So my boyfriend and I are living in a studio apartment right now and it sucks. We've fought a lot living here, but I think it's a good thing, because if we can live here, we can live anywhere, and it's given us a good 3 months to iron out all the kinks regarding communication and living together (although we did live together 5 months prior to the studio, we've never been this cramped before, except when we were traveling, but that's different).
I applied for a house with 2 of my friends, and got accepted. The lease will say that it's just three tenants, me and two of my friends. My boyfriend didn't apply because he has no rental history at all and no proof of income (he's been traveling and working odd jobs/under the table/no bank account his whole life except for a brief period in LA when he was engaged with a real job/house/car but he hated it).. so he didn't apply because we wouldn't have gotten approved if he applied as well.
The landlord asked me if we had boyfriends, and I told him that I and one of the other girls did, and he asked if they would be living with us and I said NO, which is a lie when it comes to me, a little bit of a lie... My bf lived with his best friend in a condo they shared before he met me, and the condo has been where we've lived together in the times we haven't had a place to live (before we left to travel and when we came back and were looking for a place). So technically, my boyfriend has another place he can always stay at, no matter what, which is why I told the landlord that he wouldn't be living at the house we applied for, because my bf can live at the condo. What defines living anyways?? sleeping?? Because if that's the case, how many nights a week do you have to be staying at a place to consider it living there??
idk.. i just think it's a little stupid. If I'm paying for the place, my boyfriend should be able to sleep over all the time with no problem, right?? Especially since he's paying half the rent.
idk. was I wrong in lying to the landlord about my bf's living situation? I feel like it was the only way. If I told him that my bf was going to be living with me he'd have him fill out an application, but then we wouldn't get the place and be stuck in this studio.
I guess I'm just so sick of this studio I'm doing anything to get out of it. What should i do?? My boyfriend works during the day anyways, and is going to be gone from the morning to the evening, and it's not like the landlord is just going to be dropping by and making sure there's only 3 people in the house??
What are my rights as a renter?? ugh. i'm confused and worried.


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I've just been told my house is up for sale, so am jumping back into it, yukkkk!!!

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