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Maybe not bought but we rented a house where the owner padlocked 2 bedrooms shut and said if we wanted to use them it was an extra $200 a month to use them as h

• gambiting 5y ago
  That's......beyond dumb. Like, if you don't pay him the extra $200, he's not extracting any extra value from these bedrooms. It's not like they can be rented to someone else in the meantime. So.....why do it in the first place?
  • jtbayly 5y ago
    Because he doesn’t lose anything, but has the possibility of gaining something.
    • yardie 5y ago
      He's definitely losing something. Property taxes are based on area and number of rooms. They could have found a tenant looking for the right number of rooms in their budget.
      • adolph 5y ago
        Unused capacity might be claimed as a business loss?
      • jtbayly 5y ago
        Or he advertised 1, 2, and 3 BR and took the first that came along. You are assuming demand is equal for all of those. It might be in some places, but not others.
  • ghaff 5y ago
    A bit weird but there's at least an argument that there's some wear and tear associated with using the rooms and, presumably, the landlord thought that the slightly cheaper/smaller apartment--with a possible upsell--was more rentable.
  • jaywalk 5y ago
    If the rooms aren't used, they won't experience any wear and tear and they won't have to be cleaned again for the next renters.