Lodger agreement reasonable?

jonnygee2

Only allowed one shower a day?

Where did you get that from?

jonnygee2

Anyway, update, with a few hints from the forum I've spoken to him to see what he thinks.

The reality is that he's currently living in a shared house with no living room at all, a small kitchen, one bathroom, a smaller bedroom and five occupants (four officially, one almost permanent 'extra'), and also paying a lot more than I'm asking. So he's moving in, soon!

Also, apparently, he only cooks about once a week anyway, wakes up after 9. So mainly I was worrying about nothing. He does want to have lots of friends round in the day, but I'm out, so makes no difference, and eats really late (like 11?! ). He also wants showers after 11, I said fine, not exactly a breaking point for now, but we'll talk about it if it wakes me up (the pump is being replaced in a few months, so it's a short term problem). All in all, it'll work out fine.

Mojisola

jonnygee2 wrote: »

He does want to have lots of friends round in the day, but I'm out, so makes no difference

And you're happy with lots of strangers being in your house while you're not there?

If you're not careful, your house will be student central for all his mates!

G_M

Mojisola wrote: »

And you're happy with lots of strangers being in your house while you're not there?

If you're not careful, your house will be student central for all his mates!

On the plus side the OP will be able to get high just by coming home and breathing deeply........

jonnygee2

On the plus side the OP will be able to get high just by coming home and breathing deeply........

Hopefully :-) But unfortunately I don't think he's that type of guy. I think they'll probably just cook dinner and discuss their Maths homework and stuff

JuicyJesus

Good on you for relenting a bit, although I'm trying to think who I'd rather pay money to to live with than someone who wanted - at any point - to set timespans on when I eat, sh*t and have friends over, and for some reason Fred West, Idi Amin and Rudolf Hess spring to mind.

lookstraightahead

I think if I had to listen to all those roles as a younger person I would say "yeah whatever" and then live how I wanted to when I moved in. And squat lol x

Wyndham

jonnygee2 wrote: »

Anyway, update, with a few hints from the forum I've spoken to him to see what he thinks.

The reality is that he's currently living in a shared house with no living room at all, a small kitchen, one bathroom, a smaller bedroom and five occupants (four officially, one almost permanent 'extra'), and also paying a lot more than I'm asking. So he's moving in, soon!

Also, apparently, he only cooks about once a week anyway, wakes up after 9. So mainly I was worrying about nothing. He does want to have lots of friends round in the day, but I'm out, so makes no difference, and eats really late (like 11?! ). He also wants showers after 11, I said fine, not exactly a breaking point for now, but we'll talk about it if it wakes me up (the pump is being replaced in a few months, so it's a short term problem). All in all, it'll work out fine.

Are the friends allowed in the living room/kitchen during the day then? I thought one of your rules was that they couldn't go there at all, and no more than 2 at a time?

Glad you're relented, but are your really going to be happy? I'm not sure you are, and would hate to see you on here in a few weeks asking how to get rid of your lodger because it isn't working out....

00ec25

Mojisola wrote: »

If you're not careful, your house will be student central for all his mates!

oh boy did that trigger a memory. Came home one evening, settled down to watch some TV only to have a total stranger walk into the lounge and set up my ironing board and use my iron to do his laundry that he'd done with my electricity, detergent and washing machine.

He was "invited" to leave and directed towards the launderette at the top of the street. Lodger was "invited" to reconsider offering my home as a freebie to his mates. Lodger left at the end of that term.... no more students after that.

anfieldred

What if the person was stuck in a traffic jam and got home at 730 from work? they can't eat?