Have You Considered a Roommate?

I am glad that it worked out for you, but I do not think I would be comfortable with that. First, I really like my privacy. Second, I am not sure that I could trust a complete stranger enough to live with them. They would not only have access to me at my most vulnerable time (when I am asleep) but also they would be alone in the house to rummage through my stuff if they were so inclined, which would definitely bother me. Third, I would not feel comfortable putting restrictions on who or when they could have people over if they were paying me rent, but I also would not feel comfortable with them bringing more strangers into my home. I guess that I am just weird and paranoid that way. I have had family and close friends stay with me, though. That has worked out really well, and I was not uncomfortable with that arrangement. It is just the idea of a stranger that bothers me.

I don't have an extra bedroom. but I do have somebody temporarily staying in my daughter's room. Husband not too happy and daughter wants the room back. I'm going to give her a deadline (she's job hunting). At some point Naomi gets the room back and the friend gets the couch.

Hi Hofferp I have never had a Room Mate and would never go for it lol as I like my privacy and prefer to live alone The only People I would take in with no second thoughts, is my B/F and my Children I don't think I could move a Friend in because I think it would break the Friendship eventually

We recently bought a much larger house and for a little while we were juggling 2 mortgages so we thought it would be helpful to get a roommate. It worked out well for us because a friend of my husband's was wanting to get out of the place he was living and the timing was perfect for him. He moved into the basement and so far it's been OK. Our house is set up perfectly for it because he was his own bathroom and living space in the basement, the only thing we really have to share is the kitchen and the laundry. Once he moves out I don't think we'll consider another renter, though. He's quiet and keeps to himself quite a bit but I think by the time he moves on I will be more than done 'sharing' my own house. He isn't overly messy or anything like that but I have definitely discovered that I want things done my own way and on my own terms!

When used to rent a room near to my working place. There were 4 of us in the room. One of us was working late nights in a restaurant and everytime she came home (we called that room - our home)she was loud and moved things w/o caution. She would wake us up and i really hate it since we all have to report to work the following day. I think it was better when there was sort of Rules of the House to follow to minimize conflict.

It has been years since i've had a roomate. I am not sure if i could live with someone else at this point in my life. Do you do a background check or anything on these people you find off of craigslist? Do they share your home with you, or do they have a seperate area? I do agree that with money being an issue, a roomate is a good way to get some help paying your mortgage and bills, as long as you find someone you get along with and whom you can trust.

I have thought about getting a roommate, but it is a big decision, as you never know what you are gonna get, plus I babysit my 2 grand kids, and how will that go over, plus with my job, I am pretty much gone the whole weekend, what will be going on when I am not here , and who will be in my apartment? Many things to consider in my situation.

Oh boy... Roommates.. sure they can be fun, but its a pain in the butt also... If you can do it on your own that would be better. There are several aspects to consider, privacy for once... Other things is that you don´t know who you will be sharing your house with!!! I recommend you run a background check on this person before you open your house doors... you never know.

I have a flatmate, the 6. one since I bought my flat. The first one was a bloke, he lived here for about 5 months. He was quite OK, always paid in time but also a bit weird. He ate frozen pizza 5 times a week but never went out. The next one was great, she was a musician and was out nearly every night and away playing half the time. Then came a friend of mine, she was finishing her PhD the same time as I was finishing mine so we complained a lot to eachother about how boring it was to write. Then I had a flatmate that only stayed for month, because she did a project at the hospital. She studied somewhere else rest of the time. Then my friend lived here again for a while, she had to come back to do her viva. Last summer a girl stayed for 3.5 month, she took one exam and then worked the rest of the time before going back to Finland to get married. After she left, the sister of a friend of her moved in. We're having a great time, both of us love to talk so we talk, talk and talk :-) She's probably staying til August, she moved her because she has boyfriend her but they didn't want to move in together at once. Quite sensible. I'll be sad to see her go though, whether I get a new one or not depend on what kind of job I find and if I find one. I've liked all my flatmates, the one issue I've had with all of them except the current is that they don't seem to have the same definition of dirty as I have. My friend was the worse, she bought lots of stuff but never used it. And the current one is also the first one who has remembered to buy toilet paper all by herself. But apart from that it's been great, and the extra money is tax-free, which makes it even better. When I studied abroad, I lived in a student home where we shared kitchen. We were 13 in the kitchen, and not all of them were really nice. Afterwards, I shared a flat with two friends of mine. We had a cleaner, so the main problem was that one of us (not me) always forgot it when it was her turn to buy toilet paper. The next day she would come home with lot of different rolls that she had taken at the university and restaurants. A bit weird :-) But it was a funny year. Good luck with the new one! Dog-sitting is a good sign I think.