Apartments For Rent in Michigan

Sharing an apartment is financially and emotionally beneficial for parties involved. If you share your rented space with a friend, you’ll have someone to talk to at home. You will also have someone to share the rental fee and utility bills with come payment season.

Although sharing an apartment has lots of advantages, it can be disastrous if you don’t have a good, written and concrete sharing agreement. So if you are thinking sharing your apartment, here are few tips and advice that can help you build a good sharing agreement.

Identify the things that must be agreed upon.

Before writing down an agreement contract, think about the things that both parties must agreed upon. Better if you allow your friend to share her/his own thoughts too. Aside from equal sharing of rental payment, there are some other things that you guys must put into a written agreement.

Include utility bills in the contract.

Aside from the rental fee, also make sure that you also have a written agreement regarding utility bills. Best if you set some sort of limit to the usage of appliances or home gadgets too.

Include grocery expenses too.

If you thinking about sharing grocery and food items with your friend, put it on the written agreement too. Aside from the grocery expenses, also put who’s going to be responsible (on certain dates) in grocery shopping, cooking and doing the dishes too.

Visitors and guest policy

This is one thing that must be put on a written agreement too. If you guys don’t have very common friends, it’s a good thing to set some sort of rules in visitors and guest policy. Trust me, doing this can save you from a lot of headache and stress.

Pet policy

Aside from the pet policy of the apartment building or complex, it’s best that you set a pet policy too internally. If you don’t have a pet and your friend has, write down all her/his duties and responsibilities as a pet owner. Also write down that he/she is the sole responsible person for damages brought by his/her fury friend.

The above apartment sharing tips will surely keep you and your friend live in peace and harmony at your rented apartment.