So long story short I am moving out at the end of the month and my decision is to either rent a room for about 600/month or rent my own place (basement suite) for 885. Both are an increase to what I already pay. I can afford both but I am having a REALLY hard time deciding if living alone is really worth the extra 280$/month. To put it in perspective I make (post-tax) roughly 2000$/month.
I've been living (semi) alone for about 5 years. I live with a roommate who is out of town for months at a time for work. He's buying a house in another province so that has come to an end. The problem is, I feel, since I'm older I am getting very anxious just thinking about sharing living space with random people again like I did from 18-22. While not horrible it certainly is less desirable than living my myself.I spend most of my time in my room but I love cooking. So having roommates that use up all the fridge space and leave dirty dishes and messes in the kitchen is something that will drive me crazy.
So I am looking for your general input whether to you, your sanity, if you would be willing to pay an extra 285$ to live alone (in a very nice, big place I might add, it's insane how cheap it is for how nice it is). Or, would you pay 14% (on top of), or 44%, of your monthly salary to live alone? Just from a value proposition, I want to emphasize I can afford either one.
This isn't so much as post asking for advice so much as it is on your opinion and input regarding what you would do.
Submitted June 17, 2017 at 07:46AM by DrCytokinesis http://ift.tt/2tdoiKR
