Do up residence with rent
I believe the answer is:
restore
'do up' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'residence with rent' is the wordplay.
'residence' becomes 'res'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'rent' becomes 'tore' ('rend' and 'tear' both mean to rip something).
'res'+'tore'='RESTORE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for restore that I've seen before include "Return to original condition" , "Bring back to original state" , "Repair, renovate" , "Build up again" , "Bring back; renovate" .)