I thought my rental horror story from a few months back was over for good. Now, that story has a sequel.
For those unfamiliar with the bullshit I had to deal with in order to stay at my house, please read this - basically, rent wasn't paid, banks denied loans and extinguished all hope we had for staying at our place, and right before we were set to get kicked out, the offending housemate's father pays the due rent and the world was happy once more. Or so we thought...
Right before our last lease expired, the housemates that weren't paying rent were contacted by our real estate office and they were told that the owner would not allow them to sign a new lease and continue their tenancy in the house - in other words, they were kicked out. After a two-week period of living in the house after the lease had expired, simply because they are friends and hadn't found a place yet, they found somewhere and moved there. The problem stems from this two-week period.
One of my housemates committed a horrible act of doublespeak, assumedly so that he'd save face and not be seen as the 'bad guy' from either side: To the old tenants, he said they could live there as 'guests' until they found a place. To the tenants moving in, he said that he didn't want them paying rent until the old tenants had moved out. I've talked with the old and new housemates about this, and they agree that this was happening. The thing is, the doublespeaking housemate in question denies this, and instead says he told the old housemates they could split one-fifth of the total rent while they stayed. The old housemates never heard anything about this, and thus assumed they were simply non-paying guests until they found a new house.
The solution to this problem was cooked up by the double-speaker and one of the new housemates - they suggested we all split the cost, the rationale being 'it's not our problem, but it's not one person's problem, so we all have to fix it.' Personally, I beg to differ.
So here I am, torn between paying up for something I had no hand in (and being pressured to do so by the one that paid up to the real estate office when they threatened to kick us all out within seven days) and telling the two-faced housemate that created this mess to foot the bill himself and doubtlessly lose him as a friend as a result.
I need a new house.
For those unfamiliar with the bullshit I had to deal with in order to stay at my house, please read this - basically, rent wasn't paid, banks denied loans and extinguished all hope we had for staying at our place, and right before we were set to get kicked out, the offending housemate's father pays the due rent and the world was happy once more. Or so we thought...
Right before our last lease expired, the housemates that weren't paying rent were contacted by our real estate office and they were told that the owner would not allow them to sign a new lease and continue their tenancy in the house - in other words, they were kicked out. After a two-week period of living in the house after the lease had expired, simply because they are friends and hadn't found a place yet, they found somewhere and moved there. The problem stems from this two-week period.
One of my housemates committed a horrible act of doublespeak, assumedly so that he'd save face and not be seen as the 'bad guy' from either side: To the old tenants, he said they could live there as 'guests' until they found a place. To the tenants moving in, he said that he didn't want them paying rent until the old tenants had moved out. I've talked with the old and new housemates about this, and they agree that this was happening. The thing is, the doublespeaking housemate in question denies this, and instead says he told the old housemates they could split one-fifth of the total rent while they stayed. The old housemates never heard anything about this, and thus assumed they were simply non-paying guests until they found a new house.
The solution to this problem was cooked up by the double-speaker and one of the new housemates - they suggested we all split the cost, the rationale being 'it's not our problem, but it's not one person's problem, so we all have to fix it.' Personally, I beg to differ.
So here I am, torn between paying up for something I had no hand in (and being pressured to do so by the one that paid up to the real estate office when they threatened to kick us all out within seven days) and telling the two-faced housemate that created this mess to foot the bill himself and doubtlessly lose him as a friend as a result.
I need a new house.
And thanks for the compliment on my replaced set!