Rent Saving Tips for College Students in Dehradun

Rental life isn’t an easy game to play for students. Especially when you’re doing it for the first time while leaving your hometown. But here’s the thing, it’s also the first time you start understanding how to manage your finances and in a way, your life, without the help of your folks. Though, that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve some help on the way. So let’s note down some useful life hacks for you to save on rentals while studying in Dehradun.

Now, we know these things are new for you. And that’s exactly why we’re here to talk you through it. Also because we’re perhaps the only ones who are qualified enough. Like it’s no joke that we have built the largest managed accommodation ecosystem in the country. Just take any of our Stanza Living residences to understand how. They cover all your household chores (liking cooking, cleaning, and washing) and always find ways to keep you entertained (with a fun common area, karaoke sessions, movie nights, etc.). Basically, you can trust us. We know what young college students like you need. But enough about us now. Let’s fast-forward and skip to the part where you absorb more financial wisdom than your dad looking at the newspaper on any given day.

Best Tips to Save Money for College Students in Dehradun

Top 10 tips to save you plenty of monies while you’re in Dehradun as a student:

• Find a Cheaper Neighbourhood
• Do Apartment Hunting At Off-season
• Avoid Brokerage
• Get A Roomie
• Look for Fully Furnished Flats and Prioritise Amenities
• Talk to The Landlord – and Read the Agreement – Properly
• Take A Longer Lease or Negotiate When You Renew Your Lease
• Referral Fees
• Save On Electricity
• Make Sure to Get the Security Deposit Back in Full

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Find a Cheaper Neighbourhood

Cheaper neighborhoods are not always bad neighborhoods. Sometimes they’re just around the corner of a posh one. Or just 10 minutes further away from the bus station. Or simply, they don’t have a park that the adjacent colony may have. But we’re sure you can do without a park when you’re in the first year of settling down in a new city and need to save some money. Plus, you can always do some extra running to reach one. Both your smartwatch and running app would like that fosho.

Do Apartment Hunting At Off-season

Rent prices in most cities, including Dehradun, drop down during the off-season like XYZ cryptocurrency prices when Elon Musk makes a negative tweet about it. Unlike Elon’s tendencies tho, the rent inflations are a lot more predictable. In short, when the touristy crowds are less and the schools are on break, Dehradun is the most welcoming. And so are its landlords.

Avoid Brokerage

Good thing is you don’t need the help of a broker anymore. Thanks to the many rental listing apps available these days. So download a few of them if you want to avoid paying a hefty brokerage fee. At long last, the bigger storage capacity on your phone will come to use.

Get A Roomie

For some people, getting a roomie works out. And for others, it doesn’t. But if you ask your wallet about it, it almost always does. Ummmm, well, provided your roomie isn’t a total careless teen who hates teamwork and makes reckless decisions. Basically, like that one friend who never passes the ball to anyone when you’re playing in a team.

Look for Fully Furnished Flats and Prioritise Amenities

We understand that this one’s gonna raise your rent a bit. But think about the money you won’t need to spend on buying furniture and moving it around when you shift. Think about the rental geyser you won’t have to run around your neighborhood to find. Makes more sense in your head now, doesn’t it? Yep. So look for amenities while house hunting like you hunt for relatable memes.

Talk to The Landlord – and Read the Agreement – Properly

We know you like to have a good-looking home. And so do we. But it doesn’t mean you get carried away the moment you come across one. First, make sure you talk to the landlord and inspect each and every corner of the house. Second, read through the clauses in your rental agreement carefully. Or if it seems too jargony, ask a friend to go through it. If the friend is a law undergraduate, then good. If the friend is like Praful from Khichdi, then abort the mission right away.

Take A Longer Lease or Negotiate When You Renew Your Lease

A longer tenure period in your rental agreement will save you from rent hikes. But we also get that not all landlords will agree to it. So even if the rental agreement expires, put up your best negotiation skills to keep the hike to the lowest. Even if it means practicing them in front of the mirror or binge-watching Tyrion Lannister’s oratory skills in GOT all over again.

Referral Fees

The good thing about corporate companies getting into rental housing is that they incentivize things. Things like helping them fill their empty rooms or replacing yours by referring it to a friend when you leave. Basically, it’s one of the easier ways to make cash. Second only to the act of just showing up at your aunt’s house during a festival.

Save On Electricity

Your energy bill is something you don’t notice until it’s got a big number printed on it. Maybe due to a faulty appliance that’s consuming more energy than it should. Or due to the overuse of the AC by your gang who turned a Friday night party into a mini staycation by chilling in your house for more than a week. Now, we’re not saying you should kick them out. But what you can do instead is limit your usage in general and make a habit out of noting the daily meter reading, that’s it.

Make Sure to Get the Security Deposit Back in Full

One of the most underrated feelings in your young adult life has to be getting your security deposit back in full. For that, you have to keep the house damages to a minimum. But more than that, you have to run a recon mission to check pre-existing damages on the first day of moving in. Keep pictures of them. Or point them to your landlord right there and then. Or both. Anything that you gotta do to get your security deposit back and move into your next apartment with a pocket full of cash.

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