Living With Roommates

The New Kid on the Block

February 14, 2011
E_32A College Hill - Robinson Hall (1878) at 64 Waterman Street and The Carrie Tower (1904) at Prospect and Waterman Streets - 7:10 p.m. on the Clock - Looking North-North-East Past the John Hay Library (1910 & 1939) at 20 Prospect Street

I’m back from my West Coast trip.  Earlier last week, I wrote about landing a last minute roommate before heading out on my travel.  So how are things going with the new roommates?  It’s hard to tell.  From what he told me, he hasn’t been around much. Apparently the headhunter who found his new job [...]

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Moving In

February 7, 2011
I got it!

Greetings! Today, I’m off to the West Coast for a week-long work trip.  My new roommate was going to move in this past weekend, but he informed me that he will be moving today.  Obviously, I won’t be around when my new roommate moves in, but my other roommate returned from his underway at sea [...]

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The Move Out

January 29, 2011

One of my roommates, which I’ll call Mark(not his real name) moved out on Thursday to take a new job in another state. So as any good roommate would do, the night before, we went out to rock some beers one last time and to celebrate his last day of work at his current job.  [...]

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Taking the Plunge

January 12, 2011
splash

Now that you have a goal set on what to do with the rental income, it’s now time to generate the income by finding a roommate.  This is the part that makes people feel a bit weary of the whole renting out room scheme.  I was in the boat when I started out on this [...]

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The Pitfall

January 9, 2011
Cat shaped pylon

In the last post I wrote about starting out in the adventures of renting out a room.  Today, I’m going to jump ahead and talk about rent pricing and structuring because I just received my electric bill in the mail and it made me cringe to see the total amount. I’m suspecting one of my [...]

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The Week of Christmas when You’re Renting out a Room

December 24, 2010
December 8-21, 2010

In the State of CT, it seems like every employer gives their employees a week off starting Christmas Eve to the day after New Year’s Day.  My employer does give me this week off and it is a nice benefit! My roommates in the past have also received this week off.  Often times, they use this  [...]

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Small Appliances

December 15, 2010

With the cold weather around CT, some of my roommates in the past have expressed an interest in getting a space heater for their bedroom.  I assured them that my townhouse stays comfortably warm with the electric heaters in the bedrooms and through out the townhouse.  I’m not making this up.  My townhouse is fairly [...]

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The Stack of Mail

December 9, 2010

Where ever you live, you’re going to have a mailing address and with a mailing address, you’re going to have mail delivered whether it’s important documents or unsolicited junk mail. It’s funny how once my roommates change their address over to my townhouse; an inflow of mail suddenly appears from credit companies trying to get you to

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Back Home at Last

December 6, 2010

On Friday, I returned home from my trip to South Korea and my work travel to Orlando, FL.   I’ve been away a total of 17 consecutive days.  I’ve been away longer while I had roommates, but I sometimes get nervous about leaving my roommates by themselves in my residence.  I guess the nervousness comes from [...]

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A Woman’s Perspective on Renting Out a Room

November 20, 2010
Point of View - IMG_7561

My writings have all been from my male perspective of renting out a room, but what happens if you’re a female and want to or have to rent out a room? As expected, it’s kind of tough for me to write about a female perspective. So I did the next best

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