If you get awakened by noises and by the stinky smell caused by your housemate, or if you come home from work and you find used sweaty underwear scattered on the floor and a thousand other personal items of your housemate hanging all around like a bunch of trashy piñatas, or if the rent is already due but your housemate's share of the rent is still lacking, then you are definitely victimized by a horrendous type of cohabitant called "the bad housemate." These are the individuals that use up your patience day by day. They are like worms that eat up a case of good shiny red apples. They are the disgrace of society.
Bad housemates are like cancer cells in the body. You have to get rid of them, but the more you get rid of them (through surgery, chemotherapy or radiation), the faster they grow and spread. Bad housemates don't actually grow and spread, but the more you try to evict them, the more they cling to you, and the more they get on your nerves!
How in the world can one get rid of such horrible inhabitants ruining the peace and placidity of your home? We have a bunch of methods to accomplish this task. If you can accomplish it by doing only the first one, then good for you!
Communicate it to them. Tell them that the relationship is not working out anymore. Stress to them the extent of damage and all the issues they have caused. Also mention that you already have plans of moving out and renting a smaller place. So, they have no other choice but to find other places to stay.
Punish them by cutting off some privileges. This is applicable if you are the one paying for some of the services, like cable, wi-fi or broadband, telephone, maintenance, and the like. Without these luxuries, they'll feel like hanging out more often with their other friends who have those luxuries. Then eventually, they'll just disappear.
Keep all your toiletries all your stuff locked in your closet. Most bad housemates have no intention of earning good money to spend for their own stuff. You end up being the victim. You use the bathroom, and find that your newly purchased toothpaste is all gone. So if you keep them from using your consumable and non-consumable belongings, they'll end up getting pissed and feel like going to a place where they can be parasites again!
Stop cleaning up their mess. Stop being a martyr! This is the 21st century, for heaven's sake! They should clean their own trash. Now, if you really need to clean up the pad because you have an important visitor coming, you can dump all their scattered stuff and throw them out. That should teach them a lesson.
Try forced eviction. Well, if you have the guts to do this, you can start off by packing all their stuff, and placing all of it near the door, so when your housemates come, it's easy to send them out. Then change all the locks.
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