nine in 10 young flat sharers say they’ve lived with a ‘horror housemate'

Millie Thomas lived with a friend who refused to let anyone turn the thermostat up (Picture: Gareth Everett/Huw Evans Agency)

Piles of dirty dishes. Food with your name on it,half-eaten. Music blasted aloud at 3am while you’re trying to sleep.

We’ve all had bad housemates – and Millie Thomas,25,knows the feeling all too well.

Her flatmate’s biggest offence? The need to crank the thermostat down to 0°C,even during winter.

The veterinary nurse is among the nine in 10 young flat-sharers who have lived with a ‘housemate horror’,according to a new survey by Barclays.

The veterinary nurse lived with her roommates for a year (Picture: Gareth Everett/Huw Evans Agency)

The findings released today show that nine in 10 Millennial and Gen Z renters have clashed over shared-space etiquette.

Three in 10 of the 2,000 surveyed report issues with roommates playing music out loud and leaving towers of dirty dishes in the sink.

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‘We’ve got four guinea pigs,’ she says. ‘Strawberry Shortcake,Coconut and we’ve just rescued two more called Pumpkin and Butternut Squash.’