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Two couples in two bedrooms (running total = 4), I'm in the third bedroom (5), rent collector in living room with hanging sheets serving functionally as walls/door) (6), couple plus baby in garage (converted to living space) (9), one in RV on property (10), one in backyard tent with sleeping bag (11). The heat source is the kitchen stove (seriously) - the living room is closest to it. My bedroom is furthest from the heat source, and, as such, gets freezing cold in the winter. But using a space heater is out of the question because all three bedrooms plus the bathroom and living room appear to be wired to a single circuit, and turning on a space heater trips the breaker and invariably causes anger and gnashing of teeth. (Living Room Man has to get up and reset the breaker, and he gets very unhappy when that happens.)
And yes, just using the bathroom is often a hassle; so much so that I try diligently to use restrooms elsewhere to the extent feasible.
and yet, you continue to stay....
If you can rent a legal room elsewhere, why are living here? Oh, yeah...you can't pass the rental criteria set by landlords. Oh, well..maybe in your next life you'll make better choices and decisions.
In the zoo in which I live - a small 3BR / 1BA house (one-story, no basement, just a crawl space) with 11 current occupants - we have a new arrival. The proud mom lives in the house intermittently with her boyfriend (the person to whom we pay rent - not to be confused with the absentee owner/landlord - is her father) and apparently she owns a condo in the area, splitting her time between the two homes.
She had been away for six months, and her return was expected, while the newborn in tow was not.
So now in addition to the usual zoo life, there is a screaming baby in the overcrowded house.
Is a rent discount appropriate in a situation like this?
Nope. It's no different than a neighbor playing loud music. You simply move elsewhere.
My premise is that there IS a "right price" for living in an overcrowded zoo; specifically a price lower than the right price for living in an average-drama house at a lawful occupancy level.
Sadly... sharing a 4BR house with 3 others is really just McDonalds taste.
But doing it on a hipster slacker budget? Even that is asking too much of the world.
Two couples in two bedrooms (running total = 4), I'm in the third bedroom (5), rent collector in living room with hanging sheets serving functionally as walls/door) (6), couple plus baby in garage (converted to living space) (9), one in RV on property (10), one in backyard tent with sleeping bag (11). The heat source is the kitchen stove (seriously) - the living room is closest to it. My bedroom is furthest from the heat source, and, as such, gets freezing cold in the winter. But using a space heater is out of the question because all three bedrooms plus the bathroom and living room appear to be wired to a single circuit, and turning on a space heater trips the breaker and invariably causes anger and gnashing of teeth. (Living Room Man has to get up and reset the breaker, and he gets very unhappy when that happens.)
And yes, just using the bathroom is often a hassle; so much so that I try diligently to use restrooms elsewhere to the extent feasible.
Sounds like you have the most expensive room, all by yourself and inside, I wouldn't complain if I were you.
But if you took the $500 from this room plus the $250 from your storage unit, that's $750 available for a better place.
Didn't you recently mention you were possibly moving to a normal place with someone? Work on that.
If you can rent a legal room elsewhere, why are living here? Oh, yeah...you can't pass the rental criteria set by landlords. Oh, well..maybe in your next life you'll make better choices and decisions.
High rents + upfront move-in costs + low low vacancy rate + housing shortage + low income + age/gender discrimination = and the alternative is what?
Plenty of room rentals don't require a credit check but this market is more favorable to young adults and especially to women. Many homes are owned by working or retired women, and such owners overwhelmingly prefer to rent to other women, plus millennials are disproportionately represented in this area. I have no desire to rent a room with a bunch of millennials, and they probably have no desire to live with anyone over 40.
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