super slider

I have 5 friends staying with me at my house for about a year. What is a fair price to ask each of them to pay for staying? i live in W.Yorkshire. They all work
thanks

STi wanna Subaru

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£200-£250 a month at a guess

SPEN555

Plus a share of Electricity, Gas & Water bills.

Don't forget to notify the council that your not entitled to single occupant rebate if you were living on your own

Damian.

Ray_li

are they all ladies?

Brendan Hughes

Take each one aside, and ask them just enough to cover the mortgage. But tell them it's a special deal for them and not to tell the others as they will be paying more.

But don't upset anyone as they can tell the taxman...

paulr

Add up the annual cost of mortgage and bills and divivde by five.
Basically they are paying for you to live rent/bill free for a year but its your house and they are using your stuff.

Seems fair to me.

PG

Charge them plenty as by the end of the year you will no longer be friends and you will want to make sure you have made plenty off them (speaking from experience !)
I made sure the mortgage and council tax was taken care of by their rent and they paid a share of the bills.

Jay m A

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Not being funny, but wear and tear on the house and its appliances will be the equivilent of you living on your own there for 5 years.

I'd work out anually the cost of mortgage and buildings insurance, double it, add on the cost of a washing machine, dishwasher, cooker, power shower, and split that between 5. If it doesn't sound much then add £100

Bah humbug

Jay m A

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BTW good luck with sorting the phone bill, mwahahaha

super slider

i have no mortgage. this has become a problem between us. they want to pay me £10 a week (40 each a month, 200 a month in total) each including gas and electricity and it will also include a broadband connection i got while they were here at £25 a month .
thanks for the replies.

King RA

10 quid a week!! lol, where do u live I'll come and stay too.

mattstant

If thats how much they are willing to pay they aint friends.

I used to have a student house and charge £40 plus bills and that was nearly 10 years ago more like 100 a week depending on facilities do you all share 1 bathroom for instance ?

Jerome

They are having a laugh - at your expense. Jay m A was right I reckon. With 5 people using your appliances, they will wear out quicker than if you were using it alone for 5 years.

Do not include gas and leccy, otherwise they will happily leave lights on, tumble dry everything and be generally wasteful of energy because they aren't paying.

I would also get a payphone installed. I speak from bitter experience that even good friends cannot be trusted to be honest with the phone bill. If they don't like it, tell them to get a PAYG mobile.

stevebt

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they are taking the pi55 aint they, if they arent going to pay more than £200 a month to your costs what is the point of having them stay, its not as though your profiting from it . id tell them they have to stay somewhere else where they gonna get anywhere , even a card board box for £10 a week plus all bills PMSFL

ChrisB

Hotel du Slider is very cheap - have you thought about opening up in other towns mate?

PG

Buy a load of new stuff and give the cheeky ***** the cardboard boxes to live in for £10 per week !!
I agree! they are not mates if they are offering to pay that !!

Butkus

The fact that you don't have a mortgage is irrelevant. Your good fortune, hard work or whatever it is that has put you in that position is not a bargaining point for them. You say "this has become a problem between us" - I don't see how it's your problem! It's their problem! Tell them to get stuffed. They're taking you for a ride at £10/week - you'd be losing out.

weapon69

10quid a week

When i went to stay with a friend, i was charged 50quid a week and whatever i ran up on the phone. There were no arguements over money in all the time i lived there. (well over a year).

RON

Where d'you live 'mate' can I come and stay for a tenner a week!!

Jay m A

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By the sounds of it, it seems you and your friends haven't had to pay rent or a mortgage in the UK for quite a while! £10 a week FFS.

Grab the local rag and look at the flatshare rates. Own bedroom share of bathroom/kitchen type of stuff. See how much the going rate is, and show them, and prepare for them to be enlightened.

Good luck, friends - who'd have 'em eh? Not me @ £10 a week

David Lock

Find out what the going rate is from local letting agents/local papers and charge them 50% -75% of that. If they don't like it, tough.

lordharding

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£10 a week !!!


i will give you £15 to stop there

and i will sell my house and spend it on Booze and hookers !!!

Abdabz

Are the called Joey, Rachel, Chandler, Monica and Feeeeeeebeeeeee? If so about £1 million pound an episode should cover it???

Leslie

Show them the door!

Les