So I rent a room (basement) from a friend of mine. Actually her mom. For 50 dollars a week, for the first 6 months then raised the rent on me $25. It's been about a year since I've been renting from her. There was no legal papers to sign, nothing. All I had to do was pay one weeks rent plus another. A couple days ago, she's started screaming in rage ar

I rent a room from a friends mom. The basement. And I've been doing it for a year. When I first started renting, it started at $50 a week. $50 deposit and first weeks rent. At first everything was okay. But then as time went on, she started getting angry for no reason and take it out on me. When I don't even leave the basement unless I need to take a shower. That's the only time I ever go up there. Then she started threatening to kick me out. It has ha

Hello Kyle:

I don't know if it's fair or not, but she certainly can END your tenancy.

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In About 1975, my first studio Apt in downtown Las Vegas was $50 a week. Nothing special, I could cook and sleep?
Is the room available?
I think it's a good deal. Includes Electric and water, cable?

It has happened 4 times so far and she has recently done it again. Her anger gets worse every time. I don't get a house key when she leaves for the weekends. So I don't get to shower when she leaves. The only reason I moved in with them/her was because my mother left to go to Georgia with my brother and her boyfriend. So my friend offered me her basement. I just need to know what I can do about it. I don't use the kitchen, or anything. I spend all my money on fast-food because I have nowhere to store food. Thank you for your answers.

I'd love to move out as soon as I could, but minimum wage makes payment for an apartment nearly impossible.

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Originally Posted by Stratmando

In About 1975, my first studio Apt in downtown Las Vegas was $50 a week. Nothing special, I could cook and sleep?
Is the room available?
I think its a good deal. Includes Electric and water, cable?

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It does. But she leaves out of town on the weekends. The basement is downstairs and she locks the upstairs when she leaves. So I can't shower on the weekends or for how ever long she's gone. She won't let me use her kitchen and have no kind of cooking mechanisms down where I reside. Nor a key to the house.

Sorry to hear, what a pain, don't know what to say, and if a better deal comes along, take it. Good Luck

Fairness doesn't enter into it. Your only choice seems to be to move or endure. You might consider looking for a local YMCA and shower there.

So this is basically a illegal apartment, since it does not have a kitchen or shower, That does not really help you since reporting her just gets you evicted.
You are paying 300 dollars a month, basically so you are getting about ( in fact more) than you are paying for. Something like this often goes for 200 a week with a kitchenette..