Slightly misleading title, but in effect that's how I feel. I rented a room from a landlady at £600 a month including bills. Also said in the ad it included 'everything' - weekly cleaning, house hold bits and bobs - the works. When meeting landlady she reiterated it was essentially an air b&b package I was paying for and all I had to worry about was keeping my own room clean, everything else in the house she would take care of. Showed me the dishwasher that 'I didn't have to worry about emptying as that was all included'. Top rent in my area is £450 a month for this kind of room so I felt the extra I was paying was fair. The reason I wanted this situation was that I had just left an abusive home situation and really needed to look after myself for a bit.
Of course since moving in everything has changed. Despite listing her job in the advert, it emerges the landlady actually hasn't worked 'for years', and thus is home all the time, making it a bit claustrophobic and awkward. Yes I know its her home, but I wouldn't have taken the room if she'd been up front about how much she would be there. I'm constantly ticked off about things and have now started avoiding her. I've been steadily asked to do more and more, including taking out bins, sorting the recycling, and emptying the dishwasher, just so she isn't 'the one doing it EVERY single time'. Yes I know I should clean up after myself etc, but I was paying extra so I wouldn't have to! I feel like a lazy student for being annoyed about it, but I could be paying over a hundred quid less a month and then I'd be happy to clean up after myself. I'm torn because the room is lovely and the area is perfect and right now I'm enjoying being in a safe environment, but I'm also feeling really ripped off and resenting the extra money she's getting for nothing.
Sorry for the long post. I guess I'm not quite emotionally healed yet and so I'm not trusting my own decisions. Please don't have a go at me for being lazy, I'm just looking at this from a business perspective.
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user1485982179 · 01/02/2017 21:05
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