Long term apartment rental rules. What to check before renting an apartment: from the announcement to the intricacies of the contract

If you are going to use the apartment long time then, by following a few rules, you can reduce the risk when renting a home.

1. We check the documents for the apartment. This should be done before you pay the fee in order to immediately dismiss the scammers who rent out someone else's living space. You should definitely see the original documents confirming the ownership. Keep in mind that they are different for different forms of ownership. The apartment can be: privatized, purchased under a paid sale and purchase transaction, exchange or rent agreement; inherited or received as a gift.

Important! All contracts must be with state registration, otherwise they will not have legal force.

2. Pay attention to the composition of the owner's family. It is worth checking not only the seller's passport, but also an extract from the house book. Please note that people who are part of the family have the right to use the apartment.

3. We obtain the consent of the owners. If the owner of the apartment is not alone, then the written consent of everyone is simply necessary. If the housing is not privatized, then the consent of all residents. When renting a room in communal apartment in case of protest from neighbors, it is worth canceling the deal.

4. We conclude a contract of employment. This will help to defend your interests if, for example, the rent suddenly increases.

5. We take receipts. Will help to avoid misunderstandings when paying.

6. Rights and obligations. You have the right to move your family into the apartment with the consent of the owner, you must vacate the premises at the end of the term under the contract, allow the owner to check the condition of the housing and his belongings. The owner does not have the right to change the amount of the fee without agreement and to evict you before the expiration of the contract (except for cases that are established by article 687 of the Civil Code).

7. If you yourself have no time or are simply afraid to miss something - contact realtors. However, there are also underwater ones here. You can get to a news agency or a dishonest specialist. What should make you suspicious: low rent and service fees; settlement before moving into the apartment (professional realtors will take payment after the conclusion of the lease agreement); the manager will provide you with a list of apartments that you need to inspect yourself; the contract specifies that the firm provides information services.

If you choose an apartment yourself

When looking for an apartment through a specialized ad site or a group in social networks you run the risk of facing scammers. In order not to fall for their tricks, you need to pay attention to several important points.

1. Average cost of renting an apartment according to your criteria

Too "sweet" ads are often fake. Spacious with modern renovation in the very center of the city a minute walk from the metro and for a penny? A very dubious proposal.

2. Request to transfer the prepayment to the card

This point often follows from the previous one. You call on the ad you like, they tell you that there are a lot of people who want to, and then they ask you to transfer at least a few thousand so that the apartment remains with you. Don't be fooled by this: you just spoke to a scammer.

Never transfer money to strangers as a deposit without a personal meeting.

3. The authenticity of the photos of the apartment

To make sure that the information from the ad is correct, check the photographs of the apartment for authenticity. This can be done, for example, through a Google image search.

If one and the same apartment is posted on several rental sites, it's not a big deal. Another thing is when the photos are walking on the Internet, and the description, the address of the apartment and the contact person change dramatically from time to time.

4. Lack of photos of the apartment

Ads without photos look odd to say the least. In most cases, this means that something is wrong with the apartment, or that such living space does not exist at all.

5. Frequency of ad placement

It happens that the same apartment rental ad appears and disappears with enviable frequency. Two weeks ago, the apartment was rented, then it was rented, and a month later it again hangs in the current one. And so in a circle.

Of course, it may not be about the owner, but about the tenants. Well, a person has no luck for tenants, and that's it. Nevertheless, the often flashing ads are alarming.

6. Contact person

Who deals with the issue of an apartment for rent? The owner himself or the realtor? If you do not want to pay a commission equal to half or even the entire amount of the monthly payment, then ads from realtors are not suitable for you.

If you contact a realtor

Realtors can make your life easier and help you find your dream apartment. Or they can be pretty nerve-racking, emptying your wallet, or wasting your time. Here's when to watch out.

1. The realtor cannot name the company of which he is now or where he worked before

If the realtor claims to be on the staff of the agency, you can contact the company directly and clarify this.

If the realtor is a private entrepreneur, in any case, he must tell you at least a few companies in which he worked before. If you have difficulty with this, you may be in front of a scammer.

2. The realtor is not interested in who and in what composition will live in the apartment

Almost every owner at least roughly represents who he sees as a tenant, and notifies the realtor about this. If during the conversation you are not asked about the number of residents, the presence of animals and permanent work- this is a bell.

3. The realtor is not an expert in his field

It is difficult to imagine that a realtor does not know how to write a receipt for receiving money or fill out a rental agreement. And if you still do not know, then this is not a realtor.

4. You are asked to pay the commission before signing the contract

The realtor receives a commission only after the conclusion of the transaction. If you are required to pay in advance, do not give in and do not transfer funds.

5. The realtor only deals with one apartment

Usually a realtor has several objects in work. It is suspicious when a specialist devotes all his time to only one apartment. Try typing your phone number into your browser's search bar and see how many ads they give you.

6. The realtor introduces himself as an employee of the news agency

You are offered to drive up to the office, conclude an agreement and get access to the owner database after paying the commission.

The realtor will not go with you to inspect the apartment and meet with the owner, but if it works out to someone from the received database, then after a preliminary agreement on the meeting, the landlord will cancel everything at the last moment.

In this case, it will not work to return the money, because you signed an agreement on the provision of information services... To get justice, you can go to lawyers and try to file an application in court. However, no one can guarantee you a successful outcome. Therefore, carefully study all the documents on which you put your signature.

Stage 2. First contact with the owner

You have chosen the ideal, in your opinion, option and are happy to call to make an appointment. First, find out if you are really speaking with the owner and not with the realtor or anyone else. Even if the ad stated that the apartment is rented directly.

Ask the landlord a few questions. For example, where the windows of the apartment go or what floor it is on.

If the person hesitates, he may be trying to deceive you. The owner will answer such questions without delay.

If you feel that everything is in order, go through the information indicated in the ad: specify the cost, the need for a deposit and payment of the last month. Find out for how long the apartment is rented out, whether it is really 10 minutes to go to the metro, not 30. In general, talk about all the nuances that are important to you.

Stage 3. Inspection of housing

Rate the entrance. His condition can say a lot about the tenants of the house - your potential neighbors.
Try to look at your neighbors and ask who lived in the apartment before you. It is advisable to do this together with the owner: if the tenants of the neighboring apartments are not newcomers, then they will recognize your landlord, and you will once again make sure that he is the owner.
Take a close look at the bathroom, especially the plumbing. If the tap is leaking, you should point it out to the owner right away.
Check the condition of the furniture and assess its wear.
Pay attention to the location of the outlets. You may need to rearrange the furniture.
If you have pets, check to see if the previous occupants have had a cat or dog.
Do not be lazy to include all the appliances and household appliances that you plan to use.
Check all the switches in the apartment.
Ask about internet availability.
Check the locks so that you do not have to wait under the door until you are allowed inside. If there are several locks, and the key is given to you only from one, find out the reason. The owner can say that the lock has been broken for a long time and has not been used. You must insist on replacement or repair and ask for a complete set of keys.
Make sure the seals on the meters are intact.
Check the status balcony doors and windows if you don't want to freeze in winter.
Appreciate the whole apartment.

If none of the above in the apartment bothers you, you can proceed to drawing up a contract.

Stage 4. Conclusion of the contract

What documents of the owner need to be checked

If the apartment has one owner

When concluding a lease, ask the landlord to show you:

passport;
certificate of ownership or an extract from the USRN.

You need to make sure that the apartment belongs to the person who introduced himself as the owner of the apartment.

One of the most common types of fraud on the market is renting someone else's apartment. Housing can be rented out by a certain "friend" of the owner of the apartment, who settled in it for just a couple of days.

Arthur Ustimov, founder and general manager rental management service "Arendatika"

If you have not checked the documents for the property, then you risk not only losing money, but also being left on the street.

If there are several owners

In addition to a passport and a certificate of ownership, you need to obtain written consent to rent out the apartment from all owners, as well as from those who are registered in the apartment.

If a distant relative is registered in the apartment, he can come to the apartment you rented and stay in it. In this case, the lease will be valid, but no one can forbid a person registered in the apartment to live in it.

If the apartment is owned by the spouses

First you need to figure out whether the apartment is in joint or shared ownership.

Ivaschenko Srbuhi Sargisovna, leading lawyer of the European Legal Service

For insurance, you can find out about the presence of a marriage contract and familiarize yourself with its terms. If the apartment belongs to one of the spouses, then the consent of the other is not required. If in joint ownership, it will be necessary to enlist the consent of each owner.

What to look for when drawing up a contract

A rental agreement is a document that will help you avoid unnecessary conflicts, so it is very important to take a responsible approach to its preparation. The life hacker has already told how, so we will dwell only on the most important points.

Mandatory data

The subject of the contract is an apartment. You must indicate the full address, area and number of rooms.
The parties to the contract are the owner of the property (or his representative by a notarized power of attorney) and the tenant.
Passport data and information about the place of registration - both the owner of the apartment and the tenant.

The term of the contract and the procedure for payment

Indicate the terms of the contract and the period in which you are required to pay the rent. Pay attention to the sanctions for violation of the order of payment. For example, you may have a weekly period to pay off the debt, after which the owner has every right to take you out of the apartment.

The fact of payment must be recorded: when paying in cash, ask for a receipt from the owner, and when transferring to a card, ask for a bank statement.

The purpose of payment must contain a link to your agreement. For example: payment under the employment agreement No. 1 dated January 1, 2018 for June 2018.

In addition, the contract must contain the amount that you transferred to the owner upon check-in. This can be a payment for the first and last month of residence, as well as an insurance deposit - a guarantee that if the tenant damages the property, the owner of the apartment will receive material compensation.

The owner can withhold the entire amount or part of the security deposit, depending on the extent of the damage caused. If, when inspecting the apartment, everything is in order, the insurance deposit is returned in full to the tenant. The amount of the deposit that is comfortable for each party is negotiated at the conclusion of the contract.

Eviction procedure

Particular attention should be paid to the rules of eviction from the apartment. They should be comfortable for each side.

Sometimes in the contracts it is indicated that the departure and search new apartment the tenant is given only a couple of days. And some lease agreements even provide for fines for the lessee's living less than a certain length of time.
Artur Ustimov, Founder and CEO of Arendatika, a rental management service

Owner visit frequency

Frequent surprise visits from the owner bring little joy. However, you cannot forbid him to visit your own apartment. Discuss the frequency of visits that are comfortable for both of you, stipulate how long the owner should warn you, and record the agreements in the document.

Communication channels

Addresses must be specified in the contract Email or phone numbers of both parties - depending on the selected communication channel. Better both, to be sure.

Do not delete the correspondence with the landlord in order to refer to it in case of disagreement.

Inventory of valuables and meter readings

In the act of acceptance and transfer of the apartment, which is attached to the contract, you need to include an inventory of valuable things. If you made a security deposit upon arrival, there is a risk of not getting it back. You have to check the whole apartment. And the more careful, the better. You already know what points to focus on when examining an apartment.

It will be safest to take photographs of all the defects found so that they will not be attributed to you when you leave. And photos can be printed and attached to the act.

Without fail, the act must contain the readings of individual water and electricity meters at the time of check-in.

Renovation and planned changes in the apartment

Make a list of the changes you plan to make and the appliances or furniture you are planning to purchase. Agree on the maximum amount and decide how the payment will take place: only by the owner, by your own, or 50/50.

It is recommended to prescribe the terms of inseparable and separable improvements in the contract in advance or draw up an additional agreement later. At the same time, it is advisable to make a reservation in the contract that things are returned to the owner, taking into account natural wear and tear.
Artur Ustimov, Founder and CEO of Arendatika, a rental management service

Indicate in the contract who pays for the breakdown household appliances... Unfortunately, during the initial inspection, you will not be able to be 100% sure that the devices are in perfect working order, and it can be difficult to prove that the breakdown was due to normal wear and tear, and not due to improper operation.

If you notice that the device is breathing on fire, indicate this to the owner and make an inspection together, and then fix the agreement in the document. Otherwise, if a breakdown does happen, you may need the expertise of a professional to prove you were not involved in the malfunction.

Living in the apartment

Do not forget to indicate in the contract those who will live with you in the apartment. And also let me know if you have one. You should not lie about such things: with a great probability, you will be caught in a lie, and the consequences will be very sad.

When is it worth canceling the lease

The most alarming signal is the refusal to submit title deeds. Chances are good that the apartment is not all right.

An apartment, the owner of which is too worried about his property, may also be problematic. Such owners may come to you too often to check the safety of their property, which, of course, will cause you discomfort.
Artur Ustimov, Founder and CEO of Arendatika, a rental management service

It is worth paying attention to the behavior of the owner. Excessive nervousness is alarming, as is the unreasonable rush to conclude a contract. If you are asked to sign documents as soon as possible, do not allow you to check the serviceability of household appliances and fix defects, then this is another bell.

Take your time, study the contract thoughtfully, ask questions and discuss problematic points. Check whatever is necessary. It is important for you that it is comfortable to live in the apartment, and all difficulties are minimized. The owner wants his living space to remain in proper condition, and also does not want to be a regular participant. You evaluate each other - that's okay. And in this case, it is correct to set aside enough time for the process of paperwork and inspection of the apartment.

Renting an apartment is a whole science, and when you first come across an apartment search, there is a high risk of falling into the hands of scammers. So, what to look for, what documents to check and what should be alarming when renting an apartment.
Study prices in the rental housing market
Found an ad offering an apartment for 25 thousand rubles in the center of Moscow with a good repair? Forget about it, it doesn't exist. You will call the specified phone number and there, most likely, they will say that it has already been handed over, but you can consider another excellent option. This apartment will be more expensive than the indicated price and much worse. This is how unscrupulous realtors lure clients.

To understand which rental prices are adequate and which are suspiciously cheap,. Analyze the rental ads in the area you are interested in, call the indicated numbers to check the reality of the apartments, and after a few hours you will already understand that for 25-30 thousand rubles within the Garden Ring you will not rent anything decent, but in the sleeping areas it is Maybe.

Don't be fooled by scammers
In 95% of cases, you still have to deal with a realtor. Even if you are looking for housing on your own, the agent will almost certainly be from the owner's side. There are scammers who, posing as realtors, offer to look at an apartment for money (the apartment is simply gorgeous and you definitely want to rent it) or they offer you to buy a database of owners who rent out apartments (then you can conclude an agreement directly and do not have to pay a commission to the realtor). Of course, this is all cheating.
Also, do not cooperate with agents who show you fake photos, but in reality the apartments are completely different. If he is unscrupulous in this matter, then he can deceive in another.

Check owner's documents
When you liked the apartment and you already think that you have found the same one, be sure to ask for the documents. You need to check the certificate of ownership of the apartment, passport and receipts for payment of utility bills.
- Certificate of ownership
What to look at? First, the data in this document and in the passport must match. Secondly, this way you make sure that you are really the owner of the home. Anyone can show the apartment - a realtor, a neighbor, a relative, but you only need to sign an agreement with the owner, or with a person who has a notarized power of attorney from the owner. Otherwise, the next day after you celebrate the housewarming, the real landlord will come and simply kick you out. And you will lose all the money already paid.
Also pay attention to the number of owners. If there are several of them, then it is necessary to require written consent from all owners for renting the apartment. The consequence will be about the same - for example, it will come ex-wife, will say that no one asked her, and will give one day for eviction. This is almost certainly their joint conspiracy, because they will receive all your money.
- Receipts for payment of utilities
Look at the receipts for information about the debt for the previous months. If it is, then demand to pay off the debt. At some point, either the owner will want to attribute this amount to you, or, if we are talking about large debts, the utilities will threaten to turn off the services provided to you.

Take a close look at the apartment

This is one more step before concluding a contract. You need to check everything in the apartment - whether the household appliances are working, whether the tap is leaking, whether the legs at the sofa or the armrests at the chair are broken. All information about the condition of the apartment must be registered in the act of acceptance and transfer of property. Often in a hurry, realtors or the owners themselves write the standard wording "in satisfactory condition" or "in good condition." It is better to fix everything meticulously so that later you will not be required to reimburse the cost of the initially scratched laminate.

It doesn't matter if a realtor concludes a contract or you took a standard one from the Internet, do not be too lazy to study it carefully. In the contract, you need to check the full name and passport data of the owner of the home, the address of the apartment, indicate the lease term and cost, the conditions for revising the rent, the conditions and procedure for early termination of the contract and penalties, and even the number of visits by the owner. So, if you forget about this item, then the owner can easily come to you even every day, supposedly with a check. You are unlikely to withstand this and decide to move out, which means that sanctions will be imposed on you for terminating the contract. Or, if you verbally say that you will live with a cat, but do not write it down in the contract, one day this can become the reason for your eviction. And do not forget about the most detailed inventory of the property in the annex to the contract - the act of transfer and acceptance.

Assess the adequacy of the owner

Whatever one may say, in any case you will need to communicate with the owner. Let's say you will transfer payment to the card, but ... the tap has broken, a letter has come to mailbox, neighbors offer to chip in at the barrier. And the number of visits can be limited in the contract, but not the number of calls. Some grandmothers who rent out apartments consider it their duty to worry too much about tenants. All this can be understood when meeting the owners and weigh whether you can come to terms with it.

Pay the first month, deposit, commission

You need to understand that when renting an apartment, you should immediately prepare three amounts - payment for the first month, a deposit and a commission to the realtor.
You pay the security deposit to the owner, usually equal to the monthly payment for the rent. Some owners agree to split the payment over two months. The pledge is a kind of protection for the owner, because he can also be deceived. What if you take all the equipment and move out of the apartment or ruin all the furniture? The deposit is either returned at the end of the rental period (if nothing is damaged), or, by agreement, you can live the last month against this amount.
The commission goes to the realtor and you pay it. Usually the owner pays the agent only when renting an expensive apartment. The amount can be different - as 10% of the rental cost per month, and 100%.

In the last article I gave you how to rent an apartment with the least risk. Today we will talk about what you need to know if you have decided to rent an apartment and are already looking for options.

If you decide to rent an apartment without intermediaries or through an agency, you will need this information.

At the very beginning of the journey, you have two options:

rent an apartment without an intermediary;
or using the services of agencies.

Method number 1

Rent an apartment yourself

Here, everything is quite clear. You independently determine where you will take the information, you yourself are engaged in calling, filtering objects for availability, handed over by the owners.

You can also do the pasting of areas in which you intend to rent an apartment. This can be done if you have enough time and no one drives you from your real place of residence, breathing down your back.

Method number 2

Rent an apartment through an intermediary

In the real estate market, you can find three types of intermediaries - real estate agencies, news agencies and private intermediaries. The difference in their work is small.

Decent agencies take for their services from 30-50% of the rental price and receive their remuneration upon arrival. News agencies offer for 3-4 thousand rubles to use their "base of owners", renting apartments that meet your parameters.

Private intermediaries can cooperate with several owners and rent out their objects.

How to work with intermediaries

Real estate agencies usually conclude an agreement in which they indicate that they undertake the obligation to select an apartment for you to rent. If you have already decided on such a step, then make sure that the contract specifies a specific date for which the agency must find you the desired option.

Do not forget to provide for such important point- the order of actions in case of default by the agency to find you an apartment within the agreed period.

If you rented an apartment through a real estate agency, then you should know that usually the agency itself draws up the lease agreement, receives its commissions and bounces back. Then you are on your own.

I don’t know how you can rent an apartment through a news agency. such methods are still new to the real estate market. Moreover, the performance of such an information service is somewhat doubtful.

Although, if there are precedents for real help in renting an apartment from news agencies, we will consider them.

As for private brokers who are engaged in mediation, I know of several examples when it came to ridiculousness.

Apparently, there is an agreement between the owners and the broker so that clients do not spoil the apartment, or cause minimal damage to it. So one of the clients of such a broker could not even drive a nail into the wall without asking ...

The second case concerned a lease agreement, or rather its content. One friend expressed a desire to rent an apartment he liked and asked to conclude a lease agreement. When he looked at it, hair began to stir everywhere.

I suppose that the apartment was supposed to be sold soon, and the owners were also very distrustful of people. Maybe right, I don't know :)

In any case, whichever way of finding an apartment you choose, for reinsurance, you need to follow some rules.

Apartment rent rules

1. As soon as you have found someone to rent an apartment from, you should definitely meet with the owners of the apartment. This will once again improve human relations, because who knows how long you will stay here.

2. Find out what relation the person who introduced himself as the owner has to the apartment. Ask to show you the passport and title documents for the apartment, because they will still be needed to draw up a lease agreement. So double-check who you will be renting an apartment from.

The owner must have the original of the Certificate of ownership and the document justifying the acquisition of this right (contract of sale, privatization, donation, etc.). If the apartment you plan to rent is in a social rental, ask to show a social rental agreement or warrant.

If the owner behaves inadequately - he is indignant, shouts, refuses to show documents, or gives copies of the originals - turn around and leave, no matter how attractive this option for renting an apartment may seem. There must be a fraudulent scheme taking place here.

Case of life:

Once, at the dawn of my youth, I helped my friend rent an apartment in Khabarovsk on the lane. Inscom. Came to the apartment with a real estate agent. There we were met by our aunt and uncle on suitcases, with a photocopy of title documents and said that they were renting out our sister's apartment, and today they were leaving for the glorious city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

They, they say, urgently need to pass, therefore the price is attractive. There was no power of attorney from my sister, they promised to give it to the agent as soon as they arrived in Komsomolsk. A friend guessed to ask for tickets (although not a fact, they could have been), but they refused to show them.

In general, a goof-divorce pure water:) We turned around and left, although the rental apartment was very good both in terms of price and condition. Once again, I warn you, it's hard to leave the "black" apartments without taking off - so they love :))

3. For everything to be fair, show your documents, you have nothing to hide, and you also need them to draw up a contract. They may ask who you work for to calm down that you will pay steadily, this is normal.

4. By the way, regarding the conclusion of the contract. This question should always be positive for you, because you are actually in an apartment that does not belong to you and use someone else's property. Renting an apartment without a lease means sitting on a powder keg. since will explode just then. when you don't wait.

To calm your soul, find a well-written contract or look at the one that the owner or agent has (depending on who you will be dealing with). The contract will help you to defend your rights so that, for example, you are not asked to vacate the rented apartment ahead of time without obligations on the part of the owner.

Whether the owner pays taxes on the rent or not, you should not worry, this is his own business, but the contract will still be valid even without notarization.

We will talk in more detail about drawing up a lease agreement in a separate article.

5. Do not forget, just in case, to play it safe and find out from the owner (or it is better to take a closer look at the Certificate of Ownership and the documents that justify the acquisition of this right) whether someone else owns the apartment on an equal basis with him and whether they agree that you will be renting an apartment ...

Remember small but important nuance... All apartment owners, including those who have permanent registration in it, must sign the lease agreement from the owner. But on your part, as a tenant, only you can sign, and the rest can be simply registered in a separate paragraph.

Subsequently, you will be personally responsible for the actions of those with whom you rented an apartment.

6. When concluding a contract, indicate the period for which you are renting an apartment, the conditions under which the contract can be terminated before the contract expires.

Write down the period for which the owners are obliged to notify you that you need to vacate the rented apartment and their obligations if they violate this paragraph.

7. Agree when you will settle accounts with the owners for renting an apartment (usually the last days of the month). Also agree for what period the fee will be charged - month-quarter, in advance by prepayment or post factum.

In general, for the peace of mind of both parties, it is better to pay in advance for a month, without paying for a quarter or after the fact. Agree on who will come for the rental payment (personally the owner or a trusted person).

Upon payment, draw up a receipt each time or mark it with the owner's signature on the rental payment schedule.

8. Payment for renting an apartment, as a rule, is charged either in full, or including light on the meter, or including meters (water, light, gas). Immediately stipulate and write down in the agreement on what principle the payment for renting an apartment will be formed.

9. Visits by the owner of the rented apartment must also be agreed in the contract. To prevent unauthorized visits, especially when you are not at home.

You need to respect each other and trust at least a little, otherwise you just don't have any relationship. Usually, one visit per month is enough for the owners when collecting rent for renting an apartment.

10. If you or the owner decide to make additions or changes to the lease agreement for the rented apartment, then it will be necessary to draw up an additional agreement.

11. It is not superfluous to draw up an inventory of the property transferred to the tenant for the use of the property to the lease agreement for the apartment. Everything here should be like in the army, who served, of course knows :)

In other words - everything is clear, no unnecessary pieces of furniture or household appliances, so that you don't have to look for a cat in a dark room and prove something over time. Which parameters you choose for the description is at your discretion, but I would advise you to indicate the main ones.

For example, for household appliances - model, year of manufacture, degree of wear and damage, of course the quantity too. Do not forget to check that all listed devices are working properly.

It will not be superfluous to check the functionality of furniture, for example, a sofa-book, windows, doors, etc.

12. After your relationship after the expiration of the lease agreement with the owner ends and you, by mutual or your consent, do not want to continue them anymore, you will need to vacate the rented apartment and transfer all the property, according to the inventory that was compiled at the very beginning.

You don't need to write any receipts. The only thing is, on your copy of the lease agreement, you can ask the owner to write that he has no claims to you and received payment in full. You can write the same thing on its copy. In addition to the words, about the payment received, of course :))

If it turned out that in the process of renting an apartment some household item from the inventory was lost or damaged, then here the issue of restoration or compensation for damage is resolved amicably. in the event that it is not possible to resolve the situation in an amicable way, go to court.

Renting an apartment is quite simple, subject to these simple rules, and you learned how important it is to comply with them when renting an apartment.

The list of rules with tips for renting an apartment turned out to be quite long, with examples from practice and life. I hope that if you are planning to rent an apartment, it will be of great help to you.