Useful tips on renting apartment

1. Always sign an agreement with the apartment leaser this way you can protect your interests
2. Before signing the lease always check:

• length of the lease,
• rental fee (best to paid monthly): how and exactly when should you pay it,
• use of utilities (hot water, kitchen appliances etc.) and how are you going to pay the overhead?
• note that if you rent the flat for indefinite term you have to give a 30-day notice prior to your planned date of moving out.

You usually required to pay a security deposit (called kaució) when renting a Budapest apartment. The amount of this deposit is usually 2-3 month rental fee.
The deposit covers any repairs, Kekgolyo apartment in Budapest damages occuring during the lease the rest (or the total amount if there were no damages) will be given back to you at end of the lease. Make sure this is included in the rental contract.

When you move in make an inventory checklist with your Galamb apartment in Budapest landlord about the condition of the apartment. When you move out you go through the list again noting what changed in the apartment’s condition during your stay. If any damages occured (apart from normal wear) the deposit you paid will cover it.