Room mate problem?

Question

My 24 year old son's room mate has met someone on the interent and invited him to come from another state and stay for two weeks. Both my son and his room mate work full time so this guy will be spending on average 10 hours per day alone in their apartment. My son does not feel comfortable with this arrangement but his room mate says "too bad, it is my home too". Neither of them have ever met this guy in person before. Any suggestions for my son? They have 9 more months on their lease so moving out is not an option.

Answer 1

Have him tell his roommate that he understands it's his place too, but it's a shared place and to be sure that he understands that if anything comes up missing or broken that the person who invited the guest will be responsible for it. That may come back to bite him if any of this guests ever mess something up, but it's fair.

Answer 2

if i was your son i would insist on him not allowing people over and explain the fact that people are not the same in person as online and i would make him sign a contract saying that anything that gets broken or goes missing he will be responsible for. also make sure your son takes all checks and ss card with him when he leaves.

also most landlords have a stipulation on vistors and how long they stay with you. Some places will not allow someone to live there more then a few days without prior consent from the landlord and if one person on the lease has a issue with it odds are the landlord wont allow it. dont be afraid to get management involved they can restrict that


Not only that but if his excuse is i live here so. Then your son needs to put a foot down and say i live here too and when you are not here he will not be here.

Answer 3

how sure are they that the guy who will come over is a good guy? oh no, his room mate should have told permission from him in the first place cus both of them agreed that they'll be partners in anything so long as it is a house matters/issue.
probably best thing your son can do is to leave them both alone then, sleep over to a friends place for the meantime (2 weeks) until the visitor stay is over thats when he comes back home. he may seem rude but i think its better to be safe than sorry. he was only thinking his safety.

Answer 4

If they never met in person before, I don't think it's a good idea. I think it is correct that your son don't feel comfortable. I myself will not accept this too.

No offense, but they are risking all their assets and properties if this new Net Pal is not a decent person ( shall I put it this way?) What about con artist? What about drug traffic? It is so dangerous to let someone you don't actually know just stay in with you. No security what so ever.

Try talk to his roommate about his feeling. I am sure they can sort something out.

Answer 5

then the dude better paid for the rent because the lease should only composed of two people and If he isn't comfortable he shouldn't have to succumb to that. It his home too but when your son rent the house the lease should have state that he only had one roomate not two. I think he should paid 1/3 if this dude is staying and if he doesn't accepted u better take his *** to court.

Answer 6

I would just explain to my roommate that yes it is his house, but it is my house too. If the situation were reversed, his roommate would not like a total stranger in his home WHILE HE IS NOT THERE. The roommate seems a bit wierd. Anyone that would invite a total stranger into their home, UNSUPERVISED and over the internet, is not thinking rationally. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

They should have made an agreement on visitors before they became roomates. Lock everything up or move valuables out before this person arrives.

Answer 8

The best advice I can think of is to have him lock up his room and all his belongings. It's normal to be unsecure living with a stranger, so just be safe, and lock up