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[quote=Anonymous]Spell everything out.

1.  FIL & BIL are responsible for doing their own laundry.  Assign them a laundry day.  Make it a weekday.

2.  Make a weekly meal plan and assign FIL his cooking days.

3.  Assign everyone a day that they clear dishes, run the dishwasher, and unload it.

4.  If the trash is full, take the full bag out, tie it up, put it in the outside trash can, put a new bag in the inside can.

5.  Specify who watches which TV if you have more than one.

6.  Specify rules for electronics for the teenager -- i.e. no iPhone at the table during meals

7.  Specify how loud music may be played.

8.  Specify an iPhone check in time and a curfew for all friends to out of the house.

9.  No one may obtain a pet of any kind without approval of the homeowners.

This may sound really nitpicky, but my parents let some family move in with them and they have never left.  I asked my mom if she had set house rules before they moved in and she did not.  She *very* much regrets not spelling things out.  She, like you, wanted them to be comfortable.  They are super comfortable living rent free.  The TV is a surprising point of regular contention.  So is the laundry.[/quote]

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