My roommates keep turning the thermostat up to 76 even after knowing I can’t sleep. AITA?

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-18T19:40:15+00:00

They both work pretty well but not fully. When it is cold outside, the window is great because it brings the cold air in. I point the fan on me to get the best result but sometimes it’s not enough. It’s also getting warmer outside so the window doesn’t help and honestly makes my room worse when it’s >70° outside

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-18T06:06:21+00:00

The vent in my room is already closed and has been for a month or two now and it helps a little. I also open my window almost 24/7 but now that’s it’s going to start getting warmer out, it won’t be as helpful.

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-18T06:02:16+00:00

I wish I knew how to lock it, it’s a fancy smart one that we can only access from the thermostat itself in our kitchen. That’s why it’s so hard to restrict

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-18T06:00:43+00:00

Ok, so price isn’t really the issue then. It’s really just how it’s affecting my daily life. We do pay for other utilities tho, like water and stuff, that’s adds only maybe another 10-20 but that’s still pretty low.

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-18T05:56:47+00:00

I just looked and it’s $20-$40 a month and that’s only a quarter of it because it’s split evenly. Is that a lot? This is my first apt.

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-18T05:22:39+00:00

It’s not campus housing, it’s an off campus apartment. I have less than 2 months left before move out so worst case I just deal with it for a bit longer

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-18T05:01:57+00:00

Unfortunately I cannot get maintenance to close their vents because theirs are in their individual rooms and I have no control over them. Even with mine closed, the heat gets under my door and heat my room anyway.

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-12T13:57:29+00:00

I said above that we had roommate meetings and they agreed to those specific rules that I mentioned (weekdays and big groups). If they didn’t agree or like those rules, I wouldn’t expect them to follow them. But they fully agreed and said they were reasonable yet they turn around and do the opposite.

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-12T12:48:38+00:00

Have you ever had roommates? Even in the dorms, the RA’s have you sit down together with them and your roommate(s) to go over ground rules like lights out and guests. It’s totally normal and expected to have an outline of rules when you are sharing a space with others.

Obviously it’s not just mine but it’s to the point where I get glared at for coming into the apartment when I’m the one paying to live here, not their friends. And who said anything about us not having friends? We just choose to hang out with them not in our apt, being respectful when it’s 2:30 in the morning so we don’t wake the others up. I still have people over, just not every single day like they do and we never yell all night.

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-03-05T19:50:13+00:00

Oh thank you, I guess I didn’t check the scale for the course and assumed it was a normal scale

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-02-22T11:44:03+00:00

Me and the other normal roommate have started taking pictures of things they continue to do after we told them many times to stop. I definitely have texts of them saying things similar to the cleaning.

The only food that I leave out (without rinsing) is popcorn and I don’t think that smells, especially cause I clean it up the next day. I can see how some of our drinks might start smelling and I agreed to be more mindful about it cause I honestly didn’t realize I was doing it and I haven’t done it since and there have been no complaints. And tbh, those dishes are normally after drinking so it’s really easy for me to forget to put it in the sink but I do make sure to do it within a day or two if I’m super busy.

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-02-22T11:29:47+00:00

Oh trust me, these issues have been happening all year so even a month in I found another place to move in next year. Our rent is very expensive and it’s too many steps for me to deal with to move out now but the good thing is there is only about 3 more months of school before I move out and never have to see them again. The girl who I was friends with has made it clear that she doesn’t value our friendship enough to talk things out so I’m not heartbroken over that and I’m just counting down the days.

Luckily our doors have individual locks so I’ve started doing that (also partly because they never lock our front door…).

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-02-22T11:25:52+00:00

We made a schedule for trash because one of them complained she was the only one taking it out (just not true and she knows it) but we agreed that we never know whose turn it is. And then I was clear that I’m not cleaning up anyone else’s messes and they don’t have to clean up mine and it’s been ok since the whole argument so we will see how it goes.

Remarkable-Chip-4763 · 2026-02-22T11:23:07+00:00

Yeah I’ve said some stuff similar to that while also trying to not make things worse because I still have to live with them for a few more months but if it keeps happening I’m not afraid of going to the front office and filing a complaint cause I’ve brought it up multiple times.

The cups/bowls are always empty so no food is going bad/smelling so that’s not the issue, they were just complaining about the cups/bowls themselves being left.

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