To cancel Internet?

[GinPleaseOrTen]

Hi, I live in a shared flat and moving early March, my flatmate moves end of March and is the reason I am moving.

I cancelled Internet to be effective the date I move out. It is in my name and is paid by DD from my account.

My flatmate thinks I was being inconsiderate by cancelling it, surely it's common sense to think I'm going to cancel when I move rather than continue to pay after I had left the property, or was IBU in doing this?

YANBU but also YABU...

YANBU because you pay for the service and are moving out. It's in your name, you have the right to do what you did.

YABU because maybe you could have communicated with her about it first. If you had spoken to her about it she may have ask if you could keep it on until she moves out but pay you for it, especially as it a service she was using.

Anyway I am sure she will survive, it isn't like you've disconnected the electricity so don't worry too much.

Seems sensible to me. If she wants it she can pay for it.

YANBU

Maybe she could have paid you for the month and you kept it going until end of March? That's what I did when I moved out of a house share with my friend, all the bills were in my name but as she was moving too a couple of weeks later I just kept everything up and she paid me for them rather than the hassle of her sorting out a contract for a couple of weeks.

Yanbu

Would have been easy and considerate to pay it up to her departure date provided she pays the full bill for the days when she is in sole occupancy.

You've left her rather high and dry and you could have avoided doing so with five seconds thought.

YABU I'm afraid. You could have given her the option to pay you for the additional month and delayed the cancellation. She can't take out a contract for one month, so you've effectively cut her off.

Yanbu. She's being pretty ignorant not to have thought of it. Not your responsibility if the relationship has broken down. Maybe she thought the house elves provided the internet.

Ah well. I doubt anyone would really be all that considerate of someone who was the reason behind them choosing to move.

She isn't cut off, she can use her phone, local library etc. But really? If you don't like her why would you do her a favour? Only on Mumsnet must you treat people you don't like as if they were royalty!

Hardly being treated like royalty if you pay it and she gives you the month’s cash back?

What would you have liked her to do if the situation was reversed?

There's your answer.

Bit of a shitty thing to do - you could have just said "hey, obviously the internet is in my name. Would you prefer it if I cancel it on my move out date, or wait until you move out and you give me the money to cover that period"

As previous posters have said, there are nicer ways to go about that situation. Obviously you aren’t going to continue paying the WiFi so you talk to them and get it put in their nameZ

Hardly being treated like royalty if you pay it and she gives you the month’s cash back? I meant as in being given a second thought, having their wants and needs put first.

Would anyone really fall over themselves to make sure someone they don't like isn't disrupted... when you are moving because of their behaviour?

That and it's internet, a minor inconvenience, unlike gas or electricity!

Who does this flat mate think pays for the internet? Might have been a prickly conversation but surely he/she should've double checked on all utilities. No sympathy.

Ok I do accept I have been a bit unreasonable!

Apologies about the drip feed I forgot to add that moving has cost me in the region of £700 and that she does nothing round the flat e.g. cleaning/putting the bins out. She is also emotionally draining with her constant dramatic stories. Can you tell I can't wait to get out of this property?!

If she has a history of not paying back money she owes or her part of the bills, I'd be reluctant to put myself in the position of trying to get money back when it's avoidable. And like PP have said, it's not the end of the world not having the internet, there are there places to access it

Ok I do accept I have been a bit unreasonable! Nah! You have been entirely human. Don't beat yourself up about it. Enjoy your new home

wtf ofcourse your not being unreasonable op.

Ok I retract my previous post, I'm now being accused of faking bills to take money off her. She got back in her box after the offer of showing digital banking transactions on addition to a detailed breakdown of said "fake" bills.

Zero fucks given and maybe having no internet will make her sit and think about what a complete moron she is.

Fingers crossed this snow starts thawing and I can move asap!

Faking bills? Oh she is lovely, isn't she

You just crack giving those zero fucks

Yes, her sister who lives in a different city pays council tax over 10 months, rather than 12 so obviously everyone is the same and I am just faking February and March to get more money from her.

Good luck to her next victim!