Opinions on roommates...

Well, if you haven't read my build thread yet and are already reading this thread, here is whats up. My hood got knocked over while it was in a spot it shouldn't have. Brian was majorly pissed off to hear about it. Then, Brian was even more pissed off when he saw that the hood was then instead place on the roof of his car and slid around. Probably some damage to the paint on the roof as well. At this point I was furious and left the shop and came back in the house. I couldn't touch anything or I was going to throw it... That is the most recent incident to piss me off. Allow me to bring you all up to speed...

Some of you may remember a few years back when I ran into some problems with my parents. The problems had gotten better when I moved out and my ex and I had a place together. Then I had to move back home and going back into a home full or rules just didn't work so well for me. Now I am at the point where I am ready to move out again. Not just because of the rules, but because of all the excessive nagging and bitching that goes on around here from my parents. I am absolutely sick of it. I am trying to sleep during the day because I work midnights. Does that stop anybody from making noise? Oh hell no. Everybody hoo haws and yells and jumps and runs up and down the steps all day long... If I so much as lean my chair back and it creeks at night, somebody is all up in my room raising hell on me for making noise. It has become very irritating... Not only those factors, but the privacy factor sucks too. If you come to a bedroom door and it is closed, do you walk right in? Hell no... You fucking knock... People don't believe in knocking around my house and that has royally pissed me off too.

Now lets hop on over to all the rules that they try to impose on a 22 year old. Rules and 21+ does not mix well. Especially when they are stupid ass rules. Don't put a fucking curfew on me when I am up all night on my nights off. I will not sit at home on my night off and twidle my thumbs and sit in silence. It is absolutely ridiculous...

Then I get this whole "your not responsible" bullshit... Hmmm, lets see. I have been working since I was 15 so I could get a cool car and pay for all the stuff I wanted, which I have. I pay all my bills and have just unloaded myself out of debt, on my own. Yet I am not responsible? Ha... I laugh in their faces... Then we look at my brother. He doesn't pay for shit, hasn't worked a day in his life up until last summer and somehow he receives all this praise and bullshit. I don't even understand it...

Well the time has come for me to move out. This spring/summer is the absolute latest that I want to be out of here. Now here is my dilemma... Live by myself and barely make it with bills, or have roommates and be able to have extra money...

Now I have never had any roommates before other than when I lived with my ex. Which doesn't really count I guess. But I have been to friends places and stayed for a week or two at a time and pretty much been like a roommate. It didn't seem all too bad and now I am wondering if there is any points I just didn't think of with it.

The reason I want roommate opinions is because I am going to look at a huge house with a garage later today with a few friends. 2 girls and 2 guys in one house... It will drop our rent to about 175 a person. Not too bad at all I thought... It's a 7 bedroom house, but we don't wany anymore than us 4 living in it. I was told the living room and kitchen and bedrooms are huge and I am having high hopes for it. I am very interested in the garage and what kind of condition it's in. Hell, I'll pay more rent if I can have it all to myself. lol...

The only utilities we will have to split is the electric, internet, and possibly satellite if we want it. Then there is the heat issue... It is gas, but the house also has a wood burner. I guess the wood burner is no good anymore and that is why it has gas, but we could put a new wood burner in for about 400 and be good to use that. So I am thinking if we do go through with moving into this place then that would be a better investment for our heat for the rest of this winter and next winter with the way gas prices have been around here for heating lately...

So here is the pluses and negatives to the whole thing...
+Big house with lots of space
+In the country still, but way closer to town than I live now
+I know all the roommates already and am good friends with them
+Freedom to do what I want, when I want
+Chance to show my parents I can make it on my own

-The roommates could party a bit more than I want them to
-Roommates cause potential for people I don't know to be in the house
-Only one big bathroom rather than a few
-Being a large house could be inefficient to heat if we have to use the gas rather than a wood burner
-Privacy? Probably not better than now, but friends rather than parents.

So... I think that is about everything I know as of now... I am pretty excited to go see this place and see what it's like. If it is massive rooms and I think it'll be a good move, then I'll probably go for it. Even more so if the garage is sweet and if I can get it all to myself. lol...

Now it's your turn to give me some opinions on roommates, living on your own, and other things to think about. Good/bad roommate experience stories would help too.

Thanks. lol...

(I think that was a little longer than I expected. lol)

Eh..roomies can be good or bad or both. YOU just have to make sure you trust them 100% to be by themselves around your shit. I had a friend live with me who I had known for a couple years because his apartment building was undergoing a tear down / rebuild so I bunked him. Didn't pay rent , didn't clean , just played on my ps2 & xbox all day , quit his job , had his girlfriend move in one night while I was out , ended up sleeping on my new microfiber couches , spilled mountain dew on just about everything I had so I finally kicked them out. Don't know where they went but they stole a shit load of dvd's and video games and some things I got from my father while he was traveling with his company many years ago ( currency and knik knacks from other countries. ) as well as my dinner plates =(

Hopefully all you considering rooming up with someone that you all have better luck than I did lol..

I am living with 5 guys right now in a 5 bedroom 1 bathroom, two stall garage right now paying 280+ utilities per month. The one bathroom part sucks ass bad. The place is dirty as aids because everyone thinks the same thing that the others are thinking.... someone else will clean it. Well, it never gets done.

I am moving back home after our lease is up after school is out and saving up for a while then most likely going to buy a small starter home just so I am not throwing money away on rent every month.

I will not have roommates ever again. Maybe 1 be it a good friend or a girlfriend. But I am way too neat and clean to have other people messing shit up. And having sex in my bed when I don't stay the night.

For you man, the things I would consider before jumping into this is how clean of a person you are, and how clean they are. They might be good friends like mine are but they aren't like me when it comes to living.

Cliff notes please! :lol:

If this thread is about what I am thinking it was, be sure you think it through very well. I cant live with just anyone, there is a short list of people I think I can live with and even some of my best friends arent on that list. When I move out next year I am going to live in either a 2 people/1br, 3 people/2br, or 4br house with like 4-5 people. I want to avoid the house thing as the more roommates we have, the more chance there is for people to want to party and thats ok, except I will not be partying every weekend nor will I be dealing with drunk people. I'd just be careful and make sure you live with stand up people that will pay rent on time, clean, not steal your shit, etc.

It is what you think its about Thor...

So I didn't go look at the house yesterday then because it might be rented out to somebody else already. We'll just have to see if that person falls through or not. Buuuuut... I was talkin to my one friend last night and he sprung a bit of a surprise on me. He will know today whether or not the bank takes his offer on this place he was looking at. He may be getting it for one heck of a steal! If he does get it, which he more than likely is, then I will move in with him instead. Here is whats awesome. Massive 4 car garage that was built 2 years ago so it is like brand new. Kind of a crappy old house, but he thinks he is just gonna level it and build another garage for just parking a few cars in and make the whole 2nd level the house/apartment section. A little bit of land with it too so we will have a yard to do whatever we want. And the best part. It is in the best location in this area. It is right where I was actually looking for an apartment at. It will put me in the center of like all the major areas I travel and everything will be within 10 minutes of me rather than an hour+ like it is now...

I am super pumped about it! This is even better than the first offer I got with those girls I know. This way it will only be 2 guys living together and neither of us party. So I don't have to worry about strange people being in there and I don't have to worry about him stealing shit either. He is like a brother to me.

So now I think I am going to work on the Talon some this coming weekend when I am off for 3 days...

Room mates? What's that?

As all stated above, it's all about how much you trust the other people. They will bring around people you don't know and who knows what will happen. You can never rely on another person when it comes to roommates. There's too many things that can go wrong. Sure by yourself, it may be a little tighter money-wise, but you know the bills are going to get paid because YOU are paying them.

Let me tell you, I've been on my own for what, 3 weeks now? And it's been nothing less than great. And I know you can get a much bigger place for the same amount that I am paying. But my place is comfy and feels like home to me. It's super quiet, I can nap whenever I want, goto bed when I want, don't have to hear other people yelling, talking or complaining... I love it. I like being by myself and my privacy, so that works great for me. It all depends on what you want, who these roommates are, and if they're reliable.

I would rather go rent a garage and live in that than have a room mate.
Friends and fish smell prety bad after about a week. one stinks and the other smells.
As you get older you have to have privicy. You keep getting older.

Friends and fish smell prety bad after about a week. one stinks and the other smells.
True, it is a very toughy subject. I wouldn't bunk with anyone thats not family, why, because everyone has their own opinions about shit i.e. cleaning, bills, parties, etc.


The more people that are living together, the higher the probability that shit will go wrong. No matter how cool you are with someone, living with them could fucking be the worse thing ever. If you can, do it yourself, and once you are situated you can decide whether or not you can bunk someone. This way, you are the man, don't have to consult anyone else when you want to something major.:2cents:

I've lived with plenty of roommates, some good some bad. I used to live with a lot of people I didn't know and found on the web, but when I lived with friends as roommates it's always a good time :)

I had roommates most of my time in college. Some experiences I wouldn't trade for the world, but most of them I would sooner forget about. If you do have to get a roommate because of the financial aspect, I would recommend only having one other person. Every time I was involved with multiple people, shit always hit the fan.

It seemed like every freakin' month some moron wouldn't have enough money for one of the bills and everyone else would have to cover for them. Or you've got one guy that won't throw in for food, but is more than happy to chow down on everyone elses stuff. Then there is always the damn slob that won't pick is skid marked tighty whities off the couch, etc.

With having only one other person, it provides accountability that you don't have with multiple groups. Just my opinion.

If you live with responsible people though, it shouldnt be a problem. I'm finally getting my shit ironed out for next year, I'll be living with a good friend of mine and one of his other good friends' girlfriend. It'll be awkward for a few days, but we are all clean, responsible people and I am not too worried about it. Living with another dude's girlfriend has the potential to get messy, but I dont think we'll have a problem... they've been together for like 6 years and I know better than to fuck with stuff. I'll post up when we get a placed locked down, but we're going tomorrow to look at an old convenience/liquor store that converted to a 3 br apartment :D.

My guy owns a condo. He's 22. He's been with his girl since they were 16 or 14 or something like that. He rents out the other bedroom to his girlfriends sister. And she's known to be a whore. All he knows is she won't be seen for weeks at a time. Potential for something to happen (although I don't think it would with him and her... just too weird), but she pays rent and doesn't even live there most of the time. Now that's a room mate.

My guy owns a condo. He's 22. He's been with his girl since they were 16 or 14 or something like that. He rents out the other bedroom to his girlfriends sister. And she's known to be a whore. All he knows is she won't be seen for weeks at a time. Potential for something to happen (although I don't think it would with him and her... just too weird), but she pays rent and doesn't even live there most of the time. Now that's a room mate.

Can't beat that one.

So I was talkin to my buddy and he definitely got the house and garage for a damn good price. I drove by where it was the other day and it isn't the best looking thing for the house and attached garage, but the 4 car garage out back is an awesome beast! :biggrin:

So I will definitely be holding off on the moving out with multiple people and him and I are going to just move in there and live together. The more I thought about it the more I realized that most of you guys are right about multiple roommates as opposed to just having one good one that you can really trust with no problem. Plus I'll have a massive garage to work in with all of his tools and mine available. Good times! I can't even wait for him to get all the keys so we can go in and check it all out and start deciding what we are gonna do with it.