lol for some reason Dude you should split the parking space 3ways as the realtor said. Also this plan will never work, never! jk.
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Dude, you should not be paying 50%. Your roomates are getting a steal and you are getting screwed over.
yeah i agree that you paying 50% of the rent is kind of ridiculous. they're each only paying HALF what you pay... but i guess if you don't see a problem with that, that's okay. i would go completely separate on groceries, but if you want to share a few items, that's your choice. but a lot of problems come from those general items like milk, bread, etc, because that's what gets consumed most. you may want cereal in the morning but there's no milk cuz they drank the last of it, stuff like that. you won't know when they're going to use it so even if you last saw there was some left, it may be gone when you need it. it's really just a lot easier to get along with roommates when things are separate, because even little things build up and when you get frustrated, bad blood comes to play...
also agree that you should not be paying 50% of the rent esp if you do not get your own parking spot. think of it this way the other room is bigger if it was just you and one of them would you be willing to pay 50/50 for a smaller room with a bathroom that is shared with the common area? of course not just because they are sharing the room doesnt mean its ok for you to pay 50/50 if anything it should be 60/40 but if they are asking 50/50 and rotational parking spot that is ridiculous you should get a parking spot they should worry about sharing the other spot. also i agree always buy your own food never share groceries. you can always ask them "can i have some of your milk I'm out" if needed but sharing groceries is just bad
The 50/50 rent isn't so bad if you get your own parking spot and split utilities 1/3. This is an exact arrangement I had with two roomates in college that were brothers. I got half the apartment, they got half the apartment, so 50/50 rent. Two parking spots are included, so I get one, since I'm paying half the rent. They get the other and they can work out any additional fees for parking. I also took the slightly smaller room with the "shared" bathroom. I didn't nickel and dime because the room was 2 ft shorter, and when we had guests, we made it well known that both bathrooms were fair game. If you are paying half the rent, you are entitled to half the parking spaces available. It is not your problem if they have two cars. Everybody will also be happier with their own shelf in the pantry and fridge. Keeps things equal, nobody POd because someone ate "too much" food.
i would split elec/water/food/etc. 3 ways. 50/50 wouldnt be right for me. My reasoning is that there is additional cost to you by having 3 people there, e.g. more traffic, less time you might have alone. 60/40 makes more sense.
I believe roommate "problems" are good and necessary for college students. It teaches you how to balance responsibilities (school and work) while taking care of things that you wouldn't foresee as issues before. Who cleans? Cooks? Did they eat from my vegan pasta again? Why can't he take a shower on a daily basis? Are hour long showers necessary? It will teach you patience and make the real world nothing more than the next natural step in progression. If they disagree and gang up on you too much, use your 60 pounds and duke out your own form of justice. If you are the kind of guy where money issues and stuff can disrupt your studies than make sure you discuss that now rather than later. I believe it is more than fair that you not have to pay for the third parking spot. If they gripe on that, which objectively seems very fair, they will gripe about other things. -V
Two of the best posts in this thread so far: Ya sounds exactly how we are going to do things. The other bedroom is a foot or two longer (not a big deal)...and if i were living with only 1 other person, it would still be a coin toss to see who would get which bedroom Ya I agree with alot of the stuff you said. My roomate freshman year was a friend from highschool...we split "groceries" (cereal and milk, since you can't cook in a dorm) and it was all good till maybe the last month of school...the dude flipped cause I didn't want to pay half for some extra ramen that he wanted to buy, also the milk would go missing since he would randomly take it to his girlfriends...we worked things out and are still good friends
funny you write this. i am a twin and lived with another girl in college too. i seem to recall we did the 30/30/40 split. it wasn't 50/50 and we did bills split in 3 too. parking was open to all and my twin and i shared a vehicle so that would've been 2 cars total anyways. i think that if you are already agreen upon doing the 50/50 rent split and 3-way split on the bills, that the extra $75 car spot should be on them. they are getting a deal and b/c they are sharing a room, they should pay for the extra parking. good luck!!!!
