Do most college apartments come partly furnished or not?

[Anonymous]

IOW, should I be saving old furniture for DC?

[Anonymous]

That depends on the apartment. Many will have furniture handed down, or sold by, the previous renters. Many will not.

Whether to save something for your DC also involves getting it to the college. If your student is a flight away, that's not realistic. If you don't know where the student will be, I'd probably get rid of the furniture rather than hold onto it just in case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That depends on the apartment. Many will have furniture handed down, or sold by, the previous renters. Many will not.

Whether to save something for your DC also involves getting it to the college. If your student is a flight away, that's not realistic. If you don't know where the student will be, I'd probably get rid of the furniture rather than hold onto it just in case.

Not apply to any schools a flight away, have plenty of space in basement storage. Just curious which is more likely - furnished or unfurnished. 30 years ago unfurnished was the norm.

[Anonymous]

Based on my experience, it is dependent upon the school/apartment types in the area.

One child goes to a university with the fancy high rise apartments being the norm. In those, the apartments come furnished. And each bedroom is rented separately.

The other child goes to school in a college town. There is a mix of the fancy high rises, and run down group houses. The fancy high rises come furnished. The group homes are unfurnished.

[Anonymous]

The fancy places do.
The regular places don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on my experience, it is dependent upon the school/apartment types in the area.

One child goes to a university with the fancy high rise apartments being the norm. In those, the apartments come furnished. And each bedroom is rented separately.

The other child goes to school in a college town. There is a mix of the fancy high rises, and run down group houses. The fancy high rises come furnished. The group homes are unfurnished.

Yes, and furnished apt. have higher rent prices as well but less headaches!

[Anonymous]

We've been saving old furniture and dishes for our kids first apartments in our basement. Last fall we brought a bed, dresser, nightstand and end table for one in their apartment, and an old kitchen table, bed and nightstands for the other. Neither wanted the dishes, lol

[Anonymous]

If your kid is anywhere near metropolitan area just rent from Cort Furniture. The student package is super cheap the furniture is clean and solid and you don’t have to worry about storage.

[Anonymous]

In my experience, no furniture is included.

Also in my experience - unless you have an easy way to get it there (ie, school is an hour a way and you have a pickup truck) you're not going to want to deal with schlepping furniture there. Your kid will buy a bunch of crap of Facebook marketplace.

[Anonymous]

My kids attend JMU and VT. Both Harrisonburg and Blacksburg have a wide variety of housing available, both furnished and unfurnished. We've always gone with furnished even if the rent is higher because it's so much less of a headache. No need to rent a van to schlepp anything or store it anywhere.

Of course, we supplement with decor, knickknacks, and all kitchen items, none of which are included.

[Anonymous]

On campus housing usually has furniture, but limited (or no) pans and dishes.

Off campus housing usually is unfurnished.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend JMU and VT. Both Harrisonburg and Blacksburg have a wide variety of housing available, both furnished and unfurnished. We've always gone with furnished even if the rent is higher because it's so much less of a headache. No need to rent a van to schlepp anything or store it anywhere.

Of course, we supplement with decor, knickknacks, and all kitchen items, none of which are included.

That is our DC's experience in Morgantown too. We also favored the furnished and by-the-room (less payment/collections hassle) and definitely no real "moving" day chaos. The quality of the furniture is/was shockingly decent. As with most things, you get what you pay for.