Living with roommates in apartments

I am a resident of denver apartments and decided to share my apartment with roommates. But when I discussed this matter with my friends they gave me some guidelines to accept the roommates. And I would like to share some of those guidelines with you that would help you to decide before staying with the roommates. Firstly, you should decide with how many people you would like to share the room with and then you need to draw a written agreement that should contain all the obligations and responsibilities to stay with the roommates and get it signed by each of the roommates individually. You need to set some limits and those limits should not be crossed by any of the roommates. To prevent problems, set some limits for the common area of your apartment, and leave a little flexibility so the guilty party doesn’t feel oppressed.  If done so the owner will have the right to cancel the agreement. Some of the guidelines are as follows:

• Roommates should keep their apartment neat and clean. Cleanliness involves in vacuuming the messy carpets, cleaning the toilets, taking out the trash etc. make sure that every work is done.
• One should have the limit with the over night visits of their other friends.
• Visitors should not spend much time in at your place if so they are bound to pay the cost incurred.
• Any sort of damages caused by the roommates to the materials in the room, the concerned person should get them repaired.
• Every body has different way of leading their lives but nobody have a right to disturb the other person.
• One should not violate the house rules.
• Should pay the rent on time
• Dirty clothes on the floor, dirty dishes in the kitchen should be cleaned.

If you consider all the above said guide lines before signing an agreement then it would be better and you can lead a happy life with your roommates with out any disturbances.