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One bedroom flat - Renting the bedroom (I sleep in the living room)
Feyla
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Hi,
I'm looking to buy a flat and want to be able to rent out a room. I have found a good property which only has 1 bedroom, and a good sized living room.
I'm considering renting out the bedroom and sleeping on a sofa bed in the living room. This will mean that the lodger will have limited access to the living room as it's essentially my bedroom. They would still be able to use it just not all the time.
One other potential issue is that the kitchen is attached to the living room, you have to go through the living room to get to the kitchen. This will mean that there will have to rules regarding the kitchen, such as not using it at night while I'm asleep.
Do you think this could work or will no one want to rent out a bedroom while having limited access to the living room and kitchen?
Thanks for any advice.
I'm looking to buy a flat and want to be able to rent out a room. I have found a good property which only has 1 bedroom, and a good sized living room.
I'm considering renting out the bedroom and sleeping on a sofa bed in the living room. This will mean that the lodger will have limited access to the living room as it's essentially my bedroom. They would still be able to use it just not all the time.
One other potential issue is that the kitchen is attached to the living room, you have to go through the living room to get to the kitchen. This will mean that there will have to rules regarding the kitchen, such as not using it at night while I'm asleep.
Do you think this could work or will no one want to rent out a bedroom while having limited access to the living room and kitchen?
Thanks for any advice.
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99% of the time only an oddball would find that acceptable these days. While it's common in the States and even fine among people who know each other .... it'd just be "too weird" to move in with a stranger with an arrangement like that.0
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You really have to post on this forum to find if this situation is acceptable? Home ownership isn't for you.Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0
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Would be a very odd living arrangement indeed outside of emergency situations. Nobody would choose to pay a normal amount of rent to live like that."'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die"0 -
Boy oh boy.
Let the lodger sleep in the sitting room and see how you like it.make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
If it's possible to install some sort of corridor so that you can properly wall off your "living room", then it might be possible to let the other room. Otherwise, no.0
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The landlord sleeping in the living room? No problem (for the right lodger).
No access to the kitchen between the hours of ... X & Y (plus when you're changing, being naughty, taking a nap, whatever) - no.0 -
okay, thanks for the advice, you can close the thread.0
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sounds like the worst living situation ever0
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It absolutely would not work. You need a proper 2nd bedroom to let out. I let a room now that i have a small house but could not have done so with my first flat. most lodgers want to use the living room and the idea of having no access to the kitchen is completely unacceptable.0
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