Money Habits Come First
Money is the number one flatmate battle. Ask how your potential roommate handles rent deadlines, emergency payments, and irregular income before you sign anything.
- Have you ever missed a rent or utility deadline, and what happened?
- What happens if one of us is late one month — what’s the agreed protocol?
- Who owns which furniture and appliance, and who maintains it?
Household Rhythm & Power Schedules
Generator fuel rotation, inverter load limits, and quiet hours are the quiet killers of co-living. Nail the schedule in the first conversation, not the first outage.
Guests & Overnight Visitors
Most co-living fights start with an unannounced guest. Agree in advance on how many nights a guest can stay before costs and comfort get renegotiated.
“A two-minute conversation about guest boundaries saved my sanity. Everything else we could figure out.”— A Dapo O. community member, Yaba
