AIBU to think that wanting a female only tenant is a bit strange?

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He is advertising as only wanting a female tenant? Isn't that a bit odd? It's a really good price.

Is it in exchange for sex or is he requiring rent?

Is it a flat share with him?

Requires rent!!!

No, it isn't a share.

Maybe some outdated idea that we're cleaner?

Very odd. Never seen that one before.

He does mention needing a clean person! I did wonder that...

My ex-landlady would only have female tenants, on grounds of mess and behaviour. I do see her point.

I've seen such ads about. Usually in return for sex-on-tap and maid-duties you can practically live rent-free.

Not something I'd recommend for anyone.

If it is for sole occupancy I can understand it as presumably women are thought more likely to keep the place clean. Stereotyping but probably true. I could understand if it is part of a block where all other current occupants are women.

Is it legal though?

There has been a lot of publicity lately about male landlords who want tenants in exchange for sex. Be very wary.

is the insurance rate different? It might be

I think I'll stay clear then! Thank you.

My friend did this, he thought the woman would clean up after him

Thankfully she was a bigger slob than he is

I went to view a house that said females preferred a while ago. The man was very very strange. I can't put my finger on why but the spidey senses were tingling. I'd avoid.

I can totally see why a woman would want a woman lodger (I actually used to take lodgers of either sex, but I was very, very careful about which men I took on), but a man specifying that he wanted a female lodger? Odd.

Ooh, I know a very creepy man who advertises only for women to live in his house. Proper creep. I'll try to find the ad.

Maybe he is gay and doesn't want to share with a male or might be straight but feels uncomfortable sharing his space with other men or has been bought up around females so is more comfy with female company.

Doesn't mean he is going to put you in a hole and make you rub lotion on your skin.....

@Badcat666 - he wouldn't be sharing? It isn't a flat share

Ahh Soz!! Maybe he thinks females are less likely to have piss ups all weekends with their mates and keep the place tidy and clean up after themselves?

Sorry, just realised you meant tenant in the strict sense of landlord not living there, not lodger. That's not just odd, that's illegal.

My mom rents out one of her bedrooms and her advert specifies she wants males only.

She lives alone and apparently she just wouldn't feel comfortable having another female in the house....?!

If it's not a flat share why not go and view the place and see how comfortable you feel with it / with him upon meeting in person.

Haha badcat that made me laugh

I'm a woman and I only ever have female lodgers, mainly due to toilet crimes.

Hang on, lodger or self-contained flat? 'Not a share' tells us the latter, doesn't it?

As a former landlord of 14ish years experience letting one shared house, one self-contained, I can only report that, on average, tenants conform quite adepressingly to stereotype.

That is, women looked after the place better, were more responsible and more communicative - if something needed fixing they noticed and told me. Men were concerned only with their own wants. If something didn't affect them immediately they didn't communicate it, there was no sense of 'looking after the place' and working with me to ensure this happened.

Also, younger tenants were self-absorbed and lacked basic practical skills. Older ones, in a house-share, were usually problematic personalities. Thus, ideal tenants for a house share were women aged 24-39, for a self-contained place, women 24+

I know, I know... I'm not suggesting how things should be, I'm reporting how, on average - there were exceptions - they were.

Weird, I wouldn't go there. Why would the landlord care about anything except that you will pay the rent and not trash the place?

Asking for a female is only ok if it's a flatshare and the other occupants are all female. Or if it's mixed sex but they want to keep an even split between the sexes.