Well, no, that would've been phase two had the kicking them out of the house not worked.

Kick them out an bring your cousin back.

If I were you I'd tell them that if they don't start cleaning following a cleaning schedule then you will kick them out. Simultaneously, start looking for new roommates (stipulate cleaning as part of the deal) and get back in touch with your cousin.

Take pictures of filth. Evict them if they fight it for whatever reason take them to court. Are they renting from you on a lease or just paying you and you pay?

I always fergets about phase two..

Although I'm still confused with the old protocols that said; phase one, pull out the phasers.. phase two, gooify 'em.

Don't worry, I'll have it figured by zero hour...

otherwise I'll just wing it. It's worked so far..

Is your name the one on the lease? If so you should have majority control of who lives there and who doesn't. I would casually begin saying things about how if they don't help out around the place they're going to have to go. Don't blow up when you say it. Just gently throw it around a bit come cleaning time and see where it goes. If they keep being lazy morons then threaten their eviction even further. I don't know if will work but tell them you need some help around the place. Maybe even say the landlord stopped by and told you to clean the place up or something.

Were these people friends of your's before they moved in? It sounds like they're pretty damn lazy and the more you keep cleaning, the less they think they'll need to do. I used to have this problem with my brother. He worked in our shop all day and after showering he would leave it loaded with grease and grime. I kept telling him to clean it out when he's finished but he never did so I would wash it so I didn't have to shower in his filth. Went on like that for a while until I said you clean it or it's staying dirty. So I just used the shower in my parents bedroom for a while and it took a family friend visiting and actually telling us how disgusting that shower was. My brother felt foolish because he was the only one who used it at the time and he finally cleaned the shower from then on.

Anyway, what I'm saying is if you keep cleaning up your messes as well as their's they'll keep being comfortable with doing nothing. If you avoided doing their chores the place might get pretty nasty depending on the person and how lazy they are so it you do a test run with this method just prepare yourself for potential nastiness.


I absolutely hate uncleanliness. I've always been a clean person. Not necessarily organized, but definitely clean. Even when I was younger I always needed to keep my room clean. My siblings were pretty much the same except for my brother. Being in a clean room or area just makes being there so much more comfortable.

Kick them out. Anyone who isn't capable of keeping things clean and tidy around them isn't worth having around.

I just thought of another possible idea. Make up your chore list again and tell them if they're jobs are not done by a certain preset time or day their rent will increase by like $20 just for the month or something. If your name is on the lease you have the right to do that. Just run this regime for a little bit until they get on track with cleaning and if they're not happy with the situation they can leave. It's really not a drastic thing to do. You're basically just telling them to do what they're supposed to and if they don't it's going to cost them. Unfortunately you really need some sort of incentive and motivator to get them on track and on a cleaning routine.

Spray them with a water bottle when they refuse to clean.

Get aqcuainted with their mothers...

Or if you wanted them to leave without kicking them out tell them you're homosixual and you really enjoy the way they eat potato chips. That'll work.

It sounds like your landlord is easygoing and likes you. This is good, but it doesn't mean that he is looking for a fight. He may not want to threaten your housemates with eviction (assuming they are named on the lease), because this may open up a legal [censored]fight. And that's pretty exhausting (and expensive!). If your housemates are named on the lease, then as long as they are not damaging the house, then it could be tough to evict them, even with your landlords support (but I also don't know what the tenancy laws are where you are). But the idea is that if your landlord warns them that they are breaching contract, they might just take the hint and move out.

On the other hand, as Xurts said, if you are named on the lease, and your housemates aren't, then you can easily have them kicked out. Legally, they are trespassing.

Another thing to consider is what sort of contract you are on. Are you currently in a fixed term contract, like 6 or 12 months? Or just month by month? If it's the latter, then just tell your landlord that you want him to not renew the periodic tenancy for your housemates, and you'll look for new housemates. The former (fixed term) is trickier---that's where the previous comments apply. But if you don't have too long to go on your contract, then maybe just svck it up for a little while, and then when the contract expires tell your landlord that you want him to not renew the tenancy for your housemates, and you'll look for new ones.

Failing all that, just move out. As I mentioned earlier, this is the most efficient and effective way to be rid of bad housemates (although it can be a bit of a lottery finding good housemates).

All that aside, one thing worth remembering is that dealing with housemates in this way can make the house relationships a bit toxic. So this is the sort of thing to do when you have decided that you aren't going to live with them any more, and either they or you are moving out. It's always better to sort things out without involving the landlord. But it sounds like your housemates aren't the sort to change their ways, unless you are constantly nagging them and making a big deal out of it---and of course that's exhausting, and I'm sure you don't want to have to do that.

Anyway, best of luck.