{"id":1841,"date":"2018-05-17T14:15:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kangalou.com\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2018-06-01T10:05:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T14:05:09","slug":"top-5-points-to-discuss-when-visiting-an-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/top-5-points-to-discuss-when-visiting-an-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 points to discuss when visiting an apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The visit of a dwelling is the crucial step in finding the apartment of your dreams. In order not to be distracted by the decor before signing a lease, it is best to anticipate and know what questions to ask the owner. Kangalou listed the top 5 most important points to discuss with the owner at the time of the visit.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The apartment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you cover the painting fees? Can I paint in any colour?<\/li>\n<li>Can I make decorative changes?<\/li>\n<li>Have the locks been changed recently?<\/li>\n<li>Who are the other tenants of the building?<\/li>\n<li>Is the dwelling well insulated?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Services and amenities included<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What type of heating is employed? Is heating included in the rent?<\/li>\n<li>Are hot water and electricity included? If not, then what are the costs?<\/li>\n<li>Is there an entry for a washer-dryer?<\/li>\n<li>Are appliances included?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Length and terms of the lease<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Are animals allowed? Which?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a right of access to the backyard?<\/li>\n<li>Does the lease have special conditions?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Interview<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you pay the repair costs of the appliances, if they are included in the rental?<\/li>\n<li>What to do in case of minor repairs?<\/li>\n<li>Who is responsible for snow removal?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Neighbourhood<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How is the neighbourhood, what are the nearest shops?<\/li>\n<li>Is there an allotted parking space?<\/li>\n<li>Can you easily park in the neighbouring streets?<\/li>\n<li>What are the nearest means of public transportation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>By discussing these topics with the owner, you should be able to make an informed decision after visiting a dwelling.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The visit of a dwelling is the crucial step in finding the apartment of your dreams. In order not to be distracted by the decor before signing a lease, it is best to anticipate and know what questions to ask the owner. Kangalou listed the top 5 most important points to discuss with the owner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1843,"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions\/1843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1841"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kangalou.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}