c*nts for housemates.

LOL, thaks for the replies guys, I had to get out of the house so went away for the weekend. Here’s the deal. I moved down to Keele to start a course to lead onto a PGCE, and as I started this course in January I didn’t have that much choice in student houses. I was “lucky” to find this one. £65 a week, bills included and I spoke to the people before I moved in and they seemed ok. What has transpired since is no major arguments, I have been the model housemate, lending them text books, doing their washing up, keeping the communal areas of the house clean etc.

One of them is awesome, she is friendly, will take time out of her day to say hi, talk to me whilst cooking, play Playstation, etc. The other two are a couple who live in the two largest rooms of the house (I have a box room which is very much a tiny tiny room). The first thing to get on my goat is that it turns out that despite not sleeping in her room, the young lady deems herself important enough to have a larger room than me, first come first served you might say, until you learn I am paying £5 a week more than anyone else, yet still I have the smallest room (let’s face it, it’s still a bargain at that price!). ANyway, the internet was a problem, we didn’t have any, no ones fault except Sky’s (they never bothered to fix a problem with the exchange which Virgin were more than happy to chase up with for the new customers!) and eventually the landlord took out the internet (8 meg ADSL) in his name. For some bizarre reason the modem and router have been situated in the guys room (to clarify, not the landlord, just a tenant) and that’s where the problem really starts.

First off their reason they don’t want to open (forward) any ports is that they don’t want to take a risk with a virus or other such crap, and if that is what the firewall has been set up as on the router then that is what they will leave it as. Secondly they have the audacity to say to me that I am here to work, and that is all they use the internet for, therefore that is all I should use the internet for. Thirdly they scoff at me relaxing by playing online games (Sam -“I don’t have time to relax, I would lovce to take a holiday, but I can’t, I have too much work to do, that’s just the way it is” me – “but at least if you do your work and have the time you CAN take a holiday, I’m not allowed too relax how I want?” Sam – “no”).

My beef here is that I pay equal amounts for the internet, I should be allowed to use it exactly how I want too. Their opinion is that I pay equal amounts for the internet, therefore I should use exactly what they use it for to remain fair. Personally I have had enough, I would dearly love to move out, but I really don’t know where I would find a house right now, at this juncture, which would last for the next few months (when I am moving again!).

They have managed to make me feel distnctly unwelcome in my own house, I have recently found out that part of the reason that the first girl moved out (the one I took over from) was because they sustained a war of terror on her, by playing trance music realy loud to annoy her, etc. Apparently she was a bit if a bitch herself, but that doesn’t justify it. I am at a loss as to what to do.

Thinking about it, might just move out though, I am currently looking for places to move out to, but god damn this place is convenient for me, and realtively cheap!