Missing lodger

Person_one

Any update?

cyantist

Yes! I spoke to his mom. She said she has had the same problem with the phone going straight through to answerphone but she spoke to him today and his phone has been playing up. He apparently has been ill over the past couple of weeks so maybe that explains why he firstly hasn't been back and also why he forgot the rent however it's not the greatest excuse.

Anyway he's not lying in a ditch somewhere and she said she will either call me back after she speaks to him next or get him to call me ASAP.

meritaten

What a relief!
yes phones can play up - my own mobie had a phase of playing dead a while back! its ok now but I suspect as it has to be charged every couple of days the battery is on the way out.
but, if in a few days he hasn't contacted you or paid his rent - I would suspect he has found a place to live.
good to hear he is ok though.

LilElvis

I'm glad that your mind has been put at rest, but he sounds like an unreliable flake. Do you need this sort of grief in your life? Can you find someone more "regular" in their habits, or is it actually quite nice that he pays rent but is home very little? Your call as to how to move forward, but at least you can sleep easy tonight.

Savvy_Sue

For future reference, the police have ways of saying and not saying things which can communicate quite effectively ...

FBaby

Good news that he is not dead, but sorry, don't believe for a second that he hasn't come back or made contact because he is ill, unless it is seriously ill and his mum would know.

I think the issue has now moved from worrying about him, to worrying about your rent and his stuff at your house. Have you tried to call him again? Surely after that conversation with his mum she would have called him and he would have called you to apologise, or his mum would have sorted the rent for him.

Something fishy is going on, and personally, I would become very wary at this stage.

peachyprice

Glad he's alive and kicking but it sounds a bit fishy to me.

Ill where? If you were ill why would you go AWOL? Surely you'd be at home in bed, at your parents, or in his case at his Granny's he sees every day?

Does he have anything of value at yours or is it all cheap replaceable stuff he could move elsewhere without?

jenhug

My money is on he is banged up.

cyantist

He is at his nan's apparently.

The last time I saw him he mentioned he had an abscess on his tooth and was trying to get a dentist appointment as it was agony. His mom mentioned that he had an abscess that burst and he was quite ill so it does fit. She was obviously very annoyed with him and I don't think that would be the case of he was banged up.

Her calls aren't getting through either. She said he was supposed to call her, but she wasn't convinced he was going to. She said she would ask him to contact us ASAP when she did speak to him.

It is all replaceable stuff as far as I can tell. But replacing all that stuff would still be quite expensive. However there is nothing to stop him coming back when we're out as taking all his stuff back.

lee111s

If you've not heard from him by Monday, change the locks and advise his Mum that he no longer has a room at your place and should he wish to collect his stuff then you will keep it for a number of weeks (you decide) after which it will be given to charity.


I'd also be keeping his deposit as he has unpaid rent.