+1 for just leave. I'd probably be throwing the keys back and shouting 'go **** yourselves' whilst walking out the door...
My claims to aid in finding him a new tenant were ******** i just would prefer to come off calm and composed rather than calling him every name under the sun. As for the months notice i have nowhere else to go, I'd paid rent the end of last month for this month and i won't be able to move into my new place until February the 1st so in order to get my security deposit back I've just got to wait it out. At the time i was ready to just leave. His wife was very strange around me this morning, I could she was completely avoiding me. I think he thought by not replying i would maybe just forget about it and let it go. Other tenant still isn't back so i'm really curious to see if maybe he had the same issues. I've still not got my pillow, no explanation, I don't even feel comfortable my property being their now while I'm at work so how the hell was i supposed to live their until i could afford my own place? I'm on leave next week so i'll be with my family and girlfriend for 10 days then i'm back for 2 more weeks and i'm out of there! She tried to give me a rather sheepish 'Happy New Year, thankyou for the chocolates' BS when i came in yesterday. I tried to be nice because i'm not entirely sure if they are even aware someone could have gone up there.
After a total of 4 full days waiting i texted to confirm he was receiving my texts, shortly i receive a phone call (probably realising ignoring it wouldn't make it go away) and we had a bit of a long discussion. He basically tried to talk his way out of it the entire time. He now claimed his wifes friend cleaned the rooms on new years day (I thought most people rest?) the sheet was changed as to wash mine to which i challenged telling him i left no sheet to be washed hence why i returned with one. That left him in a pickle and clearly meant he hadn't planned his story well. He then went on to blame his wife and agreed with me i should have been informed someone would be entering my room on a given day considering i'm responsible for cleaning and tidying the room. I told him it was his house and as long as he felt he had a legitimate reason to enter the room he had every right to, i had no issue with that and respected his household my concern was personal items were available i would have preferred not to be left out. I found myself drifting between being calm and professional and wanting to rip apart his ********. In the end i basically had beat him into submission in which he accepted i wanted to leave for the sake of my own privacy and independence. He went on to say he was driving and he might call me back later in the evening (no idea what for) I've now been hearing his wife shouting downstairs, i can't tell if she is shouting at her son/daughter or cursing me. either way idgaf, i did hear her shouting on the phone saying 'Oh he must just want to go!' the rent is cheap so thats wrong. I'm going to go to the shops and get some food and beers to celebrate standing my ground, its probably going to be pretty hostile crossing them on the stairs. Lucky i'm on annual leave after tomorrow right? I'm viewing three rooms tomorrow from a guy i work with, the hilarity being the rooms are on the same street and therefore they'll see my car parked potentially close to their house.
In a Truman Show way ''Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!''
when i was living in Sheffield in a shared house with what i thought was friends i ended up putting a pad lock on our door. Medication and money started to go missing. Its was pretty obverse who it was with a smell of heroin coming from one of the house mates room. needless to say my self and partner moved out asap. Very happy we did. I know this isnt any help to you, just thought id share a similar experience.
Well he's put it back on houseshares, now comes the difficulty of finding somewhere new to live! Dammit
Final post before i let this completely die. He text me later last night asking if anyone had shown interest in the room, being away for the week i claimed i wouldn't have seen my emails and therefore could update him on Monday when i was back in the office. He's now came back knocking £70 off my rent for the foreseeable and fitting the door with a lock and key if i reconsidered renting the room again. With the stress of having 2 weeks to find somewhere to live within the same ball park figure i simply can't argue with how reasonable his offer is. I've agreed to his offer and will see how it goes from now on
As he's open to having a lock fitted on the door, I'd consider saying that you'll get the lock fitted and he can reimburse... just for the piece of mind that you own the only key.
It doesn't bother me them having a spare key because I don't necessarily believe use of the room was orchestrated by my landlord and if anything he had zero knowledge. I still go on the basis its his house and he should be free to roam and enter in certain circumstance. That and if I lost my set of keys or it was damaged I would know I had a spare to go get cut. I just want to be confident if I was away and the house was filled with teenagers they couldn't enter the room without a key! In the slim chance they did i could inform the police Seems that way, having recently started working away and basically doing the same thing I do I guess returning home to a new person using his oven on the weekend rather than relaxed and quiet wasn't something he was keen on. I remember turning up to look at the house and he was cooking a large joint of meat slowly, those sort of things would stop if someone were to stay over the weekend . I'm just satisfied I've saved even more cash a month and I can feel fairly confident my possessions will be safe, That and the weight of finding somewhere to live is now relieved without having to move a single possession! ------------------------------ Just for the understanding edit: When i moved in the original room was around £60 cheaper than most base price house shares (i think based on the lack of social interaction) most house shares in my area go for between £450-£500 PCM for a double room. From this day forward i'll be paying £325 (although i don't stay weekends) in rent which is pretty damn good going. I'm quite satisfied i've found a good end to this
