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Housing Finding a place to live can sometimes be a difficult and exhausting experience,
but the following ideas should help you in your search to find a place
to live in the Greater Hartford area.
The Health Center does not have on-campus housing, so you will need to
find housing off campus.
Very often students at the Health Center post advertisements for roommates or apartment rentals on information boards located throughout the building. And one of the best ways to find a place to live in the area is the
Housing Notebook kept by the Dental School in AG-036 (the
first office next to the Patterson Auditorium, across from the
Bookstore) that lists some of the available housing options and students seeking roommates; this info is used often and is
available for all students: graduate, medical and dental. Students
cannot take the book out of the office, but the office has comfy couches
and a house phone and are students are welcome to come down and peruse
it during regular office hours.
In addition to the Housing Notebook, a list of some of the local
apartment complexes has been compiled to get you started in your search.
You can access this PDF file online by clicking
here.
If you aren't able to locate a place through either of these resources, or if you're not interested in rooming with a fellow student,
other choices for finding a suitable place to live would include the classified ads in both the
New Britain Herald and the
Hartford Courant,
and free weekly newspapers such as Tradewinds and the Rare Reminder (each available at
convenience stores in West Hartford and Hartford) are a good source for local apartments (usually those in two and three
family homes).
Additionally, some websites that many students have found helpful
include:
www.apartments.com
www.rent.com
www.courant.com/classified/realestate/
www.stepsaver.com/cgi-bin/classifieds2.cgi?real_estate
hartford.craigslist.org
Scanning the classified ads can be time consuming though. An alternative to the classified ads is to use the Apartment Guide. This guide can be obtained in lobbies of banks and some grocery stores or at the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce. Virtually all the apartments advertised in the Apartment Guide are in large complexes located throughout the Greater Hartford area.
As a last resort, check with a local Realtor, but keep in mind that the
apartments that they have listed are often expensive.
Wherever you find a place to live, keep in mind that usually a
security deposit equivalent to one month's rent is required and
sometimes a credit check (at your cost) will be conducted.
However, many apartment complexes will offer specials throughout the
year, especially in the summer, so be sure to ask if they have any
deals!
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