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Find a new roommate if your interests don’t align. Simple.
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Please do yourself a favor and stop looking with them. Those are all red flags and likely will be a nightmare in the future.
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It's not really fair to ask them to pay more than they are comfortable paying. Are you also having to make compromises or do you only expect them to make the compromises?
Agree with others. Save the friendship, do yourselves both a favor and find other roommates. If you don’t see eye to eye on budget now, you’ll have way more arguments about furnishings, utilities, etc. down the line.
Or just say you want to live alone! And keep the friendship and avoid the roommate drama....
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Get out now. I had a similar roommate who was cheap but high maintenance. She ended up arguing we didn’t need to heat or cool our apt, so If I ever touched on the thermostat the whole bill was mine to pay. It wasn’t fun.
Don’t room with them. They’ll likely make you pay a higher rent so they can keep the amenities they’re looking for at the price point they want. Had a roommate do the same thing. We are now ex-roommates because they were so cheap
You make a good point, thanks for that perspective
So this roommate needs a modern bathroom, natural light, washer dryer in unit, a doorman, closets in both rooms all for $1400
I live in Jersey City and my building is doing a couple of months free and I’m sure you can negotiate to the price you want! I renewed 2 years ago and I didn’t have to lift a finger to negotiate. They really value their tenants.
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How low of a budget do they have?
$1400
What neighborhoods are you looking at? They will probably just need to take the smaller room if they’re being that particular. Are you both willing to split rent proportionally to room size?
Find a new roommate or move to the Outer Boroughs
Live alone and save yourself all the headaches. Wish I had chosen differently
Take the big room