The keys to your new apartment in your pocket, you are wondering what decorative freedoms you have as a tenant. Together, let’s take stock.
That’s it, after often frantic research, you are finally a tenant of your dreamed cozy nest! You would now like to be able to arrange your new apartment to your liking but you don’t really know how much you can change the decor of a rental.
THE of which rental
One thing is certain, and it is inscribed in the law, You cannot transform the accommodation that you occupy irreversibly. We therefore forget the complete rearrangement of the parts with a leaning of a non -load -bearing wall or replacement of a large bathtub by a walk -in shower. The owner must find the apartment he rents you in his initial state (with normal wear and tear in addition), or he must be able to easily disappear any changes made.
If you really want to carry out major work in your rental, ask for upstream your owner’s written authorizationto avoid any problem. Also check the lease to find out if certain modifications, even simple, are prohibited. Keep in mind that temporary solutions You will cost you cheaper since you will not have any return on investment anyway – unless the owner agrees to reimburse you with part of the costs incurred for the work carried out. Then prefer, for example, a removable partition to separate a room that is too large and poorly arranged or even install a baulter, more efficient than a simple curtain, to get closer to a shower.
THE do rental
If the transformation of your apartment in rental are prohibited, The arrangements are authorized, as long as they do not distort the house. You can therefore completely repaint the walls or even place a new floor covering but the colors and the chosen materials will have to respect a certain good taste. Exit the too eccentric colors like black in a room or fluorescent in the kitchen, the new arrangements must not pose a problem to the owner to rent his property once you have left the premises.
You can also hang frames and other paintings on the wall, but the best will be rewind the holes Before your departure, to be sure to recover all of your deposit. Otherwise, bet on scratch frame hooks, ultra practical and which will not leave any trace. Also focus on Decorative details Who will be able to make the difference without transforming everything in your apartment: the credenza of the kitchen, the bathroom taps, switches, lighting, etc. You can already bring a lot of personality to your interior thanks to some improvements not necessarily spectacular but relevant. Multiply the cozy carpets if the floor hardly enchants you, put a rod at the windows to install colored curtains, do your living room as much as possible … there is no shortage of decoration solutions, even when you are a tenant!
