Living update
So I'm currently renting a room in a house, for $500 (about E350) a month, all bills included. It's central. It's really convenient for transportation all over the Metro area (Vancouver, Surrey, Richmond, and so on. I live in the area of several overlapping cities). I can get pretty much *anywhere* in 30 minutes.
It's month-to-month, which means we get new people into the building either every two months, at the most. 8 people tend to live here.
And it's been drama-free, until this last week.
The building is split into two floors, 4 bedrooms per floor. There's also a kitchen and bathroom on each floor, and a staircase joins the two floors. There's one living room, upstairs (though in Canadian houses the 'upstairs' is the ground floor, and the ground-floor is the 'basement suite'. No, I don't get it either).
About a month ago, a Japanese guy (Takuma) moved in upstairs. His gf spends a lot of time here. More power to them, frankly.
About a week ago, to escape the summer heat, he moved downstairs to one of the basement rooms. Now, apparently, his having a gf over daily is a problem. His using the upstairs showers is a problem (we've never given a crap about who used which bathroom before). Several complaints have been lodged with the landlord about him having his gf over, and using the 'wrong' bathroom.
The landlord informed him that he now needs to limit the amount of times (and the amount of time) she spends here. Bearing in mind that she wasn't staying overnight (much), and that she was really only here in the evenings, this strikes me as ridiculous. I didn't sign any contract that said 'if you wish to have a love life, move out'.
Takuma and Braum are quiet, unobtrusive, and largely keep themselves to themselves.
I attempted to have a conversation (email) with the landlord. Up until this point, he's been pretty good, friendly, very helpful. In this case, he misrepresented the situation and (essentially) told me that if I was intending to do the misrepresented situation then I should move out.
20 minutes ago, Yuki (Japanese guy who rents a room upstairs) asked me, somewhat shocked, if Takuma had just used the upstairs shower. I said yes, what of it? He said he's not supposed to, and then failed to provide any reason for this belief.
I'm done. I'm looking into moving out, and getting an apartment so I don't have to deal with this tripe. I don't need to deal with children at this point, and I have (I think) enough of an income to afford a full apartment of my own.