My niece has an internship this summer (June 5-Aug 10) in La Jolla. The offices are located on Executive Drive. She had an apartment all set up through air b n b and it just fell through. We are looking for a safe, inexpensive place close to her office. Maybe that’s not possible in La Jolla!?
Is anyone familiar with this area? I thought there might be some places that the UCSD kids stay at over the summer. She’s willing to share. Any thoughts? We are totally unfamiliar with the area, so it’s difficult to do this long distance.
If you haven’t already, you might try posting this in the UCSD forum too. Also you could try the Reddit subforum for UCSD https://www.reddit.com/r/ucsd. Someone in the UCSD forum may know of a housing site for the kind of thing you need.
There are a lot of apartments in that area (I believe that’s actually San Diego on that side of Genesee) in the area bounded by Genesee/Eastgate Mall/La Jolla Village Drive.
UCSD students finish the quarter June 10th. She may find sublets for the summer from students, but may not be available until after school is out. She should look at the UCSD housing site for summer sublets and also on Craigslist and search the UCSD/UTC area. I live very close to campus and the area your niece will be working in off Executive Drive is near campus. Apartments in the area are not cheap. My D pays $1,350 for a studio. If your niece will have a car she could also look in the University City area for a sublet. If you find places and have any questions about the area feel free to PM me as I have lived here for 25 years.
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Just wanted to note that La Jolla is a part of the city of San Diego, not a separate municipality. Businesses etc like to say they are in La Jolla so that designation reaches pretty far inland. The Irvine Company has furnished apartments near Executive Drive but they’re very expensive.
My S lived in Hillcrest when in grad school at UCSD. He took the shuttle back and forth. http://transportation.ucsd.edu/shuttles/index.html Not that Hillcrest is inexpensive, but certainly less tony in parts than LaJolla, and shopping is easy in that area without a car.
Check the shuttle routes and stops and see if housing is reasonable in those areas.
The 150 bus comes from the Hillcrest area to UCSD. If her niece lives in the UCSD/UTC area she can take the 201/202 superloop bus if she does not have a car and can get around the area to shop and go to the mall.
There are a ton of apartments in UTC (the neighborhood around Executive Drive) like Costa Verde, Torrey Pines Village and Axiom. The best thing would be to search UCSD-related Facebook groups and Craigslist for sublets. There are usually more rooms available in the summer because many leases start in June and not September.
If commute distance is less of an issue than expenses, consider living in Clairemont or Mission Valley, which are connected to UTC by the 41 bus. Neighborhoods such as Hillcrest, PB and downtown are a little farther and more expensive, but also worth considering. Anything south of downtown or University Heights near SDSU is probably too far to consider. La Jolla proper, Carmel Valley, and north county are generally too expensive for students.