Consider How Many Changes You Can Make to an Apartment Before Moving Each landlord is allowed to make up some of the rules that are allowed in their apartments or rentals. There are some standards that have to be met, such as making the unit habitable and ensuring that they do not discriminate along the way, but they do have some freedom on some of the other rules such as how much you can decorate and even whether you are allowed to have a pet in the unit when...