The results are in
Our friends at realestate.com.au & propertyfinder.com asked 1500 of you guys about flatmate experiences. The end results were scary and proved that weird flatmates certainly do exist!
Over 63% Australians & 80% UK respondents said that they have lived with a weird flatmate, revealing shocking stories of bad habits and non-existent hygiene.
Think your flatmate's weird? Imagine sharing with these guys...
- They stayed in their room and never made eye contact. They also believed aliens were going to come and pick them up in the mother-ship and take them home.
- He talked to his hair
- She put a towel in the toilet
- He spied on me in the bath
- She liked to chew her feet
- He tried to pick up my girlfriend whilst she was on the toilet
- He installed a floor safe and kept guns in there
- She took meter readings for the gas and electricity before she went away for the weekend so she could deduct it off the bill.
- She ate nothing but bowls of chopped up apples
- She was over 30 and liked to play with Barbie dolls
- He never makes sure the loo's flushed properly, and then puts the seat down so there's a shock when I lift up.
- Her room was waist high in rubbish
- He was very weird and used to lock his room every time he went out of it, even to get a glass of water from the kitchen
- They described themsleves as "Breathairian". They only drank fruit juice, never food.
- He wiped boogies all over his bedroom wall.
Stuff weird flatmates keep in their rooms
- Porn
- Sex toys/ Kinky stuff
- Used condoms
- Rude notes about flatmates
- A shrine their flatmate's ex-boyfriend who she was obsessed with!
- Stashes of money
- Drugs
- Toilet rolls under the bed
- Didn't want to know
Stuff weird flatmates keep in the fridge/freezer
- A dead rat needed for a taxidermy course. Oh, and a pile of mash that was fashioned into a little man.
- A frog.
- A Chinese girl left a plate of steak in the fridge once. We tried it. It wasn't.
- Horse steroids.
- Dead pet
- Undies
- Sperm
Weird flatmates who lead double lives
- My flatmate was sleeping with a 40 year old school teacher in London and pretending to live the high life whilst there, then he would behave like a screwed up poor student when back home.
- My flatmate said he was working at the local pub, but instead he was working as a male masseur from his bedroom.
- My flatmate was a secretary by day and a saucy chat line operator at night... Naughty!!!
So, if your flatmate isn't weird, here are some other facts that might come in handy to know when living with others.
| MOST HATED FLATMATE BEHAVIOUR | UK - Agreed | AUST - Agreed | |
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| 1. | Non-payment of bills |  |
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| 2. | Using your flatmates bed without permission | |
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| 3. | Not washing the dishes | |
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| 4. | Stealing other people's clothes | |
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- An overwhelming majority of respondents declare non-payment of bills to be the worst kind of behaviour
- Over 60% say using a flatmates bed without permission, is the most abhorrent, especially when it is with someone else!
- Of those that hate flatmates not washing the dishes, approx 70% of all females hate it compared to only 30% of males be they in Australia or the UK.
- The fourth most hated activity is stealing other people's clothes and perhaps unsurprisingly - females hate this more than males – with 56% protective of their wardrobes, compared to only 27% of males.
| THE IDEAL CELEBRITY FLATMATE - UK | Preferred | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Davina McCall | |
| 2. | Bill Gates | |
| 3. | Ant and Dec | |
| 4. | David Beckham | |
| 5. | Paris Hilton | |
| 6. | Tony Blair | |
Other famous flatmates of choice include The Queen, Robbie Williams and Gloria Hunniford.
| THE IDEAL CELEBRITY FLATMATE - Australia | Preferred | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Comedian Will Anderson | |
| 2. | Comedian Gretal Killeen | |
| 3. | Paris Hilton | |
| 4. | Bill Gates | |
| 5. | Cricketer Shane Warne | |
| 6. | Prime Minister John Howard | |
