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Hey, just wondering what you would do in this situation:

Been sharing a house with a guy - who I met for the first time when I inspected it - for about 7 months. Over the course of those 7 months I've rarely actually seen him, as our schedules don't overlap (he leaves before I wake up and gets home well after I've settled in to my room for the night). However, he seems like a nice guy, kind of quiet and generally very polite and good with bills etc.

Since I moved in he's had maybe 4 'parties', which are essentially four or five of his friends coming over to smoke and drink til 4am. Usually I go to my family's house or just put on some headphones and ignore it, but last night was different.

I could overhear all of the guys basically mocking me for... no real reason, as I'd never met any of them. All I was doing was trying to sleep in my room. At around 4am they started literally yelling 'no one sleeps tonight' and clapping, and they'd had music cranking since midnight.

At 4.30am they opened my bedroom door. I jumped out of bed and started yelling at them, a bunch of what turned out to be 30-year-old-plus tattooed drunk guys (I'm a short shrimpy 24 year old). They quietened down a bit but kept going til the sun came up and I got no sleep.

I've taken a look at the house and there's shit everywhere. I've taken photos of the aftermath. I've been considering getting my own place, but should I do anything here? Tell the landlord?
 

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Thanks guys, I'm still really really pissed off but I think I'm just going to move out, and obviously talk to my housemate about how angry I am and how inappropriate it was. I'll keep the photos in case I can't recover my bond.
 
Just move out.

Life is far too short to spend it living with obnoxious housemates. It's ridiculous how uncomfortable people will let themselves become in their own home for the sake of saving a bit of cash.
 
So in 7 months this is the first thing to have gone wrong? Could just be a temporary brain fart on your housemate's behalf if it's been cool up until this point. Maybe just have a chat with him and see what happens, if it doesn't work out tell him you're moving out.
 
Pretty big "brain fart".

His housemates friends were abusing him and woke him up at 4:30am. There's no coming back from that.
 
Do a poo in your hand and fling it at him.

He sounds like an ideal housemate in many respects, as you never see him. It must be a bit like having your own place with half the rent. Let him have the occasional party, it's no big sacrifice. You just need better quality headphones.
 

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Pretty big "brain fart".

His housemates friends were abusing him and woke him up at 4:30am. There's no coming back from that.

In 7 months he's barely seen his housemate, has only had to put up with 4 or 5 parties and this sounds like the only problem he's had. Just saying, his living situation sounds pretty good and if his housemate is a reasonable guy and can make sure that his knobhead friends don't disturb him again, then play on I say.
 
Maybe your housemate told his mates to keep it down because you were sleeping but being drunk and obnoxious they went the other way and got louder

Talk to your housemate about it and see what he says. If he's apologetic and says it won't happen again then alls good. If he isn't then find another place
 

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Have a party so he know's how it feels
Haha, I mean that's the thing - I go OUT when I drink with friends, and have done since I was.. you know.. 18.

And yeah I'm a a good housemate, and he has been, we alternate buying shared groceries and both clean pretty often. And I listen to my music on headphones after he's gone to bed on weeknights and yeah.. it's annoying because I'm usually pretty considerate.

I think this might just be the thing that motivates me to get my own place, and I had already raised it with him (a few weeks ago) that I was thinking of getting my own place so it's not totally weird.

Glad to hear I wasn't totally overreacting, although I wish I hadn't lost my shit completely.
 
Not sure what kind of abode we are talking about but in most cases it will be very hard to live with others and not partake in the occasional shared social involvement if the house is going to be used in that way.

If a loud party is on outside your door then you should expect to be involved in it, or if not find a more compatible house mate.
 
Melt the butter/margarine and then pour it into a separate container. Then take a shit in the butter tub and pour the melted butter back over the top. Then refrigerate. Then watch your housemate butter his toast each morning.

The ultimate payback.
 
TALK. communicate with your housemate.
If he can't have a reasonable discussion, and is a twat about it, then consider moving.
 

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