SO and I are moving into a loft together, and our lease starts the 15th of this month.
The current resident and I just now met because I bought a kitchen island from him, and I needed to give him in the check.
Let me set the scene: we've both met for the first time, on a street corner, and it's POURING RAIN.
And after I hand him the check, he asks me if it's okay if he keeps some of his furniture in the apartment for the first two days of our lease. Like, a couch and bed, he said, but I don't doubt it may be more than that.
In all honesty, my SO and I hadn't planned on moving in until the 17th. However, a cleaning lady is coming on the 16th, and I really prefer for his couch and bed and whatever else NOT to be there when the woman tries to clean... I don't want to enter our new loft and see dirt in the areas where the cleaning woman couldn't access because a couch or bed was there.
Let's just say that if we divided rent into $/day, it's about $100 per day in rent. My boyfriend (who is a finance guy and more prickly about money than I am) wants to know why in the world we're paying $200 to basically make this guy's life easier. I don't really see the problem except that I want the place CLEAN and with his furniture around, it'll be harder for the cleaning woman to do her job.
I said it was fine because (a) it was pouring rain and I really didn't want to have an extended discussion (b) it took me by total surprise (c) I guess it's not *that* big of a deal.
But SO wants me to email this guy and tell him that he needs to get his stuff OUT on the last day of his lease, the 14th. My SO's philosophy is that we're all busy, it's a hassle to move, EVERYONE has that problem, why is he relying on our good will to leave his stuff for an extra two days? Not to mention that if I knew he needed to use our place as storage for two days, I would've asked for a discount on the kitchen counter which I paid whatever he asked for. Anyway, SO is kind of upset with me because he thinks I was too nice.
What do you gals think? Just forget about it and let it be? Or tell him to move his stuff out by the 14th?
Personally, I would rather just leave things as they are and just hope the good karma pays off, but I do feel a little weird about him waiting to tell me about the furniture after I've handed him a check for the kitchen island. We've emailed MANY MANY times.
The current resident and I just now met because I bought a kitchen island from him, and I needed to give him in the check.
Let me set the scene: we've both met for the first time, on a street corner, and it's POURING RAIN.
And after I hand him the check, he asks me if it's okay if he keeps some of his furniture in the apartment for the first two days of our lease. Like, a couch and bed, he said, but I don't doubt it may be more than that.
In all honesty, my SO and I hadn't planned on moving in until the 17th. However, a cleaning lady is coming on the 16th, and I really prefer for his couch and bed and whatever else NOT to be there when the woman tries to clean... I don't want to enter our new loft and see dirt in the areas where the cleaning woman couldn't access because a couch or bed was there.
Let's just say that if we divided rent into $/day, it's about $100 per day in rent. My boyfriend (who is a finance guy and more prickly about money than I am) wants to know why in the world we're paying $200 to basically make this guy's life easier. I don't really see the problem except that I want the place CLEAN and with his furniture around, it'll be harder for the cleaning woman to do her job.
I said it was fine because (a) it was pouring rain and I really didn't want to have an extended discussion (b) it took me by total surprise (c) I guess it's not *that* big of a deal.
But SO wants me to email this guy and tell him that he needs to get his stuff OUT on the last day of his lease, the 14th. My SO's philosophy is that we're all busy, it's a hassle to move, EVERYONE has that problem, why is he relying on our good will to leave his stuff for an extra two days? Not to mention that if I knew he needed to use our place as storage for two days, I would've asked for a discount on the kitchen counter which I paid whatever he asked for. Anyway, SO is kind of upset with me because he thinks I was too nice.
What do you gals think? Just forget about it and let it be? Or tell him to move his stuff out by the 14th?
Personally, I would rather just leave things as they are and just hope the good karma pays off, but I do feel a little weird about him waiting to tell me about the furniture after I've handed him a check for the kitchen island. We've emailed MANY MANY times.