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Renting a room... (Couples not accepted)
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People are going to disagree (and you're free to rent out rooms to couples) but the truth is there isn't any advantage to renting to couples. But there are lots of disadvantages, so why bother?
Same with pets.
If I rent to a lady with a dog, the dog *might* be well trained and quiet....but it might not. If I rent to a lady without a dog - there is no chance of her dog trashing my furniture.
A couple will cause twice as much wear-n-tear and use twice as much of the shared resources (they'll shower twice as much, cook twice as much, do laundry twice as much)....all for no benefit to you. They are also twice as likely to have a problem with someone else or something else in the place. Our immersion heater's timer was broken when we moved in. *I* didn't care, but my wife did....so we complained to the landlord. A cabinet in the kitchen was broken too, but it was too high and my wife didn't care, but *I* did....so we complained to the landlord.
In a shared house, you'll be interacting with people. People sometimes don't like each other. Each additional person significantly increases the odds of personality conflicts. If two people (A,
are living in a place and looking to rent out a room to ONE person (C) you could have a problem with
A->C
B->C
C->A
C->B
If you bring in a couple (C, D) now it is
A->C
B->C
A->D
B->D
C->A
C->B
D->A
D->B
You've *doubled* the likelihood of people not getting along by renting to a couple instead of a single person. I'd argue it's even more complex than that, as you add people you increase the scarcity of resources and I believe that increases the odds of personality conflicts. I used to live in a house with three bathrooms - and it never mattered when my wife woke up - I could get up when I wanted, use the bathroom and get ready for work. Then we got poor....with only one bathroom, we've now had several arguments about when we each get up and whose schedule is more important since we both can't physically occupy the same space at the same time. But at a minimum, you've DOUBLED the likelihood of people not liking each other.
And while some people are going to disagree with me - there is a HUGE correlation between anti-social behaviour and income. If I rent a studio apartment for 400 euro in Dublin, it's almost certainly going to be in a bad part of town. And my neighbors will be the types of people who live in bad parts of town and in apartment buildings that are cheap. In my experience, living in those types of places, you are many, many, many times more likely to have problems with people being loud/drunk/up at all hours of the night/petty crime/loud parties/loud music/trash/etc....but if you get an apartment in Dublin and pay 1400 in a building where everyone is paying 1400, in my experience, you are many times more likely to have the kind of neighbors who won't cause problems. I've moved for the sole purpose of paying more, so I could live next to the type of people who pay more....because now it's quiet and I don't have beer cans (and worse) outside of my door and drunk people fighting outside my window at 3am on a Tuesday.
If you rent to *two* people who, collectively, can only scrounge up enough for a shared bedroom in a shared house - odds are - they aren't getting up for work at 7am M-F. And while it's not fair to judge an individual person based on what they pay in rent - it's very accurate for groups of people. It sucks, but it is what it is. And I say this as someone who is poor immigrant now...I know there are exceptions, but as a whole, yeah - I'd rather have one tenant who can afford rent than two people who are willing to cram themselves into one bedroom.0 -
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In a shared house, you'll be interacting with people. People sometimes don't like each other. Each additional person significantly increases the odds of personality conflicts. If two people (A, are living in a place and looking to rent out a room to ONE person (C) you could have a problem with
A->C
B->C
C->A
C->B
If you bring in a couple (C, D) now it is
A->C
B->C
A->D
B->D
C->A
C->B
D->A
D->B
I'm not saying you're wrong, but you've given that waaaay too much thought for an AH question.0 -
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Annalee Teeny Column wrote: »
I'd imagine you are in a very small minority. I recently moved from sharing with 3 to sharing with 2 and to be honest its more like sharing with 1 other person as one of the housemates is never around. Still. It's so much better than the other house where there were constantly 4 of us around. Id absolutely love to be sharing with nobody though. The obvious exceptions are living with a gf or living at home as I don't mind sharing with parents etc.
I think you failed to spot your little typo in the post that Trigger Happy was referring to
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Hi Op.
It is a difficult stuation. Im about to be on the other side of this situation. I previously lived with a couple, however there were other girls in th house. I found it grand and my bedroom was right beside them.
Depends on the people IMO. Another place I lived, in a girls flat share, one girl took her new boyfriend over for the night completely aware the one of the other girls was around too. She had the music up attempting to disguise any"noise" but the poor girl in the next room told me the next day she was kept awake by both noises and felt quite uncomfortable, even the next day they were all over each other in the sitting room. I was so glad I was away that weekend.
Ill soon be moving as a couple to a house share with one other couple and two other people, so I guess, I can understand why people may not like to live with a couple.
Just ensure you search only for places that do accept couples if your looking. that way it wont have to wonder why...hope that's helpls a bit 0 -
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I used to live in a house with three bathrooms - and it never mattered when my wife woke up - I could get up when I wanted, use the bathroom and get ready for work. Then we got poor....with only one bathroom, we've now had several arguments about when we each get up and whose schedule is more important since we both can't physically occupy the same space at the same time.
You and your wife?
Shower together, you ludre!
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April O Neill wrote: »You and your wife?
Shower together, you ludre!
What if it's a number one or number two?:eek:FreshKnickers wrote: »Room for Rent
. Single people only
. Non-smokers
. Must have a job
. Job must be 40hr+ weekly
. No pets, instruments or loud snorers
. No friends, family members or band-mates allowed in the house
. Bed not supplied
. Keen gardeners preferred
. No parties, whistling or hard-soled shoes
You sound like my current flatmate. What sort of man wears slippers...seriously?0 -
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