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Summer on the Hill
Subletting option for
homebound students
Informal contract
best w ay to save
BY SARAH FRIER
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
With less than three weeks until
the end of the semester, students with
long apartment leases an* scrambling
to find someone to pay the rent dur
ing the summer months.
Advertisements are cropping
up online at Web sites such as
Faccbook Marketplace, craigslist.
org and Uloop, and fliers are post
ed all around campus.
Senior Ashley Pate said that
she's never subletted before and
that she wishes she'd started adver
tising sooner.
“I’m in desperate need of a
subletter for this summer, or I’ll
be stuck with two rents for three
months,” Pate said, adding that
finding someone to take her place
is a pain. “I have no other option."
Subletting informal arrange
ments that pass off leases from the
legal holder to a temporary resi
dent is the main option students
have if they don’t plan on sticking
around Chapel Hill during the
summer.
There is not really a legal con
tract as with a lease you sign with
a landlord,'' said Stephanie Chen,
who is subletting her house this
summer. "It's all done the 'friendly
way,' and if someone backs out of a
sublease there’s nothing really you
can do about it."
Sophomore Mariama Evans
is looking for a sublet this sum
mer. She lives up North and said
it would be expensive to move her
belongings back and forth.
"It works for me during the
summer months because I stay on
campus during the year and have
now here to go in May," she said. "It
can be cheaper to sublet, and for
me, it’s more convenient."
For students looking to stay in
Chapel Hill during the summer,
others' desperation can mean easy
housing.
Sophomore Elizabeth French,
who needs someone to take her
townhouse's rent while she studies
abroad this summer, said subletting
is worth it even if she doesn't charge
the full cost of the apartment.
"Even negotiating on the rent
will help me and someone else, so
everyone wins," she said.
For those scrambling to find
subletters, advertising generates
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Carolina Apartments, in Carrboro, is an option for students looking to
rent during the summer. Many apartments allow their residents to sublet.
Last minute subletting tips
► Popular summer rentals indude
neighborhoods north of Rosemary,
on Ransom Street or in Carrboro
around Weaver Street Market.
The Verge apartments, Warehouse
Apartments and Mill Creek condo
miniums also offer options.
► Rental opportunities often open
up as late as May as students
finalize their summer plans and
find jobs.
► Alternative sublet-advertis
ing methods indude Facebook
Marketplace, craigslist org and
UNC's Off-Campus Posting Board,
some interest.
UNC alumna Meagan Griffin
said she advertised with fliers in
Davis and Undergraduate librar
ies and with advertisements on
craigslist and Facebook.
"Facebook has definitely gen
erated the most interest," Griffin
said. "I've had a few people express
some interest but it's hard because
so many apartments are avail
able."
It takes time to hear back from
advertisements, though. Senior
Anna Dorn said no one has con
tacted her about the ad she placed
on craigslist.
"I'm suspecting, however, that
1 might get more responses as the
summer approaches from people
who have procrastinated," Dorn
said.
She will be gone only part of the
summer, wrhich she said has made
it harder to find a subletter.
ahr Sailji (Tar Brrl
which is located on the housing
Website..
► Renters should ask their land
lords if they provide subleasing
contracts, which can help ensure
that rules and regulations are
abided by and the tenants won't
be held responsible for damages.
► Subleasers also should ask
for a copy of the lease to make
sure they know their rights and
responsibilities. They also should
talk to the property manager so
they won't be held responsible for
previous damages.
"It’s much easier to find a sub
leaser for the entire summer than
just for part of it," she said.
Griffin will be taking a job in
Washington, D.C., in early May,
but the lease on her Mill Creek
apartment runs until the end of
July. She advised renters to look
early for someone to take over the
lease.
"The main piece of advice I
would give for people looking to
sublet their apartment out for a
period of time would be to defi
nitely start early, as soon as you
find out you’ll need someone to
take over vour lease," Griffin said.
And because those looking for
summer rentals only w*ant tem
porary housing, it can be easier to
sublet if you leave the apartment
furnished, she said.
"If you can leave your furniture
for the summer, that helps a lot,"
Griffin said.