I've lived in London flat shares for 2 years now and I have learned a lot about what makes a good or bad housemate. Specifically I can promise:
- I will not move my boyfriend into your flat without asking.
- If I were to move my boyfriend into the flat (which I won't), I would suggest he pays more that 4 % of the rent.
- If I had moved my boyfriend in and he was paying 4 % of the rent, I would not let hm rack up a phone bill which worked out to be more than the 4% of rent he was paying.
- If my moved-in boyfriend had spent so much money on a phone bill I would not then categorically refuse to pay it.
-I will not tell my moved-in boyfriend he can use our living room as storage space for 4 weeks and then be furious at you if you ask me how long he will be using our living room as a storage space.
- I will not complain about you walking on the squeaking floorboards at 8.50 am and yet carry on at full volume during the night, such as have a blazing screaming row complete with door slamming at 2am and then pretend it didn't happen.
- If I were to have such a row, I will not leave the front door open at 2am whilst I continue the row down the street.
- I will not insist that we keep the ground floor window open whilst we are all out of the flat so that the cat can come and go as he pleases.
- If I were to insist that the window stays open so that cat doesn't end up going to the toilet in the flat, I will try to make sure that the dog doesn't poo and wee round the living room.
- I will not pretend you are not there when you are knocking on my bedroom door until you go away.
- I will not get annoyed if you suggest I haven't done any cleaning for weeks whilst at the same time leaving cups around for so long that mould starts to grow in them.
- If we all have our own food and I've helped myself to a bunch of your stuff without asking, I'll let you know.
- If you rearrange any kitchen utensils, bathroom items in such a way that I get really mad, I promise that I'll tell you I'm not happy with what you've done, rather than shouting about how annoyed I am from my own bedroom and then being really nice to your face.
- I will not call any of your colleagues c*nts
- I will never tell any of your friends that their mother should have had an abortion.
- My friends won't come into your room during the night trying to find the toilet.
- If I were to take drugs (which I don't) I will try to do it quietly.
- I will not leave knuckledusters lying around in the hallway.
- I'll try to make sure that my friends don't come over to use one of the rooms in the flat for sex, or that if they do, they wait until you've finished in the room before they start.
- I will not play loud dance music between the hours of 1am and 6.30 am.
- I will not do any DIY at 5.30 am.
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