Top 7 Ways to live peacefully In A Rented Apartment In Lagos

4. He is entitled not to pay utility bills

Your landlord owns the house and he has done you a favour by giving you a room to lay your head, even if you had to pay through your nose.

So all utility bills like that of the PHCN, water, sanitation, tenement and area security automatically becomes the responsibility of the tenants, even if the law states otherwise.

Your landlord believes he should not pay anything in his house, after all, he built it himself without your input, so why should he pay for the bills that he also uses?

He will go all tough on you if you are that fly-in-the-ointment tenant who would insist that he pays.

5. Do not sublet your apartment

In case you are a bachelor and live in a three-bedroom flat and think the place is too big for you, do not attempt to bring your friends to share the apartment with you.

This is a cardinal sin and no landlord allows that. His belief is that those squatting with you are paying you rent that should naturally go to him. So even before you contemplate getting someone to share your apartment, he must be in the know.

But be sure that at the expiration of your current rent, he would add ‘something’ to it, after all, those living with you should contribute the new rent and pay to him.