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Hi Clockwork, I understand how you feel. I was in the same situation too. when i complain to my mum, she also say i stingy to my cousin. Is not a matter of stingy. is just that you work so hard for a salary and buy food that you like to eat and drinks, and ppl just take and eat it. Imagine i buy 6 can of soft drinks for my own consumption and my cousin can finish 2 can in one day. though 6 can of drinks dun cost much, but accumulate can be big amount. Houserules I did give them houserules and i did have a conference with them. Things did improve a while but after a while, they tend to forget . the dustbin with their finished packet food is not throw away, my tumble not top up. I also find that they are like simply waiting for each other, one pretend not to see, wait for the next one to do it. like wait here and there, in the end, is me who cleared it. Yes, i agree that i do earn rent but they should not treat my house like hotel. is really a "mao dun" position

Ahjane, thanks for the reply. Yah, I think I will have to work out a timetable. ---------------------------------- If can choose, of course i dun wish to let out my rooms and stay with strangers, if not for my cousin coming to stay, i wont rent out my room at all.

Sorry, I know this may not be the right place for me to pour my woes. but i am really very troubled. I hope home owners who rent out their rooms can share their experience. i rented out a common room to 3 students who studying for their degree here...one of them is my cousin they are from indonesia. This is my first time renting out a room. furthermore i just moved in July after renovation. and they moved in in august. we really have a hard time to adapt at first, so far we manage to pull through and try to convince ourself as the extra income really tempting. but i really getting troubled everyday. after a hard day of work, you just want to return home and relax. but i dont, i feel tensed. once i enter the house, there is a smell and the smell come from their room. they got so much lugguages, bags, clothes. the smell is like those clothes smell dat never sun properly. is really fustrating.I hint them before but they dun seem to understand. if i keep telling them off....it look bad on me, like i am restricting them a lot. and they are home by 5 and sleep at 11pm, you can imagine the electricity they use. Weekend they stay at home and play their DS. sigh. now i cant even go holiday in peace. when i went overseas, my mind will keep thinking whether they will abuse and use a lot of electricity, whether they got bring friends over. I think the fact is our house is new and have to shared with outsiders make me more unbalanced. worse, they are boys, they are being pamper at home, they dun noe how to do housechores like dat. they dun bother clean their room, every weekend i have vaccum their room for them. I can see residues of coffee powder, milo at my solid surface. can anyone share their experience with me ? maybe i shouldnt rent my house at all. how should i tell them in a nice way if i were to terminate the rent ? sorry for the long post....i am really fustrated