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First apartment tips? what are some first apartment tips? unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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Pay your rent!  Keep your job to do so. | |
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bom chika wah wah 
....try to get your money's worth...a nice place that doesn't make you want to stab your eyeballs out when you're writing the rent check.... He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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clean everything (bleach, mr. clean and lysol - the holy cleaning trinity)
get a copy of the lease make sure that anything discussed OUTSIDE of the lease, is handwritten onto the lease and initialled by the landlord/property manager inspect the WHOLE property start small with furniture, sometimes you just don't know if you'll have enough room when you move your boxes in, put the boxes in the room they belong in (but that goes without saying really) shampoo the carpets if necessary paint if you need to [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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Always, always, ALWAYS keep your doors locked - even in the middle of the day. | |
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oh, check the water pressure all over the house
make sure the toilet actually flushes! and on top of keeping your doors locked - change the locks if the landlord hasn't already. [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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paintedlady said: Pay your rent!
Keep your job to do so.I have a fear of losing my job...then money..then place.  unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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reneGade20 said: bom chika wah wah
....try to get your money's worth...a nice place that doesn't make you want to stab your eyeballs out when you're writing the rent check.... or if it makes you want to stab your eyes out...redecorate?  I'll try.unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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sammij said: clean everything (bleach, mr. clean and lysol - the holy cleaning trinity)
get a copy of the lease make sure that anything discussed OUTSIDE of the lease, is handwritten onto the lease and initialled by the landlord/property manager inspect the WHOLE property start small with furniture, sometimes you just don't know if you'll have enough room when you move your boxes in, put the boxes in the room they belong in (but that goes without saying really) shampoo the carpets if necessary paint if you need to thanks sammij unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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JustErin said: Always, always, ALWAYS keep your doors locked - even in the middle of the day.
new yorker....should I change the locks? or add one? unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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Like your landlord, (if the landlord is on the property) nothing's worse than living with an overly fussy landlord.
all good advice on the thread so far, make sure your windows, and smoke alarms and appliances (if included) are in working order. Plan to do stuff to save on heating costs now, if heat isn't inc. in the rent. | |
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peacenlovealways said: reneGade20 said: bom chika wah wah
....try to get your money's worth...a nice place that doesn't make you want to stab your eyeballs out when you're writing the rent check.... or if it makes you want to stab your eyes out...redecorate? I'll try.that was my room when i first moved into my house. 3 cans of paint later. 
my room is lovely now  [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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sammij said: oh, check the water pressure all over the house
make sure the toilet actually flushes! and on top of keeping your doors locked - change the locks if the landlord hasn't already. alright...that sucker might try to sneak in when I'm not home. unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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peacenlovealways said: JustErin said: Always, always, ALWAYS keep your doors locked - even in the middle of the day.
new yorker....should I change the locks? or add one? not a new yorker..
...crazy shit is happening everywhere now... you should be locking your doors by default! [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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peacenlovealways said: sammij said: oh, check the water pressure all over the house
make sure the toilet actually flushes! and on top of keeping your doors locked - change the locks if the landlord hasn't already. alright...that sucker might try to sneak in when I'm not home. Ok well first off, if you don't trust your landlord as it is, then maybe you shouldn't be living there. [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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peacenlovealways said: paintedlady said: Pay your rent!
Keep your job to do so.I have a fear of losing my job...then money..then place. Its tough for many now, I said it in jest, but job security is a real concern for many.  | |
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peacenlovealways said: JustErin said: Always, always, ALWAYS keep your doors locked - even in the middle of the day.
new yorker....should I change the locks? or add one? Your landlord is supposed to change the locks every time he has a new tenant...but bare in mind that he has every right to have a key for it as well. However, he's not allowed to enter without letting you know he is going to do it. | |
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peacenlovealways said: reneGade20 said: bom chika wah wah
....try to get your money's worth...a nice place that doesn't make you want to stab your eyeballs out when you're writing the rent check.... or if it makes you want to stab your eyes out...redecorate? I'll try.well, that too!! I was thinking more along the lines of getting less apartment for ridiculous money....my first apartment definitely fit that description....because I just HAD to have a loft....  He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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JustErin said: peacenlovealways said: new yorker....should I change the locks? or add one? Your landlord is supposed to change the locks every time he has a new tenant...but bare in mind that he has every right to have a key for it as well. However, he's not allowed to enter without letting you know he is going to do it. ok
I didn't move out yet...I think 23 is too old to be living at home...my mom told me a hundred times to get out....but she'll be sorry...now she will have to clean the bathroom and wash the dishes and take the garbage out every day herself and no more tips.... unlucky7 reincarnated | |
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JustErin said: peacenlovealways said: new yorker....should I change the locks? or add one? Your landlord is supposed to change the locks every time he has a new tenant...but bare in mind that he has every right to have a key for it as well. However, he's not allowed to enter without letting you know he is going to do it.  Wow, I am very happy it's not like that here in Austria. My landlord sure doesn't have a key to my apartment.With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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my first apartment didnt have central heating so my advice is live in one room in the winter its cheaper to heat just one room, but you do have to be super fast visiting the bathroom!!!! walk with crooked shoes www.myspace/syblepurplelishous | |
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peacenlovealways said: JustErin said: Your landlord is supposed to change the locks every time he has a new tenant...but bare in mind that he has every right to have a key for it as well. However, he's not allowed to enter without letting you know he is going to do it. ok
I didn't move out yet...I think 23 is too old to be living at home...my mom told me a hundred times to get out....but she'll be sorry...now she will have to clean the bathroom and wash the dishes and take the garbage out every day herself and no more tips.... Don't move out until/unless you've saved some money. I lived at home after college. My parents didn't make me pay rent, but my mother insisted I give her a certain amount of money every month that she deposited in a savings account for me. So when I moved out about a year-and-a-half later, I had enough money to pay the security deposit on an apartment, and buy everything I needed (including furniture) to set up housekeeping. 
Fortunately, I was working loooong hours at my first job - and only one of my sisters was living at home at the time. (The other two were at school.) I was hardly ever at home, anyway. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Make sure you budget. It'll take a few months to get adjusted.
Buy a new toilet seat. | |
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Serious said: JustErin said: Your landlord is supposed to change the locks every time he has a new tenant...but bare in mind that he has every right to have a key for it as well. However, he's not allowed to enter without letting you know he is going to do it. Wow, I am very happy it's not like that here in Austria. My landlord sure doesn't have a key to my apartment. really? what about emergencies?due to the content i suggest you like this... | |
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CarrieLee said: Make sure you budget. It'll take a few months to get adjusted.
Buy a new toilet seat. great tipdue to the content i suggest you like this... | |
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Serious said: JustErin said: Your landlord is supposed to change the locks every time he has a new tenant...but bare in mind that he has every right to have a key for it as well. However, he's not allowed to enter without letting you know he is going to do it. Wow, I am very happy it's not like that here in Austria. My landlord sure doesn't have a key to my apartment.Are you kidding? Of course, he does! And if he doesn't, you should be worried.  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: Serious said: Wow, I am very happy it's not like that here in Austria. My landlord sure doesn't have a key to my apartment.Are you kidding? Of course, he does! And if he doesn't, you should be worried. Exactly. | |
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JustErin said: Genesia said: Are you kidding? Of course, he does! And if he doesn't, you should be worried. Exactly. I am very sure he doesn't and that's a good thing  .I remember when there was a water damage in my apartment when my sister lived in it years ago while she was on vacation and the firebrigade broke into the apartment when neighbours called them.With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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