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10 Tuesday, February 6, 2001 Internet; Word-of-Mouth Key to Housing Search Students look to a variety of resources such as Web sites and listservs when searching for apartments. By Sally Francis Staff Writer Looking for an apartment, a house or a room for rent? Various Chapel Hill resources can help students in the beginning stages of finding off-campus housing. The Internet, classified ads, e-mail or word-of-mouth afford students many choices for finding housing. But first students should decide their primary budget and how close they want to live to the UNC campus. “I’ve only just started looking at oj. .ions for next year, but it already looks like there will be a lot to choose from,” said Patrick Doggett, a freshman environ mental studies “When we first started looking (for housing), the Internet was so helpful... the resources are limitless. ” Natalie Eason UNC Sophomore major. The Internet can be helpful for stu dents looking to lease apartments or houses. Web sites such as www .chapelhillrent.com, www.apartments SARMNEfcgi^ Find room and comfort at The Villages Apartments /A1 Preleasing for summer and fall of 2001 /)/ “H/TL ► § Mo • Now preleasing at special rates 090.1141 fl l°T X 1 SSttW T K„ to -L TTy fT •On J bus line . . , ; ' 1 , LJLa 111 i£r*vr-<r I • 24-hour fitness center Located on Smith Level Road k 3t □ 1 • 2 miles from UNC * mile from Hwy ' s4 toll - |U=P 1 ■■■ - Ii Bedroom I Living Room = =3;/ lr-crxl*-p -?y p= flH H 9H| Hflj milages ISH apartments ** .com and www.rent.net enable students to make specifications on their housing requests. With options for price, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms and choices about extra amenities such as washer/dryer or carpeting, students can limit their search and save time. “When we first started looking, the Internet was so help ful,” said sophomore Natalie Eason from Wilmington. “The resources are “I used (the University Housing listserv) as a reference guide, and it gave me so many options to choose from. ” Langley Scherer UNC Senior limitless, and it was so easy to make specifications as to the location and price we wanted to spend.” Housing Web sites are updated daily and provide students with names and addresses of peo ple looking for roommates. But for those students who pre fer the old-fash ioned way, classi- fied ads in local newspapers such as The Daily Tar Heel, The Chapel Hill Herald and The News & Observer are reliable sources. “I placed an ad in the DTH on Monday to sublet one bedroom in the Housing Guide Warehouse, and already I have received calls from interested renters,” said sophomore Kelly Coleman. A similar but more effortless approach in the game of apartment hunting is to subscribe to the University hous ing listserv at http://hous ing.unc.edu. This listserv allows sub scribers to post housing requests or vacancies via e-mail. “It’s great because the vacancies come to you,” said senior Langley Scherer. “I used it as a reference guide, and it gave me so many options to choose from.” For students who know just where they want to live, apartment complex leasing offices are one-stop shops to get ting new renters situated. The Warehouse Apartments has an office on the first floor and a reception ist to help renters with questions. Mill Creek Condominiums and Bolinwood Apartments also have leas ing offices on the property. But word-of-mouth is one of the most popular ways to find off-campus housing and to hear about vacancies. Vacancies open up when students graduate, go abroad or decide to move. Looking for Apartments? www.chapelhilrent.com and www.apartments.com are two of many sites that offer advice. * (M vtfw ravani*s wmrtow > irWfM & j* mttrnw fgtrr ii jO -Fr *>t®•< trl jr <> J# .A jL , q uu i "" '^sL-iUj ! mm town* , h ***7*' ,W * , a ** rapßt’nwfc.ttm “ ~ - ~ v i t ~T**‘"*** * '** lFn Vttw < %-v'rM jjt ’ i: ip fineAcaetmaMs,Xanty mu) Rr>UPrtptaty tn„ j- I 3 .kJL Sl ,JL Jk u rgj mmu • * qj; -fi ’> Mitac tsisin ltss>s! tw*'**rr;,aw<r *•** #n I rifflSjHWSS'iK' I tiriitiv CW6ECti US /■ | fiRiWTt jT I Making friends with these people can save students lots of time searching for off-campus housing. But most students say the biggest problem with off-campus housing in Chapel Hill is the speed with which vacancies disappear. dljp Daily aar Mrri “I’d suggest that students start looking now and try to have the problem solved by Spring Break,” said Harris Swenson, a junior from Dallas. “We waited too long, and now we live farther away from campus than we would like.”
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