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Here are some of the tips that you might want to check out and follow when it comes to dealing with your college roommates.  You could do this to maintain some peace and quiet in your dorm or in your apartment.

One of the first things that you would need to do is to get to know your new college roommate.  You would not have a hard time doing it especially if you exert effort in doing this.  You could also do this by talking to him or her and by knowing what his or interests are and his or her likes and dislikes.  By doing this, you would be able to build a rapport and that could become the bridge that would connect you to each other.  There is also nothing wrong in choosing to befriend someone who you are going to be living with for a year and for at least a few months.  Continue reading

Having someone to share things with is a really nice thing, and having someone to share things such as bills payment, rental payment and food expenses is even better.  Of course, I am talking about none other than finding a roommate that you could share the rent with and all the other bills with, such as: water bills, electrical bills and gas bills.  And when you have a roommate, you just do not have someone to share the expenses with, you also have someone to talk to when you are both stuck in your room.  And when you hit a common denominator or a common belief in life, that roommate of your that you share expenses and a few bonding moments with could potentially be your long – time friend, and such thing is really, really possible. Continue reading

Here are just some of the most common and highly possible topics that could be of great concern between college roommates.

One of the issue that could raise concerns between college roommates is the food.  Well, having access to each other’s foods is relatively easy because you all live under the same roof, and because you trust that no one will eat the food of the other without the permission or the knowledge of the other.  However, there are still times when your food looks more appealing to the eyes and mouth of your roommate than his own food.  There would be nothing much to it if he buys the same food for himself and he keeps is hands off yours.  But what if instead of buying, he just eats your food.  Then that would be where the problem would start.  When this happens, one of the things that you could do is to label your own food cartons and trays, and to make sure that your food do not get mixed up with his.  You could even resort to hiding and locking your food inside your own ref or cabinet is he still eats your food despite the labels and the shelf designations. Continue reading

If you are involved in renting, then you surely know that I will be talking about.  If you are someone who offer spaces for rent, then you would know hard it is to find a person who will rent your space and would respect it and honour it, since the space is just for rent.  You would also know how difficult it is to even find someone to rent that vacant space and turn it into something useful when you could generate additional income from.  And if you are on the side of people who are renting spaces for their occupation, then you would know how hard it is to find a space that is worth renting and that is worth the price that you will be paying for.  Yes, both sides have great differences, but did you know that both sides have one great common denominator?  Well, that is looking for roommates that you could get along with.  Yes.  You have read it exactly as it is.  So to help you a little better with finding a roommate that you are surely going to get along with, here are some tips that I have written just for you. Continue reading

Life in college is very different from the life that you have had when you are in high school.  When you are in high school, everything seems to be about fun and enjoyment and young love, but the moment that you step out of your high school campus and step into the your college campus, everything changes.  No more spontaneous fun and enjoyment, and all are serious stuff in college.  Gone are also the days when you could just ditch class without care, because in college, every class is important and every discussion is worth joining in.

Also, when you are in high school, you live with your parents, you are under their care and protection and you are within the confines of the community that you grew up in and you are in embraced by the comforts of your home.  But as soon as you start college, you are bound to leave behind all the comforts that you have known when you were living with your parents in your own community.  It also means that you would have a lot of adjustments to make when you are living far away from home, with only strangers and new faces to accompany you on your room. I feel for you and I can sympathize with you, which is why I am giving you a few tips that could help you get by well and good with your college roommates. Continue reading

Living with a not so good roommate is not a really nice experience, and I advise you to start being a good one if you are one of those bad roommates that I am talking about because, you are not making life easier for you by being a bad roommate and you are certainly not making the life of you roommates of flatmates by being one of the worst roommates that thy have ever had.

Having a roommate or a flatmate is really nice, especially if you are worried about sleeping along in your flat or pad and if you are worried about the rent and all the necessary expenses when you are living on your own.  When you have a roommate or a flatmate, you have someone to share the rent with and all other expenses with.  You also have someone to talk to when you are in the flat or you will have an instant companion if you do not feel like sleeping alone in your room or in your flat or pad.  But still, if the roommate or flatmate that you have is a bad one, would you not just wish that you could shoulder all the expenses so you would be rid of him or her? Continue reading

If you think you are a bad roommate, then you should be damned forever in hell and rot in there for the rest of your long after life.  I am saying this because if you are a bad roommate, you are the bane of the existence of those people out there who are really nice and are really cooperative with their roommates.  And simply because of that, you should be punished.  And because we are being good roommates and all, we would be generous and kind enough to at least give you some tips and pointers that could help you identify if you are being a nice roommate at all or you are truly one of the most uncooperative and not so great roommates in the history of sharing a flat or a pad together.

One of the signs that would help you determine if you are a good roommate and not a bad roommate at all is to see if you have ever volunteered to take out the trash.  If you have and you do this on a regular basis, then you truly are a great roommate.  But if you do not do this task even you have been asked nicely or even if your other roommate almost dragged you by your clothes just to do this, then you are not being a good roommate at all. Continue reading

When you live with different people and you are sharing a house with them, it is only natural to feel a little annoyed and mad over a few things that are really worth being mad or annoyed over.  And being annoyed or mad over some things are also understandable especially if you are living with people who you did not grow up with, just like your officemates.  Still, this small yet major fact does not make the idea of sharing a house with your friends or officemates appealing, especially if you combine it with the fact that you would be able to save more bucks if you share a house with other people who are also hell bent on saving all the money that they could spend, and that, I believe, is reason enough to stick together and stop caring about the differences that you all have.

However, there are still times when things go a little over and even with your patience and tolerance that matches those of a Zen Master, you would still reach a boiling point with which you would have to deal with or implode with all the temper that you have been storing inside you in all those weeks or months of patience.  And because of that, I have listed the top annoying things that you could do in the house that you share with a few more people, things that you could do to annoy the hell out of them and push their temper on its limits. Continue reading

Sharing a house is a sure fire way to be able to spend less and save more money.  However, sharing a house is not a really simple matter; you would have to consider and think many things through even before you consider sharing a house with people you hardly know of with people that you have not even met up until you moved in that city.  Well.  If you are really considering sharing a house because you are hell bent on saving as much money as you can, then here are a few suggestions that you might want to consider before you look out for people that could share a house with you and all the expenses that sharing a house entails.

One of the things that you would have to do first is to tell your housemates that you want them to write and list down their expectations and their preferences.  With this, you would be able to determine the best possible way of dealing with them because the list that they have made will help you understand them better and know them better. Continue reading