Moving into a friends apartment to reduce costs

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1. If you’re not listed as a cohabitant on the lease and the landlord or management finds you living there, I’m pretty sure that’s ground for eviction.

2. You have to go the landlord or management company. Double check if 2 persons are allowed to live there. I had an apartment where they said it is strictly for 1 person only. I had another one because of the bigger size, they allowed my sister to stay. I heard from a friend that some ask for additional fees when a new person moves in the apartment.

3. Make sure your friend’s apartment allows for 2 people. Don’t forget that some apartments charge extra fees if more than 1 people is going to reside (e.g. 75k rent, +15k for each additional person)

   Make sure your friend contacts management to inform about you moving in.

   Housing rules are pretty strict, management needs to know who lives in which room.

4. I’m actually curious about the same thing. I work in Kure and will either rent an apartment or buy a home. Because of my work, I’m gone most of the time so I was interested in finding a roommate who would get between 10-12 months a year to themselves. Between the language barrier because I only know a little Japanese, and haven’t had time to make friends out in town or even look for someone who is interested. One of my friends who is Japanese but speaks English said it isn’t very common here to have roommates. If it is, I need to figure out what app/website to use. I don’t need one, but it reduces expenses for myself and the person who is interested.

5. I used to leave in a Leo palace for one person, but there were six Indians living in the one next door (obviously only one occupant is allowed) so you can get away with it as long as you don’t make noise or disturb your neighbors

6. This is the land of busy-bodies and telling on people.

   One of your neighbors is bound to rat you out, out of some ridiculous sense of societal duty.