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Originally Posted by Amethyst
If the landlord is not a roommate, how is he responsible for getting one of the other roommates to do the dishes? The mess is caused by the tenants, not the landlord. Otherwise everyone could just mess up their place and break their lease.
When I had a roommate with different cleaning habits, we made an agreement where we alternated weeks for being responsible for cleaning the kitchen. If you don't think that will work, maybe there is some other trade-off you can make? For example, you do the cleaning and they pay the utilities?
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I think it depends. If the landlord has a separate lease for each roommate that rents a room/a share of the common areas, then the landlord would have to get involved.
If the 3 roommates came together and signed one lease, where all three are named, it's probably an issue between the roommates. Although, a standard lease agreement should have a clause that state's you'll keep the place in a reasonably clean and tidy condition, which this is not.