He is gone!
By rosegardens
@rosegardens (3034)
United States
December 1, 2011 12:54pm CST
Hello fellow Mylotters, and a belated Happy Thanksgiving to those from the US. He is a former housemate that I wrote about in another discussion.
I'm glad he has removed himself from my place. On the other hand, I could really use the rent money. Too many repairs need to be done to the house, and as usual there is not enough money to handle all of it.
Of course he left a mess, along with several large, heavy items, some broken, some in ok shape if they are cleaned. Now the flies are in the upstairs, and I am trying to get them by vacuuming them in the air. lolol! He left behind a lot of broken equipment. Some of the items are too heavy for me to move, so I am hoping to rope a friend into helping to remove them from the house. It still stinks in his room! ewe. Not as bad as it was last night, but it still has a bad odor. My electric will be high because he turned on every light and even plugged in lights and left them running for 2 days straight. That was really unnecessary and mean to do that.
I think he had been planning on moving in with his mom anyway, and this may have been a reason he used to exit rather than just saying I'm leaving and doing it on peaceful terms. I am glad I have the drama out of my house and now I am hoping someone decent will come along. I did not realize what a mess his room is, and how dangerous it could be for several reasons, so it is a great thing he is gone. Clutter is one thing, (if it gets cleaned up every once in awhile that is) but there was outright garbage laying on the floor, and food containers with food. I had to go into the room the other day and remove 3 containers of decaying food. How disgusting. He left it there on purpose to stink up my house. I could even smell it on my enclosed porch outside!
Now, I will be able to smell my tree and not his rotten food, after I clean the basement up. I am happy about that. What are your nightmare stories about housemates? Any good experience with renting to someone?
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@marguicha (223430)
• Chile
1 Dec 11
I am very glad that you got rid of such an annoying person. I could not live with someone like him and I´m sure that the rent he pays does not make up for the mess and dirt he made. Good ridance!!! I once rented a room in my house to a girl who had come to study for some months. I did not have big problems with her, but decided that it was not a good idea to rent part of my house and that I´d rather become more frugal to make up for the rean. It can be done and you live in peace. Have a good day!
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@marguicha (223430)
• Chile
5 Dec 11
I hope you soon get another person so that you can rent your room. It seems that there are many people around the world that are looking for cheaper places to live with this recession
. Pets are expensite to care for: I know it from personal experience.
. Pets are expensite to care for: I know it from personal experience.1 person likes this
@rosegardens (3034)
• United States
6 Dec 11
Vet bills are outrageous. My vet used to only charge for services and not the office fee, but since he has another doctor working with him, he has included the office fee in the bill as well. They are all doing that now because of the recession. I guess people are putting their pets last when it comes to spending money.
Thank you for your good wishes and prayers; I have no one now to take the room, but perhaps in the near future there will be someone who needs cheap rent and would not mind just a room.
Thank you for your good wishes and prayers; I have no one now to take the room, but perhaps in the near future there will be someone who needs cheap rent and would not mind just a room.@rosegardens (3034)
• United States
5 Dec 11
Well, I did think about asking him to leave before, but I do need the money. I have a cat that right now is kind of whining when he is laying down, it sounds like something is wrong. He has asthma, and has been getting sick the last week or so. I'm growing worried. It would be nice to have the extra money for the vet. My car insurance went up because I got a different car, and spent more on it than I had planned to. I am tapped out now, my income cannot cover any extra expenses, including my cats for vet bills. The only reason I was able to get a different car is because of that tenant being here. My other car was in really bad shape. Now I don't know what I am going to do.
It sounds like you had a great tenant. You got very lucky.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
9 Mar 13
Well, we had someone that was quite destructive and filthy and they only rented a room from us for like 6 weeks. It was horrible, and they left all the heats in the downstairs up to the highest they would go, and even locked 2 of the rooms so they thought. They even left dishes with food on them in places, and in boxes, etc. It was Super grouse, and glad they are out. Yes, our electric was a little higher, but we were evicting them for failure to pay, and really Glad we did. They left behind a lot of TRASH and it was grouse.
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@rosegardens (3034)
• United States
14 Mar 13
Wow--I am sorry you had such a horrible experience and they didn't pay you on top of all they had done.
I have come to the conclusion I am not going to find decent tenants. Most I rent to are a little left of center and do similar things the others did in the past that got them kicked out. The new guy lies to me all the time, leaves the basement door open for the smoke to come upstairs (I have a cat with asthma and 2 with heart disease and even I do not smoke in my house). Defiant disorder I think. Same problem with the garbage, I can smell it upstairs though they don't let it simmer for days, at least within a 24 hour period the stench goes away. What I have to put up with just for a little money.
Good luck!
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
2 Dec 11
Whew! That was tough! It's good you were able to survive living with him! It's hard to live with such kind of person. I'm glad he is out of your life and now you can breathe well and good enough. So enjoy and savor the sweet smell around.
I've never had such kind of housemate. If and when I happen to get one, surely I'll raise heaven and hell to get rid of him.
@rosegardens (3034)
• United States
5 Dec 11
It was very difficult indeed. you know, I am still trying to figure out how someone can get takeout, warm it in the microwave and have it smell through the entire house. When I warm things in the microwave, I can barely smell it in the kitchen, let alone upstairs or in a different room. Now I wonder what was he doing to make it smell so bad in my house? Not to mention the rotting food that he left lying around. He was a strange one for sure. Couldn't stand for anyone to ask him anything, such as cleaning up. Basically, that's all I did ask him for. I need the money, that's why I put up with it. When he started yelling at me that night, I ceased wanting the money so badly and instead wanted him out.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
1 Dec 11
That is awful to know someone so messy actually living with you. You should kick him out of the house long ago, and he should pay the cleaning fees to you after you have to clean up his mess left behind. What a irresponsible person he is. I hope that everything will be all right then, and you can find a new roommate who is much cleaner than him.
@rosegardens (3034)
• United States
5 Dec 11
I will ask for a deposit from now on. This is the 2nd time I rented that room out and had to clean up after. The first one, a couple, left their 5-6 cats for over a week! There were 2 adults and the rest were just born kittens. The man came back and did take everything out, but I still had to clean up garbage and stuff. Not to mention I had to buy food for the cats, so from now on, no more pets. The male also sprayed every thing in the basement, and on damp days you can still smell it.
Thank you for your kind wishes. I do need someone to take that space asap. I should have leaned harder on him from the start, but I didn't and let things go. you can't imagine how many times I nicely asked him to not put things on the washer and dryer so I could use them, and to take the garbage out because it was making my eyes water.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
1 Dec 11
I think housemates are a nightmare.
Yes some extra money is great but the problem is most are dirty and don't care. Also the lost of privacy is a problem to me.
So no housemates anymore.
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@rosegardens (3034)
• United States
5 Dec 11
Privacy is a bit of a problem, especially when they can't leave your stuff alone. This guy piled things on top of my belongings! No respect.
I'm sorry to hear that you too had a bad experience with housemates.
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
14 Oct 12
you must be happy and delighted for it.its the best thing that can happen and you can enjoy being alone.i had so many sore experience
