I rent a room in my house out in a large city with lots of people

>>17596160
>"""Legal""" house rules
>YOU being responsible for OTHER PEOPLE leaving dishes in the sink

And what's he gonna do, sue you because Joe never washes his fucking coffee cup? Get another roommate

>>17596160

Tell him to fuck off. No counter-negotiation, just straight fuck off.

He will be a problem if he moves in.

give him a new contract that makes him a 100% responsible for all the cleaning and that he has to wear a maids outfit when he does it.

agree to the new terms but double his rent.

>>17596160
Tell him to get fucked. It's your house, your lease, your rules. I honestly wouldn't even deal with him even if he agreed to sign your lease. My family is in the rental property business, and people like that will be a pain in the ass in other ways. Just consider yourself lucky that he showed you he was a nutjob before you got stuck with him.

>>17596160
Lol no, who the fuck does this

The guy is a control freak- tell him politely no.
You don't want a roomate like that

Thank you everyone for giving me some perspective. Originally I was thinking that I should maybe try to work with him and just convince him to sign my version and everything would be fine, but you're all correct, this is a huge red flag. If he's over-stepping bounds now, it's just going to get worse when he actually lives here and I don't want someone like that. I think I'll tell him sorry but I've reconsidered my offer. Now if only I can find someone normal before next month.

>>17596160
Absolutely not. All of my tenants in all of my buildings get the exact same, standardized, municipally approved lease. The only differences are the addresses, the rents, and the move-in fees. Its completely nonnegotiable. I won't even discuss lease terms other than 12 months. Virtually every single big property holder and management company I know is the same way. My lawyer would literally drop me as a client if I signed a lease like the one you're describing.

This guy is already signaling he's going to be a problem. More importantly, you need to have everything standardized if you're going to be a landlord. Any deviation opens you up to liability.

>>17596184
Sounds funny and profitable, but anything OP makes in rent he's going to lose from the inevitable withholding of rent and/or litigation. OP is better off leaving the room vacant and giving up the income for a few months than entering into this foolishness.

>>17596160
It is your house, you make the rules.
Anything you do that doesn't meet his rules in his contract will be used against you so he doesn't have to pay for rent or utilities, his rules will also affect how your other tenants conduct themselves, meaning you will have to trust them to meet his rules so you aren't fucked about.
Tell him to use your lease or to go elsewhere, seeing as this guy has already tried running the house before he even moved in, I'd say don't bother with him at all.

tl;dr turn him down