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okyo_okyo

17 January

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Hi, everyone❗️Would you help me understand this conversation❓

A: "I'm calling about the available room. Is it still available?"
B: "Yes it is. Do you know where we're located?"
A: "Yeah. I drove by this morning and I liked the location. What's the rent?"
B: "It's $850 a month. So you would pay $425 a month plus half of the bills."

Here, why you should pay $425, in spite of the rent is $850? Is this some custom of paying rent in the US?

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Yoongi28

17 January

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I would say the two people talking are agreeing to share the room/rent. So the available room would be in a 2 room apartment. Each person is agreeing to pay half the rent and half the bills.

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Yoongi28

17 January

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I would say the two people talking are agreeing to share the room/rent. So the available room would be in a 2 room apartment. Each person is agreeing to pay half the rent and half the bills.

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Yoongi28

17 January

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This would be something common for college age kids.

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ItsCheif

17 January

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$850 is the total of the room + the half of the bills.

So this means that the room is $425, and half of the bills is 850-425=425.
All the bills together would be 850.
All the bills + the room would be 850+425

Person A needs to pay $850.

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LloydVu

17 January

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It is not normal for the rent price to be different from the list price unless they're adding fees and/or utilities on top of the rent.

It sounds like you would be sharing the room with someone. They say half of the bills which probably means utilities like electricity, water, internet, etc. And that $425 is half of the listed $850.

I don't have enough context to guess on if they have another person they plan to put in the room or if they're assuming you're going to be splitting the room with someone you know.

It would be best to confirm with the person listing the room of course. Heck, I'm not even sure if you're related to this conversation.

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okyo_okyo

17 January

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Thank you all for the kind comments!
Now I understand they are going to share the room and split the bill! Thanks a lot again!

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I would say the two people talking are agreeing to share the room/rent. So the available room would be in a 2 room apartment. Each person is agreeing to pay half the rent and half the bills.

I would say the two people talking are agreeing to share the room/rent. So the available room would be in a 2 room apartment. Each person is agreeing to pay half the rent and half the bills.

This would be something common for college age kids.

$850 is the total of the room + the half of the bills.So this means that the room is $425, and half of the bills is 850-425=425. All the bills together would be 850.All the bills + the room would be 850+425Person A needs to pay $850.

$850 is the total of the room + the half of the bills.

So this means that the room is $425, and half of the bills is 850-425=425.
All the bills together would be 850.
All the bills + the room would be 850+425

Person A needs to pay $850.