Flat mate taking the P...

Mischa8

Lish wrote: »

Thanks so much for all your replies- I can see both sides of the story with regards to this appearing a bit immature but trust me, when I removed my things out of the kitchen. It was simply out of shear frustration- she showed little or no respect for any of my possessions and I had just had enough. After her locking my cat outside, letting someone use my room, showing absoloutely no consideration for me or the flat etc. etc it was about the only thing I could do seeing as she flatly refused to sit down and discuss the situ and basically avoided me until she moved out!

SO, have spoken to the LA and they advised she will be paying rent until the 6th month is up. Her mum has left me a cheque in my post box for the bills and after being contacted by her mother via email. I finally had chance to set the record straight and voice my feelings on both her and her daughters lack of communication and un-willingness to sort this out. After recieving excuse after excuse (poor ones at that!) I came to realise just where my flat mate gets her immaturity from. Its all done and dusted and I am glad that I got to have my say (nicely) even if it wasnt face to face as I would have liked it to have been!
Me and my puss have been enjoying having free reign of the apartment during this lovely summer weather and I have now decided to look on the bright side of things and have arranged a BBQ for my girlfriends next month- something I wouldnt/couldnt have done whilst my flat mate was around! Yay!

Still have the issues of the bills up to the date she left. I think it will be a case of dealing with them as and when they come in. My LA is doing an inspection of my place tonight and we will also get the opportunity to discuss these types of things and what to do from here on in.... I think I will also hand my notice in to leave at 6 months, I am put of flat-sharing for life now! lol.
Will be interesting to see what the LA's opinion is on it. I have spoken to her a few times on the phone and she has said she cant take sides but she has said a few things that indicate she very much feels sympathy for my situation up to now.
Another possible future problem is that they are waiting for the report to come back re the leaking shower that happened whilst I was away and she seems to think it could have been sabotage. Great.... No point worrying about it now- will just have to cross that bridge when I come to it.

I have got the meter readings and informed the council of the change of status so I am entitled to my 25% discount- thanks for the heads up guys!

Will wait and see what the LA says tonight during the inspection and report to you all tomorow! Seriously, thanks so much for your advice and support over this. It has been a great source of comfort to listen to your opinions on this subject. I really do appreciate it! You stars.

Love Lish x

As a final pointer (and I'm sure you know this anyway) I'd advise you to get copies of everything in future.

You say your mother has left a cheque in your post box for bills, was this for past bills?

Wait and see what bills come in, make copies of them and email/post to your ex-flatmate/her mother. if the rent has been paid up until 6 months then surely this means bills too. Including council tax.

as clutton said afterwards though, now, really, you're in an ideal position if you wanted to be as you could advertise for a 2nd tenant (to start when your 6 month period comes to an end) and then you have the upper hand when it comes to interviewing prospective co-tenants. Get references too!

So sorry you've had to endure all this.

enjoy the BBQ and flatmate free life for the time being! :j

Lish_2

Well, LA came to visit last night and was really considerate and sympathetic of the situation and admitted my flat mate and her mother have been nothing but trouble from the begining! I feel so relieved that they know this has nothing to do with me and that I am not at fault in anyway- apparantly the emails from both her and her mum have been coming in thick and fast for a while now and it was getting so ridiculous, they became the butt of the LA's office jokes for a while! They likened it to a soap opera!

I was amazed to find out that they never informed the LA of the fact that she was moving out- they only found out once I had emailed them to ask them to find out what was going on for me!

Will definately be learning from this for future reference and I will most certainly be photocopying bills and everything from now on. The elec and gas people have agreed to open a seperate account for me to pay my bills (under my name only) with my meter reading and I will be paying half of what is outstanding up to now and will be forwarding the remainder to the LA to give to her and her mum to sort out.

Sorted!

Good news is, things have been going really well with my OH and we have agreed to move in together and start afresh once my 6 months is up in August! So happy! It looks like things really do happen for a reason :-)
Keep your fingers crossed for me and thanks again to you all x x x

Mischa8

Lish wrote: »

Well, LA came to visit last night and was really considerate and sympathetic of the situation and admitted my flat mate and her mother have been nothing but trouble from the begining! I feel so relieved that they know this has nothing to do with me and that I am not at fault in anyway- apparantly the emails from both her and her mum have been coming in thick and fast for a while now and it was getting so ridiculous, they became the butt of the LA's office jokes for a while! They likened it to a soap opera!

I was amazed to find out that they never informed the LA of the fact that she was moving out- they only found out once I had emailed them to ask them to find out what was going on for me!

Will definately be learning from this for future reference and I will most certainly be photocopying bills and everything from now on. The elec and gas people have agreed to open a seperate account for me to pay my bills (under my name only) with my meter reading and I will be paying half of what is outstanding up to now and will be forwarding the remainder to the LA to give to her and her mum to sort out.

Sorted!

Good news is, things have been going really well with my OH and we have agreed to move in together and start afresh once my 6 months is up in August! So happy! It looks like things really do happen for a reason :-)
Keep your fingers crossed for me and thanks again to you all x x x

That's great. So good when you actually have someone on your side (I've never gone through Letting Agencies) who can see things from both POVS but it seems like these people have tested their patience too.

Sadly some people are just like this - I have to ask though - what on earth were they emailing LA about?! *mind boggles* and why was her mother emailing?!

That's really good about the bills too - why should you have to pay extra etc. And I suppose this means for the rest of the tenancy that you and your cat have the flat to yourselves.

Sorry you had to learn this the hard way.

But very pleased for you that things are going well between you and boyfriend. Good luck for the future/