Housemates Secretly Plan Their Escape — Then the Nightmare Roommate Asks Them to Leave Her Their Stuff

A woman said she and two housemates had reached the point where leaving quietly felt easier than one more argument.

The four of them rented rooms in the same house, but one roommate had made the place miserable. The woman said she had tried to talk through the problems before. So had the others. Nothing really changed. If anything, the roommate’s anger kept landing hardest on her.

According to the Reddit post, the house had never been in worse condition. The problem roommate complained about messes while creating most of them herself. Then she would ask everyone else to send her money for cleaning supplies, even though there were already plenty in the house, and still refuse to help with the weekly cleaning.

That was only part of it.

The woman said the roommate had barely contributed financially to shared household items. Most of the basics belonged to the other three housemates. The toaster, microwave, kettle, air fryer, drying racks, pots, pans, iron, vacuum, and other items had been bought by them, not her. They had all been used communally, but they were not communal property.

So when the woman got a new job opportunity, she and the two other housemates saw their chance. They found a three-bedroom flat to rent together and planned to leave the shared house.

The question was whether to tell the problem roommate ahead of time.

The woman did not want to. Communication with the roommate had mostly fallen on her because the two male housemates refused to deal with her anymore. They were tired of the arguments, tired of her behavior, and ready to be done. The woman felt the same way, especially since the roommate often singled her out.

She also knew the move would leave the house stripped of almost every useful shared item.

That made her feel a little guilty. Not because they were taking anything that belonged to the roommate, but because the roommate would wake up one day and realize there was barely anything left to run a household with. No toaster. No microwave. No air fryer. No basic supplies. No cleaning products. No toilet paper if the others had bought it.

Still, the woman pointed out that the rental was room-by-room, so the roommate would not be forced out or suddenly face a rent increase. The landlord would handle viewings for the empty rooms. The roommate could stay where she was. She would simply have to buy her own things for once.

Commenters told the woman not to warn her.

Several warned that if the roommate knew the plan, she might hide, damage, or steal their belongings before moving day. One commenter advised her to quietly remove anything important first: medication, work uniforms, electronics, sentimental items, cosmetics, jewelry, and anything else the roommate might use, take, or destroy.

The woman realized that was probably smart.

The original plan hit a snag when the first new flat fell through because the prospective landlord did not have the proper licensing. Luckily, the three housemates still had time left on their current tenancy. They got their deposit back and found a better, cheaper place.

Then moving week came.

The roommate came home from work early and found the woman taping up a box with her door open. She asked if she was leaving. It turned out she already knew something was happening, but she still went to each housemate individually and asked them to leave behind a few possessions so she had “just one thing.”

They did not.

The only thing they left was a shower curtain the roommate had stained with hair dye. Everything else they owned went with them. They even took the toilet paper and cleaning supplies because she had never bought any herself.

The departure was calmer than expected, though not completely drama-free. The roommate sent messages asking how much different items cost and made last-ditch efforts to get them to leave things behind. She also told the woman to take the bin out on her way out, which was about as perfect a final roommate demand as you could script.

The woman did not leave the microwave either.

That microwave had apparently been ruined by the roommate cooking fish in it so badly that the smell would not come out. The housemates replaced it for themselves and took the old one away rather than leaving it behind.

A few days later, the roommate called the woman four times while she was at work. The woman did not answer. Once she saw the missed calls, she blocked the number and said she had never felt such bliss.

The new flat was a relief almost immediately.

The three former housemates could walk around without feeling uncomfortable. Nobody was shouting at them in their own home. On moving day, the two men finally stepped up and backed the woman properly, so she was not left carrying the confrontation alone.

By the end, the woman had a new job, a new home, and a clean break from the roommate who had made the old house feel hostile.

The roommate still had her room.

She just no longer had everyone else’s stuff.

Commenters were overwhelmingly on the woman’s side. Many said taking your own property is not revenge — it is just moving out. If the roommate wanted a toaster, microwave, air fryer, or cleaning supplies, she could buy them like everyone else had.

A lot of people focused on the warning issue. Commenters agreed that telling the roommate early might have created more trouble than it solved, especially if she had a history of anger, entitlement, or using other people’s things like they belonged to her.

Several people were glad the move stayed calmer than expected. They liked that the two other housemates backed her up on the day itself, because it sounded like she had been stuck as the default communicator for far too long.

The funniest reactions were about the microwave and toilet paper. Commenters loved that the group took absolutely everything they paid for, even the basics. To them, the roommate’s final lesson was overdue: shared housing only works when everyone contributes.