-~ - 'pI,, - rjw11 i--.-Al--A - PAGE TWENTY-TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUTNDAY,. JANUTARY 29, 1967 SUNDAY, -JANUARY 29, 1967, THE MICHIGAN DAILY =tea aa v .a " sJ a. F,)Vi"Yt1} V11A\ViAJAIi NUj iVV SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1961 SUMMER SUBLET 3 bedroom apt. brand new building, balcony, air-conditioner, dishwasher, garage, wall-to-wall carpets, paneled walls. Available for entire summer 525 Walnut (close to campus) I spacious modern apartment 2 blocks east of campus PARK PLAZA plush 5-man apt. completely furnished, air-conditioned, garbage disposal, parking facilities, 3 bedrooms, 5 large closets 2 sundecks (one facing S. University) Call 665-6756 for personal inspection of Apt. 34 1 320 S. University FOR A SUMMER OF EASY LIVING modern 3-man apt. with air-conditioning, garbage disposal, dishwasher, bar, and ample parking. Completely furnished, in excellent condition. ON COMMUTER BUS LINE I Learn toSurf, This summer only 1 block from campus Wanted: 2 men (or women) to enjoy swimming pool. air-conditioning, garbage disposal, completely furnished, live-in-manager, plus many other features. Call Mike or Les at. 662-6993 I CHEAP $160 month Modern 4 -man FURNISHED APARTMENT, air-conditioning, dishwasher, a garbage disposal, parking lot, balcony, bar, 2 bedrooms and free case of beer. 913 Dewey -No. 3 Call 663-4093 298 Apt. 1 761-6159 Before Signing Any Lease Wide Range In Off Camp 294 Call 663-7798 for personal inspection. Apt. No. 5 823 Brown Street Know the lesponsibilities 51 29 296 536 S. Forest 297 I. . THINK SUMMER 3MAN $45 per man " Ideal location corner Hill & S. Forest " FREE parking " Gas " Electric " Spacious living room 20' x 14' " Large kitchen * Wall-to-wall carpet " Solid walls " Backyard " 7 big closets * new furniture " laundry facilities Call 761-4965 299 zblock from St. Joseph modern, air-conditioned, fully carpeted, large top floor, balcony-great view. 4-man 813 E. Kingsley Apt. D-3 Call 761-8771 30C 1200 PROSPECT Enjoy Your Summer! Have Wild Parties! Large, Modern, air-conditioned 2 bedroom apartment, spacious living room and kitchen, huge furnished basement party room. ample parking. CALL 665-2313 301 I f Summer Sublet: 12 of a two-man (male) four-room apartment. $65 per month with no utility payments. 2 blocks from campus. survived by a serious senior history major. Call 668-8411 between 5:30-6:30 31 1 Thompson, Apt. 3 302 Modern 2-bedroom 1 Block from Law Quad " Air-conditioned " Disposal " Enclosed parking Call X663-9257 Reprinted from Off-Campus Booklet While the University provides assistance, University students are considered responsible citi- zens. As parties to a lease (lessees), tenants undertake certain respon- sibilities which should be clearly understood. As residents off-cam- pus, they undertake certain res- ponsibilities which should be; clearly understood by all parties to any agreement. Leases should be read carefully before they are signed. Before signing any lease, any questions should be reaised and written clarification obtained from the landlord or the agent. Questionable provisions should be; brought to the attention of the; Off-Campus Housing Bureau be- fore signing the lease. Once an apartment is decided upon, arrangements are made en- tirely with the owner or manager of the property except for in- surance on personal property. Al- most all apartments are rented through a lease,the duration of which depends upon the policy of the owner. Rooms occasionally are offered on a weekly basis, more frequently by the month or the school term, and most according to an eight-month lease. Apartments for more than one occupant are usually leased by the unit according to the terms of a joint lease. Each student, therefore, is jointly responsible for the total rent and full lease of the apartment he shares with roommates. If every roommate pays his share of the total rent. each has only his portion to pay. If, however, one should leave the University without finding a re- placement and without taking care of his rightful portion of the lease, those remaining could find themselves in the unfortunate position of paying the absentee roommate's rent. Because very few property owners offer an in- dividual lease, it is well to ar- range housing with roommates who have every intention of re- maining in school in the fall and winter terms or for the full term of the lease. Students who find that they must leave the campus during an academic year are ad- vised to inform the Bureau as early as possible for assistance and advice. Because of the joint lease and its attendant responsiblities, it is well to know about the living habits and sleeping schedules of pros- pective roommates. It is wise not to take unnecessary risks by sign- ing a joint lease with a person just because he happens to need a roommate. Leases may be either Univer- sity Rental Agreements or private leases. Both types of contracts are approved by the Office of Student Community Relations. If an apart- ment or room, or the company which rents the property, is list- ed by the Off-Campus Housing Bureau, the University offers a mediation service to both stu- dents and owners when differences arise after the lease is signed. The terms of renting may be a significant factor in choosing a place to live. If, a student plans to stay for only one term when he enrolls in the fall, he may find a lease of eight months or a full year a serious problem because he will be -financially responsible for the duration of the lease unless he finds a replacement for him- self. If he accepts a twelve-month lease when he plans to be at Mich- igan only during the fall and win- ter terms, he will have the res- ponsibility of sub-letting his a- partment for the summer. In ad- dition, he is almost sure to suffer a loss in sub-letting his apartment since summer brings fewer stu- dents and rents are lower. Private housing in Ann Arbor, as in most urban communities, is usually offered for lease on a twelve-month basis. Since the greatest influx of students occurs in late August, the usual student lease runs from about August 20 to August 20. Many students, how- ever, do not need Ann Arbor housing for more than 8 1/3 monthseach year, or the period covering the fall and winter terms. A twelve-month lease, therefore, carries with it the burden of find- ing sub-tenants for the summer months or suffering the financial loss of rental payments on un- used quarter for 3-2/3 months. Property owners finance their buildings according to a twelve- month occupancy. They are able to offer tenancy at the lowest rent by writing twelve-month lease. If they shorten the length of the lease and take the responsibility of re-renting the property them- selves for the summer period, they increase operation costs and risk further losses through possible vacancies in the summer. They can, of course, protect their in- vestment by increasing the rent for eight months. Students who sub-let their quarters find the responsibility burdensome and untimely. They may list their apartment with the Off-Campus Housing Bureau in the Student Activities Building, put a paid advertisement in the Michigan Daily, and publicize through friends the fact that they are looking for sub-tenants. They find that most prospective sub- tenants delay final summer plans until the last minute in the hope that rents will drop when lease- holders begin to despair of rent- ing. This practice puts the active sub-let market right into the mid- dle of the examination period. Desperate tenants sometimes rent unwisely in order to realize some- thing on what has begun to look like a total loss, and unknowingly set up another possibility of fin- ancial loss for themselves. As original tenants, they continue to be responsible for the condition of the apartment until the ex- piration of the twelve-month lease. Even when they collect a large damage deposit .they are in some danger of losing all of their own deposit should their sub-tenants not be careful of the property. A large damage deposit however is hardly a selling point to sub- tenants and has the effect of sending them off to find a better bargain. Certain property owners are establishing the practice of offer- ing an eight-month lease with an attendant increase in rent to com- pensate for added operational costs and rental risks. They have added to their lease form a clause which gives the student-tenant the option to rent for eight or twelve months. The clause reads as follows: "The parties agree that the Lessees shall have the option to terminate this lease and vacate premises on ...........provided that this option is exercised by delivering a standard written no- tice (available at the Off-Campus Housing Bureau, Student Activ- ities Building), signed by all stu- dent Lesses, retaining a copy thereof signed by Lessor, of Les- see's intent to exercise same to Lessor on or before .... ......., and further provide that payment of $..........as consideration for said option is paid to Lessor as follows: One-half on the date written notice of election to ex- ercise this option is given Lessor as provided above, and the bal- ance on or before ...........Les- sor agrees to return the security deposit to Lessees as provided in Paragraph 3 above. The terms of the eight-month option allow the student some lat- itude in making a decision about a termination date. Two major factors enter into such a decision: a fairly certain opportunity to sub-let to reliable sub-tenants at a fair return; and the possibility of an original tenant's attending the spring-summer term. Under all circumstances, a lease written so that all the tenants are jointly responsible for ful-filling the terms of the agreement requires that either an eight- or a twelve- month arrangement must be en- tered into by all members to the lease. If one or more of the ori- ginal tenants make individual plans not in accordance with the signed agreement, the problem be- comes an internal one among the roommates and does not absolve any of the parties from perform- ing according to the terms of the lease. Reprinted from off-Campus Booklet There are new, furnished apart- ment buildings and apartments in converted homes on all sides of the campus. Single and double rooms in converted homes are scattered among the apartment buildings. Some of these accom- modations are as close as the edge of campus; others are within reasonable walking distance. Park- ing in the city is a real problem so most students find it more con- venient to walk . to classes than to compete for parking space. Large buildings in the immed- iate campus area contain many four-person furnishedlunits. Be- cause of land and labor costs, builders recently have limited their campus area constructions mainly to the four-man furnished unit. Efficiency apartments are not in heavy supply and are ex- pensive. Two- and three-person apartments are currently avail- able in greater numbers in con- verted buildings. Rates are highest in campus area. Each student may expect to pay between $50 (very low) and $75 as his monthly share in a two-, three-, four-, or five-man furnished apartment. Almost all apartmentsaare rented through a lease. Married and some single grad- uate students find that unfurnish- ed apartments within the City, but a mile or two from campus, are suited best to their needs. There are one-, and two-bedroom unfurnished apartments in a num- ber of large buildings on all sides of the campus some distance a- way. These all are convenient to schools, shopping centers, and, in most cases, churches. Furnished houses in limited supply may be rented for one term or more when faculty members are temporarily away from the University. Un- fu st m m ml er hz re in m ip be ed io al bt cc re pm ac r fo ci rc sc Pm be is fi: vi 0: in Si ra M st al as r. 303 I I Air Conditioned 4 Man South Campus Area ONE CASE OF BEER FREE WHEN YOU SIGN Phone 761-8819 or visit 503 Hill, No. 102 304 INEXPENSIVE 2 BLOCKS FROM CAMPUS Air-conditioned 2 bedrooms 2 floors DISHWASHERj Disposal PATIO ELECTRIC BARBECUE 1 to 4 girls first half 1 to 3 girls second half 610 S. Forest, No. 5 Call 761-7076 ANYTIME 305 READ AND USE DAILY CLASSIFI EDS NOW RUNNING A SPECIAL SUMMER SUBLET CLASSIFICATION I Lm WE MADE IT v ARRANGE SPRING-SUMMER TERM- HOUSING NOW... Rooms available for less than $50.00 per month JurLiors-Seniors-Graduates, eligible for assignment to Baits Houses, may apply now for spring half-term, sum- mer half-term (6 or 8 weeks) or spring-summer term. Singles-Doubles-Double Suites-Triple Suites are avail- able. No food contract; room only. Apply now at 3011 Student Activities Building. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN OFFERS THE SER- VICES OF THE OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING BUREAU TO ALL STUDENTS, AT NO CHARGE, WHO WISH TO SUBLET APARTMENTS, ROOMS AND HOUSES OR FIND HOUSING. All listings offered and accepted through this office must conform to the Regents By-Laws an open Oc- cupancy and be' certified by the City of Ann Arbor Building and Safety Engineering Department. The offices are located in the Student Activities Build- ing, Room 2258, and are open week days 8 a.m. to 5 p.m for listings by phone or in person 764-7400 2258 SAB Thanks to the hard work of all those involved a energies contributed we 'managed to meet our d lish our annual Apartment Supplement. A spec assistant, Anne, and all my trainees. Special cr the office staff and the men in the shop. Than witz, our photographer and i ANNE SIMON STEVE ELMAN MARTHA WEINER LUCY PAPP LIBBY MATSUHIRO MARY MR. MATTS( MR. CHATTE DANNY SOB MARCIA GAl ) LOVE AND STUFF, ERICA KEEPS, Promotions A