I’m curious here. Fingers crossed, it looks like S has a job where he interned last year. Which means a move.
He has no idea how you do any of this stuff, but after living in an extended stay last summer he said he wanted to have a roommate. Is craigslist how “kids” find roommates? He doesn’t know anyone where he’s going. In college his lease was individually done with the landlord, when you’re a grown up is it by apartment? I haven’t rented in 25 years so I’m not sure how it works anymore.
Does his U have any alumni networks or contacts? Sometimes that might be a way for recent grads to connect. S likes living alone so he H’s never wanted to get room mates. Both his HS and college try to keep alums connected, with varying degrees of success.
Yes, Craigslist is the way to go. My son lives in a house in San Francisco with 7 housemates – it’s better than it sounds. They each have their own bedroom and there are 4 bathrooms. As his housemates move out for various reasons, such as leaving to start grad school or move to a new city, they advertise on Craigslist and host an open house to meet prospective housemates. They then vote on who to approve of the ones they met and who are interested. This also works for someone looking for a single roommate. By the way, they’re “interviewing” for new housemates now if anyone knows someone looking for a nice place to live in SF.
Hello, congrats, last year when my son graduated and moved to Manhatten he found two roommates on a site called symbi.
All three of the boys just graduated and were from different colleges. Worked out well
good luck
How is this done? Well…it depends on WHERE he is moving. The rental market in Manhattan is very different than the rental market in many other places.
If he is looking to share an apartment, I would reach out to his new employer…maybe there is some way employees indicate they want to share. Then, maybe reach out via FB friends? Maybe a friend if a friend knows someone. Craigslist is fine too…but you have to vet them carefully.
Any chance he can stay in some extended stay arrange,ent for a month…and look for housing while he is there?
S just graduated and is moving to Boston. He found an apartment (with roommates) via a Facebook page – it’s all local apartment and roommate postings.
S found an apartment via a listserve at his employer. It’s a 3 BR apartment, but each person has his own lease with the building owner. I was surprised by this, but I guess since there is a lot of co-housing in the Silicon Valley, this prevents issues with sublets, etc. When he looked for summer sublets in Boston, he did Craigslist. Had a few folks ghost or the apartment went quickly, but he found a decent place to share that was affordable for the area.
Good question. Per my other post, ds2 is moving to Nashville. He thinks finding a roommate via craigslist is creepy. He posted on a FB page but no luck so far.
My S has had great success via Craigslist in NYC. His current roommate is one of the three he originally moved in with and they have now stayed together through 3 moves. I think if you’re careful, it can work well.
YDS, maybe he should go check bulletin boards/listserves at area colleges. I have a nephew who got offcampus housing near Lipscomb (not sure how close that is for your S). Tufts had a listserve for sublets and co-housing, too.
If he’s on Facebook tell him to join alumni housing groups for his university and local housing groups for students and recent grads. Craigslist is also a good option.
CD, I’ll mention that to him. He now has a couple of bites form the FB page he joined. One looked sketchy, but one looks legit.
D found her first rental through craigslist. Very good experience and still has good friends from that experience.
Later, D did Craigslist to get roommates for house/ room rental near NY. After a hard lesson (nice person but a druggie–easy lesson over all considering how things could have turned out) She learned to ask for rent (first/last) up front and solid job references. Have a contract with 30 day notice if it doesn’t work out. Stick to it. Formalize the agreement–you aren’t friends yet.
Different states have varying tenant/landlord laws that vary wildly. NY skews toward the tenant so be careful. Many sites suggest doing a background check on your tenant before signing.
Be proactive in interviewing people to live in your house/apartment–don’t be afraid to be a bit hard nosed on money or the conditions you set–who can come over (no inviting big parties, no friends staying over etc—those things can change when YOU like the parties or friends!), no drugs, keep it clean, any parts of house/apart off limits etc. Be upfront. This person is MOVING IN WITH YOU. Say NO if you are uncomfortable.
You can’t go to the RA and request a room change!
There is nothing WORSE than a horrible roommate and a great roommate may be a friend for life.