How to rent an apartment in Moscow: a comprehensive guide

When do you need a realtor

If your budget is to search for housing does not exceed 50 000 rubles, it makes no sense to address agents. Practice shows that the ratio of commissions, spent time and effort will not be in your favor. If you do not superzanyatoy person is likely to find the time consuming manual searches and thus save a decent amount.

For realtors should refer to the following:

1. Apartment need you urgently, ideally yesterday.
2. You do not have time to communicate with stakeholders and endless calls from ads.
3. You have a big budget and are looking for accommodation to business or premium.

If you still decide to turn to realtor, look professional.

How do you know that a good realtor

Here is a list of what is required to make a good real estate agent:

1. Assign you an appointment, ask where you work, what are fond of as rest. This information will help him to choose the offer taking into account your priorities.
2. Search will be a card that will include your frequently visited locations, such as cafes, office, fitness room. In accordance with this map he will choose an apartment with the most favorable location.
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3. Will monitor all possible sources of suggestions, test them, and send you a ready-to-display options. He will comment on each proposal: describe why this option, in his opinion, should be of interest to you.
4. Arrive at the apartment in advance, carefully inspect its condition, checks the documents and only after that arranged the screening of the apartment for you. A good realtor appreciates the time his client and does not cause it just like that.
5. Find good arguments to reduce the original price and will receive the most favorable conditions for you.
6. Agree in advance all the items of the contract between you and the owner of the apartment, prepare a contract of employment and arrange a deal where you sign it.
7. And most importantly, a good realtor will not disappear after the receipt of commission, but on the contrary, is carefully to accompany you from the settlement before the end of the lease term and departure from the apartment.

If your realtor does half of this list, I recommend to replace it soon.

Despite the huge number of intermediaries, to find a really good real estate in Moscow is extremely difficult specialist. However, in most cases, you will surely manage themselves. Stick further instructions, and you successfully find accommodation without anyone's help.

Where to look for an apartment: sites and groups in social networks

The vast majority of projects will be posted on the Internet on sites or groups in social networks.

Specialized sites

1. «CYANOGEN». The main advantage of this resource - a huge amount of classified ads. However, they are placed realtors who charge a commission for their services. In addition, the same sentence can occur more than once, as he is represented several agencies. All this makes the search for heavy and tedious. If you still decided to look through the "cyan", read this articleIt will help you save money.
2. «Yandex. The property». Popular in RuNet site aggregator that collects ads from various resources and provides a huge data base. However, due to the lack of quality of moderation on the site there are many fake web and irrelevant ads. Sometimes you can find offers from the owners, but to find them, you need to weed out a lot of agents.
3. Avito. A popular ad site. Here there are offers from the owners, but the website design is outdated, and the convenience of searching and quality moderation is poor. Here you can find an apartment without a commission, but it will take a lot of time.

Groups in social networks

1. «Apartments for rent in Moscow, rent a house to pass». Popular group "VKontakte" dedicated to the search for shelter from friends.
2. «Lease, rent an apartment in Moscow (without an agent)». Another popular group in Facebook, where a lot of offers from the owners.

As you can see, the choice of a great resource, but finding a worthwhile proposal is not so simple. Great risk to get an agent, or even fraud. To protect yourself from these situations, use the proven resources, where all the ads tested.

For example, the service Rentor a very strict approach to this issue: the proposal before the surrender of the apartment will be on the site, the operators required to communicate with the person who posted it.

Offers from cunning agents and nominees to the site is not allowed. We even have Rentor A special page in VKDedicated to the most amusing revelations of Realtors, who tried to publish their ads under the guise of property owners.

We are looking for a suitable place: make up your card

It makes little sense to rent an apartment in the city center without fail. Yes, it's cool and so housing can brag to your friends, but what's the point if you're working in another area? Regularly to kill a few hours on the road - so-so idea.

The choice of housing is more important not to its proximity to the center and to the places that you normally visit. So be guided by your point of attraction.

An office, a gym, a favorite cafe - add to this list other locations where you often visit. As a result, you get a map of typical routes. From these data, and is a start in finding accommodation.

Appointments: 6 questions to be asked by phone

So, you find an apartment that fits your description. Now you have to call the owner to find out the details and arrange a meeting. Here are a few rules for the opening bell.

1. Ask whether the Commission has

If you find an apartment to open the resource without harsh or moderation in a group in social networks, the first thing to ask with whom you are talking. Even if the person responds that he is the owner, not too lazy to find out what's up with the commission and other additional payments.

Recently Rentor operators ring up at the apartments are very often faced with realtors who say that they have no commission, but in the end take a nominal fee.

2. Make it clear from the moment of the authorization form

If your partner says that the owner - his brother, friend or cousin once removed from Lipetsk, find out whether he has a notarised power of attorney from the owner of the apartment. Try to escape from unpleasant topics and offer to conclude a contract without authorization - do not settle and end the conversation. Such stories usually end badly.

3. ask for documentation

Ask the owner or person introduced himself as such, take to the meeting documents proving ownership of the apartment. Do not hesitate to talk about it: the decent citizen so please do not push away, but a rogue force guard.

4. Once again, check the price

Find out the price and availability of the deposit. Ask whether included in the rent utilities and how they usually make. You can even ask the landlord to seize a meeting receipt, to understand how much you will be given for electricity, water and other pleasures.

5. Ask for the last time in the apartment made repairs

The photos in the advertisement is difficult to understand the true state of the apartment. Perhaps the pictures were taken a few years ago, immediately after repair. Years passed, and accommodation during this time, "tired", especially if it is rented out. Ask directly, the last time in the apartment made repairs, whether it is often passed. This will help create the overall impression of the degree of deterioration of housing.

6. Find out how many visitors to display scheduled

Making an appointment and inspection of the apartment, ask whether or not to inspect the apartment anyone else but you. Ask the meeting time, and in an hour or two before leaving again call the owner to make sure that the agreement was in force. If the owner suddenly cancel the appointment, you will protect yourself from pointless journey.

The apartment has 5 inspection rules

Advice - keep yourself in their hands. Even if you got an option with a great view and like a good repair, do not rush immediately to sign a lease. Externally, the apartment may look pretty well, but there are important points that you should definitely check out.

1. Rate the quality of repairs

It may happen that the ad promised an apartment in perfect condition, but actually repairs there and does not smell.

2. Check the condition of the furniture and household appliances

Do sofa converts? With a fridge: it is clean and operating correctly or there pulls tuhlyachkom? Is there hot water and, if so, what with the pressure?

3. Find out what you will have for neighbors

Family with baby restless and loud beyond the wall - a dubious surprise, therefore, better to clarify who lives above, below and next. Note the stairwell: cigarette butts, empty bottles and husks of sunflower seeds - a sure sign that the place chosen for their gatherings representatives of local alkobomonda.

4. Ask, Do not runs under the house line subway

At first glance this is not understood, but listen, it happens sometimes. It is better to learn about it in advance.

5. Learn all that is hidden

Council not to shy, but still: look for the closet, under the bed and in other nooks. Whether there are any defects, which of you would like to hide?

If some of the above items in the apartment problems, this is a good reason to talk about reducing the cost of rent.

Let potorguemsya 3 factors that will help to reduce the price

1. personal sympathy

Suppose you personally really like the owner. It was on such tenant he wanted: non-drinker, non-smoker and hard-working intelligent. If you will make to the landlord a strong positive impression, most likely, he will agree to give up a bit in price, so as not to lose such a tenant.

2. seasonal factor

In summer, many are leaving to the country. The owners rent out their apartments for 2-3 months, this leads to a decrease in the cost of rent on the market as a whole. In the summer of landlords often ready to make concessions.

Note that for a long time whether there was an announcement of the surrender of the apartment.

If the owner of a month trying in vain to find a tenant, enjoy the moment and offer good value for money.

Convince the owner to the seriousness of their intentions - may turn out to negotiate a discount.

3. shortcomings

If during the inspection you find flaws, talk directly to the owner about it. That there are good reasons to reduce the rent, the fault should be significant. In a situation where it is fraught with the elimination of the owners of large expenses, there is a chance to get a good discount.

On what to save in the first month rent

Each of us has their own idea of ​​a reasonable rental price, but before you go to the choice of apartments, it is necessary to assess their financial capabilities. Suppose you want to find an apartment with a rent of 50 000 rubles per month. Here are the main expenses that probably you will:

1. Security deposit or security deposit in the amount of 100% - 50 000 rubles.
2. If you are looking for an apartment through an agent, it is still up to 50 000 rubles can make commission realtor.
3. The rent for the first month - the same 50 000 rubles.

Your total expenses in the next month - 150 thousand rubles.

How to reduce this amount?

1. Ask a pledge to break into two or even three months that immediately reduce costs in this month is 33 300 rubles.
2. Try to look for an apartment without a broker or use an online assistant that takes a small fee. As a result, you save money on realtor commission another 50 000 rubles.
3. Do not hesitate to bargain with the owner. If you do it well, there is a chance to throw more 5-10% of the original price, and maybe more.

Once our "assistant Rentor"I was able to save the client 52 500 rubles, which was 35% of the original price. Of course, an absolute record and a great success, we usually help customers reduce the price by 10-20%, but this reduction may amount to a considerable sum.

As a result, the rent is 45 000, and the deposit amount - 16 700 rubles. Total - 61 700 rubles. Agree, it is not so scary.

How to avoid becoming a victim of fraud

There are five iron rules that will help protect you from communicating with zhulom and save your money.

1. Do not believe the ads, which promise a perfect apartment for a penny

The question is, if the property is really good, why is it so far no one rented? This is almost always a sham.

2. Do not pay for a few months ahead

But if the owner wants to and rests in that whatever was to get the money at once in six months, smells trick. Probably some time after settlement you will see that the apartment had to run aimlessly. A horde of cockroaches, frantic neighbors - the reasons for the urgency of moving can be a lot, but money is not returned.

3. Do not remove the apartment without the documents confirming the ownership and identity of the owner

There are no documents - no deals, there is nothing to talk about.

4. Check the power of attorney, if dealing with a representative of the

If the owner is unable to come to a deal, and sent his representative, in order to be notarised power of attorney. Be sure to call the notary's office to confirm whether the document is valid.

5. No one would not pay before signing the contract

Otherwise, you can just say goodbye to the money. If something goes wrong, they you probably will not return.

check a document

Before the transaction, check all the documents carefully. Competent and scrupulous check not leave scams and fraudsters chance of success.

1. the owner of the passport

Regardless of who rents an apartment - the owner or his representative by proxy - examine his passport carefully.

What to look for:

• Appearance in the photo and the reality.
• The age of the owner and the date of issue. Remember that the passport is replaced after reaching 20 and 45 years old.
• Address of residence registration. If it differs from the address of the apartment donated, write it down.
• Date of registration of marriage and the date of registration of property rights. If the apartment is purchased in the marriage, require notarized consent of the spouse.

2. The power of attorney of the owner representative

If the apartment is rent by proxy, it must necessarily be notarized. If the owners of many, all of them should be specified in the proxy. Do not be amiss to call the notary and clarify was whether revoked this authorization. Notary office phone, you can easily find on the Internet the names of the notary.

What to look for:

• Date of issue proxy.
• Power of attorney expires.
• The presence of the signature and seal of a notary.
• Compliance with data representative of the passport and those that are listed in the warrant.
• An authority to enter into the transaction.

3. Legal documents

Such documents may be contracts of sale, exchange, donation, certificate of right to inheritance, the court decision, an agreement on the division of property and other papers that define who owns apartment.

What to look for:

• Acquirer in all these documents should be your landlord.
• The document must contain the exact parameters of the apartment address, area, number of rooms and other features.
• It must be signed by an act of acceptance and transfer of the apartment.

4. Pravopodtverzhdayuschie documents

This can be one of three documents: certificate of ownership, an extract from the Unified State Register or USRRE. Since the beginning of 2017 the Unified State Register of rights to immovable property (USRR) combined with the inventory of real estate, and now it is the Unified State Register of Real Estate (USRRE).

To understand what kind of document you must submit, you need to pay attention to the period of acquisition of the apartment. Depending on this, you need the following documents:

• until July 15, 2016 - certificate of ownership;
• from July 15 to December 31, 2016 - only an extract from the Unified State Register;
• from January 1, 2017 - only an excerpt from USRRE (not to be confused with an extract from the Unified State Register).

5. Notary consent of the spouse / spouses

If the apartment was acquired during the marriage, require notarized consent of a spouse. There is an exception: consent is not required if the property right has arisen on a pro bono basis, ie, under a contract of gift, inheritance or privatization.

But if the apartment was bought in action during the marriage, and the marriage is dissolved three years ago, you will need either an agreement on division of property, or the appropriate judgment. If not, you will need to deal consent of the spouse.

All documents for the transaction must be submitted in the original.

If the landlord serve several owners, check all legal documents, passports and check them against the consent of the spouses in respect of each of them.

We enter into a contract

Properly written contract will save you from disputes with the landlord. The agreement and its annexes should indicate:

1. The lease term.
2. Payment order.
3. The seizure of property transferred for use with the housing.
4. The frequency of visits to the apartment owner.
5. Possibility to smoke or have pets.

Rentor carefully made sample contractDownload it and have a good study.

Also, find out in advance who takes on the responsibility for payment of utilities and repair facilities, if the need arises. Decide what you will do if the home appliances, is attached to the flat, fail - perhaps the owner will want to take a new purchase for themselves.

In the study, our call center conducted a telephone survey of tenants.

It turned out that last year 20% of homeowners somehow violated the rules of the contract.

For example, raised the price tenants evicted ahead of schedule, on trumped-up reasons, non-refundable deposit.

For this case, there is a service at Rentor "Secure transaction». service employee leaves on the deal, check the documents in the apartment, and draws up a contract prepared by a team of lawyers. The treaty provided for almost all situations that may arise between the tenant and the owner of the property.

When the transaction is complete, you receive a warranty certificate for the entire lease term. If any disputes can count on the help of lawyers Rentor.

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Search for apartments is not such a terrible history as it might seem. If the approach to the selection of future housing with the mind and advance to insure themselves from the meeting with the scammers, everything will go smoothly and without headaches.

Good luck searching!

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