Rent Roommate Situation?

[WolfRamnHeart]

So, I have a roommate that all I ask is $400 per month, the room itself is $422 (2 bed/1bath).  Before her, I have a friend that stays with me in the living room, and I ask her $250 (When she can.), so she'll give me $100 every 2/3 weeks, tops, we're all broke. (She helps with some bills and food.)

My roommate is now asking me to lower it down to $350 because quote, "She doesn't use Cable(TV)", but I explained to her that she's paying for only the room, technically the room itself is $422+Half Electric+Half Cox Cable etc.. ($500+) but had to rent the room out ASAP because of how crappy this economy is.

So in a sense, she's paying for renting the room, except the electric, we all use of course, everything else is extra (Water is free, gas is nothing).  I myself, lowered it for her because I needed someone in there.

I'm still working this all out, but because somehow, after helping a roommate/friend, I feel like the big "A-hoIe" now that I discuss and possibly won't?  Am I wrong out of all this?

I'm never once threw it out to help them, and lower the rent for them.  But.... *sigh*

I need opinions of the situation, so help me intranets peoplez.


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[cremophore]

don't make any deals or accept any promises without having it in writing! tell her you will start looking for people who CAN pay!


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[sweetpea]

"I have to find someone who can pay the full amount. When can I expect the room to be available?"


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[Judith]

If I rented out a room and there would only be myself and the roomer, I would figure out my monthly expenses; e.g. mortgage pmts, property taxes (yearly divided by 12), and utilities (except cable) and divide by 2 to come up with a fair monthly rent.  As for the friend who lives with you I would divide all of the utilities by 3 and charge 1/3rd PLUS add a reasonable amount for food and crashing at your place.

I'm not quite sure what kind of roommate you have - a boarder or a real roommate. 

Basically I would add utilities, food and mortgage pmts + property taxes (or monthly rent if you pay rent yourself) and divide by the # of people in the household to come up with their fair share and since the roommate doesn't use cable I would deduct that amount from her monthly payment to you.  I believe it should be as fair as possible and then everyone should be happy.


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[Charles_M]

listen to the waves crashing or the wind howling thru the mountain tops
.we just got to do the best we can in this life,sometimes we got to make a change either for us or to us.always remember the good times.      after all we are just human,not the robots the government wants us to be!or slaves might be a better word.


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