Pro:

• Freedom from parents
• Independence
• Not having to put up with my teenage sister’s angst and my parents’ arguing
• Being able to walk to uni… 30-40mins
• Buses that come regularly to the city
• Cool folk that have good taste in music, films, politics
• The Greens corflute attached to our front fence
• Appreciating my parents more
• It’s better than most sharehouses I’ve heard about
• Being able to see my friends whenever without having to ask my parents to go out
• Pretty cool housemates
• Not living in the western suburbs!

Con:

• Cockroaches running on our kitchen bench
• (Three) Mice running into the kitchen to steal muesli
• I’ve seen more insects living there for three weeks than I have in my whole life
• Opening the fridge I share with one other housemate, discovering open plates and cans, and two cockroaches INSIDE the fridge
• Being too scared to cook anything because of hygiene
• Doing my bit on the cleaning roster PLUS other people’s then having it messy and dirty again a couple hours later
• Having to deal with the mess AND dirtiness
• Always having to wear havianas around the house because I’m afraid I’ll step on a cockroach or pop-bug
• People who don’t clean up after themselves!!
• Dusty, dusty dusty…. in fact, I have asthma again according to the doctor today. It’s been almost ten years since I last used a puffer
• Missing my cats terribly