What are costs for extra services and how do I publish them?
Instead of having to explain your additional costs in the listing description and/or the contract, you can now list them clearly in the cost overview. By breaking down these costs into extra services, deposits, and utilities, you will be able to offer your tenants a clear cost overview as well as offer extra available options.
Using this feature with HousingAnywhere Payments will allow you to automatically generate payment requests, not only for your rent but also for all additional one-off and recurring costs during the rental period. Find out more about Payments here.
How do I add additional costs to my listing?
Click your profile picture on the HousingAnywhere homepage and select ‘Listings’.
Click on ‘Edit listing’ and add all costs to the overview under ‘do you have additional required costs?’ You can fill in utility costs, additional required costs, optional costs, and deposits. You can:
Select the appropriate type
Indicate whether it’s included in the monthly rent
Set the frequency (monthly or one-off)
If the amount is estimated (e.g. water, gas) or fixed (e.g. internet)
Fill in the amount to be paid
And you’re done!
What are the extra costs that I can list?
Any extra costs and services that are not included in the regular rent can be listed here under one of the four categories:
Utility bills (gas, electricity, water, internet): these are recurring costs you can charge on either a monthly, biweekly, or weekly basis. When specifying the amount you can indicate whether the price is estimated or is based on the actual usage.
Additional costs: these are any required fees excluded from the monthly rent. These additional costs can be one-off charges, such as administration costs charged at move-in, or biweekly cleaning services that are required as part of the contract.
Optional services: these costs include any optional extras that you offer to your tenants for which you only charge based on usage, such as on-site parking. Other examples include fees tenants are required to pay for overnight guests or after-hours check-in.
Deposits: these include deposits for bedding or towels (if supplied) can be specified separately from the regular security deposit. By default, the due date for these fees match the move-in date. However, you are free to change the due date before sending the payment request to your new tenant.