would you consider this a fair trade ?

[hahahavefun]

Couple and single mum of one sharing house together , couple have home phone and internet bundle 200 Gb data , no one uses the phone to make calls but when the couple are not home that is goes to work or away for weekend they take wifi cable so single mum and her daughter cant use internet . But as a single mum she gets a rebate for electricity and discount because because she stayed with same provider when they moved in together and they just halve the bill and thats all they pay taking half of the rebate not paying half of bill before rebate comes off . Would you feel one compensates the other when the only downloading from internet is for facebòok and searching stuff .

[vicr3000]

AM

You have some good points there.

Who pays the boradband bill.

and should have been discussed beforehand.

[imastawka]

haha  I seem to remember a thread about this arrangement before

the couple moved in - a while ago now

There were concerns then that there would/might be problems.

My grandaughters share a house with others.  There are 6 of them.

They have a 'house' bank account set up to pay for everything, inc. food.

Everyone pays the same amount every week and it is banked.

Rosters for cooking and cleaning. and food shopping.

All very civilised and that's how it should be done IMO

[cherry*135]

I think the couple (both working) have the upperhand here, they could probably still afford to live in same house if OP move out.. not so the other way around.

[wilk1149]

Sharing is hard. I bought a $20000 house in the country so that I'd never have to share again. Nothing worse than heading home to find your house mate eating the last of the food in the fridge that you paid for. Then there's those housemates that don't pay the bills/rent and pocket all the money and leave you in a lurch

[cherry*135]

---

@imastawka wrote:

haha  I seem to remember a thread about this arrangement before

the couple moved in - a while ago now

There were concerns then that there would/might be problems.

My grandaughters share a house with others.  There are 6 of them.

They have a 'house' bank account set up to pay for everything, inc. food.

Everyone pays the same amount every week and it is banked.

Rosters for cooking and cleaning. and food shopping.

All very civilised and that's how it should be done IMO

---

Sounds like a military establishement., especially the cleaning roster. works like clockwork!  Not being smart, impressed they can get all 6 people to stick to the rules.

[vicr3000]

Agree.

Which is why I called it petty before, on their side.

[cherry*135]

I don't  think them not sharing the broadband usage is petty. They pay the bill, they get to decide who uses it. 

As mentioned before that should have been sorted out before they all agreed to live together... too late now.

p.s one toilet roll cost .60c or less, if the OP lived in their own home they would be paying for visitors toilet paper anyway... no different where they are now.

[gleee58]

---

@am*3 wrote:

I still think if couple pay all the broadband bill they can limit access to it if they want.

With the electricity rebate, you should have discussed that before you moved in and agreed whether they pay a higher % of the bill than you do

You too have benefied from the move.. better house, less cost, shared elec bills.

Broadband is not an essential service like water or electricty. You will have to get your own broadband service I think.

glee -  A lot of people that live in share houses buy their own food, and cook for themselves.

---

@hahahavefun wrote:
Couple wanted to keepinternet going when they moved , they have moved to a better place and cheaper rent and electricity and this alone for them is roughly $200 cheaper every 1/4 .

---

---

I get that but who buys the loo roll, cleaning products and other miscellaneous items?  

These are adult people sharing, not students.

If the house can only support one broadband connection you'll have to share it.

Who does the lawn mowing?  Who does the cleaning?

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

---

@am*3 wrote:

---

@imastawka wrote:

haha  I seem to remember a thread about this arrangement before

the couple moved in - a while ago now

There were concerns then that there would/might be problems.

My grandaughters share a house with others.  There are 6 of them.

They have a 'house' bank account set up to pay for everything, inc. food.

Everyone pays the same amount every week and it is banked.

Rosters for cooking and cleaning. and food shopping.

All very civilised and that's how it should be done IMO

---

Sounds like a military establishement., especially the cleaning roster. works like clockwork!  Not being smart, impressed they can get all 6 people to stick to the rules.

---

Sounds very mature to me and fair to me- good for them! It means that everyone contributes and learns skills as well.

When I was a student, I lived in a house with 6 other students and 1 unemployed guy.

It was run like a 'military establishment' the unemployed guy had the lease and expected the rest of us to live HIS way, while he put his feet up. It was awful, and stressful, there was regular talk of an uprising..but because he had the lease, he had some power. After a couple of months of it, some flatmates used to go to their parents for regular dinners, some would eat at Uni, some at the Pub each night, because damned if any of us were going to cook for the dictator. 

I think the couple in the OP are being petty, and selfish, and as others have said, perhaps things ought to have been discussed prior..

It sounds like they are frightened the 200gb are going to be used while they are out- but maybe they also use it when they are out, can the mum offer to pay a small portion of the broadband bill?

[imastawka]

am*3 wrote

Sounds like a military establishement., especially the cleaning roster. works like clockwork!  Not being smart, impressed they can get all 6 people to stick to the rules.

__________________________________________________________________

All long-time friends.    All have lived with others and didn't like it.

Rules were sorted prior.    There are arguments, sure.    But it works for them.

They are all full-time workers.

Landlord is also impressed I might add.  (But he does the lawns and gardening)