I want to say, I love my lodger and hope she rents my room forever.
However, we share a tiny 1 bedroom house and I think inviting her adult kids into the house was ill-advised. She has told me they would be leaving today, but they are still here. They have been here 4 days.
In the time they have been here, they have:
- Had 1 hour showers in the evening
- Used all the hot water (30 gallon tank) and then acted shocked that there was no more, demanding an explanation as to why the hot water wasn't working.
- Got BACK IN the shower AGAIN after the hot water came back on an hour later, like using my entire tank wasn't enough (Bills are included in her rent)
- Sloshed water ALL over the floor and water has literally leaked into the ceiling below so its dripping through the floorboards.
When I showed her kids the leak and politely asked them to not get water on the floor, there was no apology. When I asked them to take shorter showers, they started to take a shower in the morning and the evening.
I don't know how to manage this, and I really like my lodger. She's very nice and from Portugal and her family are based in Portugal, so I understand that must be hard for her. The property is entirely unsuitable for 4 people to share it and I'm holding in my piss for unacceptable amounts of time and even had to piss in an empty yoghurt container. I don't understand why they didn't just get a hotel, there's a BnB on our road. I'm not a millionaire and energy is extremely, extremely expensive.
She told me they were coming after she booked their flights and she did the same thing when her husband came, but he wasn't any trouble. She said they'd be flying today, I really don't know how much longer I can stand sharing a tiny 1 bed with 3 other people.
I'm in the top bedroom, she's in the living room/kitchen. The rent is substantially reduced due to this setup and I don't cook.