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APARTMENT GUIDE 1
THE UNIVERSITY OF LAKESAN
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2007
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he thinks he can focus more.
"The farther you get from campus," Smith said, "the less likely you will be distracted by people."
Although apartments offer social networks and a lot of amenities, one KU student has enjoyed living in a house for a majority of his years at the University.
Nick Estrada, Overland Park park junior, rents a house with his partner. Nate. Estrada has lived in a house two out of his three years in Lawrence and prefers his arrangement to the dorms or apartments.
Estrada and his partner were interested in finding a residence that offered a large amount of space for Estrada's workout equipment and his partner's
Estrada and his partner have also noticed that although the benefits of a house were too good to pass up, they are spending somewhat more on house expenses than their friends who live in apartments.
band instruments. Estrada found a lot of space in the house that he chose with his partner, but has also realized that the privacy that comes along with a house is a good thing too.
Houses tend to have a single landlord rather than a management company that runs them, so residents have to do their own
"There are no noise complaints and there is a lot more freedom to have people over."
"There are no noise complaints and there is a lot more freedom to have people over." Estrada said. "I don't have to have friends check in and we can have a good time without worrying about anybody bothering us."
NICK ESTRADA Overland Park junior
basic maintenance, such as yard work and small house repairs. Houses are also larger in square footage than most apartments, so the costs of heating and cooling the house are greater than the costs in an apartment. Also, a lot of newer apartments are switching to electric-only heating and cooling systems while a majority of the older homes surrounding
*conpus have not attempted to do this. Despite having to do most everything in his house, Estrada finds positives in his living situation.*
"Because our rent is a little lower than a lot of apartments," Estrada said, "we're paying just as much as our friends who live in apartments are."
There are other options for housing in Lawrence, but renting an off campus property works out for most people, you just have to be willing to find exactly what you need.
Stadium living requires flexibility
BY MATT ELDER
With the football season long over, many KU students who lived near Memorial Stadium encountered spring cleaning early after the seminars' tailging ended.
The Stadium View Apartment complex, 1010 Mississippi St., was often students' second choice for tailgating after Campanile hill during game days.
The complex's parking lot was often overflowing with students because of its proximity to Memorial Stadium, but it was the complex's residents who left to clean up the mess of hundreds of loyahawks fans.
lared Karol, Libertytville, III., junior, lived on the second floor at Stadium View. After the last game, Karol had to invest both his time and money to return his apartment to the way it was when he initially moved in, despite taking several precautions.
"It came to the point where we were putting down plastic lining on the carpets and leaving it there." Kolar said. "We bought 200 yards of the stuff and covered all inch of our living room and still had to have it steam-cleaned."
Kolar and his three roommates first began the reconstruction process by patching holes in their apartment's walls from the fists and
chars of disgruntled KU fans. Karol had to pay to patch the holes and for local hardware stores to match the paint on the walls. But that didn't stop them from hosting more parties because people expected them too, Matt Green, St. Louis junior, said.
"There were a lot of people you don't see every day but that you expect to see every weekend there's a game." Green said.
Green's apartment was on the complex's first floor, adjacent to the parking lot. While both Green and Kolar tried to limit their guests to close friends and acquaintances, strangers still managed to work their ways inside the apartments.
since we were on the first floor we got most of the traffic," Green said. "Strangers would check scores and use our bathroom just because we were closest, just adding to the mess we had outside."
Stadium Views management send people to inspect the apartments for damages sometime after the football season ends, Green said. He, like Karol, had in investment in the repair of his apartment's walls and carpets so he wouldn't be charged large fees by the complex's management.
Kansan staff writer Matt Elder can be contacted at melder@kansan.com.
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