I am currently renting a room in a 3 bedroom apartment. A mother and her adult daughter stay in one room, I am in one room, and there is another roommate in another room. My lease was for 1 year and it is already over. I am paying $1,200 a month. The mother said that I am allowed to cook and use the kitchen, but I never cook because I don't want to be seen and I just don't want to be around them.

The mother locks her adult daughter in their room like a prisoner 24/7 at all times. The daughter doesn't work. I would often hear the daughter making strange noises. I feel miserable living here.

I rarely ever see them except once or twice a month because I know what their schedule is like and I try to avoid them. The daughter is always at home. The mother is at home most of the time and comes home from work at 2 pm on weekdays and stays home all night with her daughter. So I leave to go to work before she gets home and I get home after midnight when she is already sleep. If it's my days off, I feel like I want to leave just to get away from them because they are always at home. And If I am at home when they are here, I feel like I can't get anything done.

I find myself eating out a lot more than if I were to cook at home, and it gets expensive. And adjusting my schedule so that I would avoid them. I like to be able to leave and go home when I want, cook my own food, privacy, and not have to deal with anyone else. I'm tired of living like this. I have looked at studio apartments, and they are a couple hundred dollars more.

Should I stay here or rent a studio apartment? Is the couple hundred dollars worth my sanity? Am I paying a high price for some rent and all of the hidden costs for me to live with these roommates? It is cheaper to live here, but is it worth the sacrifice of my peace?