Oh man, are you having roommate issues too? This was the last official day for my worst-roommate-ever, in fact. We are officially on relatively cordial terms, meanwhile my seething anger roils continually under the surface. I haven't written about it, partly because she's the sister of a very good friend on my f-list. So, what was her end-of-lease stunt for you? For me, it was that she moved out 10 days ago, but made her room (which I am trying to move into before the next renter arrives to take mine) nearly off-limits until she was able to come back and collect the last 1% of her belongings, which she finally did at the last possible moment this evening. She was surprised that I would even consider asking her to get a move on before that (because she had paid through the end of the month, after all!). I have never encountered this logic before but whatever. Now my choice not to fight with her comes to bite me in the ass, as it turns out her boxspring (which she inexplicably never put on a frame) had staples and metal on the bottom which have totally gouged the floor, and the landlord wants to get a guy in to fix it, which will take who knows how long -- likely with a full re-surfacing of the entire hardwood floor. And I am stuck unable to move out of my room, with the new renter arriving on Friday night and expecting the clean, furnished room that I will somehow have ready for him. She's already going to lose probably her entire sec. deposit to the landlords over the floor. I just wish I had taken a sec. deposit of my own! The landlord won't let me just ignore the damage until I myself move out, because he says the labor costs will have increased too much by then. But just where in hell are me and my new renter going to sleep?
*aahhhh* good to have an excuse to vent :-)
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