We have a dish issue at our place too. 6 roomates (used to be 7 until one punched the landlord's son, a friend of mine and fellow roomate, in a drunken rage).
The ONLY person in the house who uses dishes complained non-stop about no one doing them (he's the one who got kicked out). I use paper plates when I'm not eating out, or just do a microwave meal and a plastic fork.
Every once in a while I just get sick of not having any pans when I feel like cooking, so I'll spend 15 minutes and clean EVERY DISH IN THE HOUSE. Its insane that it only takes 15 minutes, and no one ever does them...
Except for that one guy, every roomate we have had or have has been great. I went to highschool with 3 of them (two are close friends of mine). Another is a friend of my friend, and the last guy is like 25 and acts pretty mature. Its a pretty big house with 2 full kitchens, 2 living rooms, 7 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. So there's always privacy. Noise isn't a real issue, I'm usually the last one to go to sleep, which is good since I'm usually super-sensitive to noise :)
Only other little problems that come up are usually about doing laundry late at night (laundry machine is close to one person's room), and cold water in the morning (4 people wake up at 9am).
House stays pretty clean except for the normal sink-full of dishes. I throw out old food in the fridge when I go shopping so it stays clean. 2 of my roomates are girls, they live in the basement which is like its own little apartment. One has a boyfriend (a close aquaintance of mine from highschool). He doesnt pay rent, and technicly isnt allowed to live here. To make up for no one ratting him out he takes out the garbage and stuff :). One of my friends is obsessed with keeping our main living room clean, so its always swept and stuff (we just got a new 40" HD tv, dvd player, ps2, and xbox to compliment our nice stereo, a light machine that dances to music, and fog machines).
Everyone donates money for beer, so we are always stocked. Another friend of one of my friend keeps us stocked on other various forms of alcohol. Parties are always cool, usually 5-10 people get-togethers, stays under control, no cops, everyone in bed by 3-4am.
I've lived here now for 2 years, except for a 4 months break in the middle. Its by far the cheapest place around since we were the first tenants after my friend's mom bought the place, and she keeps our rent the same ($260 including utilities), even though our neighbors ALL pay $300+ PLUS utilities. Still a rip-off considering we could have bought the place and paid less per month with a mortgage, but its a college town, and 100 yards off campus, I can pick up and leave any time, so I deal with it. Its also fun to sit on our porch and watch people get arrested and couches burn (both happened in the last few days) since we live on a party street.
So my roomates are pretty cool. Even the one who got kicked out was never a problem with me.
The ONLY person in the house who uses dishes complained non-stop about no one doing them (he's the one who got kicked out). I use paper plates when I'm not eating out, or just do a microwave meal and a plastic fork.
Every once in a while I just get sick of not having any pans when I feel like cooking, so I'll spend 15 minutes and clean EVERY DISH IN THE HOUSE. Its insane that it only takes 15 minutes, and no one ever does them...
Except for that one guy, every roomate we have had or have has been great. I went to highschool with 3 of them (two are close friends of mine). Another is a friend of my friend, and the last guy is like 25 and acts pretty mature. Its a pretty big house with 2 full kitchens, 2 living rooms, 7 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. So there's always privacy. Noise isn't a real issue, I'm usually the last one to go to sleep, which is good since I'm usually super-sensitive to noise :)
Only other little problems that come up are usually about doing laundry late at night (laundry machine is close to one person's room), and cold water in the morning (4 people wake up at 9am).
House stays pretty clean except for the normal sink-full of dishes. I throw out old food in the fridge when I go shopping so it stays clean. 2 of my roomates are girls, they live in the basement which is like its own little apartment. One has a boyfriend (a close aquaintance of mine from highschool). He doesnt pay rent, and technicly isnt allowed to live here. To make up for no one ratting him out he takes out the garbage and stuff :). One of my friends is obsessed with keeping our main living room clean, so its always swept and stuff (we just got a new 40" HD tv, dvd player, ps2, and xbox to compliment our nice stereo, a light machine that dances to music, and fog machines).
Everyone donates money for beer, so we are always stocked. Another friend of one of my friend keeps us stocked on other various forms of alcohol. Parties are always cool, usually 5-10 people get-togethers, stays under control, no cops, everyone in bed by 3-4am.
I've lived here now for 2 years, except for a 4 months break in the middle. Its by far the cheapest place around since we were the first tenants after my friend's mom bought the place, and she keeps our rent the same ($260 including utilities), even though our neighbors ALL pay $300+ PLUS utilities. Still a rip-off considering we could have bought the place and paid less per month with a mortgage, but its a college town, and 100 yards off campus, I can pick up and leave any time, so I deal with it. Its also fun to sit on our porch and watch people get arrested and couches burn (both happened in the last few days) since we live on a party street.
So my roomates are pretty cool. Even the one who got kicked out was never a problem with me.
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