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writes:Hi all, I m 24 and I m renting a flat with my bf that can only accommodate 3 people in terms of the lease. About a month ago we decided to sublet a room to a 3rd person because I lost my job and needed help to cover my college tuition. We managed to find a tenant an before she moved in we told her abt our living arrangement and Told her that we did nt mind her having visitiors occasionally. But what s really my concern nowis that her boyfriend spends nights everyday in the flat .All I want to find out is if i m been unreasonable by telling her that her bf can spend 3 nights max per week only as the lease clearly states that only 3 adults are permitted to occupy the apartment and having her boyfriend over every night makes him a tenant and not a guest .
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reader, anonymous, writes (13 August 2012): I think it's fine for you to bring it up, politely remind her that before moving in you told her the arrangements and that you took her as a tenant - not her and her bf. If she isn't happy then she may have to find somewhere that can accommodate them both because you don't want to get in trouble for having more people living there than it allowed. Perfectly reasonable, don't worry about it : )
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reader, MikeEa1  +, writes (13 August 2012):
 I've been there and I agree with these other posters. look at it this way. your flatmate is paying say $40 per night, therefore her friend should also pay whatever the rent is divided by 4. also the other thing is that you agreed to her living there, not someone else as well on a regular basis. it gets past the point of an occasional visitor and you are past that point.
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reader, Ciar  +, writes (13 August 2012):
 I don't think you're being unreasonable. I wouldn't attribute it all to the lease though because that isn't why it bothers you.
If he is there every day he IS a tenant and a non contributing one at that. Most people don't want guests every night and no one wants a freeloading boarder.
You can mention as an after thought the potential violation of the lease, but citing that as THE reason is to ignore YOUR personal limits.
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reader, pinktopaz  +, writes (12 August 2012):
No, not unreasonable at all! Either he needs to go home or he needs to start paying his portion of rent.
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