I live in a 2 bedroom apartment, and my landlord just shoves in another roomate whenever the older one moves out. So far, I'v had a programmer and two doctors as roomates and they 3 have been good experiences. I learned stuff talking to them and they never stole stuff from my open room or my food. Now, my lastest roomate is a nightmare. He doesn't have a car because of bad driving, he said his mom is a Whole Foods Executive, and he lives in Austin Texas. The 1st week he was with me I helped him grocery and thought we'd get along fine. Well the weekend he went home to Austin I noticed a lot of my stuff missing - a Fuji S9000 camera, battery quick charger, 3 computer science books, etc... - stuff worth $1090. I filed a police report and claimed on my renters insurance but only got $336 from State Farm (after $500 deductable). And I really beleive it was an inside job theft and strongly beleive it was my new roomate's fault. Well, now I put all my possesion in my small crowded room and I bought two doors locks to always keep it locked. The only now he can steal is my food - and now he's done that too! I threatened him to pay me $800 or I'll call the cops on him and he said just go ahead. So I will call the cops when he's home because nowadays he's trying to be so scarce.
What else can I do to get my money back?
Have any of you had bad experiences with a roomate? What happened and what did you do?
What else can I do to get my money back?
Have any of you had bad experiences with a roomate? What happened and what did you do?