No upper class housing..when to look for apts/houses?

[Anonymous]

Apparently there is no or very little housing for upper class at my kid’s university. On the FB pages for parents, people are saying to start looking and signing leases in October for a house or apartment to rent.

They say housing is for freshmen and if there is any, they won’t find out until middle of next year.

Is this common to look for housing this soon?

[Anonymous]

Pretty much. My kids go to UVA where there is plenty of on grounds housing but many second years decide to get apartments. Mine did and had signed leases by Nov 1st. Things started moving on and off the market super fast once Oct 1st hit.

[Anonymous]

It's really going to depend on the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]Pretty much. My kids go to UVA where there is plenty of on grounds housing but many second years decide to get apartments. Mine did and had signed leases by Nov 1st. Things started moving on and off the market super fast once Oct 1st hit.

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+1. My DD moved into The Flats . . . an easy walk from the Rotunda

[Anonymous]

There are so many posts on our parent’s page listing subleases in May and beyond, we waited and got a sweet deal in a house rental. We are so glad we waited.

[Anonymous]

In any major city, absolutely.

[Anonymous]

OP, you really need to loosen the apron strings. Your kid will figure all of this out on their own while on the ground. Mommy doesn’t have to be involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are so many posts on our parent’s page listing subleases in May and beyond, we waited and got a sweet deal in a house rental. We are so glad we waited.

When did “we” move in? 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are so many posts on our parent’s page listing subleases in May and beyond, we waited and got a sweet deal in a house rental. We are so glad we waited.

It's like that on my kid's school parent's page too. Kids/parents desperate to sublease their apartment, they are offering to pay a couple months rent or other incentives.
But I still think OP would get much better advice if they said which school they are talking about, because other schools might be totally different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are so many posts on our parent’s page listing subleases in May and beyond, we waited and got a sweet deal in a house rental. We are so glad we waited.

It's like that on my kid's school parent's page too. Kids/parents desperate to sublease their apartment, they are offering to pay a couple months rent or other incentives.
But I still think OP would get much better advice if they said which school they are talking about, because other schools might be totally different.

+1

App State housing is madness. I read somewhere that parents call it the Pirates on the mountain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you really need to loosen the apron strings. Your kid will figure all of this out on their own while on the ground. Mommy doesn’t have to be involved.

You are wrong about that. Mommy HAS to be involved. I should not have to explain to you or anyone else why!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are so many posts on our parent’s page listing subleases in May and beyond, we waited and got a sweet deal in a house rental. We are so glad we waited.

It's like that on my kid's school parent's page too. Kids/parents desperate to sublease their apartment, they are offering to pay a couple months rent or other incentives.
But I still think OP would get much better advice if they said which school they are talking about, because other schools might be totally different.

It is a school in a red state in the SE in a small college town. Lots of subleases were posted on our FB page too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much. My kids go to UVA where there is plenty of on grounds housing but many second years decide to get apartments. Mine did and had signed leases by Nov 1st. Things started moving on and off the market super fast once Oct 1st hit.

How do kids have strong enough friendships in Oct of first year to commit to living with each other the following year? When I started college (many moons ago), the friendshios made in the first few weeks tended to be friendships of convenience, and then later in the semester “real” friendshios emerged which sometimes included thise first friends but often did not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much. My kids go to UVA where there is plenty of on grounds housing but many second years decide to get apartments. Mine did and had signed leases by Nov 1st. Things started moving on and off the market super fast once Oct 1st hit.

How do kids have strong enough friendships in Oct of first year to commit to living with each other the following year? When I started college (many moons ago), the friendshios made in the first few weeks tended to be friendships of convenience, and then later in the semester “real” friendshios emerged which sometimes included thise first friends but often did not.

I guess we were in luck. My DD is best friends with her now roommate and they were already very close by mid October. My DS is living with his first year roommate because they were a perfect match along with one other friend. They have a four bedroom apartment so they recruited a fourth by January who they get along with but we’re not really friends per se. I think it will work out well for them.

I know if one of my DDs friend group who is living with a group she’s not really friends with anymore but they are not enemies, so it’s just a matter of sharing an apartment, which is much easier than sharing a dorm room.

I will say that alot changed for the girls after rush, friendships changed and new ones formed but I think for the most part the kids have not made enemies of each other so they can still live together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much. My kids go to UVA where there is plenty of on grounds housing but many second years decide to get apartments. Mine did and had signed leases by Nov 1st. Things started moving on and off the market super fast once Oct 1st hit.

How do kids have strong enough friendships in Oct of first year to commit to living with each other the following year? When I started college (many moons ago), the friendshios made in the first few weeks tended to be friendships of convenience, and then later in the semester “real” friendshios emerged which sometimes included thise first friends but often did not.

My DD does not communicate with any of the three other roommates from her freshman year. She is now living with four other girls in a five bath five bedroom apartment close to campus. She only knew one of the girls from her sorority. She has already decided she wants to live on her own next year as she is tired of cleaning the kitchen after everyone else.