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Would you say anything about lodgers excessive use of washing machine?

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  • jayss
    jayss Posts: 543 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    A tennant would be paying the bill for their electric.
    Lodgers dont have the same rights as tennants, and anyway in a shared living situation its not about rights, its about harmony. Everyone has to adapt to each other and be aware of their actions on the other people, and pay their way, regardless of who is lodger and who is landlady.

    If someone uses masses more electric they should pay a bigger slice of the bill, if they drink 3x as much milk they contribute more milk.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    RetroBob wrote: »
    7 towels a day? I make one last a couple of weeks if I leave it to dry properly.


    :eek:

    I change towels ...two towels one or body one for hair, every three days. Plus there are bath mats etc.

    I chnge bedding two-three times a week. Depending on how many of us in the bed and time of year.

    There are all the clothes to be washed, and of course non weekly washing items (cushions/loose covers/any washable curttains/floor rugs etc). Which might not need washing often, but if you have a few things they can add up. Our bedroom floor rug however tend to make it in the wash avery few weeks, and the ones in the down stairs hall way once a week.

    I don't think many weeks go by when I don't do at least a wash a day. Often more. Often several loads a day.

    But I don't think even I managed an average of 8 loads a week when single :)
  • pawpurrs
    pawpurrs Posts: 3,910 Forumite
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    How many normally in the bed Lostinrates? :eek:

    I have to say bedlinen only changed once every six weeks :eek:

    I had a lodger with the opposite problem, she didnt change the sheets (and they were my sheets) in the six mths she was here, I asked her for them after a while....... She left shortly afterwards....
    However she had no problem putting the machine on for one or two items, fdrove me insane, I did ask if she would put her things in a basket and I would do a wash when I had enough, she didnt like that, and she never unloaded the machine either, it would stay in there for days, if I didnt unload it.
    Pawpurrs x ;)
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    pawpurrs wrote: »
    How many normally in the bed Lostinrates? :eek:

    .

    Thought noone would notice that, lol
  • clairet707
    clairet707 Posts: 385 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Home Insurance Hacker!
    :eek:

    I change towels ...two towels one or body one for hair, every three days. Plus there are bath mats etc.

    I chnge bedding two-three times a week. Depending on how many of us in the bed and time of year.

    changing towels every 3 days and bedding two or three times a week :eek:

    How dirty are you?? :rotfl:

    I have a shower every day and wash my (long) hair every other day but my towels dont get dirty, just damp, I hang them up and then they are fine for the next day

    Similarly my bedding as I have a shower every day, my bedding doesnt exactly get dirty...

    i thought this was a money saving website - you could save yourself a small fortune (and stress) by not washing things as often
  • bendix
    bendix Posts: 5,499 Forumite
    poppysarah wrote: »
    She is not a tenant. She is a lodger. They are very very different things.

    Not under the law, they aren't.

    Anyway, it all sounds rather mean-spirited to me. On both sides.

    And this thread reminds me of the Les Dawson sketch of two northern women gossiping over the backyard fence.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    clairet707 wrote: »
    changing towels every 3 days and bedding two or three times a week :eek:

    How dirty are you?? :rotfl:

    I have a shower every day and wash my (long) hair every other day but my towels dont get dirty, just damp, I hang them up and then they are fine for the next day

    Similarly my bedding as I have a shower every day, my bedding doesnt exactly get dirty...

    i thought this was a money saving website - you could save yourself a small fortune (and stress) by not washing things as often

    Well, I ''work'' with dirt and animals (not paid for it though ), but that doesn't get on my towels because I'm clean b the time I pick up a towel...but even if I didn't,-

    beds get sweaty, and that hardly romantic, and romantic beds keep us spending money in otherways ;). Towels harbour bacteria. Its not dirt, its that they make really good breeding grounds as they are 'damped' every day, I wet my hair everyday.
  • clairet707
    clairet707 Posts: 385 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Home Insurance Hacker!
    bendix wrote: »
    Not under the law, they aren't.

    Anyway, it all sounds rather mean-spirited to me. On both sides.

    And this thread reminds me of the Les Dawson sketch of two northern women gossiping over the backyard fence.

    Actually under the law they are!

    Lodgers do not have any where near as many rights as a tenant..

    http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/lodgers_rent-a-room.htm
  • "Would you say anything about lodgers excessive use of washing machine? "

    Yes, I would say ... "stop using the washing machine so much"

    ;@)
  • poet123
    poet123 Posts: 24,099 Forumite
    RetroBob wrote: »
    7 towels a day? I make one last a couple of weeks if I leave it to dry properly.
    :eek: :eek: not for 5 people, 1 each for showers and 2 towels for the lads to take to the gym.
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