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Third of rent

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Strike Reyhi:
obviously what Merv means is dora and marten should be splitting his half of the rent not splitting the overall rent into thirds. then again they are all friends so they might want to split it three ways so faye doesn't have to pay as much.

Akima:

--- Quote from: merv on 18 Jan 2010, 02:09 ---This discussion is just in regard to Faye says she's happy because she only has to pay a third of the rent. In personal experience, I find it unfair that couples are expected to pay extra rent for the same space.
--- End quote ---

You write as if only bedroom space counted. Dora is also "buying" a share of the common areas such as sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, non-bedroom cupboards, space in the fridge etc. Her presence in a flat previously occupied by two people, also poses an "opportunity cost" on Faye in terms of waiting for the bathroom, availability of hot water, nocturnal sex noises etc. Obviously M,F&D could come up with some complex algorithm, but a three-way split is probably the simplest. And of course, Faye might well be speaking of total flat-related expenses, not just rent (I don't know how residential tenancies usually work in the USA/MA).

Anyway, if she feels hard done by, Dora can always factor it in when Faye's next pay-rise comes around...  :evil:

Penquin47:
If moving in with a couple where one person worked and the other was a housewife/househusband type situation, I'd be happy to cut them a break on the rent on the assumption that the person without a job outside the home was responsible for chores in the common areas of the house.

kemon:
i think that if people are going to be that uptight about money, then maybe they shouldn't live together.  i shared a two bed apartment with 4 other guys.  we all paid the same even though one guy got a room to himself and another slept on the couch.   the other room was only for sleeping...  or not as the case may have been.  later, i shared another two bed apartment with just two guys and i got the solo room.   i'm still friends with all those guys and it was never an issue.   now, it could have been that way cause we were all such good friends or because we were all drunk/high most of the time and didn't notice.  but i'm sure it was the friend thing.

Carl-E:
Like Akima says, it's really not all about the square footage! 

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