I currently have a roommate. I gave him his 30 day notice on July 31.
The charges:
* Rent is due on the 30th of the month, which he agreed to when he signed our roommate agreement. He has been late every month that has the 31st. It is not my problem that you are only paid on the last day of the month, you need to be responsible enough to pay the rent when it is due. When I reminded him when the rent was due, he got an attitude. That's really the main reason why I gave him notice, but there is also more.
* He broke my window fan which was less than two months old, and lied and said it spontaneously fell down.
* He had been eating my food without asking permission and lied and said "I thought you said this was for everybody." (I would never say that.)
* My walls are MAD DIRTY now. It's as though he walks around flailing about, touching everything with every body part.
* He has NEVER cleaned the living room. It's as though he has never dusted anything in his life.
* I think he's cleaned the kitchen once.
* I KNOW he's only cleaned the bathroom once because he was so poor at it, I decided to never ask him to do it again.
* He lied and said he's not a smoker, yet he smells like Richmond (no offense) every time he gets home from work.
* He has drank my alcohol and has let my friends drink my alcohol.
* He's just a piss poor human being.
I hate that I have to have a roommate at all, but I'm definitely not keeping one that messes up my home life.
I really wanted to say this to him when I gave him his notice: