Bedrooms!
In most apartments, town homes and homes in the bedrooms there is no electric or water mains, no furnaces, no appliances or utilities that would need maintenance.
In rentals basements are the absolute worst. Almost all mains and utilities are down there.
Grab a decent 2-3 bedroom apartment/home in a decent neighborhood preferably and almost a necessity, a attached garage. A attached garage allows you to bring in equipment, soils, 2x4s for rooms and ect via your trunk or backseat/cargo area, allowing absolute privacy of bringing items into the home.
A 2-3 bedroom will allow you to run up a electric bill fairly high without suspicion from electric company rather then a efficiency, studio or one bedroom.
I lived in a one level 4-plex that had good sound barrier walls, attached garage and two bedrooms. I put my flower room in the master and the veg in the second smaller bedroom, I slept on my couch, sometimes a air mattress. After a year or so I put a bed in my living room. I never allowed anyone there, I had to lie to family and most friends and tell them I lived with other people. In most grow homes unless you do have the money for a grow only home and a residence, it can be a lonely life. Key is to look like you are living a normal existence to your neighbors. Don't be all paranoid but don't allow anyone in, have excuse ready for times when a neighbor may wish to come in. If you have no real job have a lie about what you do ready ie-ebay, night-shift-temp service ect. Be friendly and try to keep normal hours when coming and going, although nowadays second and third work shifts are quite normal, but doing your biz outside of the home is best done during day hours.
Be sure to never order grow equipment or supplies from sellers who actually list their names on the return address ie-growroomstore, greenhousemasters, hydromarket, ect. Never drive straight home from a grow store if it is located in or near your town, it;s best to use another persons auto if possible.
This may sound wrong to some, but find a apartment/home through a rental agency, not a private owner. Rental agencies, most, will do everything they can to avoid having to do any maintenance or repairs unless you call them to, as they have to notify the owner of the property and go through that process, most owners period don't want to stick money into their rentals, but owners who go through rental agencies expect the agency to keep the tenants happy without them having to fork out cash to fix something. If a rental agency has already re-painted and fix issues before or during showing it, that is a good sign as this is also usually the time they do full inspections for insurance reasons so the tenant isn't bothered with them while living there. I lived at one place for over 5 years and never an inspection. Look over that lease, it will state if annual inspections occur, most agencies do them in between tenants or not at all.
Prepare for smell as well. Carbon filters are a must for every grow room and backups are good to have. I have found that FeBreze is very good at masking bud smell when you need to open grow room doors for extended times, but avoid extended times if possible. Do not use FeBreze x2, it's very strong and long lasting but it actually smells too much like bud.
Find a closet or area for all your tools and equipment outside of the grow room as well, keep your main living area, and the area that can be viewed when you open front door clean and free of any signs of growing.
When you harvest turn off lights, tv, stereo any loud sounds, this is one period of time where you absolutely cannot answer your door if there is a knock, and you don't want whoever to know you are home but not answering your door.
Of that's a lot. Be safe grow hard!
