Room for rent?

Question

Has anybody ever stayed at a room for rent. Whats it like? I am trying to find a place to stay right now and I found people are renting out rooms to students. Your obviously staying with someone but do they usually talk to you and engage in conversation. Do you have to eat dinner with them? Do they give you curfews and stuff. I really want to know what its like beforehand. Thanks for any information.

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Answer 3

I would assume that you have your room. That's it. They don't cook for you or anything but ask those questions if you decide to rent. YOu could have kitchen priveleges or not. I had one couple tell me that on Sunday I had to wear a dress and told them I wasn't really looking for someone to take care of me and didn't move in. Ask what the rules are before you consider moving in. I can only assume each place is different.

Answer 4

Depends on where in the world this is

UK you are classed as a lodger not a tenant, so have less rights, you live in someones home so live by the rules of the house, which you find out about before you agree to rent a room....... they may say no guests, door is locked at 10.30pm, no food eaten in the room....... they may not

Answer 5

Would you be renting only a room, or would it be room and board?

A room only, does not provide any food or anything else.

Answer 6

I rented a room in a family 's house for about a month in first year college. It was awful. I found a friend and we then rented a duplex together. The family 's house was a very small but clean. My room was nice enough. They allowed me to sit and watch TV in the evening with the family. That is all they did. Every evening. They sat and watched TV, a small TV. They had two girls, 7 or 8 & 10. The younger was a hairy beast, like her mother. She liked to cuddle up to me on the couch. It gave me the creeps. The bed sheets stunk. She could not even figure out that they needed to be bleached to remove the bacteria odor. I was not allowed to use her washer or dryer, so she washed my clothing too. My meals were included & I ate with them. Very cheap food. Cheap white bread & cheese slices EVERY day for lunch. After the first week, I told her not to bother to make my sandwiches for lunch. I bought my own heavy German rye bread & fillings, which included “real” cheese. Their idea of cheese was processed American cheese slices, disgusting. Cheap food at dinner, which included a whole gigantic potato EVERY night. The same food every night. Boring and cheap. And she wrapped the potatoes in tin foil. For struggling people (she did not work and her husband just played with kids – coached elementary school kids playing some sports game, three times a week I think - it made no sense to me. One night, they went to a wedding of their prior tenant whose room I had. I looked in their fridge. It was practically empty. I think jail food would have been better, although I have no personal experience with that. Those people did not make me feel comfortable. There was no communication whatsoever. I was walking on egg shells and afraid to even ask for an evening snack. My snacks growing up were fresh fruit. They did not eat that. It would not have done any good to ask. I bought whatever I wanted on my own after that first week, when I found myself starving for quality and healthy food. My father was paying for me to eat their slop. My father paid my rent too. I did not like that he was paying for me to be fed cheap slop, the same slop that those people ate though. I was so glad to get out of there. And, they were so disappointed. If you decide to do it, ask to look in their fridge. Ask if they allow an evening snack. Ask, ask, ask.

Answer 7

It depends entirely on the people renting the house.



Some will expect you to integrate with the family (mealtimes, letting them know when you'll be in / out), while some will just leave you to it

Answer 8

when i rent out my extra side of the house (a roommate suite), the lodger has access to common areas of house, use of the kitchen, reasonable guests. when i have dinner parties, roommate is always included.



some choose to share food and cook together. others eat only take away restaurant food, others cook their own food. one lodger brought her own fridge and cabinet. my current roommate is paramedic t and i never see her anyway.



if i make a pot of something, i offer to roommate. i usually cook too much anyway.



the roommate who shared the food bill. we cooked together. the best roommate ever, we watched TV together, hung out, and borrowed each others clothes. two 60 year old wimmen.



the only thing i kvetch about is the thermostat. i pay the utilities.

Answer 9

you discuss all that with teh homeowners