Renting Out Property
A two-unit house is a family house consisting of two floors having similar or identical
floor plans.Its external stairways give a totally separate entrance which makes it a
promising rental property.
Property owners construct two-unit house keeping in mind that in case of need,one
portion of the house consisting of three or four bedrooms could be rented out to a
ten-ant.There are some examples Where landlords rent out both the portions of the
house either to two different tenants or to a single joint family.
The important features of a two-unit house are that it should have two separate
electricity,sui-gas,water and landline telephone connections,if a two-unit house has
two separate gates and garages for car-parking,then it can be called an “ideal” two-
unit house.
Despite living in a two-unit house families living on the ground or first floor have to
share some common facilities like under-ground and over-head water tanks,a sui-gas
connection (as some landlords do not apply for two separate sui-gas meters)and share
50 percent water and sui-gas bills on a monthly basis.
In most cases,landlords retain the ground floor as it is attached to the lawn.While
renting the first floor,landlords normally want to meet with the family members of the
tenants to make sure that they will not create