[nabs-l] apartment resources

[Ashley and Landon Coleman]

Hi,
If you are going to a University. Shouldn't your Disability Support 
Services department be able to get you a room to yourself? I know that 
where I am going here has a system for that especially if you have a 
dog. Those rooms are small enough with one person and a dogg. Trust me, 
I know.
Ashley




On 6/22/2014 5:29 PM, Littlefield, Tyler via nabs-l wrote:
> Hello all:
> I'm looking to get into an apartment for next semester. I found a 
> studio for $1900 (which is about as cheap as they get without being in 
> a pretty bad area). It turns out it ends up to be around $3200 extra 
> than I'd pay for staying in a dorm, which is nice but it affords me a 
> lot more room. Here are the thoughts; perhaps someone has some thoughts.
> I'm trying to avoid the dorm for a few reasons:
> 1) Last two roomates were pretty rough. Spring semester my roommate 
> (who was the RA and supposedly more responsible) would frequently drop 
> food on the ground and let O'Mally grab it. He should have the freedom 
> to move around the room, so it was pretty hard and he ended up sick a 
> lot. This last roommate was polled ahead of time--he was supposed to 
> be comfortable with dogs. Turned out he wasn't and he developed 
> "hives" around the middle of the semester but didn't want to move. He 
> would physically push O'Mally away from him when he got to close.
>
> Our beds are lofted above the desks and you can reach out and almost 
> touch the bed across from you. This ment that O'Mally didn't have to 
> much room to move around, it's a tight space for two people to begin 
> with.
>
> This next semester, I'm going to be in the same setup room, but it 
> will be with one extra room. This means that I'm splitting the kitchen 
> in five and not in three. The hardest part about that is I would order 
> my entire months worth of groceries from peapod (so it'd take like 
> $110) and I'd get $5 delivery, which was cheaper than getting a cab up 
> to the store and back again. The next solution would be for me to get 
> a cart and trek a mile to and from the store, which is doable. I'm 
> mainly worried about winters--winters in Boston can be pretty rough 
> and getting to the store will be hard. How have people tackled this, 
> especially in snowy weather?
>
> My second solution which I would greatly prefer to a tiny rectangular 
> cell is an apartment. I do not have a cosigner that has the credit for 
> a loan, but I'm trying to pull at least $4500 or so extra from what I 
> usually get. Are there good resources for something like this?
>
> Thanks a lot for your suggestions,
>

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Thank you
Ashley Coleman

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