Family Beach House- DS and Friends Using it for Summer.

[Anonymous]

OP you ate being reasonable. It comes out to $11 a day. You can't even find a campsite for that amount. I would really disinvite the kid though. It will be better for the cousins if they just hang out. They won't be as crowded with 3 instead of 4. The extra kid might feel like he is paying do he isn't cleaning or helping out. It just isn't worth the drama. Just say another family member is going to be using the outbuilding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Three college aged boys are going to live for free for the summer and your son invited a friend to join them. Of course the implication is that it's free.

Also calling $333/month for a glorified shed with no running water or kitchen "nominal rent" is hilarious. That's highway robbery.

OP here. The friend would use the kitchen, baths, electricity, water, and gas like all the others and undoubtedly hang out in the house all the time he wasn't sleeping. The other boys are living for free because... their family owns the house.

Eye roll? I imagine that other lady is giving you and eye roll and much more!

Do you really think the marginal cost of that boy staying in the bunk shed is $1000 for the summer? Is this your son's good friend? And why do your charge him unless DH's family is that hard up for $$??
What does DS think?

I would have been mortified if my parents did this to a friend of mine.

Depends how much they make for the summer. My friend charges all her kids, 2 cousins and a friend rent to stay at her house in Nantucket. This is their primary home where the kids grew up. However - they make a lot of money in the summer, use water electricity and live in the place. She uses all the money to pay for a house cleaner and utilities.

Op, if this was part of the plan and the friend was told up front, I see absolutely no problem with it if the rent is in line with what he will make in the summer living there. If the rent was brought up later or too much, then not cool.

[Anonymous]

My son made about $200 a night during his summers bartending in Rehobeth. By the end of July he'd paid for his entire year at university.

And some mom is balking at $300 in rent?

People never cease to amaze. I suppose that mom thinks her son will earn 10k over the summer and not spend a dime on housing?

That lady is a freeloader.

[Anonymous]

A short term (3 month) rental in a group house in Rehobeth- one block off Wilmington avenue- for my daughter and her girlfriends is costing them $1200 a month, per room, this summer. My daughter calculates an end-of-summer savings (after all expenses, rent included) of $7500. And she gets the fun of living at the boardwalk for the summer. It would never occur to me to expect free boarding.

[Anonymous]

Owners are cheapskates and should be ashamed. Reminds me of ex-friends if mine that each got an unequal amount of an inheritance. They each got an equal amount, but there was a penny between the three children. They fought over who should get the penny...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Owners are cheapskates and should be ashamed. Reminds me of ex-friends if mine that each got an unequal amount of an inheritance. They each got an equal amount, but there was a penny between the three children. They fought over who should get the penny...

Sounds like you keep trash company. Birds of a feather...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Three college aged boys are going to live for free for the summer and your son invited a friend to join them. Of course the implication is that it's free.

Also calling $333/month for a glorified shed with no running water or kitchen "nominal rent" is hilarious. That's highway robbery.

OP here. The friend would use the kitchen, baths, electricity, water, and gas like all the others and undoubtedly hang out in the house all the time he wasn't sleeping. The other boys are living for free because... their family owns the house.

Eye roll? I imagine that other lady is giving you and eye roll and much more!

Do you really think the marginal cost of that boy staying in the bunk shed is $1000 for the summer? Is this your son's good friend? And why do your charge him unless DH's family is that hard up for $$??
What does DS think?

I would have been mortified if my parents did this to a friend of mine.

Depends how much they make for the summer. My friend charges all her kids, 2 cousins and a friend rent to stay at her house in Nantucket. This is their primary home where the kids grew up. However - they make a lot of money in the summer, use water electricity and live in the place. She uses all the money to pay for a house cleaner and utilities.

Op, if this was part of the plan and the friend was told up front, I see absolutely no problem with it if the rent is in line with what he will make in the summer living there. If the rent was brought up later or too much, then not cool.

Beach season is a short season. Every spot of property is rented that can be rented. I paid $2500 for the season (mid june - Labor Day) and this was for a shed rental
back in 1978 thru 1982. Every high school kid and college kid knows they will be paying rent.

If your family was going there for 1 week and brought the friend for one week then of course he would be a guest and no charge. If he occupies the shed during prime
beach season yes he pays rent and $333 is too low per month. I pulled in around$10,000 each summer working and I worked hourly and not on tips. The boys should pull
in $10,000 - $20,000 working for the summer season.

The Mom sounds like a goof ball. I would disinvite the kid. Mom will be pissy if he has to sign a lease. Mom will complain if toilet is backed up etc.

I'm assuming your family pays pretty big money in property taxes. This is another reason to charge the rent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Three college aged boys are going to live for free for the summer and your son invited a friend to join them. Of course the implication is that it's free.

Also calling $333/month for a glorified shed with no running water or kitchen "nominal rent" is hilarious. That's highway robbery.

+1, you can rent a real room with bathroom shared laundry and kitchen for that. Yes, even at the beach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Three college aged boys are going to live for free for the summer and your son invited a friend to join them. Of course the implication is that it's free.

Also calling $333/month for a glorified shed with no running water or kitchen "nominal rent" is hilarious. That's highway robbery.

+1, you can rent a real room with bathroom shared laundry and kitchen for that. Yes, even at the beach.

You might get it for one night at $333. No way will you get $333 per month. You might get a room in a trailer 10 miles in from the beach for $333 per month.
Going rate for a shed and this was in 1978 - 1982 was $2500 for the season....I would rent June 15 thru labor day and grossed around $10,000 to pay for college.
I think my last year I had a room and a bath room and maybe a shared kitchen for $2500 for the season again this was 1982 monies.

There is huge demand for one room rentals in beach areas for the work force.

Mom, disinvite the kid. No way will the kid find any accomodations for $333 per month.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH's family has a really special, small beach house on the coast of North Carolina. It's old, small (3 beds, 1.5 baths), on a beautiful piece of property and just something you dream of owning. It's been in his family for three generations.

This summer our college-age DS and two of his male cousins are going to live and work at the beach. They will live in the house.

There is an extremely basic 'outbuilding' on the property. Think glorified shed. It has no bathroom, running water or kitchen. It's basically a simple bunk room with lights and a window AC that we have used as overflow bedrooms during family vacations.

One of many of DS's DC friends wants to live there for the summer. My BILs signed off on it but want to charge a nominal $333 a month rent ($1000 for the summer) and limit it to one kid because they will all being using one septic tank. They also want the chosen kid to sign a basic lease to cover damages.

So, I brought this up to the chosen boy's mom- who I'm very friendly with but not close close.

I thought she was going to faint. Her reaction was one of disgust. She actually thought her son was going to live rent free at out family beach house for three months.

Today I heard she was bad mouthing me to other friends, calling me a cheap skate, etc.

Do I go ballistic and dis-invite the kid?

Really special? GMAF break.

You sound like a complete piece work. Your son must be (should be) mortified that you're trying to charge a friend he invited rent to live in a shack. I probably wouldn't have bothered sh!t talking behind your back, I would have just told you to shove it.

Good grief.

OP here. Found the scum. Sorry you can't appreciate gorgeous acreage and historic property on the coast of NC. Too bad so sad you were raised broke (and probably in a trailer.)

Now it all makes sense!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Three college aged boys are going to live for free for the summer and your son invited a friend to join them. Of course the implication is that it's free.

Also calling $333/month for a glorified shed with no running water or kitchen "nominal rent" is hilarious. That's highway robbery.

+1, you can rent a real room with bathroom shared laundry and kitchen for that. Yes, even at the beach.

Provide a source for that claim or STFU.

[Anonymous]

That doesn’t sound like a place that you can rent out legally. It’s not habitable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH's family has a really special, small beach house on the coast of North Carolina. It's old, small (3 beds, 1.5 baths), on a beautiful piece of property and just something you dream of owning. It's been in his family for three generations.

This summer our college-age DS and two of his male cousins are going to live and work at the beach. They will live in the house.

There is an extremely basic 'outbuilding' on the property. Think glorified shed. It has no bathroom, running water or kitchen. It's basically a simple bunk room with lights and a window AC that we have used as overflow bedrooms during family vacations.

One of many of DS's DC friends wants to live there for the summer. My BILs signed off on it but want to charge a nominal $333 a month rent ($1000 for the summer) and limit it to one kid because they will all being using one septic tank. They also want the chosen kid to sign a basic lease to cover damages.

So, I brought this up to the chosen boy's mom- who I'm very friendly with but not close close.

I thought she was going to faint. Her reaction was one of disgust. She actually thought her son was going to live rent free at out family beach house for three months.

Today I heard she was bad mouthing me to other friends, calling me a cheap skate, etc.

Do I go ballistic and dis-invite the kid?

Really special? GMAF break.

You sound like a complete piece work. Your son must be (should be) mortified that you're trying to charge a friend he invited rent to live in a shack. I probably wouldn't have bothered sh!t talking behind your back, I would have just told you to shove it.

Good grief.

OP here. Found the scum. Sorry you can't appreciate gorgeous acreage and historic property on the coast of NC. Too bad so sad you were raised broke (and probably in a trailer.)

This is really funny. Hysterical of you to get so bent over some sh!tshack in NC that doesn't even belong to you. I think you're the one who was likely raised in a trailerpark and is now trying to act like the lady of the manor--and failing miserably. Funny thing is, everyone is likely laughing at you behind your back all the time which is why you were so triggered by the other mom doing it. You're used to is. Always on the outside. Haha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH's family has a really special, small beach house on the coast of North Carolina. It's old, small (3 beds, 1.5 baths), on a beautiful piece of property and just something you dream of owning. It's been in his family for three generations.

This summer our college-age DS and two of his male cousins are going to live and work at the beach. They will live in the house.

There is an extremely basic 'outbuilding' on the property. Think glorified shed. It has no bathroom, running water or kitchen. It's basically a simple bunk room with lights and a window AC that we have used as overflow bedrooms during family vacations.

One of many of DS's DC friends wants to live there for the summer. My BILs signed off on it but want to charge a nominal $333 a month rent ($1000 for the summer) and limit it to one kid because they will all being using one septic tank. They also want the chosen kid to sign a basic lease to cover damages.

So, I brought this up to the chosen boy's mom- who I'm very friendly with but not close close.

I thought she was going to faint. Her reaction was one of disgust. She actually thought her son was going to live rent free at out family beach house for three months.

Today I heard she was bad mouthing me to other friends, calling me a cheap skate, etc.

Do I go ballistic and dis-invite the kid?

Three generations ago nobody wanted to live in sandy swampland like the coast of NC. Nobody is dreaming of your crap beachhouse except you. Making someone pay rent for an illegal structure like that? You're nuts.

[Anonymous]

Charge him rent. Otherwise you and your family will be paying his utilities. It's none of the kid's business if your son and nephews are paying or not.

People calling you cheap are so entitled. I would have been mortified to mooch off a friend's family by living for free at a beach house all summer when I was that age.

You should have treated the kid like an adult by giving him the lease directly or making your son do it. Don't infantilize him by talking to his mother.