I live in in a town home with two guys. One is my roommate from college and long time friend. The other is the 'landlord' who we know through a friend of a friend. Unfortunately he doesn't know how to do upkeep on a home. There has been a leak in the faucet, which is slowly going to rot out the wood beneath it. Even after him telling about it a few times over the last month, he hasn't done anything. He keeps saying he will let his parents know so they can fix it. He is actually renting the town home from his parents until he can afford to purchase it himself. Besides the risk of black mold, it doesn't both me too much. It's his lost since that will devalue the price of his home.
But today I saw something that really pissed me off and made me start thinking about moving out after only two months. Luckily I didn't sign a lease, so this is perfectly feasible. Noticing some black rice-shaped objects on the bathroom floor, I figured my roommate just tracked some mud into the bathroom. Then I started remembering hearing mice/rats/raccoons at night in the walls and thought it could have been mice droppings. I begin to track the droppings downstairs and found many by the couch, trash, pantry, etc. It's pretty sickening and I don't know how to approach the problem. Do I talk to the landlord/roommate or go straight to the owners? Is living with mice considered livable conditions? I really enjoy the close proximity to work of the town home, but living conditions like make me want to just move back to my parents house and suck up the forty-five minute commute.
But today I saw something that really pissed me off and made me start thinking about moving out after only two months. Luckily I didn't sign a lease, so this is perfectly feasible. Noticing some black rice-shaped objects on the bathroom floor, I figured my roommate just tracked some mud into the bathroom. Then I started remembering hearing mice/rats/raccoons at night in the walls and thought it could have been mice droppings. I begin to track the droppings downstairs and found many by the couch, trash, pantry, etc. It's pretty sickening and I don't know how to approach the problem. Do I talk to the landlord/roommate or go straight to the owners? Is living with mice considered livable conditions? I really enjoy the close proximity to work of the town home, but living conditions like make me want to just move back to my parents house and suck up the forty-five minute commute.