Originally posted by Sharky
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b) I can’t move. I am bound by a contract. I have rent to pay every month. If i moved, i’d still have to pay rent.
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How nice is the landlord? you may be able to negotioate that one. A friend of mine was burglarized twice last month. When she went to the office about it, they let her break her contract and she moved.
Originally posted by Royal Dragon
[B]You could also make THEM paranoid by going over ther house very politely and tell them (As a waring of course) That a detective was knocking on your door asking questions about them.
It won’t do anything productive, but it’s a fun mind game to play, and it makes you look like you are on thier side because you warned them about the cops snooping around. in the mean time you can enjoy the fact that they are suffering with fear and paranoia that is not justified. :eek: 
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good one
OH MY GOOD GOD. WHY THE FUCK ARE GIRLS SO STUPID?
I come home in the pissing rain, at 1:10am (if you remember i let the girls i live with go to the library - they said they’d be back for like 8:30 so at about 6:30pm i left to goto the library. I double locked the door (i’m teh only person i trust with the main door keys - the others only have 1 door key) and they came back early).
SO anyway i come back and what do i find? One of the dumbfuck bitches has left her keys in the front door key hole, dangling with a big keyring for all to see. It’s a good job i was the first to spot them.
I went MENTAL but didn’t shout at anyone. I was too angry. I thought the point that she had left them in the door would make her feel bad enough. All i did was give her her keys back and quietly say ‘you muppet’ - she goes ‘oh no’ and then carries on texting on her phone.
Silly cow.
I am so angry with her, i don’t want to speak to either of them, dopey bitches. I’m worried about house sensor alarms and carry a maglite out of paranoia, so no one can break in, and what do they do? GIVE them them fucking keys.
It’s alright for them. Genuinely, i am the only person in the house with anything of any monetary value over like, 20 quid (their rooms are totally bare, all they do is drink tea, call their boyfriends and fuck about. One of them does a sociology degree, the other does music. That’s right, music and sociology students.
Actually my housemate has a MD player worth like £150 which he got for 100. Besides that i am the only one with anything to lose. Maybe if they ever got JOBS and bought stuff for themselves they’d understand.
Retards.
Even more amusingly, is the fact that a car just pulled up on the pavement (sidewalk) of our road (it’s a really busy road) and banged on the door of the neighbours house. They would easily have seen the keys.
We’re talking saved by like 15 mins here.
Stupid dumb cow.
Sharky.
I wouldn’t fret too much about the contract,
First contact the Landlord and talk matters over with him if he gets stuborn tell him that under the current conditions you are NOT willing to continue to live there.
If he INSIST that you keep paying the rent till the contract is over. Say fine BUT that he cannot lent the property to anybody else till the contract is over as you are paying him rent.
And that you will keep coming back to check of the place is inhabitated until than you are holding on to your keys.
Remember contract sez that you are renting the place and don’t have to live there full-time or even put your stuff in it.
Met many a Landlord that tried to pull such a stunt, when the tenant leaves he collects DOUBLE rent from old and NEW contract. Which is illegal in most places.
They normally try that one on young people whom they see as not having experience in this matters and often for places that are harder to lent.
Cheers.
“First contact the Landlord and talk matters over with him if he gets stuborn tell him that under the current conditions you are NOT willing to continue to live there.”
Technically, nothing has actually happened, i have no grounds for leaving other than paranoia.
Sharky.
It doesn’t matter why you want to cancel the contract.
Simply cite “personal reasons”.
I would like to reiterate that my housemate is a stupid bint.
OK, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
You know that car i said pulled up a while back onto the pavement?
Well i heard voices out the front, so i peeked out and saw a police officer in full uniform, with yellow waterproofs on and stuff, come out with a ruck sac full of ‘something’ and then get into the car - which was NOT a police car, or even the type of car that the police are issued with, it was a bit too old(they change their cards every couple of years), an odd colour, and an odd make.
He wasn’t there to arrest anyone - what the hell was a police officer doing at a house for like 1/2 an hour ALONE, and then comes out with a ruck sack, and drives off in a wierd car?
Something wierd is going down.
Help.
you’ve got problems man… if you’ve possibly got crooked cops there, that means NO support for you from them.
talk to your housemate - she needs to understand the severity of what’s going on and your concerns. That may make her more cautious.
reinforce your windows, and upgrade the door and locks to your bedroom.
Dude … do what I do an just leave. I have broken so many lease contracts its not even funny. They cant throw you in jail - trust me. Landlords have threatened to try to collect the money or sue me or whatever, but they never go through with it. they’re usually too cheap to go through with court proceedings. I guess they figure they had enough trouble getting rent from me when I was actually living there. My last place i moved out of in the middle of the night. The landlord didnt even realize i was gone until he came over one day for rent and saw an empty apartment. The worst they can possibly do is put it on your credit record… and if you’re young its no big deal. It gets wiped clean in 7 yrs. Outlive the debt. 
Well thats how things work here in the states anywayz. These days I avoid leases all together and look for an informal arrangement with no contract …
What I would do in your position is set traps . Like deadly ones…bear traps!! And turn the lights off and make it look like no one’s home, and be waiting inside with a sword or something.
Guns Blazing
I say you go smoke a bowl with him, bond a little, and cut a deal.
Drug dealers are people too…
Now that I have read the thread, stop being a little *****. Also, its very lol that you called her a muppet!
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Sharky, I’ve bought those alarms in hardware stores here in the states, don’t know about the UK. If your doors open inwards you can also get various kinds of door stops to keep anyone from pushing in too easily.
Here’s a link…
Are you sure it was a cop, and not a security guard?
“they are monosyallabic”
haha
that’s fu cked up if its really a cop. one of my buddies actually used to sell to a cop, so its not like cops dont need dealers too, but its just wierd that he would show up in uniform. something aint right or he’s just a moron. my buddies cop friend would never show up looking like a cop.
where is sharky anyway? hes usually posted by now… :eek:
dawood
Originally posted by rogue
[B]Here’s a link…
http://www.chattanooga.gov/police/tips/30waysto.htm [/B]
Not a bad link, but there are a few additional steps that can be taken.
“Time switches” for electrical appliances.
With this you can set times when lights, TV’s and similar will automatically activate/de-activate themselves.
The simply plug into the wall-socket and your appliance plus into the switch.
This way you can set impressions that a person is at homes and doing tasks at different times in different locations.
This are VERY useful when you are gone for a weekend.
Or for women that live alone, but would like to have the lights switched on by the time they come home.
There are also I think hook-ups for your PC & cel, where you can set times remotely via dial-up and thus change settings on the fly.
Cheers.
I was going to say try and get a portable alarm system or something. Like one that will set off a huge alarm if they open a door or window. It may or may not automatically call the cops. But an alarm would scare the shit out of people.
You may also find some, um, “non-traditional” “alarms” in a book called the Poor Man’s James Bond. I don’t know if they have that book in UK, but you can get it here. By “non-traditional” I mean things like home-made mortars and other fun things.
IronFist
Sharky, dude, buy the fucking insurance!
You can just get home contents insurance, list your sh!t on the policy and pay it monthly. Like about 20 quid a month at most. How much is peace of mind worth to you? Then get on with your life and let these idiots carry on till they crash and burn of their own accord.