Your First Week After Camp
The post-camp scramble is real: PPAs start, everyone needs a bed, and agents smell panic. Resist signing anything in your first week. Instead, use the time to define your budget ceiling, your PPA commute limit, and the kind of flatmate rhythm that actually works for you.
Fair Nest matches you with compatible potential roommates based on lifestyle and schedule. From there, you handle the mutual checks — don’t skip them.
- Confirm your monthly alawee and any side income before committing to a rent share.
- Write down your commuting radius, non-negotiables, and deal-breakers.
- Set a realistic target: a 2-bedroom split is usually the sweet spot for two people on a budget.
Verify Each Other Before Anything
A compatibility score is a starting point, not a guarantee. Before paying any deposit, exchange government IDs, call one work reference, and video-call your potential flatmate. Verify, don’t assume.
“Fair Nest matched us quickly, but we still did our own ID and background checks before committing. It took an afternoon and saved us months of awkwardness.”— A corps member cohort, sharing a 2-bedroom in Yaba
Pooling Budgets Without Drama
Once you both agree on a place, split the math openly: net rent, caution deposit, agency fees you can’t avoid, and monthly utilities. Agree on who pays what and when, in writing, before you move in. Fair Nest is not a landlord or property agency — you secure the apartment yourselves.
House Rules That Stick
Set guest boundaries, quiet hours, and generator or electricity splits from day one. A simple written agreement prevents the most common co-living fights later.
