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THE MICHIGAN DAILY -- SUBLET SUPPLEMENT
Sunday, March 25, 1973
Sunday, March 25, 1973
THE MICHIGAN DAILY = SUBLET SUPPLEMENT
THE MICHIGAN DAILY -~- SUBLET SUPPLEMENT
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If the neo-penal pleasure dome
that is South Quad is getting you
down and you're thinking you'd
like to exchange it for an early
cinderblock Ann Arbor apartment,
now's the time to do something
about your living situation for next
year.
However, one soon discovers that
finding an apartment is not as
simple as re-registering for the
dorm. Other vigilante groups may
beat you to just the. place you
want, empty houses disappear, and
landlords up rents just when you
were ready to put your money
down.
Sometimes in the course of 11
apartment huntingtyou discover
that maybe you won't get on with
your roommates as well as you
thought you would. As the inevi-
table debates arise over whether
to go modern or traditional, as po-
tential roommates decide to live in
co-ops or go to Europe, the advant-
ages of apartment living slowly;
seem questionable.
While the Off-Campus Housing
Bureau cannot remedy all of these
problems, it does provide assist-
ance to potential apartment-dwel-
lers in many ways.
The Bureau, located on the sec-
ond-floor of the Student Activities
Building performs the following
services:
-Keeps a formal registration
record of landlords and rental
properties;
-Lists vacancies as they become
available;
-Lists vacancies for students
who have apartments or houses
and who need roommates to share
the facilities and the expenses;
-Lists apartments or other ac-
commodations for students when
they wish to sublet if the address
is registered with the Bureau by
the landlord;
-Supplies a Student Rental
Agreement to registered landlords
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who will use it;
-Reviews other leases which
some registered landlords use in
order to judge the acceptability of
those leases;
-Maintains close liaison with the
Ann Arbor Department of Building
and Safety;
-Helps to interpret leases to
students if they bring them in for
the bureau to examine;-
-Provides a sample of the Stu-
dent Rental Agreement to any stu-
dent who wishes to use it as a
guide when examining other leases
he might be offered; and
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-Helps women find jobs in pri-
vate homes where they can earn
their complete board and room
(few jobs are offered to men each
fall).
Off-campus housing is primarily
f o u n d in apartment buildings
around campus, though there are
a small number of rooms and
houses available.
Most apartments are in new or
relatively new buildings, which will
be filled with groups of single stu-
dents as a rule. New efficiency
apartments which have been de-
signed for two single students
average about $160 a month plus Another way to economize is to
electricity. Most apartments, how- take a room near an Inter-Coop-
ever, have been designed for three, erative Council house and eat
four, or five students, with a price meals at the ICC house. Sometimes
range. from $60 to $80 per person fraternities offer meals to students
per month. who are not members, while some
While most are furnished, they frats and sororities are now taking
sometimes do not have a desk for in non-members for both room and
each person or enough end tab'es. board.
lamps, or pillows. They are in- It is almost impossible to sublet
variably carpeted throughout and a room during the summer, so it
most have roompair conditioners. is advisable not to sign a 12-month
The more plush apartments lease for a sleeping room.
have fine furniture, dishwashers, There is a very large demand
and central air conditioning. A few for single family houses by groups
buildings have swimming pools, ofrstudents but unfortunately there
study rooms, party rooms, and are not many available.
Veryourarely are one-man aart- The beauty of sharing a large
ments available for $100 month. stmily house with several other
Also rare are two-man apartments students is that each person can
for $125 a month. Therefore, oily haverhaciln bterom whiler the
luck or ingenuity will find such a most apartments. For instance
place for apartment hunters. most houses have dining rooms,
Apartment buildings don't al- porches and basements.
ways o f f e r parking facilities.Thpi foa funsh
While future buildings in Ann Ar- The price for a furnshed house
bor must provide parking facili- varies from about $50 to $80 per
ties, buildings presently wiitinut houses usually do not includesutil-
parking facilities are not requirediycst.
to provide them. ity costs.
There is very little available now Having found the apartment you
in older, inexpensive apartments, want (or the one you're stuck
and such buildings are usually with), you must sign an applica-
found by chance. If fit to live in, tion or a lease and put a deposit
it usually will be snapped up by down on the apartment. Whatever
the first person who makes an ap- you must sign, it is important to
pointment to see it. read and understand it.
There are quite a few rooms still The landlord will also ask you
available each year though the to pay the rent for the first and
number is diminishing. Linens and last months of the lease and a
cleaning are sometimes provided damage deposit equal to one
in these rooms, but not always. month's rent.
They are only furnished with the If you are not legally an adult,
necessities for sleeping and study- most landlords will also ask for a
ing. parent's signature on the lease.
Some rooms are shabby while These are the inevitable hassles
others are luxurious in beautiful, that apartment hunters face. But
private homes. Once in a while, once settled, apartment living has
one finds a small rooming house advantages over dorm life that
with kitchen privileges. If the make the trouble worthwhile. And
place is clean and the landlord if one gets tired of living on his
maintains it as such, this is a very own he can always go back to
good financial arrangement if all South Quad's snack bar, play a few
one wants is a place to cook and games of pin-ball, and do his laun-
a modicum of privacy. dry in the "lint-free" machines.
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OFFICE HOURS
CIRCULATION - 764-0558
COMPLAINTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
CLASSIFIED ADS - 764-0557
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
DEADLINE FOR NEXT DAY-12:00 p.m.
DISPLAY ADS - 764-0554
MONDAY thru FRIDAY-12 p.m.-4 p.m.
Deadline for Sunday issue
THURSDAY at 5 p.m.
DEADLINE 2 days in advance by 3 p.m.
Friday at 3 p.m. for Tuesday's paper
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BEDROOM
MODERN, FURNISHED
DISHWASHER
AIR-CONDITIONED
BI-LEVEL
2 Blocks from The Arb
and Campus
Located at
1412 GEDDES
Phone: 761-5599
For Appointment
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SUMMERTIME...
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IS GRAND IN
ANN ARBOR.
Sublet a
2-BEDROOM MODERN
APARTMENT
2 Blocks from Campus
All the Conveniences
Air Conditioning
520 PACKARD, Apt.22
665-2818
650
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What to check for whena
you 're checking an apt.
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If you're looking for an apart- venient?
ment, here's a list provided by the -State of cleaniness in unit -
Off-Campus Housing Bureau for closets, drawers, walls, stove top
things to check for in your future and oven, refrigerator, bathroom;
apartment: ---State of repair in unit-walls,
--Is the building listed with the shower, kitchen appliances, plum-
Off-Campus Housing Bureau? bing, venetian blinds, drapes, mat-
-Is it completed? tresses;
-Condition of public areas (halls, -Condition of furniture and up-
walls, lighting); holstery;
-Trash containers in back yard? -Are all locks secure and in
-Parking space? working conditions (doors and win-
-Laundry facilities in or near dows);
the building? -Adequate amount of furniture
-Trash chute in hall? -one straight chair, one easy chair
-Storage locker in basement? or sofa space, and one desk per
-Resident or general manager person;
available at all times? -Amount of drawer space;
-Fire exits sufficient and con- -Amount of closet space - one
closet or half a large closet per
person;
-Garbage disposal (not required)
and its condition;
-Good drains and water pres-
sure in bathroom and kitchen;
-Lighting-number of outlets in
each room and are they in work-
ing condition?
-Hot water-24 hour service;
-Utilities-paid by whom? Check
electric heat costs and electric
water heater;
-Air-conditioning - monthly op-
erating costs paid by whom?
-General size in relation to num-
ber of occupants-size of rooms,
amount of floor space;
-Vacuum cleaner conveniently
located;
-Cleaning staff for public areas;
and
-Convenience to shopping area.
If you're looking for a furnished
room, here are some things to look
'for:
-Direct access to a public hall-
way and from the hallway to the
bathroom;
-Ceilings and walls in good re-
pair;
-Furniture in good repair;
-Clean floor and floor coverings;
-A desk, book-shelves or cases,
and a bed with a firm mattress;
-Good lighting with outlets for
lamps;
-Window space for light and
ventilation;
-Clean bathroom facilities main-
tained by the owner; and
-If basement room, two thirds
above ground.
Above all, the bureau urges that
all students bring in their leases
for experienced persons to read
over. Leases have been uncovered
this year which have clauses which
would allow landlords to increase
rents over the term of the lease
without prior notification of the
tenant.
AN ENTIRE
HOUSE
FOR SUBLET
4 BEDROOMS
2 BATHROOMS
Attic Room & Basement
Garbage Disposal &
Dishwasher (!)
Lots of Parking Space
7 Min. Walk to Campus
Sorry, But It's Not
Available for Next Fall
1709 S. UNIVERSITY
Call 761-6921
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Large, Roomy
Apartment
FOR TWO PEOPLE ON
CAMPUS
Completely Furnished
Apartment in House
SUNNY - BRIGHT
French Doors Give
Access to Roof
Spacious Living Room,
Bedroom, Kitchen
No Landlord Problems-
They're Nice
PARKING SPACE
IN BACK
769-349 6
645
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Tenants' phone numbers
FIRE DEPARTMENT ...............663-4138
POLICE DEPARTMENT ............ 769-6311
OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING BUREAU . 764-7400
ANN ARBOR TENANTS UNION .... 763-3102
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
(rent-freeze violations... ....769-7100
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