9 ms·
Maybe I am reading into this but I feel like the author makes this sound nefarious and really uncommon. When I was moving to the South Bay and had only two wee
by thedarkginger 10y ago
Maybe I am reading into this but I feel like the author makes this sound nefarious and really uncommon.
When I was moving to the South Bay and had only two weeks to figure out my plan, can't tell you how many somewhat affordable room rentals in non-luxury apartments had crazier setups.
Some of my favorites:
1. Spacious open room with bed (it was someone's garage with a sheet down and a mattress on top of the concrete)
2. Pretty common: nice place but you were not allowed to use the kitchen
3. Converted Living Room (no joke, the photo was a twin bed in a living room with Office Depot boxes to create a divider)
So yeah, I get why someone would share a room in exchange for having some amenities.
- ThrustVectoring 10y agoMy favorite setup is renting out a balcony. Yup. It was roofed so you didn't get rained on, but still...
- thedarkginger 10y agoThe Craigslist way to brand that would be: "Courtesy ambient rain noise for improved sleep environment."
- beambot 10y agoShould've asked for money back for false advertising; no ambient rain noise during drought.
- arcaster 10y agoYeah, this is incredibly common, even in Mountain View. Not just true in luxury rentals with low occupancy, but also in house shares. However, I still don't quite understand restricted kitchen access and shared living rooms.
- seanp2k2 10y agoReal estate is completely out of control in the Bay Area and property owners are pulling every dirty trick to make extra profits.
- TomMarius 10y agoYou know no one is forcing people to actually take these offers, apart from government regulations, right? When there's demand, there is going to be supply, and there's nothing bad about that.
- John23832 10y agoNumber 2 always stuck out to me on rental listings... Why would I want to live somewhere where I couldn't use a vital function of a home/shelter?
- r00fus 10y agoMany many companies these days offer breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you can eat out if not. It's very perverse that such awesome perks result in viable rentals like this.
- sporkenfang 10y agoThe words "light cooking" make me angry.
- johan_larson 10y agoI think that means, "No actual stove." A hotplate, a small fridge, and a microwave.
- sporkenfang 10y agoI know what it means. If I'm paying for part of a house with a proper kitchen I will be cooking like a human at least two nights a week; no takeout and soylent here.
- aianus 10y agoIt makes me angry that I have to pay for a kitchen by law (if I rent or buy a whole 'dwelling'), despite never cooking. Different strokes.
- teh_klev 10y agoI honestly can't tell if you're joking or not :/
- CamelCaseName 10y ago
- xkcd-sucks 10y agoIt incentivizes development of luxury condos because they don't remain vacant, but most renters' needs would be better addressed by building affordable housing