Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 

Credit score above 650, no evictions in the past 3 years, and must not have excessive late payments or charge offs. Credit score’s below 650 may require a higher deposit. You can find more information on our membership requirements here.

A utility cap, also known as a Green Cap, is the amount of money your property is going to cover per month of your utilities. This is our way of monitoring our Earth’s resources for a more sustainable tomorrow. Once that limit is reached, the rest of the bill will be added to your rent for you to pay. Let’s say you pay $800 dollars a month in rent and that includes all of your utilities. This includes a utility cap of $75 per person (our standard setting). Considering a house with 5 people means: 5 People X $75 per person = $375 cap to the month’s utilities bills. Now in this example, you decide to run the air in your apartment at 64 degrees every day for a month as well as not notify maintenance of a water leak in the house. Naturally, this spikes up your electricity and water bill and causes it to be $90 instead of the $75 monthly allocation. Now you will have to pay that extra $15. Our goal is to stay under the cap at all times, thus the reason we typically place the cap 20% higher than the rollin

YES! Bathroom type is listed in the room description as either shared or private. Please note, Community Room Rental has a limited availability of rooms with private bathrooms. Durham (Dillard) Units All Durham locations have Private Baths for both inner and outer units.

Community Room Rental is a community of shared responsibilities where each Member pledges to abide by the Membership Rules. In order to ensure the happiness and safety of the entire Community Room Rental community, Community Room Rental reserves the right to ban Members who violate a Community Room Rental rule before booking. This includes but is not limited to using disrespectful language with Community Room Rental staff or using a stolen payment method For information on rule enforcement after booking, please see our Three Keys Policy.

Think Locally, Act Sustainably. We love what we do for our city. Yet growth is not our primary goal. We’d rather focus on smart growth that sustains the quality resources we have. To that effort, we have distinct initiatives we’ve purposely aligned to compliment our city’s limited resources including: Energy with a Green Cap , Housing, Greenspace, Recycling and Waste Reduction, Social Equity, Transportation, and Water. Seal & Insulate Heating and cooling costs account for 45 percent of the average home's energy tab. To save energy at home, we seal gaps and cracks in the attic and basement and around windows and doors, and make sure our home insulation levels exceed local codes. Leaf Burrito Tarps are not sustainable. That’s why we stopped using heavy, bulky, petroleum- based giant-tarp methods of collecting & hauling yard debris, and moved to a much more efficient and safer component-oriented method using multiple burritos. No more replacing tarps annually by our maintenance team. Instead, they grab their backpack blower and a few burritos and fill multiple, manageable burritos that stack perfectly on our trailer for city disposal. Phyn Water Leak Detection* The connected, whole home leak detection monitor with an automatic water shutoff that works 24/7 detecting and notifying us of leaks. Phyn Plus protects our homes from leaks, diagnosing issues in real time and gives us powerful insights into how to best conserve this valuable resource: Proactive alerts to leaks Pressure checks daily for micro leaks Prevents frozen pipe bursts Smart water usage reports Energy Efficient Appliances We look for the Energy Star label when shopping for home items. More than 40 products in each house feature the label, including major appliances, thermostats, and light fixtures. When something breaks down and it’s time to replace, we don’t just replace it with the same. We look to upgrade to the more efficient option on the market. Landscape to Save Energy When you think of energy efficiency, most don’t realize you can save energy at home with landscaping. We plant deciduous trees on the south and west sides of house when possible. In summer, the leaves will shade your house; in winter, the bare branches will let the sun through for added warmth. Zero scaping, using only local plant species, and low water usage grasses is always top priority. Add a Ceiling Fan Ceiling fans are a great way to conserve electricity year-round. They are economical and efficient, and they use about the same amount of energy as a 100-watt light bulb. In summer, our fans are set to spin counterclockwise, then our smart thermostats set the temperature a few degrees higher to save as much as 40 percent on cooling resources. In winter, we switch fan blades to spin clockwise and save up to 10 percent on your heating resources. Smart Lights Lighting Your Way Home Let’s paint the picture. You come home at night, it’s dark, you pull up in the driveway and your environmentally conscious room mate turns off the porch light. You have the joy of walking in the dark to your door. OR…. If you’re a part of our Community, you pull in the drive, grab your smartphone and turn on the front light as well as the living room light so you have safe and easy access to your home. Even better, it works with Siri on IOS as well as Amazon Alexa. *Not available in all homes

Community Room Rental's Membership Rules can be viewed in two places: The Membership Rules are posted here You can view the Membership Rules by accessing your lease in the Member Portal.

If you would like to refer someone to Community Room Rental, send them the link to our availability page: https://www.communityroomrental.com/availability

We want the house to be interactive and TV seems to always shut that down. However, you are free to put a TV in your room, attach an antenna or stream content. Members are prohibited from ordering and/or installing personal cable or internet in their rooms. Wi-Fi provided in the house allows for streaming of any channels desired. If you require a direct plug in for internet access, we encourage you to explore a PowerLine Adapter.

We have leases ranging from 6-month to yearlong leases. Pricing posted on our A vailabil ity page is for a year lease, 6-month leases are $100 per month. Like everyone else, we try to encourage long-term stays.