"No couples"

Tha Gopher · 09-07-2008 12:40PM #1

Nearly every room letting-houseshare ad I see on the board in work goes along the lines of

"Large room, 480 per month, ideal for a professional or two friends. No couples please"

Out of curiousity why are so many people adverse to a couple sharing the room? tbh there is a bigger chance of violence from a pair of friends sharing a room (myself and my best mate have knocked the sh1te out of each other god knows how many times, mainly when he drinks from morning onward). My housemate moved his girlfriend in about 6 weeks ago, a holiday kind of turned into living here without him asking us or the landlady (who lives elsewhere), and I couldnt care less tbh

Hey, she keeps the house clean and she cant give out to me for leaving cans and pizza boxes around the place seeing as technically she is still just stayin over

(not that she would, not one of these clean freaks thankfully)

Just wondering......

Steve_o · 09-07-2008 12:43PM

Tha Gopher wrote: »

Nearly every room letting-houseshare ad I see on the board in work goes along the lines of

"Large room, 480 per month, ideal for a professional or two friends. No couples please"

Out of curiousity why are so many people adverse to a couple sharing the room? tbh there is a bigger chance of violence from a pair of friends sharing a room (myself and my best mate have knocked the sh1te out of each other god knows how many times, mainly when he drinks from morning onward). My housemate moved his girlfriend in about 6 weeks ago, a holiday kind of turned into living here without him asking us or the landlady (who lives elsewhere), and I couldnt care less tbh Hey, she keeps the house clean and she cant give out to me for leaving cans and pizza boxes around the place seeing as technically she is still just stayin over (not that she would, not one of these clean freaks thankfully)

Just wondering......

Maybe if the relationship turns sour and one party bails and the other can't pay both shares, the landlord wont get his cash and will have to look for someone else...just a guess!

WindSock · 09-07-2008 12:43PM

Couples are a pain in the tits to live with. I also suspect that the person letting the place wants to perve on the singles :P

funk-you · 09-07-2008 12:44PM

I'd say because couples can bring a bad vibe into the house (when fighting etc..) and you have to listen to them riding. Just a guess.

-Funk

Reku · 09-07-2008 12:45PM

Steve_o wrote: »

Maybe if the relationship turns sour and one party bails and the other can't pay both shares, the landlord wont get his cash and will have to look for someone else...just a guess!

I'd guess the same, if friends fall out they can politely ignore one another, couples so seldom seem to be able to remain friends after breaking up that I doubt they'd wish to remain living together, especially with how awkward it'd get should either wish to begin dating someone else.

tobiesheba · 09-07-2008 12:45PM

I also think that a lot of people myself included just don't like the dynamics of a shared living space when there's a couple in a house/apartment. Recently I lived with a couple and often they were trying to have romantic dinners and cosy nights on the sofa which is fine in their own place but just not when you're sharing with three other people.

Magpie! · 09-07-2008 12:45PM

I just think it throws the whole dynamic of the house out.

I recently moved into a house with a couple and 2 lads. It felt very much like it was 'their' house. You'd hate going into the sitting room when they were there on their own etc.

And you knew if there was ever any hassle they would always side with each other.

They've moved out now thank god.

Magpie! · 09-07-2008 12:47PM

tobiesheba wrote: »

I also think that a lot of people myself included just don't like the dynamics of a shared living space when there's a couple in a house/apartment. Recently I lived with a couple and often they were trying to have romantic dinners and cosy nights on the sofa which is fine in their own place but just not when you're sharing with three other people.

Are we living in the same house? :eek:

mental07 · 09-07-2008 12:47PM

Tha Gopher wrote: »

Nearly every room letting-houseshare ad I see on the board in work goes along the lines of

"Large room, 480 per month, ideal for a professional or two friends. No couples please"

Do those ads specify the kind of bed(s) that are in the room? I wouldn't live in a house where I had to share a double bed with a friend...

oranjeboom · 09-07-2008 12:48PM

All of the above really. Couple's can bring a shed load of problems. Like what has been said before. I shared with couples before and always felt like the 3rd wheel. It can put some people in an uncomfortable position

tobiesheba · 09-07-2008 12:49PM

I lived in France for a while and it actually was quite common for friends to share a double bed. But I do think that in most parts of Europe they have different attitudes to renting than we do here so it probably doesn't apply to Irish people. But I know Spanish/Italian people who would be delighted to share a bed with a friend if they knew it would save on the rent.

Pepe LeFrits · 09-07-2008 12:51PM

Mostly because a couple will take up a lot more space and resources than a single person would.

I'm not sure about the two friends part though. Sharing a bed? Odd.

pickarooney · 09-07-2008 12:54PM

tobiesheba wrote: »

I lived in France for a while and it actually was quite common for friends to share a double bed. But I do think that in most parts of Europe they have different attitudes to renting than we do here so it probably doesn't apply to Irish people.

For one thing, apartments are almost always rented unfurnished. Your 'friends' who convinced you to share their beds weren't from St. Denis were they?

tobiesheba · 09-07-2008 12:57PM

No from the south actually - at the time I was sharing with two others and we all had separate rooms and beds - think they thought this was an awful waste of bed space.

ejmaztec · 09-07-2008 12:58PM

Perhaps the landlord doesn't want the place stacked to the ceiling with screaming babies.

reregholdsworth · 09-07-2008 01:03PM

what's wrong with living with a couple? if they don't impede on your use of the shared communal space then what's your beef?

If you take issue with hearing a bit of riding while you count the sheep before sleep is that not your own issue? the worrying thing is that it seems to be the issue of a lot of people who advertise on daft.

do you prefer to hear the aul creak-creak of your mate who you know is in his room on his own.

onanistic flatmates for the win?

blorg · 09-07-2008 01:03PM

tobiesheba wrote: »

I lived in France for a while and it actually was quite common for friends to share a double bed. But I do think that in most parts of Europe they have different attitudes to renting than we do here so it probably doesn't apply to Irish people. But I know Spanish/Italian people who would be delighted to share a bed with a friend if they knew it would save on the rent.

I think this is more common with girls than guys. Don't think it is too common with guys.

ntlbell · 09-07-2008 01:06PM

blorg wrote: »

I think this is more common with girls than guys. Don't think it is too common with guys.

think you missed the part where he said in France...

KTRIC · 09-07-2008 01:06PM

tobiesheba wrote: »

I lived in France for a while and it actually was quite common for friends to share a double bed.

Pics or it didn't happen

09-07-2008 01:07PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Perhaps the landlord doesn't want the place stacked to the ceiling with screaming babies.

I genuinely laughed. Gold star for you.

John Mason · 09-07-2008 01:09PM

i am trying to rent a room in my house at the moment and i have said "no couples".

if you are a single in a house and a couple move in they tend to take over the house because there is two of them and one of you.

they would be getting all smoochy on the sofa when you are trying to watch top gear and taking over the kitchen etc. they are also more likely to stay in every friday and saturday night.

Plus i only want to share with one person not two, bathroom, washing machine etc.

oh and the walls are very thin, i dont want to listen to them shagging all night

ojewriej · 09-07-2008 01:11PM

I was thinking about that recently as well.

I can understand (though not necessary agree) why people wouldn't want a couple as flatmates, but why do landlords put this note when they are renting out the place for just 2 people - meaning that the couple will live there on their own.

Are kids the reason, as ejmaztec said? I find it a bit to overcautious to be true.

Tha Gopher · 09-07-2008 01:11PM

funk-you wrote: »

and you have to listen to them riding. Just a guess.

-Funk

meh, you are going to get that with maybe half of people who are renting a room but not living with their bird. Jaysus the last fellas visiting girl was around twice or three a week, some screamer

(Couple in mine seldom watch the downstairs tv, and the other woman in the house never minded when I had the ex around maybe twice a week to give up the tv, or when I have a few lads around for cans in the winter to Spring to watch the champs league/Irish internationals). Though I suppose if the couple I live with did watch the downstairs tv alot you would feel like the 3rd wheel sitting on the chair in the corner while they do teh cuddlage. Still, Id personally think demands like "no clean freaks" be more important then no couples.

irishbird wrote: »

they are also more likely to stay in every friday and saturday night.

My single housemate hasnt had a man around all the time Ive been here. God help me any Friday or Saturday I dont go out, Im stuck on the net until the Late Late Show is over. She never fookin goes out

And besides, two single friend roomates are more likely to come in at 3am on a Saturday and stay up until 7 drinking, smoking doobs, talking sh1te and playing tunes and PS2 next door.

what2do · 09-07-2008 01:12PM

Your average two bed doesn't really fit three peoples anymore - just the volume of stuff is a nightmare. And the third wheel issue is really felt if the living area is just one sitting room/kitchen.

blorg · 09-07-2008 01:23PM

what2do wrote: »

Your average two bed doesn't really fit three peoples anymore - just the volume of stuff is a nightmare. And the third wheel issue is really felt if the living area is just one sitting room/kitchen.

Sorry, with all the discussion of bed sharing I first parsed that as "your average double bed doesn't really fit three people anymore"

jellie · 09-07-2008 01:32PM

blorg wrote: »

Sorry, with all the discussion of bed sharing I first parsed that as "your average double bed doesn't really fit three people anymore"

lol so did i, took me a minute to figure that out

Kinetic^ · 09-07-2008 01:34PM

It's a lot harder to bugger yer wan with her bf there, very challenging at times.

ntlbell · 09-07-2008 01:37PM

Kinetic^ wrote: »

It's a lot harder to bugger yer wan with her bf there, very challenging at times.

chase is half the fun tho...

rhypnol works on men too

gabgab · 09-07-2008 01:45PM

Yeh sounds fiar enough to me, I would'nt rent out my spare room to a couple. Soom goober and his missus getting all loved up on the couch and the like, would do my head in.

Sinfonia · 09-07-2008 01:49PM

Yeah, seems like an exponential thing, two people together always seems like more than two

What really annoys me on these ads is when they look for a "professional female non-smoker" but that's because i'm a smokin' male student

Overheal · 09-07-2008 02:01PM

its too rare you can find a couple to share with that everyone clicks with. that and the awkward bits. walking into the kitchen in the morning looking for your coffee while they eat the face off eachother - always fun.

"No couples"

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