doing the moving out thing

Overheal

ok maybe im not thinking straight so this is the thing:

I gave the landlady notice for friday then for the 2nd of feb. Now the place Im going to says the people have left today (over some disagreement or row I wont get into) and the spot is open immediately and will stay so as I will definitely take it.

The new place is 80/wk; the digs im in is 160/wk. If I go now I lose [my dads] 320 deposit but am saving potentially (food granting) about 20-40 a week.... blarg this is why im posting help me crunch numbers people. The 80 is fully inclusive of all bills and services like tv and www.

should i stay in the digs for the 2 weeks and then collect the deposit or just move out now

MagicMarker

If the new place is being kept for you then why not just wait?

My simple mind is trying to work out the numbers... If you go now, you'll lose 320 deposit. If you stay you'll keep the deposit.

Mmmmmm....

Overheal

OK, but keep this in mind: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055214899

Im in a dilly of a pickle

AngryBadger

I'd stay for the last two weeks.

From what you say you'll save between €20 and €40 a week, which means (assuming you plan on paying back your dads deposit) you'll be forking over those "savings" for the next 2 months at least, (assuming you save €40 a week, failing that you could be handing up the savings for the next 4 months).

Why the confusion over exactly how much you'd be saving a week? If it's definitely €40 a week, then maybe it's worth considering. If not I'd stay put.

AngryBadger

Ok just saw your little addition.

Clearly this isn't a fiscal issue for oyu. You obviously want to be out of the house as soon as possible.

In that instance I'd go now.

Marksie

you save about 80 to 120 by staying.

You can also move things over gradually and if necessary stay the night to get away.

Depends what your sanity is worth

An Citeog

You actually save €160 by staying. You don't really lose your deposit, you're just paying the 2 weeks rent in your period of notice. If you don't like the place, you're best off just moving out now but it's up to you to weigh the fiscal versus emotional benefits.

Overheal

this is true.

By leaving now I get out of this situation. So much easier if I wasnt still handing in CVs I just **** the 320 and pay my dad back at the end of the college year. Blarg.

Anyone looking for loyal desperate and friendly staff in carlow town?

I may move out this week then..the landlady doesnt want me to go so i doubt i will see any deposit back. if anything she'll want me to stay to get it back. Truth is shes a scammy bastard that seems to be going to any length to get me to stay.

Fysh

I get the impression you're making a mountain out of a molehill here; part of (or even all of, it's not quite clear) the reason you're leaving is that ZOMG a girl didn't fancy you. And yeah, fair enough, I can understand how you might not want to be around that and so on, but for the sake of keeping your deposit and a potential good reference from your landlord, 2 weeks is not a long time.

I'd stay put and use the 2 weeks as valuable practice in moving on. Plus, as someone else said, if the other place is definitely yours and vacant as of now it would mean you can move your stuff over at your leisure instead of having one hectic day in which to move everything.

Overheal

also true. Okay let me fill in the third party issue as its now relevant.

When I first moved in the room was a joke - the bedbox was crippled the shower was a state this that the other. this is digs mind you. My dad saw it and nrealy wanted me to find somewhere else right then and there on moving day. But the only place possible was the apt block i was in last year which i wouldve rather not gone to so i stayed. Certainly, I asked around later but found nothing. I was in the USA all summer and didnt collude with college friends cos in fairness i had few - thats a seperate issue from last year over my depression and being a recluse. Not the case anymore.

3 weeks into the year the landlady is CONVINCED (still is) that one of the tennants here was having sex in her en-suite in the family's area of the house. It turned into a marital fight and a half between landlady and landlord cos she hallucinated the whole thing and he thought she was being unfaithful... oh dear.

My landlady is hopelessly addicted to xanax. It seems like every 4 weeks or so she tries to come off them cold turkey and she's as loopy as a doorknob for a few days until she is put back on them. Been happening for years as i know understand.

So anyway, 2 then the 3rd tennants(s) left and Im stuck with crazy lady because I couldnt find anywhere. the 2 were a squeeze in themselves and the 3rd went to go find herself a ladyflat.

So I stayed anyway at the time convinced it was a once off thing. Went trying to look for new people to fill the spots here and only got your one. we know how that unfolded. Still, that took 4 weeks. And they were strapped for cash and frequently asked me to pay rent sometimes a week in advance, taking advantage of the fact that I had savings which they figured out from me talking about my dad in light conversation.

So Ive had to live in situation A, as well as with xanax lady who was a frequent can drinker which when seemingly mixed with a xanax order makes you loopy. So not all the time were my digs agreements being lived up to. Services my rent included were being ignored frequently. Food was being served half frozen or not at all. At one stage, your one even had to pull up her own sleeves and cook for crazy lady's kids while i was talking to her because she was completely off her face. And more than once I've been convinced loose change has been taken from my room. One time she even robbed an entire bottle of Buckfast off me - she would have downed the whole thing if she didnt find it vile: but she was curious enough to take it on me anyway.

So when I left for christmas I couldnt wait to go and the landlady was a loon and thought the reason i was depressed wasnt because I was weary and desperately needed the time off back in the USA but because I didnt want to go to the states and wanted to spend christmas with her insane clown posse of a family. Anytime you try to explain something to the woman she makes up her own conclusions anyway. Complete nutjob. Ill lend it to her shes been ok since I got back but she still tried to get of the pills again on friday - we just caught her a few hours into the process this time - we were lucky.

This is the thing: if you explained this to anyone else it should be HELL YES I should get my deposit back now smack and bam but when you have to go through a pill popping can drinking episodic menopausal mother on the dole to do it - you have problems.

And no this isnt a troll :rolleyes: oh how I wish it was. Would make fantastic reading.

conzy

I think it is worth 320 euro to get the hell out of there....

estar

and then save money on the rent also.

estar

is it likely crazy xanax lady is going to have your deposit?

dont just jump into the first place you find though
as it could be frying pan and fire.

why did the person in the new place leave - isnt it unusual the rent
is so low. what is the deal there, with the disagreement.

be careful and find a nice place.

perhaps you should use this as material for a book!!!!

Overheal

yeah was asking her about it last night and now apparently even if i stay for the 2 weeks notice i can only expect to see half my deposit back?

Is that even legal?

An Citeog

Overheal wrote: »

yeah was asking her about it last night and now apparently even if i stay for the 2 weeks notice i can only expect to see half my deposit back?

Is that even legal?

You've got 3 choices:

1. Stay there for 2 weeks, collect whatever you can get from your deposit and move to the other place.

2. Move out now. If you haven't already paid your final 2 weeks rent and will only get half your deposit back, you're not actually losing any money.

3. Refuse to pay rent for your final 2 weeks (if you haven't already paid it) which is the equivalent of your deposit. I wouldn't advise this as it could turn quite awkward/nasty.