Roommate problems.....maybe

My friends (21 F) and I (21 F) are about to move into a house. This past semester I’ve been out of school and my friend texted me pretty early on in the semester asking about us getting a house for senior year. Well that grew into five of us finding a house, with two of us out of abroad. The three that were in the area worked tirelessly going on tours, applying and looking until today we finally found one! Yay! The only issue is the price.

The house has two bedrooms upstairs, a sun room and two “bedrooms” in the basement. The three people that were in LA at the time claimed the two bedrooms upstairs and the big bedroom in the basement. The other girl abroad and I were left to claim the remaining. I was fine with the basement room, although small, and the other girl claimed the sunroom (also small). I asked if I could pay a little less on my rent because 1. it’s the smallest room and 2. I am in the basement. The three girls told me while they’d be willing to have me pay 10-15 dollars less they really think everyone should pay evenly because the basement was recently redone and is therefore nicer than the upstairs rooms. I then offered to switch with one of the rooms upstairs and pay the amount I had requested of them (+25 on their rent and +10 on the other basement girl) and my offer was ignored.

Is it appropriate of me to ask for more of a discount? I know they did all the work and deserve the better rooms but to all pay the same even though my room is smaller seems unfair. Please advise!!

tl;dr want to ask my roommates for cheaper rent but feel bad because they found the house and did the work

Submitted May 10, 2019 at 04:05AM

My friends (21 F) and I (21 F) are about to move into a house. This past semester I’ve been out of school and my friend texted me pretty early on in the semester asking about us getting a house for senior year. Well that grew into five of us finding a house, with two of us out of abroad. The three that were in the area worked tirelessly going on tours, applying and looking until today we finally found one! Yay! The only issue is the price.The house has two bedrooms upstairs, a sun room and two “bedrooms” in the basement. The three people that were in LA at the time claimed the two bedrooms upstairs and the big bedroom in the basement. The other girl abroad and I were left to claim the remaining. I was fine with the basement room, although small, and the other girl claimed the sunroom (also small). I asked if I could pay a little less on my rent because 1. it’s the smallest room and 2. I am in the basement. The three girls told me while they’d be willing to have me pay 10-15 dollars less they really think everyone should pay evenly because the basement was recently redone and is therefore nicer than the upstairs rooms. I then offered to switch with one of the rooms upstairs and pay the amount I had requested of them (+25 on their rent and +10 on the other basement girl) and my offer was ignored.Is it appropriate of me to ask for more of a discount? I know they did all the work and deserve the better rooms but to all pay the same even though my room is smaller seems unfair. Please advise!!tl;dr want to ask my roommates for cheaper rent but feel bad because they found the house and did the work