Off-Campus Housing and Subletting

AndrewL
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:15:35 +0000

I’m currently a 2nd year living in on-campus apartments. My friends and I have begun thinking of off campus housing. I looked around on these forums and it seems like many popular locations are Costa Verde, Crossroads, International Gardens, La Regencia, and Trieste.

I’ve visited La Regencia and it seems pretty spacious with a good price, and from reviews I’ve seen on Yelp, it’s one of the cheaper apartments within the UCSD shuttle system.

Anyone have any opinions on these apartments and others that I have not mentioned? I would definitely visit as many as i can. Also, is 3 room apartments with 6 people much cheaper than 2 rooms with 4? I’m not sure if i’ll be able to find any 3 rooms, but if i do it might be preferred.

Finally, from what I’ve heard, leases are usually at least 1 year long. None of my friends will be staying during the summer so should I get the lease starting from July or September? (I heard Sept leases are more expensive) If i start July, I would prefer to rent it out, but I’m not too sure how that would work.

Thanks!

List of apartments I found
http://offcampushousing.ucsd.edu/media/apartmentmap08_front.pdf

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