Pull back the mattress cover before the sheets go on. Photograph the seams, the corners, and any stains or worn patches while the mattress is still bare — flip it if you can lift it.
Student apartment inspections
A student apartment move-in checklist that creates a real record.
The mattress gets photographed before the sheets go on, the dresser drawers get opened, and the shared kitchen gets its wide shot before roommates unpack. Use it to document move-in condition, maintenance issues, and the move-out comparison before shared rooms change. Here is the order to work in — and door.lease keeps every photo in one organized property record.
Start with the furniture you didn't choose
Student apartments and dorm rooms come with someone else's furniture in them. Document it before your things cover it up.
Shoot the desk, the chair, and the dresser with every drawer pulled open. Scratched drawer bottoms, sticky runners, and wobbly chair legs belong in the move-in record.
Get close on the loft or bunk bolts, brackets, and safety rail, and on the mini fridge door seal. Small parts go missing and seals tear — a dated photo shows what you started with.
What door.lease helps capture
The student-housing objects that come up at checkout, kept as one record instead of scattered camera-roll photos.
- Mattress seams and stains
- Desk, chair, and dresser drawers
- Mini fridge door seal
- Loft and bunk hardware
- Walls behind furniture
- Shared kitchen and bath
The move-in sequence
Work the room in the same order every time so nothing gets skipped. For hall names and neighborhood specifics, see the school-specific campus checklists.
A wide shot from the door, then each wall, the closet, and the floor. Slide furniture out where you can — the wall behind the dresser is where old scuffs hide.
Mattress with the cover pulled back, dresser with drawers open, desk and chair, loft or bunk hardware, mini fridge seal. One photo per item.
Timestamped wide shots of the kitchen and bathroom while the counters are still clear. Once four people's boxes land, the baseline is gone.
If each roommate signs their own lease, you are responsible for your bedroom plus a share of the common areas — keep your bedroom photos and the shared-space photos as separate sets.
Common questions
Plain answers for people comparing rental inspection and report tools.
Is this only for students?
No. This page focuses on student apartments, but the same app supports long-term rentals, short-term stays, and other lease agreements.
Can multiple roommates use it?
Co-tenant and invite workflows are available. For shared spaces, keep room labels and notes factual so each roommate can review the same baseline.
What should be photographed?
The bare mattress and its seams, supplied furniture with the drawers open, loft and bunk hardware, the mini fridge door seal, walls behind furniture, closet interiors, and wide shots of the shared kitchen and bathroom before roommates unpack.
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Photograph the mattress before the sheets go on.
door.lease keeps the move-in photos of your bedroom, the supplied furniture, and the shared spaces in one record — the baseline checkout gets compared against in May.
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