Can any current parents share cost of renting a “beach house” senior year at Fairfield. Do most students do this? Are the rents full year or are then school months only? Is it significantly more expensive than living on campus? Thanks for your info!
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I rented my senior year in 2022. The bulk of student rentals are pegged to what the university charges for on campus housing. Almost all leases are for the academic year because owners can charge 5X over the summer months. Our lease was 30k for a 2 bedroom, so it wasn’t cheap, but it also wasn’t much more than what the university was charging seniors for a townhome. The majority of students live on/near the beach their senior year and I’d definitely recommend it. The sketchiest part is that you have to sign a lease your sophomore or junior year to get decent housing, but you aren’t officially released from university housing until the end of your junior year. Every year there are a handful of kids who signed leases but don’t get released, meaning they are required to live on campus. Also means you need to pick your senior year roommates pretty far in advance.
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Interesting-Why would a student not be released from university housing?
9 times out of 10 it’s punitive. Something that the university can hold over your head if you’re consistently getting in trouble. Keeping the rowdiest students on campus also helps the university’s relationship/reputation with the town. I’d say that reputation is, on balance, a good one. But it’s something they’re always trying to protect.
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30 for the month, the semester?. How many room mates covering the cost?
30k for the full academic year split between two people. Each of the two bedrooms had two twin beds squeezed together. It would’ve been a very small apartment (and driveway) for four people. It was perfect for two, though. 30k a month would be wild…