and rotting food. So, I told them that I would do a weekly clear out on a Sunday. Anything uncovered was binned and anything which looked remotely gone off was also binned

    Dishwasher – believe it or not, some people will not empty one of these but will rather put their dirty stuff in on top of clean!

    Cooking – I insisted people cleaned up after cooking as soon as their meal was finished

    Pots & pans – don’t buy expensive as lodgers generally have little respect for not using metal utensils and knives in non stick pans

    Glasses – these will start to disappear into a lodgers room

    Toilets – always an awkward one, best to have cleaning duties on rota

    Regular visiting & staying over of boyfriends/girlfriends tends to get very annoying very quickly

    If I think of anything else I will let you know!


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    Elbi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 334 ✭✭Elbi


    tomcollins97 wrote: »
    I decided to do this a while back and came across a few issues:

    I had stated that it was rent + bills. One housemate objected to paying a share of Sky Sports & movies as she didn’t watch them – even though this was the package when she moved in. Aaaahhhh!

    Cleaning – I hadn’t done a rota to begin with. We are all adults so I wrongly assumed everyone would do their share. How wrong was I?

    Rubbish – trying to get housemates to recycle correctly is a night-mare, they just don’t give a sh1t. One guy drank bottled beer and had major issues going to the bottle bank – so I threatened a rent hike due to additional cost of rubbish collections.

    Fridge – things started to get messy re uncovered cooked & raw food and rotting food. So, I told them that I would do a weekly clear out on a Sunday. Anything uncovered was binned and anything which looked remotely gone off was also binned

    Dishwasher – believe it or not, some people will not empty one of these but will rather put their dirty stuff in on top of clean!

    Cooking – I insisted people cleaned up after cooking as soon as their meal was finished

    Pots & pans – don’t buy expensive as lodgers generally have little respect for not using metal utensils and knives in non stick pans

    Glasses – these will start to disappear into a lodgers room

    Toilets – always an awkward one, best to have cleaning duties on rota

    Regular visiting & staying over of boyfriends/girlfriends tends to get very annoying very quickly

    If I think of anything else I will let you know!

    thanks so much for your reply, its been very helpful
    I used to share a house years back and it was a disaster, i was about 22 and she being 32 i thought would sensible and stuff, i was wrong, I spent my evenings cleaning up after her to wake up the next morning to find the house looking like a bomb had hit it, she went out bout 3 night a week, bringing back a different boy each night, which wouldnt bother me too much except some were really rough and one tried to throw me out of my own home, She come home in the middle of the night and leave the front door wide open (that was probably the one thing she did that really really bothered me) it was an awful experience but i just thought maybe that was just her that she was just bit "weird" but now im starting to think maybe the best thing to o is try and manage on my own,


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