u/Ordinary_Orange_8342

Sucks when you have no choice I’d literally be homeless if I didn’t work full time to only afford one room in a house share not even my own bathroom. I’m going insane and can’t get help again because I work the same hours as all healthcare can barely make my chronic illness appointments. My boyfriend said he thinks if I “act crazy” at work like I do at home I’ll get fired and that’s a real fear for me. I work in a posh tiny little village. Everyone knows everyone. I feel like I’m going to break and end up back in hospital again. I also think I’ve got bipolar but I know the GP can’t diagnose that and like prescribe me lithium to try. I’m just stuck. I’m evil angry horrible person

Having severe mental health problems and chronic illness yet having to work full time is rough. Have to be ok for the 8.5 hours Monday to Friday then have no energy to do anything after work. Everything else just falls apart. I barely shower my room is a mess my relationship is suffering because I can be a horrible nasty person then impulsive and a bit crazy. Don’t have time to go to therapy again because guess what they all work the same hours as me. I can barely make my specialist appointments for my chronic illness because oh yeah they’re also Monday-Friday 9-5. Always see things in the news that mental health and disability isn’t an excuse to not work but it feels like there’s so little support for those of us that do. I have no choice not to work. I wish I did I wish I could afford to work part time in like a garden centre or something chill.

Feel like I’m days away from doing something and getting sacked or sectioned. My boyfriend said last night he’s worried I’m going to get sacked if I “act crazy” in work.

I also think I might have bipolar. I’ve tried to become less worried with labels but SSRIs SNRI vortioxetine stop working so fast. My moods all over the place and I hallucinate. It’s all been put down to BPD but I’ve had so much DBT I feel like I can manage those symptoms but my moods still so bad and weird. My therapy stopped because I got an eating disorder and they decided that was more important at the time and then ED services never referred me back to complex care team. I have no support but even if I was offered any I don’t think I could accept because I work.

I’m so paranoid I live in house share and hate other people living with me (they’re nice people) it’s just stressful and I’m scared. But again even with my full time job can’t afford anything else because under 21 year olds apparently don’t need a living wage.

I’ve recently moved into a shared house with me and one other tenant living there. There are an additional 3 bedrooms in the property which have lots of the landlords possessions in them. I’ve been verbally told I can use some of these rooms e.g to hang laundry etc. In my opinion these rooms are too small really to rent out. There is one bathroom in the property. The landlady said before I moved in she was moving abroad but would stay here occasionally for a few nights at a time otherwise it’s just me and the other tenant.

She’s currently abroad but a woman who is meant to be the landlady’s friend recently informed my housemate she has a set of keys and will let herself into the property to stay for 7-10 nights. Went as far to say which bedroom she wanted to stay in. Gave us like 2 days notice.

Me and my housemate told this lady no because the landlady didn’t ask us for this. Both of us are uncomfortable that this woman has keys to the property. Our bedroom doors lock but personally I doubt the security of this also. I’m not sure how many keys to each individual bedroom exist let alone the front door to the house.

I’m scared it’s my first time moving out (I’ve just turned 20 moving back with parents isn’t an option).

There’s also in the few weeks I’ve lived here been an Airbnb guest and the landlady tried to get me to let a random man in the house to stay.

I’ve read tenants can change locks. I think this is different because it’s a shared house. But it’s also not a HMO because only two of us live here. I’m confused about the status of the property if the landlady (despite saying she won’t) keeps getting Airbnb guests to stay.

I can’t really afford anywhere else. I signed a 6 month AST. It is a really safe lovely area but there aren’t bolts or anything on the front door just one key to open.

I’ve checked and my deposit has also not been put into a scheme but I’m also not sure if I count as a lodger and this isn’t a requirement. I wasn’t given EPC certificate or anything like that. I’m also not convinced there carbon monoxide alarms etc. my room was occupied by an Airbnb guest literally up until the night before I moved in and it was filthy.

More neutral experience than bad experience. First time moving out. On apprentice wages so £8 an hour. Parents leaving the country so forced me to fine somewhere fast and cheap basically to avoid being homeless.

Found a house share super nice right by my work. One other lady living there (she’s lovely). Told that it would be just the two of us but the landlady would occasionally stay a few nights every now and then when she travels back to the UK. Not ideal but best I’m going to get right now.

Get told before signing contract that my room is currently an Airbnb but once I move in all Airbnb bookings for the house will be cancelled. I check the site on Airbnb and this appeared to have happened.

Week into moving in. My landlady messages me (from another country) asking if I’d let the other tenants friend into the house as he was going to be staying for a few nights. Now I have my boyfriend staying with me every now and then so I would have no right to stop the other lady I live with having friends stay the night. Then it came out that this man is not my housemates friend. That my housemate wasn’t even going to be there for the weekend this man was meant to be staying. Landlady gave this man my phone number without permission.

I messaged my flatmate who was away for the weekend and she was not happy. Confirmed this man asked her first to stay and she told him no as she wasn’t there. Seems this man went behind my housemates back and asked the landlady directly. Unsure wether he was going to pay the landlady or if he had some sort of sob story?

At this point I tell the landlady I wouldn’t be comfortable with this and to her credit she calls it off and apologised.

I then find out from my flatmate there’s an Airbnb guest (apparently the final one) staying for a few nights next month. I was not told about this before signing the contracts or moving in. Apparently my housemate has agreed to manage this.

Also throwback to my literal first night staying. Was on my own in the house and heard banging at the door at like 10pm. Because I have no self preservation instincts I cracked the door open and it was a drunk man asking for the landlady by name then trying to say he had an Airbnb booking. I locked the door and he went away.

Feel kind of stupid. We’re warning signs this place was not legit like I agreed to clean up after the last Airbnb guest that stayed in my room before I moved in. Also not sure where I stand in terms of my rights as tenant vs lodger? I’ve signed a 6 month tenancy agreement but obviously is the landlady is coming back to stay occasionally I’m a lodger?

Really messy. Want out ASAP. Bareable for time being.

Lady lady also super nice person but have a feeling she has no clue at all. 100% do not think my deposit is protected or anything. Everything is included in my rent down to the toilet paper tho so I have got a pretty good deal…