People are aghast at this super long list of roommate requirements

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Most of us are just happy with a roommate who’s clean and pays rent on time.

Not this particular renter in London, whose fastidious list of demands for a future roommate has gone viral over the weekend. 

The requirements, posted by Twitter user @rxdazn, were originally sent to someone who wanted to check out the available room.

anyone looking for a flatshare? pic.twitter.com/SChTq0Jj3h

— rx (@rxdazn) November 23, 2018

While some of the requests, like following a cleaning roster, are understandable, it’s fair to say most of the demands are asking quite a lot.  Read more…

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People shared tales of their nightmare roommates and they are beyond horrifying

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These stories make Jez from Peep Show look like a considerate, financially stable young man.

Prompted by a New York Magazine article telling a chilling story about a serial squatter who would meticulously drive people out of their own homes, journalist Gene Demby asked people to share their own tales of nightmare roommates.

This shit is WIIIIILD

https://t.co/T8qF364r7U

— Gene “GD” Demby (@GeeDee215) February 21, 2018

This makes me wonder about your worst roommate stories. Go!

I’ll start: came home one Sat and had an eviction notice on the door. Turns out roommate had been taking my rent money — at that point, $5K — to pay for his dues to his Scientology-lite cult grouphttps://t.co/jAd1YfXAyF

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