<p>My roommate and I are thinking about subletting an apartment for over the summer. We found one that pretty much met most of our expectations and was a pretty good deal. It's a 2BR apartment occupied by a grad student and her friend. One of them is renting her room for 500 and the other is renting her room for 550. Since the rooms aren't too different, I don't understand why one is more expensive than the other. Is this common? How should I negotiate with the grad student to convince her to rent her room at the same price as her friend? My roommate and I are at a loss for what to do, especially since one of them told my roommate that she can have her room (the $500/month room), so I'm pretty much stuck with the more expensive room. </p>
<p>If any of you guys have advice, it would be much appreciated. I don't have experience in subletting or renting apartments at all, so any suggestions on what to do would be great.</p>
<p>Does one room have a connected master bath or walk in closet?</p>
<p>Split the $200(assuming the sublet is 4 months) with your roommate and switch room after 2 months or pay you the higher price.
Or get another apartment.</p>
<p>I recently went through the process of finding a summer subleaser. Subleasers often don’t pay what leasers are paying - esp in college towns or even just college neighborhoods. I’m subletting my room for $21 less than what I pay. So what I would say is, “Hey, since my roommate and I are looking to sublease together, we want to be paying the same price for rent. My roommate is paying $500 a month, so would you be willing to come down to that price?” If s/he says no, either say you’re okay paying the extra 100 or look for another place.</p>
<p>Summer near a school, it’s usually a subleaser’s market, so don’t feel too stuck on one place.</p>