The Mess

I have created the worst mess ever. First I sent a message to my landlord telling them I was moving out.

They replied asking me if there was something they needed to address. I said all was fine, only sometimes people didn’t clean up after themselves in the kitchen. Which is true.

My landlord then mistakenly thought (or played on that by purpose, which I don’t know) that I was moving out only because of the mess in the kitchen. He then sent a text message to my other three housemates

saying she would send a cleaner and charge it from the deposit. The girl I was sharing with thought

it was unreasonable (which it was!) and immediately submitted her notice, intending to move in with a friend and refusing to pay anything. Another housemate called them up and was very rude on the phone. My landlord apparently didn't accept that tone and immediately gave him notice to move out. After a week he moved into a colleague’s house.

The third and last housemate knew he could not move out as he only planned to stay in Basingstoke another couple of months and moving house normally involves signing up for at least six months. He rode the storm out and suddenly was the only one left in the house. As no one else would move in before Christmas, he is now bound to pay for internet, TV, phone and gas himself, costing him at least £20 extra per week.

But what do I care?