Landlord Stress

[Indignant]

how can you be asking us if you don't give us any details on the lease, landlord or sublease?

[Indignant]

in any case, as i've said before, you can only get that information from your local housing authority in the tenant's rights brochure.

[Junket]

You should have had a contract written out. I didn't lease my apartment until every verbal agreement the realtor and I made was amended to the contract. This is because the contract protects my righteous ass from any changes to the negotiations stated in the contract.

Also you mention Euro, so are you in Germany, or somewhere else? You should check up the law and see if there are any protecting you. Maybe you should suggest a contract be written up. I wouldn't do any such business without a contract of some sort.

I suppose you could always do what Gribble suggested, but suppose that backfires on you? I know how hard it is to find an apartment over there, and they are quickly rented out. Dunno if I'd risk doing that.

She's subletting which means there was no opportunity for her to ever sign a contract.

Subletting, while providing no legal protection from shit like this, also doesn't legally protect the person they're subletting from. They probably don't have renter's rights. So if they said they're staying until June, they can break their verbal agreement with no liability.

I think she should be prepared to leave if need be.

[Illusional]

f*ck it, friends are friends, but money can change that quickly.

i'm sorry, i would tell your friend thanks for the help, but this place isn't worth half of my paycheck. it's like freaking paying child support.

raverboy

[lovesjoyajm]

Well, we talked to him, and I'm not paying more. So I guess that's what matters.

The annoying thing is that my flatmate, who originally said his "last bargaining chip" was to offer to pay HIS half of the extra because he gets paid more than I do, said right away, "I can afford it, so is it ok if I pay my half of the increase and we leave it at that?" Which the quasi-landlord agreed to immediately, probably because it's still way more than he deserves. It annoyed me that my flatmate didn't even ATTEMPT to reason with this guy, but I suppose if I'm not paying more, I can't complain.

I had originally said if it came to this situation, we should trade rooms so he gets the bigger one, but since he didn't even make any attempt to get out of paying the increase, I feel like I don't need to give my room up.

[Illusional]

^^^ you could bring it up if you really liked your roommate. however, he's probably decline.

raverboy

[vashti]

I would probably offer to trade rooms.

[lovesjoyajm]

I would probably offer to trade rooms.

Why?

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[vashti]

Because his paying the extra is allowing you both to stay where you are. Also, I think it is just the classy thing to do.

I understand your argument, though.

[lovesjoyajm]

Hmm.

I don't know how to go about bringing it up since I do kinda feel like he should've tried to stand up to the landlord and I really don't feel like giving up my sunny room and my balcony. I can just see myself being like:
"hey, so what do you think about the room situation? Do you want to take the bigger room since you're paying more?"
"Well, I wouldn't want to take your room from you and I AM being paid more..."
"Yeah, you're right. Let's just stay where we are."

[vashti]

If he declines, that can be the end of it. It isn't up to you to force the issue - just to offer.

If he says no, just ask him if he's sure, and then thank him and drop it. At least, that's what I would do.