Inspired by the current thread, AIBU to ask for your awful lodger stories?
We had a lodger for 9 months. It's put me off for life.
As posted on the other thread, on the first day he moved in he went into our study (we used this from instead of the living room; it was very much "our" room and not a communal space) to ring a gambling hotline. He said it was due to erroneous charges. That was a lie. He had a gambling addiction. He ran up charges of £50-£100 every month until we hid the phone.
He had his own bathroom but would use the downstairs toilet and block it. This happened frequently, not just once or twice.
He'd help himself to our food, and never replace it.
He had a child who he let run riot. He's often be up late (10-11) and he'd be screaming and running outside our room.
We lent him a tablet as his computer broke. He left porn open on it and there were videos of his kid jumping on our bed filming himself in the mirror.
Rent was late every month. No exaggeration! We agreed a date in line with his pay day and it was always bloody late.
In his room there was a bed, a built-in wardrobe, a chest of drawers, a bedside cabinet and a bin. Everything but the wardrobe was damaged. The carpet was ruined as he'd spilt a drink and left it.
No more lodgers for us!