tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post1513514680540265370..comments2024-03-23T22:21:32.073-07:00Comments on Renter Girl: Made For SharingRenterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-35720596658291731442012-01-20T15:28:30.675-08:002012-01-20T15:28:30.675-08:00The human nature can ruin a really nice arrangemen...The human nature can ruin a really nice arrangement.<br /><br />Oh and anonymous - well spotted on the typo!RenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-38988720726657584052012-01-20T07:10:37.000-08:002012-01-20T07:10:37.000-08:00Ive just moved out off rather a good deal. It was ...Ive just moved out off rather a good deal. It was a large victorian house converted, in the 1980's, into bedsits. The rooms were large a spacious. I had a settee, table and chairs, double bed, wardrobe, drawers/dresser, gas fire and little kitchen area. All in one room. The bathroom was supposed to only be shared with one other bedsit but in practice that didn't happen. Lots of people used it - hence the cleaning disputes. The bath/shower - hot water was free. Also the washing machine (in the garage) was free. There was also a large back garden for all tenants to use. But still I wasn't happy. I moved out because a neighbour felt it approriate to bang on my door and loosen all rage because of a family member of mine visiting inadvertantly parked his car in the wrong spot.<br />I felt the barriers of respect had fallen down and I felt I was treated unreasonably.<br />Within 7 days I completely upsticks and left. I now live in the house vacated by my father while he lives with his fiancee. Rent free.<br />So it's worked out for the better, temporarily. I feel I had to eat humble pie and approach the bank of mum and dad.craigs clockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492895484035987455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-71203543388863769012012-01-20T02:28:11.293-08:002012-01-20T02:28:11.293-08:00The thing is, they are a bit like pods: is there r...The thing is, they are a bit like pods: is there room for people to stay, to invite friends round, dry your washing...? I hope so.RenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-10534320506463706062012-01-19T16:08:45.729-08:002012-01-19T16:08:45.729-08:00Good post. I just moved into a purpose built studi...Good post. I just moved into a purpose built studio (1960s, with the grim exterior but considered interiors of council architecture departments of the time) and I must say it's great. The rent is London eye-watering, though it seems to be a good deal compared to one and two-beds in the area, and irksome since the rest of the building is still council-owned and most people in here pay a third of what I do for much bigger places. Oh to be deservingly poor. I feel fortunate to have found the place though---studios are usually afterthoughts in the roofs and cellars of grimy terraces.<br /><br />Washing machine is in the kitchen, which has a door (I resolved never to suffer an open plan kitchen after I sold my last place). And I'm busy out earning the rent enough for laundry for one to hum away without bothering me anyway.Fiend's Brave Victimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899540469822874225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-45175741062540223792012-01-19T12:29:59.911-08:002012-01-19T12:29:59.911-08:00I have thought the same. And yes - washing machine...I have thought the same. And yes - washing machines in shared houses with open plan lounge diners. Nightmare! The spin cycle always starts at a delicate moment on the phone. If less students leave home to study and live with their folks, then this might happen very soon. Although the actual rooms in flats are small, with room for just a single bed, what with students being celibate and all.RenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-43135910949479457032012-01-19T12:04:34.495-08:002012-01-19T12:04:34.495-08:00I've long thought that the modern student hous...I've long thought that the modern student housing they build these days would suit the modern day renter very well. Especially, the studios that have their own kitchen. Prices need to drop though. <br /><br />And maybe they could start putting the bloody washing machine in the bathroom, as is commonplace in some parts of Europe?!<br /><br />I tire of listening to it in the kitchen and trying to hear the radio, let alone trying to hear the TV over it, or shouting to have a conversation, as these open-plan living arrangements insist on making people do!space cadetnoreply@blogger.com