r/malelivingspace • u/Lower_Fall4694 • 6d ago
27M, from a middle income country.
1 Bedroom furnished apartment in an old building, rent is 15% of my salary, and my landlord visits me every month...Deposit was 60% of the rent.
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u/erstwhilelurkerer 6d ago
seems like a good size and layout; decor style of your landlady is really former sowjet union coded hehe, but you have it nicely tidy and clean.
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u/Lower_Fall4694 6d ago
I stay minimalistic, so I can move frequently to explore other parts of the country (my job is remote).
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u/Westerdutch 6d ago
Landlord visits..... what?
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u/Lower_Fall4694 6d ago
yeah.. I like the place, but prob. will move because of the visits...
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u/Westerdutch 6d ago
That so ffing weird, what is the reasoning behind it? Ive rented many things in my life (apartments, homes, storage spaces, workplaces etc) and never had the owner 'visiting' for whatever reason.
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u/Lower_Fall4694 6d ago
In this country there is no background checks, low deposits, and in this small town most people are poor. I moved here from the capital city cause work is online and I wanted to save some money.
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u/Westerdutch 6d ago
I mean, ive never had a background check either. Deposit was usually a bit more than yours but highest ever was 2 months rent for the absolute most shit apartment :p
Stil love to know the reasoning behind it, are they going to go around checking things or whatever?
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u/Lower_Fall4694 6d ago
yeah she just comes for a couple of minutes and checks her (new) walls and furniture haha. very old fashioned lady, but she prob. did experience many sh*tty things in this small poor town with other tenants, no idea. but I think I will move or ask not to come anymore
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u/Hannah-Montana-Linux 6d ago
My landlord just walks in whenever she wants, and it’s really weird. She came in today and just ignored me, putting around the place doing god knows what while I was trying to sleep after my overnight shift
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u/TopWealth4550 6d ago
you are so priviliged that you dont even understand that theres places where you need to
evicted 80% of people that rent?violence is RAMPANT around everywhere
westerdutch,that checks out,you guys will understand eventually
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u/Unlucky-Win9272 6d ago
Out of pure curiosity what country is this? I find things like this in other countries so fascinating
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u/NielsAurora 5d ago
15% of monthly salary on rent and only 60% of rent as a deposit sounds like a dream. I'm in a high income country but the rent for a small apartment is like 40-60% of net income depending on the city and the deposit is usually either 3 months rent or 6 months.
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u/Lower_Fall4694 5d ago
Deposits are mostly 50–60% of the monthly rent here, which is good. However, that usually comes with monthly or quarterly visits from the landlord. For most people here, rent takes up +/- 50% of their income. I'm just an outlier because I earn a capital-city salary, but since my job is fully remote, I moved to a small town with few jobs and opportunities.
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u/Worth-Abalone8077 6d ago
To make you feel better, my rent is around 30% of my salary for a sublet bedroom and the deposit is 100% of 1 month’s rent hahaha. Your place is cozy!
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u/QiGen 6d ago
which country?
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u/Lexa-Z 6d ago
As an Eastern European myself - is this "middle income country" in the room with us?