A bit of context:
My (M27) parents have this two story house in town that they’ve been renting out for years. One previous tenant left the house in such a state that they had to renovate the whole house, including replacing the downstairs floor with Lino after the previous tenant’s dog had destroyed the carpet with all its pee.
Due to my original apartment I was renting being put on the market by the landlord, my parents offered to let me rent their rental, but I would need to get two roommates to help cover the cost. They are alright with the roommates having pets, so long as they don’t pee upstairs, as they don’t want to have to replace the carpet again.
My roommate (K) has an older dog (16 years old), who, on the same day they moved in, peed in my room. K cleaned it up and assured me that once she settled in, the peeing inside would stop.
it is now four months later. Her dog has peed upstairs pretty much monthly, as far as I know (not in my room, but in K’s room or downstairs). Downstairs isn’t that big a deal, but upstairs is a major problem.
However, there are two other issues I’m rather frustrated about. Firstly, she doesn’t tell me. I have to confront her about it, sometimes days later. The second issue is \*how\* I find out. When I go to put the towels on, it’s hard to miss the smell of day/s old dog pee marinating in the pile she leaves it in, whether it’s in her room or in the garage, in front of the washing machine. What’s worse is that she’s been using \*my towels\* because, in her own words, "they looked a bit scudsy".
Honestly, there’s a lot of things she does that frustrates me, like her half-arsed attempts at doing the house chore \*\*she insisted on being the only one to do,\*\* but her lack of transparency and overall hygiene in regards to her dog peeing indoors feels like the tipping point, as it’s not just affecting me, but the house itself. Would I be the A-hole if I asked her to find other accommodation over this?
TL:DR Roommate’s dog peeing in house, she wipes it up with my towels and leaves them to fester.