GoBruins wrote:
conmisdosmanos wrote:
GoBruins, we missed each other. All in good time... Did you end up finding housing as well? I think I'll go back up in May to do some serious searching.
I'm definitely leaning toward woodbury gardens, I have been from the start. The housing close to the school just seems way to run down. I wished there was a easy way to look at all of them at once.
I ended up on "Old West Side" with Varsity Management. There's a bus stop outside my house that brings me within a mile of Ross, and then I can walk the rest of the way or take another bus after .25 miles of walking that brings me within a couple of blocks.
Basically I was just wandering around late on Saturday and they were about to leave and pitched me this apartment. Aside from the fact that it's in a really pretty neighborhood, they sold me by giving me the heat/water/gas/trash included in the rent, no pet deposit, no monthly pet fee, summer storage and they're furnishing the place. It's smaller than Woodbury (600 sq. feet) but the fact that they're furnishing it (except for the mattress, which I refuse to sleep on) is huge. Plus, after you add up all of Woodbury's surplus charges and think about the fact that they admitted it costs a $150 a month to heat in the winter, they're really not all that cheap. I ran the numbers and even if I eat the whole cost of the rent in the summer in this place, the price is about comparable. The landlords said they're usually able to get people to sublet over the summer (we'll see).
My father pointed out that the bus situation in winter might get a little tricky (esp. if you're carrying a lot of stuff and the computer) so I'm thinking about investigating monthly car permit options in the forest street plaza in a couple of weeks and seeing if anyone wants to set up a rideshare to split the cost.
A.