What should I do about a bad roommate?

Question

For one, he seems to think that even if you're sitting in the room, all the lights have to be off. He thinks because he enjoys sitting in the dark that everyone else does and it just irritates myself and people that I bring over.

He hogs the XBOX 360 all day. From the time he gets home from work to the time he goes to bed, he constantly plays it and won't let anybody else play (unless of course he gets to play too).

He lives by the double-standard. When I leave a light on for 2 minutes he complains about it, but if he leaves 2 TV's on and leaves for 3 hours it's "whatever". Also I had to ask if I could get a dog but he didn't have to ask if his dog could stay here

He never cleans anything. He leaves the dirty dishes in the sink and the clean ones in the dishwasher. The living room has cans and bottles and other junk everywhere because he doesn't clean them up.

There's more problems that I can't fit. I'd move out but there's nobody that can take me in. I don't know what to do. Help

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Here's more about the roommate from hell...

Yet another double standard...it's ok for our other roommate to sit in his room with his girlfriend, but when I'm in my room with mine he complains that I don't sit downstairs.

Just yesterday, my girlfriend was over and wanted to play Guitar Hero (we could play since he wasn't home). Well we thought we could...turns out he lent my guitar controller to his brother.

He would give his dog all of mine's food so I had to buy more dog food twice as fast. Then he whined when I bought my dog a bag of food to keep in my room. Speaking of the dog, ever since he brought his here, my dog went from having full roam of the house to being locked in my room all day.

When he painted the living room a couple weeks ago, he left the paint tray and brushes on the kitchen counter....and they're still there.

Him and his girlfriend use my soap and shampoo all the time. I bought a bottle of soap 2 weeks ago and it's already almost empty. And of course he doesn't replenish it so I have to now 3 times as quickly as normal.

He always complains that he has no money and yet he just spent $350 on his girlfriend for Christmas.

Plus, on top of all this, he's lied to my face many times about quitting smoking weed, and yet, you guessed it, everytime he said he was gonna stop, he started again 3 days later.

I can;t even go to our landlord, because our landlord is his mother. So of course she's gonna side with him

And one more thing, I've been physically sick for the past month because he house is so dirty and with probable mold in the air since he refuses to clean his messes

Answer 1

He sounds terrible! Speak to your landlord, and tell them that your roommate is creating a health and safety risk by never cleaning up. Say he's being unreasonable and is causing psychological stress by making you sit in the dark (I'm assuming you're talking about night-time or a really dark room: if this is daylight hours, it's annoying but not grounds for eviction). Ask to have him kicked out. If your landlord refuses, you could try getting a health and safety inspector to back you up. You could also promise to find an alternate roommate to replace him, so the landlord is not losing any rent.

If he wants the lights off for the electricity bill, add a little to the amount you pay every month. Then he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Here's some advice that was given to me when I had a very messy housemate: buy a big, sealable plastic bin. If he leaves a mess, bin it. If it's your plates or pots, wash them, but then put them away in your cupboard (get a padlock for your cupboard door. Make a simple rule: if you don't clean up, you don't get plates.

Meanwhile, you might want to start looking for a new place...

Answer 2

Put all the crap that he leaves all over the house/apt in his room when he's not there and when he starts fussing about ridiculous things, remind him that YOU live there too, which means you pay half the rent so back off. And about the dishes, leave him notes every time you leave the house about how you loaded the dishwasher and tell him that it needs to be unloaded. About the Xbox, tell him you want to play when you think it should be your turn - what's he going to do? Tell you "no"? Unless it's his haha. You two will either get into it and he'll move out or he'll start pulling his own weight

Answer 3

who pays the bills?
Stand up for yourself or go to the nearest homeless shelter.

Answer 4

you let him know who you feel and believe in yourself. have confidence with your roommate and try to be his buddy so you and him can get things done.

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