Before You Leave for the Holidays: Three Tips
The holidays are coming! You can’t wait for the parties, to see your friends and family back home, and, hey, to take a break from school! Of course, going home for the holidays means you’ll also be gone from your off-campus apartment too. Here are some quick things you can do to make sure you come back to a…
College Apartment Cleaning Hacks
Do you have a hard time finding any time to actually clean your apartment? Between school, studying, and a social life, it can definitely be difficult. Still, cleaning your college apartment needs to be done. This is especially true if you are a social person and enjoy inviting friends over to your house. No one enjoys coming…
Weekly Roundup of Student Housing News
Here’s what’s happening in student housing… Fayetteville, Ark.—Greystar Awarded Management near University of Arkansas Greystar Student Living has been awarded management over Fountain Residential Partners’ Beechwood Village. The 670-bed housing community was designed by Modus Studio to be a modern, cottage-style community arranged around a central park. Beechwood Village sits within one mile of the University of Arkansas.…
Achieving Acceptance: How to Tell Your Roommate to Just Deal With It
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15 Ways to Have Fun with Roommates
You have to be prepared when you move in with new roommates – pranks are constantly in play. In this case – and not a literal sense – you are going to have to fight fire with fire. Creativity is key when pulling such antics, and doing so in a way that everyone can laugh about…
Unbreakable Party Crashing Safety Measures
You and your roommates want to throw a party and invite a lot of people in your student housing complex. Lots of people = college hall party. But, you don’t want to upset the landlord—or worse, bring them to crash, and end, the party. What’s the best way to throw a hall party the landlord won’t crash? Step…
Parents Corner: Four Questions to Ask Before Subletting
Subletting an apartment, whether due to study abroad or summer work, is a great way for your student to get all the perks of a long-term lease without, well, the lease. It’s a process, though, and shouldn’t be entered into lightly. Even if the person subleasing the apartment is a friend that is eager to hand…
Ten Ingenious Space Saving Hacks
You’re completely thrilled to be living off-campus at last. You and your roommates have a great off-campus apartment. The only issue is…it’s kinda small. Way small. Run into each other a lot small. But that’s ok. You like each other, and close quarters will be fun. The only real problem is how do you fit…
Weekly Roundup of Student Housing News
Here’s what’s happening in student housing… Tempe, Ariz.—ACC Breaks Ground on Engineering Live-Learn Facility at ASU American Campus Communities broke ground on Tuesday on the sixth of its student housing facilities at Arizona State University in Tempe. The $120 million project will function as a live-learn facility for students of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.…
Call the Landlord, or Fix it Yourself? Heat Problems
It’s your first college apartment. You and your roommates have a living room, a bedroom, freedom from the dorm, and…a landlord. At first you’re thrilled. After all, if something goes wrong, there he or she will be, with a plunger and a key. Right? Sometimes, though, it’s not easy to tell if you should call the…