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YOyoYOhowsDAjello

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UW-Madison

2 bedroom house (but will be 3 bedroom converting a sunroom)
1150 sq. feet
$1100/month split 4 ways

utilities not included
 

Fenixgoon

Lifer
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my dorm at drexel is 2300/quarter, i think.. so that makes freshman year 6900 :(
 

brikis98

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In a house shared by 9 people (9 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 kitchens, living room, parking, laundry)... Each person pays:

- $405/month for rent
- $54/month for electricity and heat,
- $11/month for cable/internet
- $3/month for water

Cornell student living in Ithaca, NY. Pricy for an icy hell hole outside of a nice campus, but still cheaper than dorms :)
 

Scarpozzi

Lifer
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I bought a house and rent out my back bedroom for $350 a month...which includes utilities. That's a pretty decent savings for whoever lives with me....

The apartment I'm renovating will rent for $500 a month including utilities....
 
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700-750 including utilities for a room in a 4br townhouse with 3 other people. i also work full time so i dont hve to worry so much about cutting costs
 

archcommus

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Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: archcommus
I'm starting college this fall, but will never, in all four years, be dealing with this.

Have fun going to High School V2.0
Well since I don't call it that, not a problem to me.

 

Gooberlx2

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May 4, 2001
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Lessee....different place every year there:

Freshman: Dorms...I don't remember
Sophmore: $218/mo/person - 1 bed, converted living room into my bed....it sucked
Junior: $236/mo/person - 6 ppl in 6 bed house.
1st Senior yr: $227/mo/person - 2 bed apt.
2nd Senior yr: $300/mo/person - 5 ppl in 5 bed house
* Only utils included were water, sewage and trash
...our heating bills definitely sucked in those 100-year-old, paper-thin-walled, giant-sized houses in Eau Claire, WI.

Of course, that's if it was all evenly split. Our actual rent was based on a bidding system by how much we were willing to pay for a room, so long as the total by all the people added up to our monthly obligation. So in the 2nd Senior yr. house I actually paid $330 (or something) for a 2nd floor, medium-large room, whereas the guy living in the cold-assed closet off the kitchen paid only $250. Actually worked out really well.

nowadays I pay $406/mo/person + utils for a nice 3rd floor 2-bed w/ my gf.