This is frustrating, until recently I was planning on transferring to a single once my lease is up, but now one of my roommate has me thinking if I downgraded apartments and shared rent with him and possibly another then naturally I would have more money to pay off debt and put back into savings. I realize it's expensive here, it is the best apartment complex in our little city, and I have calculated finances for the next few years based on if I was living there single and was fine with it.
The couple that are sharing a room at the moment want a husky and they are not allowed according to the apartment rules, furthermore I would not be able to tolerate a puppy of any sorts, for all the obvious reasons associated with puppies in apartments, in particular huskies. So we discussed it and we all agree they will move out when they get the dog around May of this year, and my other roommate and I will stay for rest of the lease which runs out in September.
The problem is, like I mentioned, my roommate wants to move somewhere cheaper. I'm fine with staying there, I love the place, it has a 24 hour year round fitness center, laundry mat, and pool and hot tub. The walls are very good at keeping sound in and out, and the location is just a straight run down the road about 5 miles from the inner city with all the restaurants and stores and the mall, etc.
But I care about my friends and I don't know if he would have a place to stay. I know it's not my job to hold his hand through life, he's a 23 year old grown man, but I know everyone needs a place to live so I want to help him out. A conflict is that all the people he knows have minimum wage jobs and none of them are full time. There's an answer to that, get a second job, I did it for a year before crap hit the fan and put me in my current situation.
Anyways, point being, while I want to help him, I feel he's grown attached to my security and I think he would hold it against me if he had to find elsewhere to live. I offered to work with him on the numbers so he could live here and breath, like if I payed $600 and he paid $400 or something, and if we got a 2 bedroom he could share his room and rent would only be $200 if we split rent by room (taking into account the modification). He still wants to go cheaper, but I like here, does that make me a bad person? *small edit here, he works minimum 50 hours a week at Nipon Denzo Manufacturer, he's not rich but he makes enough to live here and enjoy life*
haha... like I said it's so frustrating... if we just knew one other person in our circle of friends that had a decent job or income... but alas...
/rant off
*Second Edit*
Think I may have found a solution. For whatever reason there are smaller 2 BR/2 Bath units that only go for $750 *the bigger 2 BR/2 Bath units go for $950-$1000). That would make our rent in that unit roughly the same as it is now in this unit excepting it being a 2 BR. That's great too however since if he wanted he could split his room and rent would be pretty cheap for both of them. What's best is it keeps my finances the same so I can proceed unhindered in paying off debt and saving.
I hope he goes for it. Worse case scenario, I might wish him the best of luck and move into one of those units myself and find someone to split rent with, even if it's modified, just so long as I'm saving some money.....
