It Never Ends!

sara86pink

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I need to rant (nowhere near as much I needed to last night!)

Got a text from old housemate (I moved out last Saturday) saying we had a final bill for around £150 for water and gas (bear in mind I set up direct debits but apparently that only covered last years not current bills)

I replied saying no problem but you still owe me money because I had to pay an extra weeks rent because her friend couldnt move in for another week and the landlord took the money from my deposit.

We originally agreed that I would pay it from my deposit and they would each give me a share so that its fair.

So, I said, you pay me the money you owe me so I can put it towards the final bill...

She replied saying they werent going to pay me because I didnt tidy the room properly.

A lot of backwards and forwards text messages with me getting very angry because I did tidy the room and even got my full deposit back so just because it wasnt up to her friends standards, they werent going to give me money they owe me.

I got very upset and angry as lately a lot of my friends have been walking all over me and I felt that this was another walk over. Luckily my OH helped me calm down so I didnt over react to the situation and he also helped me stand my ground and after an hour or so of text messages back and forth, I stood my ground (as I was in the right) and the end result is that I'm paying her my share of the final bills minus what she and her friend owe me.

I'm really glad its sorted and that I stood up for myself and rightly fought my corner but I am just so frustrated that my 'friends' think they can take advantage of me and after some considerate thought I dont even know if they are real friends or not as they never seem to care much about my situation even if though I've told them many times before.

And also, they keep pestering me and almost judging me because I dont go out and party with them anymore because I simply cant afford it and I keep thinking, if they were real friends they would support me not make me feel bad.

Anyways, sorry, rant is now over.

Thanks for taking the time to read

isy1011

Wether you tidy room or not they should still pay their part of the bills thats just an excuse. You stick to your guns if they are real friends they will support you. If they are casual hangers on they will go but that may be a good thing.

LandyAndy

sara86pink wrote: »

I got very upset and angry as lately a lot of my friends have been walking all over me and I felt that this was another walk over. Luckily my OH helped me calm down so I didnt over react to the situation and he also helped me stand my ground and after an hour or so of text messages back and forth, I stood my ground (as I was in the right) and the end result is that I'm paying her my share of the final bills minus what she and her friend owe me.

Which is the common sense solution.

If they think any more is owed let them sue you.:rotfl:

pipsi_2

I'm in a really annoying situation where one of my housemates still owes me his share of the tv licence that i paid in January. Utilities,council tax and water is paid by our landlady CT & WR is paid by a monthly SO and she sends us an email whenever the utility bills come in and lets us know how much we owe. Another of my housemates decided to set up the broadband and i said i would set up the tv licence (i wanted to do this so that it was in my name and i couldn't get into trouble if the tv licence people came around and demanded we each have our own licence as we have separate contracts). She and i worked out the difference between her share of the tv licence and my share of the internet and i paid her the difference so that was settled, the other girl gave me her share. But my male housemate refused to pay, he has a tv in his room so he cant even argue that he never watches tv. I tried to get my landlady involved but she wouldn't. In the end i took what he owed me off one of the bills she sent us and told her that she should chase him for the money. Sharing with people causes no end of problems, he also has DVDs belonging to me that i lent him the first week we moved in, he now refuses to give them back. He has no reason to be like this other than the fact that he's just not a nice person. He really angers me, now i just keep out of his way because it'll only end in a confrontation if i ask him for the money. When he gets drunk he's really nasty and has tried to get into my room on a couple of occasions in the middle of the night, luckily i can lock my door. I can't wait until i can move out!!!!

Blahah

@pipsi that sounds like a nasty situation. The guy just sounds like he needs someone to knock some sense into him! You could take the value of the DVDs off his share of the bill in the same way as you have with his share of the TV licence.