Housemate advice
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That easy as people used to go outside and meet there friends back then....
Oh stop being such a knob. If I'm right and he is in a **** way then what he needs is support, and he's not going to get it from housemates who only care that the house doesn't stink of smoke.
Soldato
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how long are you there, for 1 year?
i'd ask him again to stop and then say to landlord
make plans to move out and get away from him once you can
i'd ask him again to stop and then say to landlord
make plans to move out and get away from him once you can
He's breaking the tenancy agreement, simple as. Tell him politely and if he doesn't agree to it then let your tenant know.
This is why shared tenancy agreements amongst a group of people are the worst/should be banned. If a landlord wants to let a house out to students, it should be done like a HMO, where you have an agreement for your own room.
Everyone always knew someone who had a rough housing situation where either someone stopped paying or moved out and then everyone else got lumped with the extra costs. Thankfully i never had to deal with any of that ****, we stayed in like a student halls place ran by Unite, where you paid just for your room. In our first year there was one guy who dropped out of Uni after the first few weeks, he then had to carry on paying rent for the room for the rest of the year.
Everyone always knew someone who had a rough housing situation where either someone stopped paying or moved out and then everyone else got lumped with the extra costs. Thankfully i never had to deal with any of that ****, we stayed in like a student halls place ran by Unite, where you paid just for your room. In our first year there was one guy who dropped out of Uni after the first few weeks, he then had to carry on paying rent for the room for the rest of the year.
Apologies for a bit of a late reply, but I spoke to him a few more times and it seems to be under control now.
Although, I have another issue I would like a bit of advice with, if possible.
There is a bit of a stench coming from his room, and he is currently away at home for a couple of weeks, so I took a peek in his room, right or wrong, its done now, but the issue is, his room is FULL of ALL the take away packaging, there are stacks and stacks of pizza boxes, bags of take away packaging, drink containers littering the whole room, you can barely see the carpet at all, its terrible, my worry is its a fire hazard, health and safety hazard, and I worry its going to, if it hasn't already attracted pests, even the bed is covered with the packaging.
Opening the door its like a wall of stench!
I've always reminded him of the rubbish and recycling days when we put it out but obviously, he hasn't done any.
Has anyone had to deal with this kind of thing? I really don't know how I should handle this situation.
Cheers
Although, I have another issue I would like a bit of advice with, if possible.
There is a bit of a stench coming from his room, and he is currently away at home for a couple of weeks, so I took a peek in his room, right or wrong, its done now, but the issue is, his room is FULL of ALL the take away packaging, there are stacks and stacks of pizza boxes, bags of take away packaging, drink containers littering the whole room, you can barely see the carpet at all, its terrible, my worry is its a fire hazard, health and safety hazard, and I worry its going to, if it hasn't already attracted pests, even the bed is covered with the packaging.
Opening the door its like a wall of stench!
I've always reminded him of the rubbish and recycling days when we put it out but obviously, he hasn't done any.
Has anyone had to deal with this kind of thing? I really don't know how I should handle this situation.
Cheers
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He sounds like an utter slobby disgrace of a man. The sort of bloke who ends up on channel 5 documentaries. I’d just want to get away from him as soon as poss.
Same answer as before, kick him out, why tolerate living with a ****?
If it is awkward kicking him out now then as per your post where you mention the tenancy needing to be renewed in June, don't renew it with him. Just let him know that you (collectively) aren't signing a new contract on the place, you're going to live with the others and he isn't welcome and so he needs to find somewhere else to live. Then you either stay where you are and fine a new flatmate or you all move out and you guys find a place without him, you don't need to tell him if you are staying put, hopefully by the time he finds out he'll have signed a contract/put down a deposit on a new place anyway.
Cheers for your replies folks, much appreciated.
This is a good idea and also very tempting!
We are pretty set on renewing without him, we are just waiting for another friend to sort things out their end before we go ahead with it.
It just makes me worry that we are going to be left to sort all this mess he has made, we also need a carpet cleaner for another incident from months ago!
But, thank you for your reply, the plan is to move on / renew without him.
Although it makes it awkward that he's just lost his dad, so this feels like a really awkward situation.
This is a good idea and also very tempting!
We are pretty set on renewing without him, we are just waiting for another friend to sort things out their end before we go ahead with it.
It just makes me worry that we are going to be left to sort all this mess he has made, we also need a carpet cleaner for another incident from months ago!
But, thank you for your reply, the plan is to move on / renew without him.
Although it makes it awkward that he's just lost his dad, so this feels like a really awkward situation.
Just skimmed this.
I think you need to consider that he might need help, you need to consider this. This doesn't sound like normal slobbish behaviour right?
Clearly it's up to you. But I would definitely be acting. Either, getting him kicked out, or flagging that he needs help to someone that might be able to help and support.
Either way. His room needs to be cleaned in 24hrs due to health and safety.
Take photos as evidence in case he goes mental and starts claiming some privacy violation.
I think you need to consider that he might need help, you need to consider this. This doesn't sound like normal slobbish behaviour right?
Clearly it's up to you. But I would definitely be acting. Either, getting him kicked out, or flagging that he needs help to someone that might be able to help and support.
Either way. His room needs to be cleaned in 24hrs due to health and safety.
Take photos as evidence in case he goes mental and starts claiming some privacy violation.
Its possible, but the litter in his room has been building up for 6+ months, and the problem is for me, I do feel somewhat that I should be looking out for him.