Everyone has an apartment cleaning chore that they would gladly sell a kidney to get out of doing (pretty much anything inside, though we’ll gladly mow the lawn three times a week). This is a brilliant idea for solving the question of who does which chores when in your Davis apartment. It divides up the [...]
Solve Your Chore Arguments with a Chore Wheel
Show Us Your Tandem Lifestyle for Your Chance to Gear up for Picnic Day!
YOUR ASSIGNMENT 1. Upload a picture showing us your favorite part of living at a Tandem property before April 15th. Enter via our Facebook page or by tagging #tandemshacksaggiepack on Instagram or Twitter. Twitter and Instagram accounts must be public for entries to work. 2. Share your photo with your friends and have them vote [...]
How to Know When You're Ready to Live on Your Own
You’ve done and mastered the roommate thing. You’ve honed your negotiating skills so finely that the UN is calling. You wouldn’t dare even sniff peanut butter that didn’t belong to you. You automatically vacuum your carpet twice a year, whether it needs it or not. Maybe you’re tired of tip-toeing around someone else’s hangover every [...]
Great Tips on How to Find a Roommate
Moving into your first (or second or third) Davis apartment with a stranger can feel a bit dicey. If you’re lucky enough to move into a Tandem property that has a roommate matching program, you’re pretty much guaranteed to have a good year. You may not become besties, but you’ve both been interviewed and checked out [...]
Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Davis Apartment Lease
Do you know what crucial questions to ask before you sign an apartment lease? Do you know the 12 things every renter should ask that will save them 12 months of heartache? Before you sign a lease, or any document for that matter, you should always read the fine print. “The devil is in the [...]
