Housemate subrenting

[serenada]

Housemate who disappeared overnight to return home has texted to say she wants to sublet her room for 5 week to an 'undocumented' friend of a friend.

Landlady would not allow subletting but now, as others (only one who is living here for now), have said it is Ok I am getting aggressive messages wanting to know my objection.

I do not think this is right or fair - she doesn't appear to know this person, there has been nothing but aggro since her and the other person moved in. Before lockdown I was moving out because of them and will leave at end of tenancy/once lockdown lifts.

Hasn't paid me for bills - currently owes me £150.00

So, he’s mate was supposed to be here over weekend to clear her room (new tenant is taking old living room as bedroom so we need to move living room stuff to her her old room and her stuff to her new room. However all stuff in living room is hers. She has arrived this morning as I was heading out.

I have been out for two hours (job application) and returned to a really nasty email and verbal tirade about cleaning the house.

Other housemate has meekly let me get the blame and I am fed up. I have sent her an email saying not to take her temper put on me and that we cannot move until she has cleared her room.

How can someone get so many things wrong and why do other people let her get away with it?

Apologies for typos. I just cannot understand how someone can twist things so much.

She has changed kitchen around and is watering garden while we need to get her stuff from the living room into her room. I have just cleared my whole room, lifting mattresses, bookcases and numerous boxes downstairs without any help and I have an injured leg. What am I missing here?

Why would you move furniture to help her? I’d lick my door and go out. Or sit in the garden.

I might even LOCK my door too!!

No, I will do my share of cleaning for the new tenant and if there were any communal items in the living room I would help move them but there aren’t. She has two rooms to sort out - the living room with all her stuff and her bedroom and new tenant is arriving at 5. That’s why faffing about in the garden and cleaning out the kitchen and rearranging it are not a good idea. I think she is just being territorial.

I’ve sent her an email saying that I have done plenty, not to use such a tone, we are both adults, etc and I have done some washing up.

I give up after this. I think the problem has always been that the guys are not exactly pulling their weight but naturally she won’t say anything to them.

@AlwaysCheddar

Thank you for replying btw. She is using the address as a business, too- post came for her this week with an agency name on it.

Send the post back as addresses unknown!

Well, if anyone is still following this thread, I have left the house. Phew!

So glad to see you have left! It sounds like the house from hell! I remember a precious thread and just thinking it sounded like the worst student digs ever! Now is a good time to give HMRC a heads up 😉

Unbelievable! I am going to park it all as in the past now but I feel I was dragged into the world of a psychotic mind.

Such relief to be out of there.

Hooray!!!

Thank you all - it is actually very appreciated! I think this site kept my sanity!

As I left a new guy moved in - really nice, lots in common. We spent I think about 4 weeks there together with the other guy. In that time, all was really chilled, house was clean (ish) and there was a nice vibe. He gave me a hug as I left and we said we would keep in touch.

I give her 5 minutes before she starts complaining about them.

Glad you have left that place. Hope all goes smoothly for you now.

Hope you made it very clear to council and utility companies that you are no longer responsible for bills, and to electoral register that you have moved.

I would keep an eye on your credit rating In case stuff gets ordered in your name.

@OldOakTreeRibbon

Oh, there is def something going on there. The council tax sent a letter with my name on it the day I left - supposed to have been changed plus the internet company are sending me emails with my name on the account but her details - she obviously changed the account bank details but kept my name.

I have contacted them all via email and been very clear but yes, I will keep an eye out.

I am actually quite disappointed from the guy there who didn't bother to say goodbye and sent a really creepy, grovelling email to her about something. It was just me and him throughout lockdown and I thought we got on quite well but clearly it was stirring quite a bit himself.

Landlady rand to say goodbye and thank me for being such a lovely tenant and that if I needed a reference to let her know. Said goodbye to some lovely neighbours who I will see again.

Weird and horrible experience but I am very clear in my mind that her behaviour is the cause - it is very transparent.

@makingmammaries

Thank you.

I will go back to being my cautious, discerning, less trustful self. I will treat this as a social experiment not to be repeated.

And dream of my own place, in a big field, with no one around for me miles.....