# Tell me about renting a house

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-renting-a-house/425515>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 7, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-renting-a-house/425515 "2007-11-07T05:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-renting-a-house/425515/1 "2007-11-07T05:12:25Z")

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So, as much as I love my current apartment, my lease will be up in a couple months and I’m sure my landlord will raise my rent. The apartment was slightly overpriced (and a teensy bit out of my price range) when I first rented it, but since it’s so awesome (an Art Deco building meticulously restored!) I chose a cool apartment instead of cable. Either way, I can’t justify paying higher rent than I am now.

One of my BF’s stipulations for the new place is that it must have somewhere he can work on a car- he’s a bit of a car enthusiast. Well, that virtually guarantees it must be a house, since very few apartment complexes around here offer garages.

I’ve never rented a house before, so I’m just looking for advice from non-home-owning or apartment-dwelling Dopers. I know that there will be more utilities to pay, like water/sewer/garbage. I also know I’ll have to factor in things like lawn maintenance into pricing considerations, too, so that 2 bedroom house that’s $25 bucks a month cheaper will work out to be more expensive, but it’s a 2 bedroom house, not a 1 bedroom apartment.

What other expenses haven’t I thought of? What other advice can you offer when looking to rent a house?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-renting-a-house/425515/2 "2007-11-07T05:47:40Z")

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Closing duplicate thread.