To think that my daughter should get the bedroom she wants?

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My daughter will soon be going into her second year of university, and will share a private let with one of her current student accommodation ‘flatmates.’
They viewed a property today but can’t agree on who should get the en-suite bedroom, which is sort of set on a floor of its own. Sounds grander than it is, but you get the gist!
My daughter is happily single and this is unlikely to change. Her flatmate-to-be is in an established relationship and it’s likely that he will be visiting lots (he’s a fellow student).
Daughter is an anxious soul, bless her, and she’d really value some privacy away from the couple.
Also there’s the fact that he will no doubt shower there sometimes, charge his phone, etc, so add to the energy bills. I should stress that he will definitely have his own place, but realistically speaking, will stay over there sometimes.
I will leave it to the girls to sort, and ultimately this is a life lesson for my daughter, in advocating for herself. I have told her my opinion and she agrees.
Would she be unreasonable to push for her first choice of bedroom?
Thanks.

Why should your daughter ‘get the room she wants’ over her friend that also wants it? You haven’t given any reasons 😂

I agree. Surely it's better for the couple to be out of the way .
Will the person who has the ensuite room pay more? If they are getting a more private room they probably should. Is your daughter willing to pay more to get the room?

They will defiantly use the main bathroom too.

So the flatmate gets two bathrooms and your dd gets one.

This! My daughter is going into her third year and is just going into a house share with two other people, having been in private halls for two years. She’s done most of the organising (chip off the old block 😜) but I’ve not got involved in anything unless she asked me for advice. They seem to have sorted out their rooms between them. She’s had 18 months of organising herself, getting the bedroom she wants is not something she needs help sorting.

if it’s only two people, the second bathroom is effectively an en-suite anyway.

A student flat with more than one bathroom?
I was at uni in the 80’s - does not compute!
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Very true! We had one bathroom between 5 (mid 90s) 😄

Of course they all want the best room. Your daughter is no more special or important and deserving of that room than anyone else. For gods sake don’t be such entitled princesses about it. Toss a coin.

I do see your point OP but I also think they could make an argument for the en suite and you would be wrong to teach your daughter that she had the right to the better room.

I also agree that the only basis on which either of them should get the en suite is if the other person has exclusive use of the main bathroom or pay more.

Boyfriends staying constantly using the services gets old really quickly.
Your daughter needs to be careful.
It will impact her privacy and enjoyment of her home.
Warn her to have a rethink, it can quickly become two against one.

YABU.

No reason for single person to get ensuite, slight reason for couple to get ensuite (does your daughter really want to run the risk of bumping into a near naked person on a post sex bathroom run if she's heading to the kitchen?), every reason to toss a coin for it.

Whichever way around it goes, each girl would have their own bathroom. If your daughter ends up with the non en-suite room then it must be agreed that other girls boyfriend has no access to said main bathroom and only uses the en-suite.

The only fair way, like others have said is coin flip or the person with the en-suite pays slightly more rent.

£5 everytime he stays! My 4 bed detached with a family of 4 rarely uses £5 on electricity and water a day!