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Thursday, May 4, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Design students turn dilapidated house into home
After three semesters of frustration and delays, a special problems class in the School of Architecture and Urban Design has nearly finished a project to renovate an old house at 325 Indiana St.
According to Robert Gould, assistant professor of architecture and urban design and director of the non-profit project, the one-story house with a half basement, was built in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The building's style structure because of its pointed roof.
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The project was funded by the Kansas
University Endowment Association, which loaned the class $35,000. Gould said yesterday the sale of the house was being negotiated with prospective buyers. The loan from the Endowment Association will be repaid with the money from the sale.
The class paid $18,000 for the once dilagated house, which had sloping floors, out-dated plumbing and interior structure faults; but with the rest of the loan, the students turned it into a relatively modern home.
BESIDES REPLACING the plumbing and
electrical systems, the students insulated the house and enlarged several rooms. The house features a spiral staircase leading to a loft with a skylight, in what use is to be an
About 20 students have worked on the project during the past three semesters. One of the students who has been with the project all three semesters is John Schel, a student in the school. Schal said Tuesday that the project had been behind schedule since it began.
The project started in spring semester, 1977 and Schell it said it a whole
Staff Photo by TIM ASHNEF
Renovation
A special problems class in the School of Architecture and Urban Design has nearly finished renovating this old house at 325 Indiana St. The project is funded by the University Endowment Association, which loaned the class $35,000.
Students face subleasing hassles
Staff Writer
By PHILIP GARCIA
"A lot of the time they don't anticipate having to sublease. "Kroger said.
Students should be aware of potential problems when attempting to sublease an apartment for the summer, Judy Kroger, administrative director of the Lawrence Consumer Affairs Association said last week.
Consequently, when students first sign a lease, they have a tendency to pay little attention to clauses concerning subleasing, she said.
ON COMMON PROBLEM, Kroger said that students were unaware of the lease's policy on the refunding of a security deposit. Under the Kansas Residential Landlord and Tennant Act of 1973, an owner of an apartment can collect the security deposit for any damage occurs. Rent loss occurs when a tenant is unable to situate an apartment.
A spokesman from the Kansas attorney general's office said that although the 1973 act established the basic legal framework for collecting the security deposit, certain clauses could be stipulated in a lease so that the property is collected, regardless of rent loss or damages.
Kroger said that if students knew they wanted to sublet an apartment they should try to rent where there was usually 100 percent occupancy during the year.
"Close to campus or paid utility apartment-desirable apartments that you would want to rent," she said, "will have a greater chance of being subt."
KROGER SAID THAT if a student wanted to break a lease, he should find someone to sublet, or else forfeit the security deposit, and in some cases pay the updent rent.
In addition, she said, a landlord or manager is required to actively seek people to sublease the apartment if attempts by the tenant fail. When and apartment is subleased students should get their deposit refunded and their name removed from the property.
However, the lease may stipulate that the name of the original tenant remain on the lease. Kroger said, keeping full responsibility of the apartment with the tenant,
Jane Reed, Lawrence senior, said she had not read all the details of her lease very well and has had problems in trying to sublease her apartment.
"We found out we have to pay the owner $75 to approve our subleases," she said.
Reed said that her deposit would be refunded but that it depended upon how many problems the owner had with the tenants.
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Another student who had encountered problems subleasing her apartment is Toni Snyder.
"We've had quite a bit of trouble trying to find someone to sublease to." Bick said.
"IF WE CAN'T sublease at all, we'll be naving the three-month summer rent."
Bick said she had planned to sublease the apartment when she signed the lease, but the cost of rental had discouraged students from subleasing.
Ty Winter, Olaina junior, said the manager of his apartment failed to discuss the details in the lease concerning subleasing. The manager did not say how long the security deposit or payment of rent for an apartment that was unoccupied.
"WELL PROBABLY HAVE to pay the extra two months rent," he said, "because attempts to sublet the apartment have failed."
A spokesman from the Malls Ode English Village Apartments, 2411 Louisiana St., said that details of subleasing were discussed with the tenant when the lease was signed.
if the tenant is unable to sublet the apartment and an unpaid deposit will be freed from the unpaid rent.
semester to analyze the markets in Lawrence and locate a house that would be feasible to renovate. He said the renovation of the house did not begin until fall, 1977, but he and Tom Johnson, Prairie Village, were the owners inside of the house during the summer.
The tenant then must pay the remainder of the rent.
Art Farmer, assistant manager of Meadowbrook Apartments, 15th Street and Crestline Drive, said a tenant must pay a $75 sublease charge.
"We discuss this with the tenant very
thoughly. Farrer said, to make sure
that we don't do anything wrong."
It is standard policy that the security deposit be refunded in full if no damages or losses are incurred.
A spokesman from the Lawrence Property Management Company, 1611 St. Andrews Drive, said that a tenant's security team was charged by the tenant in all cases of sublease.
SCHELL SAID he thought the house was good to renovate because of its size.
"It's small enough that they (the students) can design and come to understand some of the problems in designs," he said.
A spokesman said the tenant also would be liable for the unpaid rent if the apartment was not occupied.
There were many problems during the project, Schell said, because the renovation was behind schedule. The initial bids received were raised because of the delay between the time they were received and the time the work was contracted.
Kroger said students needed to understand that a lease was a legal contract between the two parties.
"I don't think students realize how serious a lease is," she said.
Because of high costs, Schell said, the students were not able to do as many repairs on the house as they wanted to. Whenever possible, they painted and add other finishing touches.
"We never thought the costs would go so high, but we protected ourselves with escrow accounts, in case we needed the money." he said.
SCHELL SAID he had learned a lot from the experience, for which he received nine hours credit, and said a similar project should be done again.
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"It was a good experience," he said. "We found that porch paint isn't always as good as it should be, that carpenters aren't always what they're supposed to be and that things are very expensive." he said. "The cost, when labor is added, cost about $350."
"It's something we would like to continue,
feel it was a very worthwhile experience for
us," she said.
Charles Kahn, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, said there was "one more step" needed.
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Martin Henry, vice president for property of the Endowment Association, said that if the University decided the project was good, the Endowment Association would consider it.
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