New Roommate Rents Two Rooms, Only Expects To Pay For One Room

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mattstaff
Jun 5, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

Well oh well, this new roommate is coming in hot on the scene with all kinds of red flag behavior. Their reasoning for why they shouldn't be on the hook for paying for the 2/3 rooms that they're occupying is total nonsense. Sounds like the best move here could be to backtrack on this particular new roommate, and get someone new in there. For some more roommate drama check out this dude who reached his breaking point with some roommates over rent division. 

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    Font - 1 1 AITA for expecting a potential future roommate with a kid to pay more of the rent Not the A-hole Okay so l'm looking for a new roommate. Mine is moving in with her bf. It's a 3 bedroom but we just were splitting the rent in half and using the extra bedroom as a second living room/office thing. It's worked for 3 years. Well a friend of mine is interested in the place because it has a third bedroom and she has a kid. She asked what rent was and I told her 900 She said "oh so 450 each th
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    Font - I was sorta confused because if she's using 2/3 rooms she should pay 2/3 of rent. I said that to her and she said that "because her kid's not an adult she doesn't count, and she's by her dad half the time anyway ". AITA for expecting someone renting 2 bedrooms to pay rent in proportion to that. 5.1k 474 ↑, Share
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    Font - 2 Awards NTA But seriously, find someone else (or two others). If you think she's being unreasonable about only paying half when she's using two thirds, just wait until she starts trying to use you as free childcare and keeps playing the 'bUt i HaVe a Kid' card. G Reply 9.4k ...
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    Rectangle - Individual_Ad_9213 · 20h Certified Proctologist [26] NTA. Tell her it's $300 per bedroom. You're giving up an office to say nothing about utilities. Otherwise, find a different roommate. BTW: whose name is the lease in? G Reply 882 ...
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    Rectangle - Uh...no. Lol. NTA. That's not how rent works. Her kid will not only be using the third room, but will also be using electricity, heat, water, etc. Age doesn't matter. If anything, having a rambunctious kid around pays into your side of the argument even more. G Reply 1 1.4k 3 ...
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    Rectangle - Walktothebrook · 20h Colo-rectal Surgeon [41] NTA. If she's using two bedrooms she should be paying 2/3 of the rent. Alternatively you could find two new roommates and fill both bedrooms. G Reply 4 72 3 ...
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    Product - lolololololololol. NTA. That kid will be using space and utilities and counts as a human. You should not have to contribute to a child that is not yours. I mean, I guess you could just have her pay half rent and utilities with the understanding that that child stays with her in her room??? G Reply 4 106 3 ...
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    Font - NTA She will be using 2/3 rooms, her kid will be also using water, electricity etc, so there's no reason why rent should be split 50/50. G Reply 4 38 3 ...
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    Rectangle - ampm27 · 20h Partassipant [4] NTA, space used should equal money put in G Reply 4 19 3 ...
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    Font - NTA. If she'll be cutting down on the space you currently use in order to use it for her kid, she needs to pay more for that. It's not like you'll be hanging out in the kid's room using it as an office when she's at her dad's. The space will still be occupied by her. She's trying to scam you in order to save some cash. Don't let her. G Reply 4 27 3 ...
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    Font - NTA. And don't let her move in. She's starting by trying to scam you. It's only going downhill from there. G Reply ...
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    Rectangle - ComfortableZebra2412 · 20h Colo-rectal Surgeon [30] NTA and honestly do you want to deal with a kid being around, and ya she should definitely pay more for Two rooms, you are losing 1 completely G Reply 4 13 3 ...
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    Font - NTA. If her and her child are taking up 2/3 of the rooms she needs to pay 2/3 of the rent and utilities. Frankly, though, living with a young kid may not be something you want to do. G Reply 4 12 3 ...
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    Rectangle - Memer90001 · 20h Partassipant [1] NTArent should be per room because if you don't a roommate can just take over the space really G Reply ...
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    Font - alternativefact776 · 16h A 3-bedroom apt in my neck of the woods is $2,800- $3,500/a month. I realize a variety of factors dictate going rents. But imagining some doorknob genuinely believing she should pay $450 for two rooms and your privilege of listening to a kid cry, shriek, and whine whilst stepping on Legos and wiping jelly off your fridge even half the week is sending me. We pay $450 just in HOA, trash and electricity. People in So Cal, in this market, would legit be hitting one an
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    Rectangle - cbquietfl66 · 19h NTA - Ask her to go to an apartment leasing office and see if they'll rent her a 2 bedroom place for the price of a 1 bedroom. G Reply 4 13 3 ...
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