The final straw came when the kids peed all over the laundry room
A couple turned to Reddit for support after giving their roommate notice to vacate due to his children's disruptive behavior and unsanitary living conditions.
The pair initially agreed to let their friend Adam move into their basement with his three young sons, as his other landlord didn't "allow" the children to stay with him.
"We asked Adam why his kids weren't welcomed at his old place, he said that 2 of the 3 kids are not his," the poster wrote. "He was with a girl for 2 years on and off and had a baby with her. However, the people he lived with don't like him playing daddy to the oldest when they aren't his kids."
Although the explanation seemed "very strange," they agreed that his children could stay over two nights each week. However, the situation quickly took a turn for the worse.
While Adam got the "whole basement," the couple lived on the "top floor," and the "main floor" was used as a common area. "Adam was told that common areas are kept clean by all parties, and everyone is expected to clean their half of the house themselves," the poster noted.
"The first few months were okay, despite having to remind him about cleaning and the smell that was coming from the basement," the user continued, likening the stench to "sour milk and vomit."
However, one morning, the user woke up in a state of "horror" when they "found raw eggs and shells all over the house!"
When confronted, Adam's oldest son, who is 7 years old, "admitted that he went into my fridge and couldn't help himself when he saw the big 30 pk of eggs."
The problems didn't stop there. The children began sneaking upstairs while Adam slept. The woman said "they were breaking things, stealing things, eating things, and even going to the top floor where we live." Adam apologized and promised to improve each time, but the behavior persisted.
"My final straw was when I woke up to my brand new Costco pack of ice cream sandwiches half eaten, melted and smooshed into multiple surfaces of the house," the user added.
The couple tried various methods to control the situation, including locking doors and installing baby gates. "It started with a lock on the basement door, so Adam could keep the kids downstairs while he swept," the poster shares. "Then we had to remove the lock on the bathroom door because they started locking themselves in and peeing on all surfaces of the bathroom."
The breaking point came when the poster, who is pregnant, discovered the laundry room covered in urine. She described the scene vividly, writing, "I grabbed the bottle of detergent... It was covered in pee. Pee was everywhere!!! The laundry tub was clogged with pee, on the floor, side of the washer, now all over my hands.. EVERYWHERE!!!"
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In response, the couple banned Adam's two older children from the house. "Adam apologizes and says how sorry he is that I cleaned it and that it upset me," she recalled. "Then he stated how those are his children and it's unfair to say they can't come here and he is going to bring them anyways."
This pushed the couple to their limit, and they ultimately told Adam he had 60 days to move out. Adam apologized and accepted the notice. Now, the poster is wondering whether they were being unreasonable.
"All our family and friends are happy we are kicking him out because the smell is so bad. Yet some feel we were attacking the kids for being 'different' and stating that locking them out of rooms was insensitive," she wrote.
However, most commenters agreed that the couple was not in the wrong, stating that Adam "completely disrespected" their home and their rules.