Renting for one (Closed)

[lionguy1975]

Jason finished typing up the ad to post in the paper and clicked on submit :

I am a fairly well-to-do businessman looking for a boarder who is willing to clean and cook in exchange for a place to stay. College students and up are welcome. Full of use of the house and everything on the grounds is welcome to the renter. Serious inquiries only please.

He posted the ad in the local newspaper, and in the college's welcome back newsletter. Jason was not quite sure what he was going to get, but he hoped that whomever it was would be willing to help out. He really needed it since his marriage went to hell and she left. He got the house, but without a strong ability to cook or clean, it was tough for him. He could get by ok, but it was nothing special. His house was fantastic, big with lots of bedrooms, nice kitchen, big yard, pool, rec room, fireplace, library. Jason had worked hard to get to this point, but he now had the house but with nothing else.

Jason figured it would take a few days to get any good responses, so he patiently went about his business for the next several days.

(Jason is about 5'11, well-built but not 'cut', short brown hair, blue-green eyes, dresses well, and wears glasses)

 

[ella_v]

The office for student housing was busy like usually in late summer. Julia Natalie Walsh was waiting for her appointment with one of the advisors and was reading the welcome back newsletter. The 19 year old student was in her second year at the university, where she was enrolled into the collage of education for her undergraduate studies. She was about 5’4’’ and went around 115 pounds with long sandy blond hair. Her eyes were a beautiful hazel and she almost always had a smile on her face. But today she was not in the mood of smiling, Julia had planned on renting an apartment off-campus with her friend. However, her friend had gotten into some trouble over the summer and she was not returning to university, so that Julia was forced to reconsider her plans.

At least she had been able to get out of her lease and crashed on a couch at a friends place, but that was no permanent solution. Julia knew that the waiting lists for on-campus housing were long and an off-campus apartment was to expensive on her own.

Her eyes scanned over the housing ads in the newsletter when she suddenly her attention got caught by a strange offer. It read: 'clean and cook in exchange for a place to stay'. Julia was neither very good cook nor was she known for her cleaning skills, but her situation called for some action. She got her mobile phone from her purse and started to dial the number that was printed below the ad to set up an appointment. She reached only Jason’s mailbox, but she left a short message as well as her name and number so that he would be able to get in touch with her.

 

[lionguy1975]

Jason got the buzz on his phone while he was at an important meeting. Not knowing the number, he waited til after work to check the message. Jason made his way to the gym and worked out, came home and grabbed a meal on the way home. While eating, he checked the message and was happy to see it was a possible renter. Not having heard anything yet, he thought that maybe it was an unreasonable request.

Julia certainly sounded nice enough on the phone, so he called the number back and unfortunately got her voice mail as well. "Tag, you're it. Seriously, this is Jason, I have the room for rent. I will be here all evening if you're interested in coming over to check out the place. Feel free to stop anytime up until like 10. I will be around, just ring the doorbell."

He settled in to eat some dinner, went upstairs and got a shower, before putting on a tshirt and some workout shorts to just lounge around in. Jason came back downstairs, popped open a beer and turned on the baseball game, rooting for the Red Sox as always.

 

[ella_v]

Julia had been in class when Jason tried to call her back. When she stepped out of the classroom she saw the voicemail icon flashing on her phone, so she quickly checked the message. Jason’s place was located fairly close to the university campus, thus it was not too much trouble for Julia to get over there immediately.

It was close to nine o’clock when Julia got with her bike to Jason’s house, although she thought that it would be better described as mansion. It looked pretty big and Julia checked twice the address before she moved to the front door and pushed the doorbell.

Since it had been a fairly warm summer day, the young girl was dressed in a pink dress, which was showing lots of her slightly tanned skin. She was wearing flip-flops like many of her fellow students and had her hair in a ponytail. She waited until Jason opened the door. "Hi, I am Julia, I am here for the room you want to rent out."

 

[lionguy1975]

Jason was startled a bit by the doorbell, and initially wondered who it could be, then he remembered that he had invited Julia over to see the place. He walked to the door and opened it, and was taken back a bit by the beautiful young woman standing there. He quickly overcame his initial surprise and extended his hand and said "Hi, I'm Jason, I suppose that you must be Julia and are here to check out the place? Why don't you come in and I can show you around." He stepped back and allowed her to enter the foyer, while he started to talk some more.

"Like the ad said, I have this place to myself and need someone to help do some cooking and cleaning. I really don't need a whole lot more money, I am able to take care of myself and do the things that I want and get the things I need, so my only 'rent' that I want to charge is for the person to do those chores and possible. I'll let you look around, you can check things out and if you find it works for you, we can come to an agreement. This is the foyer, over there is the living room and dining room, the office is off to the side there, while the kitchen and family room are in the back. The basement is finished, bedrooms are upstairs. What would you like to see first?"

 

[ella_v]

The foyer was breath taking. Julia saw right away that Jason was very well off, the floor was made of white marble and the furniture looked very expensive, but non the less the room looked welcoming and friendly. She liked very much what she had seen so far from the house and Julia knew that her friends would be green by envy when they saw this place.

"Well, I should be honest I am not an outstanding cook or have worked as a house maid before. I just need a cheap place to stay." Julia blushed a little and hoped that Jason would still be willing to offer her the room. "I guess we could start with the room you offer to rent. Afterwards we can go through the house, so that you don’t have to show me your whole house for nothing." She smiled at him shyly.

 

[lionguy1975]

"Well certainly, you can see your room first, that is fine." He showed her to the stairs and followed her up. Her skirt was cute, and she had a pretty good looking ass, although he was trying to be polite and not stare as she walked up the steps. He certainly thought that he might enjoy having her in the house, but he was not going to be presumptious!

"The bedroom is up there on your left. Your bedroom, at least." He pointed to a room on the left, and he just stood and watched her reaction. "As you can see, it is fully furnished already, and in the back there is your own bathroom. The bathroom has a shower and a separate tub with a sink and mirror. Here the bedroom has a king bed, an armoire, hardwood floors, and, well you can look and see the rest." He didn't want to be telling her what she could already see with her eyes.

"So what do you think? Does it work for you?"

 

[ella_v]

Julia felt out of place in the room, everything looked so perfect like it was from one of those home design magazines. "This is unbelievable, this room is a dream. And the bathroom alone looks bigger than any of my previous rooms. This is fantastic!" She smiled very broadly while she looked around the room. "Judging by the room I would be happy to take you up on your offer, but I guess we should look around the house first and talk about my duties and the house rules.”

 

[lionguy1975]

"Fair enough, Julia," although Jason could tell by the reaction in her face that she was already onboard. He showed around the upstairs to the other four bedrooms, including his master suite. His bedroom also had a king bed and its own bath, but his had a jacuzzi tub and a walk in shower. Back downstairs, he showed her the design of the living and dining room, the office.

"This is the kitchen, you should make sure that you like it, since you'll be busy here at times." He smiled at Julia as he showed off the granite countertops, the island, and the oversized cabinets. "Over here is the family room," which had a big screen tv, full sofa, loveseat and recliner. He took her downstairs and showed her the finished game room with a pool table, poker table and finally the tv room.

Back upstairs, he took her outside. "Out here, I have the pool and the jacuzzi, both built in, the full lawn with lawn furniture, the patio and the grill deck. I know, it is probably too much for just me, but it was my dream house and I was fortunate enough to get to enjoy it."

They went back in, and sat down in the family room. "As for rules, you already know the rent. I don't care when you come in and out, or even if you are not here for every meal as long as I know ahead of time. You are free to have guests, but if you are going to have your boyfriend overnight, I ask that you let me know ahead of time so I can make arrangements not to intrude." A naughty thought went through his mind, but he shook it off. "You are allowed to use any of the amenities here, and help yourself to the food and the drinks. Any other questions? If you decided to work, how soon can you start?"

Jason sat back and relaxed as Julia thought about her decision.

 

[ella_v]

Everything looked perfect and the house was furnished with a lot of taste, although it was obvious that there was no woman in the household. There were no fresh flowers or candles on the tables and everything gave the impression of a bachelor’s home. Julia was a bit surprised that Jason had not woman to share this awesome place with, especially since he look not bad at all and he seemed to be a fun and friendly guy.

Julia could only agree with Jason, his place was a dream house. Her family had always been fairly poor and sending Julia to collage had only been possible due to her scholarship. Thus the young girl felt like she was in a fairytale. Jason’s offer was very generous in Julia’s eyes, she thought that living in a place like this was worth far more than just some hours of cleaning and cooking, especially since most those jobs did’t pay very well.

She tried to look like she was thinking about the offer so that she did not seem to eager to Jason. "I think your offer and the rules sound very reasonable, I would be happy to start working for you. I don’t have an own apartment at the moment and no job, so I could start right away after I have moved in. Is that ok with you? Do you want to set up a contract?"

 

[lionguy1975]

"No contract is necessary, if you find that you want or need to leave, you are more than welcome to do so." He smiled to himself, Jason knew that she was not going anywhere for a while just by her body language and her reaction to everything. He knew that she was not used to this just from her reaction.

"You can start as soon as you want, if you want to get your stuff and move in today, you are certainly allowed to, frankly." He was excited that someone was going to move in, Jason was in need of the cooking and cleaning, and he thought this would be a good way to get somebody to help out. In a college town, people are not demanding, especially students, and they are more than willing to work for free housing, was his expectation and Julia had proved it true.

"The rules meet with your expectations? Nothing that you feel is unreasonable?" He was making sure that she understood everything. The last thing that he wanted to do was to walk in on her and a boyfriend, although a dirty part of him did think that she might be remarkably attractive in the throes of passion, naked with someone.

 

[ella_v]

Julia though for a moment about the rules that Jason had named. They seemed reasonable and since her boyfriend was living back home in Montana, there would not be an issue with him staying overnight. Although that did not mean that she would not meet any other interesting guys around the university, but all of that seemed not to be of any worry at the moment.

"I think your rules sound fine and I guess we can still work it out if there are any open or questionable points later on." She smiled at him and extended her hand. "I guess we have a deal and I could have my stuff over here in about an hour, so that I would be able to start before midnight." They shook their hands and laughed about the funny situation.

Julia walked back to her place and got all her cloth and books from her friends place. Luckily she had not started to unpack anything, so she had everything in her new room at Jason’s place an hour later. She was about to get comfortable in her new home, when she realized that she had no clue when Jason would expect his breakfast in the morning. So the walked down looking for him to get her instructions for the morning.

 

[lionguy1975]

Jason was just sitting downstairs and watching some TV when Julia came down wondering what he would want for breakfast. "You can pick Julia, you don't have to get approval from me about what I want to eat. It is truly up to you. If you ever feel like not cooking, just let me know and I will be happy to get something out for us, as long as it does not become regular. I don't think of you as a servant or cook or anything, but I just expect you to do most of the cooking and cleaning. If it ever becomes burdensome, just let me know." He turned back to the TV to see his favorite baseball team knock another one out of the park. "Do you like sports?" he added, just out of curiosity.

"Have you found everything ok upstairs? DO you need any help getting your things unpacked? I'd be happy to help you with that," he added as he turned his attention back to Julia. "If you ever need anything just let me know. Also, if you want to use any of the rec stuff, feel free to do so, you don't have to ask. It is all good with me. Do you need a snack now? I also have some beers and pop in the fridge if you want anything," he added as he talked to her.