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NinjaGnome

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Originally posted by: Sudheer Anne
your complaints seem completely valid, but I think you should reconsider moving into an apartment by yourself. you just got unlucky with the roomates you have, TRUST ME. that's one of the downsides of freshman year, it's a crapshoot on whether or not you get good roomates. there are plenty of respectful and quiet roomates out there, who i'm sure you'd get along great with. you mentioned that if you moved into another situation you'd just find ways to hate your new roomates, maybe the problem is with you. you can't expect to make friends if you have that kind of attitude.

Its not that, its that I dont like being around people who drink and finding a roomate who doesnt drink is hard. My roomate last year was also like this but she wasnt rude and obnoxious like these 2. I can put up with the drinking to an extent but being treated rudely i cannot.

 

Shawn

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I live in an apartment with two other people and even though we can get on each others nerves, for the most part we get along fine. Maybe you should find someone you get along with and live with them.
 

lokiju

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All roommates suck IMO, I'm glad I live on my own now.

Only way I'll live with someone else again is when I get married.
 

HappyPuppy

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Have you considered scratching their eyes out or rewiring their hair dryers to catch their hair on fire? Just food for thought. :roll:
 

NinjaGnome

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ok so no one has tried to get out of a student housing contract, from what im hearing noone has. Thanks for all the on topic replies:D
 

1sikbITCH

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HappyPuppy touches on a good point.

It seems to me that you are the property of your roommates. You have no say, and are relegated to weeping in your bedroom while they run the house. You need to take control.

Next time that country music gets cranked up, stuff your ears with cotton (never come in close contact with country music if you can help it), walk into the room brandishing your brand new baseball bat, and smash the stereo to pieces while your roommates sit there looking stunned. Take your time and be deliberate, and be sure to giggle hysterically like a lunatic while doing it.

Then turn to your roommates and, with a big smile, say "I think it's time someone cleaned the hair out of the kitchen".

After that you shouldn't have too many proplems getting your roommates to respect your space.

 

Skyhanger

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Originally posted by: 1sikbITCH
HappyPuppy touches on a good point.

It seems to me that you are the property of your roommates. You have no say, and are relegated to weeping in your bedroom while they run the house. You need to take control.

Next time that country music gets cranked up, stuff your ears with cotton (never come in close contact with country music if you can help it), walk into the room brandishing your brand new baseball bat, and smash the stereo to pieces while your roommates sit there looking stunned. Take your time and be deliberate, and be sure to giggle hysterically like a lunatic while doing it.

Then turn to your roommates and, with a big smile, say "I think it's time someone cleaned the hair out of the kitchen".

After that you shouldn't have too many proplems getting your roommates to respect your space.

Umm... no. They might call the cops on you.

That would make an awesome scene though. Replace bat with katana and outfit w/ yellow jumpsuit.
 

NinjaGnome

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Originally posted by: 1sikbITCH
HappyPuppy touches on a good point.

It seems to me that you are the property of your roommates. You have no say, and are relegated to weeping in your bedroom while they run the house. You need to take control.

Next time that country music gets cranked up, stuff your ears with cotton (never come in close contact with country music if you can help it), walk into the room brandishing your brand new baseball bat, and smash the stereo to pieces while your roommates sit there looking stunned. Take your time and be deliberate, and be sure to giggle hysterically like a lunatic while doing it.

Then turn to your roommates and, with a big smile, say "I think it's time someone cleaned the hair out of the kitchen".


Haha at least this thread is much needed comic relief, but the one that causes the most problems has a sue happy family and if i break something they will take me to court.
After that you shouldn't have too many proplems getting your roommates to respect your space.

 

Garet Jax

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Originally posted by: NinjaGnome


Its not that, its that I dont like being around people who drink and finding a roomate who doesnt drink is hard. My roomate last year was also like this but she wasnt rude and obnoxious like these 2. I can put up with the drinking to an extent but being treated rudely i cannot.

Man oh man. You are so missing out on life. You are only young once. You will be able to work hard all your life, but you will only be able to live the college life for a few years.
 

mercanucaribe

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Originally posted by: Garet Jax
Originally posted by: NinjaGnome


Its not that, its that I dont like being around people who drink and finding a roomate who doesnt drink is hard. My roomate last year was also like this but she wasnt rude and obnoxious like these 2. I can put up with the drinking to an extent but being treated rudely i cannot.

Man oh man. You are so missing out on life. You are only young once. You will be able to work hard all your life, but you will only be able to live the college life for a few years.

The worse you do in college, the worse the rest of your life will be, generally... I guess it makes sense that people who think college is for partying end up hating the rest of their lives
 

nageov3t

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Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Originally posted by: Garet Jax
Originally posted by: NinjaGnome


Its not that, its that I dont like being around people who drink and finding a roomate who doesnt drink is hard. My roomate last year was also like this but she wasnt rude and obnoxious like these 2. I can put up with the drinking to an extent but being treated rudely i cannot.

Man oh man. You are so missing out on life. You are only young once. You will be able to work hard all your life, but you will only be able to live the college life for a few years.

The worse you do in college, the worse the rest of your life will be, generally... I guess it makes sense that people who think college is for partying end up hating the rest of their lives

some of us realize that it's possible to have a good time and not neglect our education.
 

spidey07

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Ok, not trying to be mean here.

Get over it. Life is going to be miserable if you can't get along with people and their flaws.

You're not special. Everybody goes through this. Roomates suck but mature people make the most of it and deal/speak their mind instead of running away from their problems.
 

DaiShan

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Originally posted by: NinjaGnome
I wouldnt ask for help if I could deal with it, im beyond that point now. I dont appreciate caddy bitches talking crap about me constantly and not saying anything to my face. Im tired of them constantly disrupting my studies and watching tv and eating ice cream 24/7. I have a real degree im going for and need my focus on that not my living situation. Oh im a girl too so its not as easy as dealing with guys.


You need to study at the library and chill/party at your place. Learn to deal with your room mates, find a place to go when your room mate pisses you off, its part of the dorm experience.
 

DaiShan

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Originally posted by: NinjaGnome
hmm...well, you know the little things they all add up, especially when they do them right in front of you. We live on the third floor and our air does not work, sunlight = heat. They leave the blinds wide open and they wonder why it gets hot. So i close the blinds, the dark may not be fun, but it's better then being hot. Their hygeine habits are terrible. I don't appreciate tampons everywhere and exposed in the garbage. They leave the toilet seat cover up and that bugs me. They dry their hair in the kitchen, so there is hair all over the kitchen. They don't clean up their messes in the kitchen. They keep the tv on all day and the volume is really loud, so i can't focus and the library is only open during certain hours, so this isn't an option. Last night they felt the need to put my blender cap in the freezer, throw a pen of mine on the floor, and put my umbrella out of place, and play COUNTRY music really loud while i was trying to watch a movie. They also talk crap about my boyfriend, and he does not interfere with their lives at all. There is soo much more, but i don't feel like writing a paper right now and getting all enraged as i realize all these things as i write about them.


Wow, out of curiosity are you in middle school? You sound like you are. These are not real problems. Grow up.
 

NinjaGnome

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Originally posted by: Garet Jax
Originally posted by: NinjaGnome


Its not that, its that I dont like being around people who drink and finding a roomate who doesnt drink is hard. My roomate last year was also like this but she wasnt rude and obnoxious like these 2. I can put up with the drinking to an extent but being treated rudely i cannot.

Man oh man. You are so missing out on life. You are only young once. You will be able to work hard all your life, but you will only be able to live the college life for a few years.


I have to drink to enjoy my life? How sad
 

NinjaGnome

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Originally posted by: DaiShan
Originally posted by: NinjaGnome
I wouldnt ask for help if I could deal with it, im beyond that point now. I dont appreciate caddy bitches talking crap about me constantly and not saying anything to my face. Im tired of them constantly disrupting my studies and watching tv and eating ice cream 24/7. I have a real degree im going for and need my focus on that not my living situation. Oh im a girl too so its not as easy as dealing with guys.


You need to study at the library and chill/party at your place. Learn to deal with your room mates, find a place to go when your room mate pisses you off, its part of the dorm experience.


Learn to deal with my roomates huh? You deal with them sound cool? Im not in middle school either I just don't feel like paying money to live in conditions unfavorable to me. How hard is that to understand for some of you?
 

GeekDrew

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me: everyone is slamming that girl for not getting along with her roommates, not drinking, etc.
me: i can see myself writing her posts word-for-word
me: i can deal with someone shooting me by accident while they are cleaning their gun.
i can deal with a lover cheating on me and then dropping me like a sack of sh!t.
i can deal with someone taking a baseball bat to my car and saying "die fagg0t, die!".
but i CANNOT live with roommates that do the sh!t she's talking about - the really little stuff
someoneelse: damn
 

aeroguy

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You will have to pay a fee if you leave at the end of the semester. If you leave during the semester, well, haven't you already paid for the whole think up front? I don't think you can get that back.
 

aeroguy

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Originally posted by: NinjaGnome
hmm...well, you know the little things they all add up, especially when they do them right in front of you. We live on the third floor and our air does not work, sunlight = heat. They leave the blinds wide open and they wonder why it gets hot. So i close the blinds, the dark may not be fun, but it's better then being hot. Their hygeine habits are terrible. I don't appreciate tampons everywhere and exposed in the garbage. They leave the toilet seat cover up and that bugs me. They dry their hair in the kitchen, so there is hair all over the kitchen. They don't clean up their messes in the kitchen. They keep the tv on all day and the volume is really loud, so i can't focus and the library is only open during certain hours, so this isn't an option. Last night they felt the need to put my blender cap in the freezer, throw a pen of mine on the floor, and put my umbrella out of place, and play COUNTRY music really loud while i was trying to watch a movie. They also talk crap about my boyfriend, and he does not interfere with their lives at all. There is soo much more, but i don't feel like writing a paper right now and getting all enraged as i realize all these things as i write about them.
I thought you were in a dorm room, but reading this it seems you live in an apartment? If you do, you need to find someone to sublet your apartment, or else you are stuck with it. There are not usually any termination clauses in apt. leases.
 

rezinn

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I have a suggestion for you. Go speak with the management of your housing place and get some real answers rather than just some other people's experiences/opinions here which are ultimately irrelevant. There is always a way to move out if you have some dispute, but they'll just want to relocate you. If that doesn't work you're probably going to have to pay an early termination fee to get out of any lease you signed. Line up another place to live now if you can.
 

I Saw OJ

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Originally posted by: NinjaGnome
...throw a pen of mine on the floor...

Someone call the police, ATF, FBI, Homeland Security!! We need help here, they threw her pen on the floor!!! *Faints*


Seth
 

anno

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it does suck living with people you don't get along with, and it sounds like this has gone a little farther than that, these roommates you have seem to be doing stuff specifically TO get on your nerves, at times.. so they have figured out what peeves you and are capatilizing on it.

so.. you do need to move. your housing contract should be available to you to read online.. so you don't really need to wait til you get home. At the school my kids go to they're obligated for the full amount for the year.. I say they're, but that's not true, my daughter is living (just barely) off campus this year, I haven't fully processed that I guess.. but my son has signed a contract for housing for the school year and is obligated to pay for it for both semesters, whether he attends 2nd semester or not.. unless housing manages to fill their spot at the semester, or unless they withdraw (from the university) for medical or other emergency reasons.. it's possible that they'd take pity on him if he didn't enroll for 2nd semester but there's certainly no provision for that in the contract. perhaps your school has a more lenient contract.

thing is, it doesn't sound like you can be MORE miserable so I'd just try and get a switch to a different dorm. and I do mean different dorm, not just a different room because if these girls really are trying to make you miserable on purpose, then you'll be better off in a different building. go talk to housing. maybe there's some poor party gal stuck in a room with 2 serious students that would just LOVE to trade places with you. and maybe if you can get paired up with such people.. you'll enjoy having roommates.

there really are other girls on campus who care about their studies, they may like TV and ice cream and country music but they are more considerate of their livingmates than the girls you're currently paired with. it doesn't sound like it could get worse.. why don't you try and switch and see if you get luckier.

anno
 

NinjaGnome

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I will be trying switching, ive already talked to the office and they told me id have to wait until tomorrow to talk to the lady that handles these matters. I was just asking if anyine else has tried to get out of the contract. If I cant then im sure they will get me some new roomates. The apartment (its student housing not an aprtment) I live in is basically a dorm its one bedroom for three of us and then a livingroom kitchen and bathroom. It is definitely a cramped situation just like a dorm.
 

Nebor

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Originally posted by: NinjaGnome
Originally posted by: Garet Jax
Originally posted by: NinjaGnome


Its not that, its that I dont like being around people who drink and finding a roomate who doesnt drink is hard. My roomate last year was also like this but she wasnt rude and obnoxious like these 2. I can put up with the drinking to an extent but being treated rudely i cannot.

Man oh man. You are so missing out on life. You are only young once. You will be able to work hard all your life, but you will only be able to live the college life for a few years.


I have to drink to enjoy my life? How sad

You're lame. :thumbsup: