Is this an appropriate question to ask?

Question

When I ring up about share accommodation, I often ask the landlord to specify whether there are males and females living, there, together, or about heating, etc, are these questions too demanding, as it seems to put the landlord off, if they think there might be any problem, or demand, put upon them, or their property, e.g what's the heating like, how many men, (worries about safety for a woman), etc. To me, these questions are valid, as I will be living, there, but it seems to make landlords question whether they can offer you a decent living arrangement. If I want to move in, somewhere, should I ask as few questions, as possible?

Answer 1

Those all sound like reasonable questions to me. You would definitely want to make sure the living arrangements/conditions were ok before you moved in

Answer 2

Your questions are ok.  The landlord has 20 questions for you, too.  When people call me about my rental, i realize that they are only willing to answer about 4 or 5 questions on the phone.  I need to know the other things but they resist.

So you are going to have to go in person and ask your questions while looking at the room.  It takes more time but you will get better answers because they now know that you are serious.  

Answer 3

You are a very intelligent person, because at least you have enough snap to realize that this stuff is important to you before you decide to move in. I am the same way. Why should you feel bad for asking about what concerns you?  

Answer 4

I think they may think that you like to sleep around and want to know about how many men you can meet there. Remember that many people are really shallow minded and still can't see many things as normal. I think your questions are completely normal, specially if you are a women and about to share house with other guys.

When you are asking them about how many guys live at the house, try first to ask them if you are going to be sharing the house with females or males, if they tell you with both, then ask them how many males live at the house and tell them that you are a bit skeptical about sharing house with other males. Just keep asking it til you find a flat. Good Luck.