Roommates vs Own Place: T/S

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I currently have my own place near the beach. I just got a job into downtown LA (not near the beach). A friend of mine is looking for live-in lofts downtown and the roommate possibility has come up. What is better, cool loft w. rommate close to work or own place close to beach? What say you?

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:23 (twenty-one years ago)

is having a roommate going to enable you to have a really big place? if not then it's not worth it.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

omg personal SPACE. it's important.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

own place!

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

own place, at the expense of everything else.

― 57 7th (calstars), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)

orbit why don't you look for your own place closer to work when your lease is up? Then you have the best of both worlds.

― 57 7th (calstars), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not bound by a lease, but that's an idea. Then the issue becomes tearing myself away from the ability to cross the street and walk on the beach and having to communte vs the convenience factor. Why can't downtown have a coast?

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Also perhaps it's been so long since I've had a roommate I may have forgotten how important one's own space is. I suppose I don't want to come home and see any dry humping on the couch or other such nonsense.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Good lord. Take the commute. No Roommates! You will HATE LIFE.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 28 February 2005 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

gah the beach the beach, don't do it, please!

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Adding to the 'no roommates' chorus.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

These responses are making me re-think. I think I've been taking my place to for granted--and perhaps I should stay right here. Thanks all.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

strangely I don't regret my past roommate horror, because I was able to save enough money with the split rent to...get my own, much better place. But unless you dislike where you live, don't move in with someone else! Get another place of your own instead, if you can.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Monday, 28 February 2005 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Just to put the other side, moving to a city for the first time (e.g for university) can be a lonely experience. Roommates can be better than being on your own.

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Monday, 28 February 2005 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

That's the one exception to the roommates rule. For college living in a dorm or an on campus apartment beats living in a studio off campus.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 28 February 2005 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

At least for the first year or so.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 28 February 2005 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Living on your own is great. Living with roommates, even if they're brilliant, means you're constantly aware of someone else's presence, and you can't really slob out/be yourself.

However, it is totally worth it if the benefits, especially the financial (but also things like enormity of house and commuting distance) ones, are substantial.

Best solution - move in with Gear!. His lack of roomates has made ILX a much less vibrant place.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 28 February 2005 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Roommates can be fine but the thing is that you don't know what someone is going to be like as a roommate until it's much too late.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 28 February 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh no, don't move in with a friend. It will end in tears (and having one less friend). I currently have roommates (because i cannot afford to live alone) but dude if you can, by all means do so. Especially if you're used to living alone.

― mouse (mouse), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven years pass...

I am going to be so ecstatic when my lease is up. the rent plus utilities here is an absurdly cheap $435/month (everything furnished), and yet half our roommates can't seem to pay.

after we finally got rid of the deadbeat "friend" of mine (now ex-friend, since he's decided to pocket the money he owes me even though he can afford to pay me back now), we decided to go month to month since I'm not renewing after November, and it's easier to fill short-term vacancies.

newest roommate fuckin' bounces his check to me, acts befuddled when it happens, and now is ducking me when I'm asking him for updates. I'm just so sick of having to sweat people for rent money and then having to go through the process of making them leave when my patience runs out.

if I were to claim that having only two roommates made rent too expensive, is that precursor in some states to breaking a lease? it's not true in my case, but I kinda just wanna move into my own place sooner than December.

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 20 March 2016 19:50 (ten years ago)

Couldn't you just move into your own place and sublet your room in the shared apartment, or transfer the lease to one of the responsible roommates?

― sarahell, Sunday, 20 March 2016 19:57 (ten years ago)

I could, but that would be an even bigger pain in the ass that I just don't want to deal with now. I thought of transferring the lease to my brother (the other roommate) which is possible, but since he's never home I doubt he'd go for the idea (I may entertain it tho)

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 20 March 2016 19:59 (ten years ago)

on the plus side, his background check shows he has a squeaky clean record other than a nonpayment of public fare (which doens't really count to me)

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 20 March 2016 20:07 (ten years ago)

(the new roomie)

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 20 March 2016 20:07 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

he has paid like 37% of it in 2 months, so I had to officially send him a notice that he is going to have to vacate if not caught up in 5 days.

I am half-expecting him to just never come back and leave his stuff here. and am kind of hoping that is the case - will sell the stuff, re-rent the room.

on the plus side, he's been afraid to come home, and my brother is never here, so I've gotten a taste of living alone and boy is it bliss.

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 24 April 2016 17:37 (nine years ago)

(i am aware that legally I can't just make him leave in 5 days so I'll probably have to find out what the official process is here and follow that. hoping I don't have to)

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 24 April 2016 17:37 (nine years ago)

welp nothing, so yay I get to serve a three day notice to pay or quit tomorrow. honestly don't even care about the money at this point, just want him to fuckin' leave, so we can rent to someone less douchey. just hoping there's no 'retaliation' for me serving this doc tomorrow....which I'm actually v nervous about

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 1 May 2016 06:36 (nine years ago)

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