University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, August 24, 1988
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Caution: Look before you lease
Early caution averts trouble
By Monica Hayde
Kansan staff writer
First-time renters can be so excited about getting their own apartment that they often skip reading the newspaper, assigning their name on the dotted line.
Moving into an apartment can be exciting, especially if it's the first place of your own. But signing a lease means putting your name on a binding legal document. B Kevin W. Bickel, student legal services lawyer, said she will use steps to protect themselves from bad landlords and bad apartments.
"Renters should make sure they
are getting what they think they are getting, he said. "If possible, they should always ask to see the exact apartment they will be getting."
Wickliffe said a Kansas statute required that landowners provide for the health and safety of their renters. The statute did not get much more specific.
make each rent liable for the full rent. If one person moves out, the other person will be responsible for the whole rent. People also should remember that rent is not the only expense involved in apartment living.
About six students go to legal Services for Students each week with complaints about their landlords or renters. You can common landlord-tenant problems occurs when a renter signs a lease that the tenant decides be or she antes out of it.
"The first-time renter has to sit down and calculate how much will be needed not only for rent, but also for food." Wickliffe said. "Some students just divide their financial aid checks into 12 parts and think about the whole year."
"In that case, something usually has to be worked out with the landlord," he said.
Wickliffe said the No.1 rule in apartment renting was to select roommates carefully. Most leases
If you fail to pay rent on time, the Kansas landlord lent award law says you must pay for the rent within three days or vacate the apartment. However, a landlord cannot forebay remove a tenant from the property. He must resort to legal proceedings.
The Kansas law also says repairs are not always the responsibility of the landlord. Check the lease. As soon as you take possession of an apartment, make out an inventory of the items, noting all the flaws in the apartment.
"People should just read their leases and a lot of problems could be avoided." Wickliffe said.
Students needing advice regarding a lease can help get at Legal Services for Students, 148 Burge Union, or at the Lawrence Tennants Association, students of Law and other Lawrence residents with landlord-tenant problems.
A security deposit can never be the last month's rent, the law says. So, Kansas law allows the landlord to keep the deposit and to recover the
By Debbie Bengtson
Renting makes apartment furnishing easy
Kansan staff writer
Furnishing an apartment can be a hassle. If buying furniture is too expensive, one can rent furniture or have a rental establishments in Lawrence.
For furniture Rental, 722 Massachusetts st., charges $45-$54 a month for furnishings for a bedroom, living room and dining room. The rental prices depend on how many times the bedroom is used. The furniture is cleaned by the store. A deposit of one month's rent is returned and is required to the lessee
at the end of the leasing period if the payments have all been made and the furniture has not been damaged, the repairs have been done and a half months is delivered free.
The Rent To Owner Center, 940 E. 23rd St. and 1029 Massachusetts Street, will rent a chair of drawers and a full-size bed for $48 a month. A manger who wants the option of keeping the furniture pays a little more each month for the option, and after 18 months you may be able for dining room furniture, which includes a table and four chairs, ranges from $2 to $4 a month if on
the rent-to-own plan, or $19 to $25 a month otherwise. A couch and a chair for the living room costs $43 to $47 a month if renting to own, $49 to $80 a month otherwise. The furniture is set up and delivery are free.
Thompson-Crawley Furniture, 520
E. 22nd Tmr., rents three rooms of furniture for $4 a month. The living room furnishings include a sofa, chair, two end tables, two lamps and a dining table includes a table and two chairs. The bedroom furniture consists of a single bed and a chest of drawers.
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All of it is machine-washed before it is rented again. No deposit is required, but there is a delivery charge of $50 per unit of furniture cost $35 a month.
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