FAQ With The Landlord You have decided to go for a rented place and have zeroed in on the place that you want to rent, great! But now comes the tough part, you have to not only relocate but also arrange everything according to your requirements. If it is a furnished flat, you are most likely to carry lesser things with you but still you will need to make a few changes to the place according to your convenience. Given below are the questions that you must ask your landlord before going about it. It’ll not only help you maintain friendly relations with him but you must also remember that it’s his/her property that you are living in and it is always courteous to ask for permission.
1) Coloring the walls: First of all ask yourself, do you really need to colour the walls? If yes, it is better to ask the landlord for permission. The newly coloured walls will be easily noticeable and
you may have to shell out a huge amount as compensation if you do it without his/her permission. 2) Parking allotment: In normal circumstances there is parking allotment for only one car but if you have more than one car and face parking woes, ask your landlord if you can park more than one car (ideally people have two cars these days.) You might also be taking up someone else’s place intentionally or unintentionally therefore it is always better to ask for the permission before claiming the parking space to be your own. 3) Keeping pets: This is the most important question that you must ask your landlord. Pets can not only be noisy but also can create a nuisance around your surroundings. If they believe the pet can spoil their house, they will refuse you to keep one so it’s always better to ask them before keeping a pet in the surroundings of the house. 4) Guests: Funnily enough, there are many who believe that having too many guests at home will disturb the peace and quietness of the house. They might also believe that the guests dirty the surroundings too. It’s ideal to your landlord for permission to play host to guests. 5) Leave the house prematurely: Normally, when you sign a contract, you are expected to fulfill the contract obligations but due to certain reasons best known to you, you want to break the lease terms and move on you can ask for an exit clause which will
help you in phasing out gradually. 6) Playing loud music/increasing television volume: It is very important to maintain discipline in the house; you must remember you are staying in a locality which has a lot of people residing besides you. It is always better to ask your landlord about these things before doing anything untowardly where things can go drastically wrong. You can always ask as many questions as you want, remember it is better to ask before than doing anything wrong and falling in an awkward situation. If you are renting a place, you are most likely to change it according to your way of living. That is why it is necessary to ask your landlord for the permission to make those changes as it is house and it is always better to take permission to avoid any unpleasentries later on. For more information please click here.