From Moving Out, Young Adult's Guide by Cindy Babyn.
Preferences:
- [ ] One-bedroom/shared
- [ ] furnished/semi-furnished
- [ ] Suite/Apartment
- [ ] W/electricity, water, utilities, wifi, aircon
- [ ] W/bike parking and free rooftop
- [ ] W/ emergency exits or backdoors
- [ ] Ideally in forest/hilltop/mountaintop
- [ ] Ideally in semi-urban or rural
- [ ] Ideally 500m away from civilization
- [ ] Near laundry shop or w/wash machine
- [ ] Silent at least 80% of the time
- [ ] Far from animal farms or restaurants
- [ ] Working appliances, furnitures, house
- [ ] Clean smell, well-lit, no hidden skeletons
Required appliances: (second-hand for chip)
- [ ] Toilet Plunger
- [ ] Cleaning Tools
- [ ] Laundry Tools
- [ ] Bathing Tools
- [ ] Cooking Tools
- [ ] Eating Tools
- [ ] Sleeping Tools
- [ ] Basic Furnitures
- [ ] Dishcloths instead of sponge
- [ ] Garbage cans with closing lid
- [ ] Recycling cans
- [ ] Doormats, Laptop, Printer
- [ ] Coasters to avoid those nasty ring stains on furniture
- [ ] Trivets to place your hot pots/bowls onto
- [ ] Squeegee to remove excess water from the shower walls (to reduce humidity and mould)
Required documents: (Have your own copy)
- [ ] Rental Application Form
- [ ] Rental/Lease Agreement
- [ ] Rent Receipts
- [ ] Landlord's Contact Info
- [ ] TOTAL Monthly Living Costs
Required Knowledge:
- [ ] How much to start? (Including all fees)
- [ ] How often are the earthquakes?
- [ ] Are modifications possible?
- [ ] What are the rules?
- [ ] Are pets allowed?
- [ ] Who fixes plumbing/rodent problems?
- [ ] How fast does the landlord reply?
- [ ] What are the Wi-Fi limitations?
- [ ] How often will landlord invade the house without notice?
- [ ] How many months is prior eviction notice?
- [ ] How much does the landlord care?
Important Needs:
- [ ] Medical Kit and Supplies, MOAYAG p.77
- [ ] Emergency Disaster Kit
- [ ] Multi-purpose fire extinguisher (smol)
- [ ] Weather detector
- [ ] Smoke + CO² detectors
- [ ] Labeled Boxes, Cabinets, Closets
- [ ] Extra Keys, Universal Keys
- [ ] Emergency Safe House
- [ ] Living will kit
- [ ] Organ donor membership
Roommate Check:
- [ ] What if one is broke?
- [ ] What if one leaves?
- [ ] What are house rules?
- [ ] Who cleans this and that?
- [ ] What's cleaning schedule?
- [ ] What if one is smoker/alcoholic?
- [ ] What if roommate is irresponsible addict?
Necessary Paranoia:
- [ ] Am I being followed?
- [ ] Am I being drugged/poisoned
- [ ] Am I being assassinated?
- [ ] Is my house currently burning?
- [ ] Is the ground actually shaking?
Possible options:
- [ ] Subletting apartment
Miscellaneous:
- [ ] Pedal electric-generator
- [ ] Solar panels
- [ ] Phone books?
- [ ] Document Shredder?
- [ ] Humidifier?
- [ ] Accordion Folder?
- [ ] Spare light bulbs?
- [ ] Charger and rechargeable batteries?
- [ ] Packing paper, bubble wrap?
- [ ] Carpentry Tools?
- [ ] Plants?
- [ ] Safes?
- [ ] Liquid paper?
- [ ] Document Shredder, cross-cutter?
- [ ] Emergency contacts when you're sick?
Systems
- [ ] Holistic Storage System
- [ ] Financial Management System
- [ ] Food Storage System
- [ ] Health Maintenance System
- [ ] Anti-Intruder System
- [ ] House Cleaning System
- [ ] Guests Welcome Book
For traveling and taxes?
- [ ] Check page 97 onwards MOAYAG book.