You need to make sure that your new flatmate is fine with all of these things. If they aren’t going to move in in the next couple of days, ask for a deposit to ensure they don’t do a runner on you and leave you in a sticky situation.
Another thing that you should remember is that you shouldn’t give anyone a key until they have paid the bond and the first instalment of rent in advance. A couple of years ago my friend Toby made the decision to leave home and go to uni at Newcastle.
Unfortunately all his mates were going to uni in Sydney, and he didn’t know anyone else who was going to Newcastle.This meant that he had to find a place to live in Newcastle and people to live with. Toby first applied to live in one of the dorms on campus but was knocked back because priority was given to students coming from overseas.
So he decided to rent a place of his own, just around the corner from the university, and find a couple of other students to live with him. Toby wanted a three-bedroom place, for a reasonable price, within walking distance to uni. He decided to use a real estate agent because he didn’t want any hassles; he just wanted to pay his rent each week and have the real estate agent deal with the rest of it.
Once Toby found a place he decided that the best place to advertise for flatmates was on the noticeboards around campus. Within three days he had the other two bedrooms filled with two guys who were around his age and had similar interests. Toby found this was a great way to make friends and start to fit in.
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