Housemates.
I will most likely be moving this month, into a house with two other laydeez.

Anybody have experience sharing a house?
Tell me your horror stories, shared rules, or you can just tell me to fuck off.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:02, 11 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Fuck off
1. People's roles within the house establish themselves very quickly - don't accidentally find yourself as 'the one who does all the cleaning' or whatever. Anal as it sounds, prearranged rotas can help avoid resentment and discord.

2. There are two principal types of flatmate:
a) people with their own lives who just need to share a place for money reasons
b) people for whom their flatmates are their best mates and want to do social stuff with them - the type who get funny if you don't want to 'participate'.
Both are valid approaches in their own way but it would be wise to establish what kind of scene you are moving into.

3. You also need to know what the fridge rules are. Some people are fucking uptight about you having a bit of milk etc - others take the piss and nick all your stuff.

The main things people fall out over are:

1. paying for bills/rent on time
2. food theft or food paranoia
3. mess
4. boy/girlfriends who pay no rent but are constantly around using the utilities

Ground rules for these will help A LOT.

Christ I'm glad I live on my own...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:12, Reply)

We're going to talk about stuffs on thursday.
Girl A owns the house, Girl B has been living there since Girl A bought it so essentially they've got their shit together I just need to assimilate. Basically I'll be paying Girl A for my room, in which I will be 90% of the time I'm there.

We're not omgbessstmatesss but aquaintances and I don't think it will be a problem as far as wanting to be together all_the_fucking time...which is what happened when I lived with the omgbestmate, bitch got on my nerves.

edit: Also, thanks for the info
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:22, Reply)

You should totally have
pyjama parties and evenings where you just lounge around in sexy negligee's and pillow fights and stuff.

And then tell us all about them so we can get our palms all sweaty.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:32, Reply)

I've already been warned about Girl A lounging around in her boxers and sports bra.
I suppose I'll have to incorporate some fiction into whatever I tell you.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:40, Reply)

OMG HOW DID YOU KNOW THATS EXACTLY WHAT ME AND MY FLATMATES DO??

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:53, Reply)

Further to 2(b)
beware of living with any group of people who affix the word "house" to every noun: house dinner, house poker night, house toilet roll, house drinks cabinet, etc. They can be completely normal or, as previously documented, they can be the kind who will get the epic, epic arse if you want to socialise outside the house (pointed looks, snubs, trying to convince you to dump your boyfriend so you can be The Single House Of Permanently Wasted Tarts). From the sound of things I don't think you'll have this problem but it's a big part of why I'm reluctant to live other than on my own since final year of uni...
( Maladicta, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 19:17, Reply)

One thing is a must
That is to piss in their shampoo. I would say Jizz but I gather that you're a female.

So yeah, piss in their shampoo whether they deserve it or not, because they'll be doing the same to you.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:41, Reply)

I fucking hate one of my flatmates, actually hate him, can't wait for him to fuck off to whatever hole he wants (as long as it's not my hole).
He uses the living room as his personal space, and if anyone else is in the living room, he resents it. He's allowed people around all the time, but if I have someone 'round, they have to hang in my bedroom. Yes, this is my flat. I can watch what I want on the telly as long as he isn't in the house, and when he is, it's football and nothing else, sevral games a night. Sometimes if I want to watch TV and he wants to be quiet, he'll stop me or my other flatmate watching telly, opting for the quietness.

He's a fucking prick and I hate him, and I wish I chucked him out over a year ago, he was the main reason my other flatmate left, but I can't do that, because it's my flat.

I can't even sleep on my sofa infront of my telly using my sky, when he's here, because he'll intentionaly wake me up every minuite.

Fucking prick, serious fucking prick, I said to him a couple of days ago "you're not really happy here, are you?" and he said "no, not really", the main complaints were outside of my control, like the tube breaking down. I said "We'll call this month [nov-dec] your last month" and he said "It might be a bit tight, let's call it early january". Fucking hell, like a mug I said 'ok', like he would give me a month's notice if he wanted to fuck off.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:46, Reply)

I'm not going to ask the obvious or say the obvious.
But he's clearly a cunt and I hope he's out of your hair sooner than planned.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:53, Reply)

Share food and washing up
it's cheaper and stops about 7billion argument.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:52, Reply)

it's cheap rent, and helping with groceries.
I don't mind cooking or cleaning, I'm like the mum at home :/
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 18:57, Reply)