Thursday, September 22, 2011

What should I do about this room mate problem? (this is somewhat long)?

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How do i handle this roommate problem? (this is quiet long)?

Ok. so I have 2 room mates and there is another girl who stays with the friend. (the 3rd person is not on the lease). I just moved in about 3 wks ago and we all pay 390.00 per month and we have an electricity allowance which is like a 120.00 bucks. Now 2 girls who has been living here have been very annoying about the air conditioner . I put the AC on 73 or 74 and each time I do she goes back behind me and changes it to like 79 or 80. Mind you this is Louisiana so our summers are brutal. She is extremely fearful that we will have overages however I talked to another friend who stays in this apt. complex and they keep their AC on like 65 or something and the barely go over on their allowance, and when they do it's by a minute amount.



My other room mate told me that the girls were like this prior to me moving in and she didn't say anything about it. I don't wanna be the one to stir up trouble but u guys know that putting the AC on 79 or 80 practically ensures that it won't come on and it's so hot in here.



I just went in there a sec. ago while they were in there to put it on a lower temp. and they almost freaked out about it. They claim that the AC won't go off by itself so that's why they keep it so high, but in reality they are doing this bc they don't won't to go over. Which when people generally go over in electricity it amounts everyone in the house paying about 15.00 dollars each. WHich is really no big deal.



What should I do about this problem bc I cannot sleep in the heat and it's really getting annoying when I change the thermostat and they go back behind me and push it up to like 80. Any advice.What should I do about this room mate problem? (this is somewhat long)?
This may sound like a strange solution to your problem, but here's what I'd advise:



Find a person who knows about electricity (an electrical engineering student or even a professional electrician) and ask them to figure out how much per hour it costs to run your air conditioning. After all, when it's off it's off, and when it's on it's on, no matter where the thermostat is set.



Armed with this information, you can discuss this rationally with your roommates, and decide how many hours you can afford to run the air conditioning. It would be silly for you all to swelter if you can actually stay within your allowance, or even pay a nominal amount to be comfortable. Air conditioning does more than just cool the apartment -- it also reduces the humidity to a bearable level if the windows and doors are kept closed.



You could leave the air conditioning off when you're all away for the day, and turn it on when you return. It doesn't take long to cool a closed apartment.



A lot of problems can be solved just by %26quot;running the numbers%26quot;.What should I do about this room mate problem? (this is somewhat long)?
just tell them that if you go over that you will pay or if you don't want to pay tell them all the problems you have with it being up so high and how it would benefit everyone if it was a little lower. then tell them about your friend in the other apartment.What should I do about this room mate problem? (this is somewhat long)?
I'd get a nice box fan and put it in your room, when its scorching hot, you can be nice and cool laying on your bed. Dont say anything just take matters in your own hands. Dissagreements are stupid, just be mature and find a solution to your problem.What should I do about this room mate problem? (this is somewhat long)?
Keep the thermostat high in the daytime, maybe 75 or 76,

but at night it doesn't have to work so hard so lower it to maybe

74 so that all of you can sleep. good luck terriWhat should I do about this room mate problem? (this is somewhat long)?
Get one of those window air conditioners for your bedroom. I have one and it is so great. I live in a 2 story house that ran bills up to over 500.00 per month for electricity when we ran the house air conditioner about 2 years ago. So that's when I got a room air conditioner and my room stays like about 60-65 degrees all summer.



I got mine at Costco here in Southern California for about 129.00 2 years ago. It is only a 8000 btu and it keeps my master bedroom that is about a 15' x 13' plus bathroom and walk-in closet cool.What should I do about this room mate problem? (this is somewhat long)?
when they go to sleep put it on like 20 and leave it all night maybe theyll freeze over and then you can have it all to yourselfWhat should I do about this room mate problem? (this is somewhat long)?
Offer to pay the overage charge yourself if you can set it lower.

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