My girlfriend and I are renting a 3br house, roughly $2000/month. We had 2 of her coworkers living with us and each paying a quarter of the rent. Yesterday morning, one of our roommates took her own life, and now the other roommate doesnt want to live here because she would be sharing walls and cant handle being in the house. I don't blame her one bit. We have 5 months left on the lease. We could ideally squeeze with one roommate, but just the two of us will be hard due to financial reasons. The other aspect is emotionally, I don't want to be here anymore either...I was the one to find the body, and I get nauseous every time I look at her door, let alone go inside the room. Breaking our lease would result in a penalty of our security deposit as well as 2 months rent. I'm so lost, and have no idea what the right call is to do. None of our friends would feel comfortable moving in based on the news that there was just a suicide here. We also cant really look for random roommates, because my girlfriend works for a zoo and often raises animals at home, so someone who is untrustworthy could ruin her career.
Tldr: we essentially lost 2 roommates that were paying rent with us. Emotionally, its weighing on me to still be in the house, but breaking the lease would be super expensive. We can't search for random roommates because of my girlfriends job. Are there any other alternatives? Has anyone who has experienced this situation found a good way to deal with it?
Submitted April 06, 2019 at 04:10PM by NoTNeK4 http://bit.ly/2VwfpKc
