If my fiance and I are paying morgage and needed a roomate to help. Does our roomate have do cleaning?

Question

This is a silly question. I'm thinking of course, but I want to find out if it is the opinion of the general public. Our roomate has a 4 year old daughter and we rent them a room in our ranch home with access to the kitchen, living room and dining room and their is noticably more cleaning to do. She asked when she moved in that we sit down and make a list to divide the chores. I was thrilled but then she said she didn't have time when it came down to it. We set a day to clean together. I did hourse of dusting ext.. she did 15 minutes of vaccuming. Then she swept once and has not cleaned since. Its been two months since she moved in. Sooo, I make a chore chart so we can initial what we do, pick and choose from it and do it on our own time. Nothing this week yet except my initials. My tired fiance yestersay says well maybe she doesn't have to clean and she is only repsonsible for for her room. Help!

Answer 1

Yes she should help out with the cleaning, if she uses the rest of the house also. I can't believe she would be so rude not to help out. You need to have a talk with her and tell her she has to help out with cleaning, your not her maid.

Answer 2

Does she have a lease? Did you sign any documents? If not, tell her she can only use what she is willing to clean. That means if she isn't willing to clean in the kitchen, she can't use it... or anything in it. The other thing you can do (but only if you don't have any signed documents) is tell her that since she is not willing to help with the chores, you will have to hire a cleaning lady and she will have to pay more rent.

It's quite simple, really. The more you give a pig, the more it sh*its... so if you keep doing the cleaning even when she doesn't, she has no motivation to help.

In my opinion, if she is only responsible for her room, then she can only use her room.

Answer 3

Since the cleaning arrangement was made at the same time as the rent amount, you should not feel uncomfortable in letting her know the two go hand in hand so if she doesn't want to clean, she will have to pay more. If you hired her to do the floors in your home and then asked her to do the windows also, she would probably want more money. Fair is fair.

Answer 4

Whatever is agreed upon, in writing, is enforceable. Some people's idea of cleaning is not at all. I would have a very direct conversation with this person and if it did not work out I would suggest that she find other accommodations directly. Or raise the rent a lot.. It's your house......

Answer 5

If they have access to your living room, dining room and kitchen, then they are responsible to clean up their messes. For example, if her daughter is playing in the living room and spills something, she needs to vacuum/clean it up. She makes something in the kitchen, she needs to wash the dishes, wipe the counters and stove down, etc. If her daughter's fingerprints are all over the glass in the house, she needs to clean it up.
Hello, you're her landlord, not her housecleaner. And if she still refuses to clean, let her know rents being raised in order to pay for a housekeeper, and make sure you tell her it's because she won't pull her own weight.

Answer 6

If she should only be responsible for her room.. then she should not be allowed anywhere else in the house. If you really want to make a point, take all her dirty dishes and things she leaves around the house and pile them in front of her door.

Answer 7

Go over the rules again. If she can't uphold her end of the bargain it may be time for a new roommate

Answer 8

She should be helping throughout and always picking up after her kid. Laaaazy or what