Renting a room, Do you allow access to the rest of the hoouse?

[Gregory Schwartz]

Hey BP,

My wife and I are preparing to Airbnb house hack a room in our primary residence here in Byran, TX. Best I can tell the room should rent for $50-75 per night. For those of you that rent out rooms, do you allow access to the living room, kitchen etc? What is the difference in rates between "just the room" and "room with access to the house"?

[Nathan Gesner]

Yes, people generally have one private room and then some shared common space (kitchen, bathroom, living room).

You can do whatever you like but I don't know many people that just want to rent a bedroom with no place to prepare a meal. Then again, I don't understand why people pay money for sliced cheese when a block of Tillamook medium cheddar is so much better. You provide a product and see if people are willing to pay.