Tips for renting a flat when you are a resident doctor

First of all, congratulate everyone for your newly elected resident position!

Those who this year have not had the opportunity to choose a place, encourage them to continue with enthusiasm and strength to prepare you for the next fight, because we are sure you will get it.

However, we want to incorporate about what you have to take into account when you are going to live for rent or in a residence for students, it depends on what you want to do, whether you are a resident physician, future resident physician or medical student who is already thinking about MIR and residence. 

First advice of all and more important. Beware of fake ads.  We recommend using only as search engines those Internet portals that "verify the floors they advertise". It is known by all that there are those who use web pages of hosting ads to post fake ads that they use to scam those who care about them. So be careful with this. In our forum, you can contact both future partners and owners of apartments and our advice is that you do not give any sign or payment of anything until you see the apartment. It is common to find ads of apartments at a good price whose photographs actually correspond to hotels or apartments for rent in other countries, despite the address that they say they are in the city in which they are looking for an apartment. The scammers' technique, in many of these cases.

The second tip to rent a flat when you are a resident doctor is the need to read the conditions of the contract carefully to see what expenses are included in the rent; expenses such as water, heating, electricity, Internet connection or community expenses, as well as the minimum rental duration, what happens if you cancel the contract early, if there is a clause that for reasons outside of normal avoids penalties, if you have bail and what the bail covers.

Third, another of the tips for renting an apartment when you are a resident doctor to rent an apartment is to observe what furniture and utensils appear in the part of the contract that corresponds to the inventory of the house, to avoid having problems when the contract ends. Also, tell the landlord that during the first month you want to test the appliances in case there are any broken down or in a state of high degradation, to be able to notify you in time. Of course, as soon as you see something that does not work to say it to prevent the landlord from believing that you were the culprits. Take photos if necessary.

Fourth advice it is important to ask about the rules of the neighborhood community. Yes, our wonderful neighbors must be taken into account for better or worse. We have to adapt. The most important thing to ask would be the noise schedules, the party ban, the maximum capacity of the house, the pet ban ... basic things that can save us problems in the medium or long term.

Fifth and the last of the tips to rent a flat when you are a resident doctor, do not rush and shuffle several options. Many times the rush is not good for this type of decision, think that probably the apartment you choose can be your home for 4 or 5 years, so you have to invest time in choosing the apartment well, in reading the contract well and once have these two variables on the table, make a decision.

After reading the article you can decide how to choose a house for you. Here we recommend the medical rentals in Nanaimo if you want a perfect place.