Money Moral Dilemma: Does our flatmate deserve our leftover cash?

AnneMary

And two wrongs make a right?

If you have a problem with something (e.g. lack of cleaning effort) you should have discussed it at the time.

meknowalot-51

Yes,you should confront him about his lack of help in cleaning up the flat.Then tell him about the extra cash from bills paid and give him his third share,that way you end up not being a thief.Ask yourself this,if you were to share a flat again would you prefer the slightly unhelpful man or the female thief?

csgohan4

mattk_180 wrote: »

Whilst I don't disagree with the most of your post, rather than it being "moral" to give it back, it would be more a legal issue than a moral one!


Also, to suggest hiring a cleaner on a money saving website probably isn't the best suggestion.

Some LL's require the flat required to be professionally cleaned with a copy of the receipt to be happy.


It's probably better in terms of time and no dispute of cost and split it with how ever many people living there.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

This isn't real. It's a hypothetical to "encourage discussion". And, as usual, for reasons best known to themselves, they have picked a hypothetical where it's impossible to have any opinion but the obvious and correct one. I don't know why they do this; I can only imagine they don't like argument and like to see threads where 100 people say the same thing one after the other.

Pixie5740

csgohan4 wrote: »

Some LL's require the flat required to be professionally cleaned with a copy of the receipt to be happy.


It's probably better in terms of time and no dispute of cost and split it with how ever many people living there.

Some landlords might require the tenants in bed by 10pm every night or it's smacked bottoms all round. It doesn't make it any more enforceable that a landlord's requirement to use "professional" cleaners. It's the end result that's important not the method of achieving it.

Maat

The money is not to do with the clean-up but with the fact that the three of you shared the rent and bills for however long you were there. Why not use the money to take the three of you out for a nice meal and tell the idler she can pay for the drinks to make up for not joining in the clean-up?

crmism

Assuming this to be an authentic plea for advice, I'm unsure how refunds of energy costs and council tax bear any relation to the amount of work done to leave the place habitable and clean. Whether you like it or not, the third occupant is entitled to his share of the money. Why didn't you all sit down and agree beforehand who should do what, and write it down?

What bothers me more than anything, though, is the inference that the place was in such a disgusting state that it required so much work to clean it up and leave it in the condition in which you found it. If yours is a typical example, it's no wonder that so many caught in tenancy arrangements, when giving up possession, leave responsible landlords with the short straw, ie repairs and maintenance to make the place liveable for the next occupant. :cool:

Pixie5740

What does cleaning have to do with repairs and maintenance?