<p>Do you guys know any places with a short walking distance from campus?</p>
<p>Right now, I'm look at this place:</p>
<p>Collegetown</a> Center - 151 Dryden Road - Premier Graduate Studio, 1 BR, & 2 BR Apts</p>
<p>I really have no idea how that place is relative to every other apartment.</p>
<p>Also, this one:</p>
<p>The</a> Eddygate :: Ithaca Collegetown Apartments for Rent :: Overview</p>
<p>They’re both less than a five minute walk from the law school.</p>
<p>Which apartment do you live in?</p>
<p>And the law school is fairly far away from the Arts Quad… I don’t want to live on West Campus, but that would save me a lot of time.</p>
<p>Looking right now at the moon, McGraw tower, and Libe Slope out of my dorm window, I would definitely recommend giving West Campus at least a consideration. I think living there at least one year is a great experience.</p>
<p>I lived on West as a sophomore and junior, and I currently live at Collegetown Plaza (same landlord/similar apartments as Collegetown Center). Happy to answer any specific questions you have (you can PM me).</p>
<p>So apparently there are also apartments on West Campus, which I would prefer since they are bigger and allow me to use the dining halls. It seems kind of silly to me that Collegetown apartments are more expensive than West Campus ones.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about Ravenwood or Campus Hill?</p>
<p>I am also interested. My son has signed a lease for an apartment in Campus Hill for next year. I hope it is okay!</p>
<p>My D and friends are also going to live in Campus Hill along with another apartment of friends in the same building. Collegetown seemed too expensive so she and her friends decided to live there at least for one year. The landlord seems nice - they had an issue with the girls from the year before deciding to stay in the apartment after they signed the lease, so they gave a nice incentive to the girls to make sure the girls would find another apartment that they liked equally. Technically they could have taken the apartment since lease was signed but it turned out better in the end.</p>
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<p>They’re cheap. Collegetown Center and Eddygate are staggeringly expensive.</p>
<p>Are you looking to move out in the spring semester?</p>
<p>My son lived in College Hill his sophomore year. Perfectly acceptable housing – purpose built apartments as opposed to converted houses. Just a short walk to the dining halls if you wanted a meal plan. Several frats in the vicinity.</p>
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I don’t think you can as a freshman. I’m talking about next year.</p>
<p>CNP55, do you know how nice the apartment was? Like… Was it a nice apartment as in hotel-level, or was it dorm-like?</p>
<p>Also, is 550 square feet big for an apartment?</p>
<p>My son lived in a 3 bedroom apartment. There was one larger bedroom and two smaller, plus a bathroom, a kitchen with an eat-in area, and a living room area open to the kitchen.</p>
<p>Reasonably well planned and laid out, the finishes were older and mid-level. So – laminate countertops instead of granite, and I believe laminate cabinetry, not wood. Vinyl tile for the hard surface flooring and a basic wall to wall carpet for the living room, hallway, and bedrooms.</p>
<p>Is 550 sf big? Think about a standard 2 car garage – that is approximately 25x22 or 550 sf. Can you fit the rooms you need into that garage? 550 sf, in my opinion is not a huge one bedroom apartment, but it’s liveable. I think for a 2 BR it would be tight.</p>
<p>Edited to add: go to some apartment websites and look at floor plans. You’ll quickly get the sense of how big a 550 sf apartment is.</p>
<p>550 sf studio apartment is huge. NYC studios are 300-400, one bedroom 650.</p>
<p>You won’t find any apartment, even in Collegetown, to be hotel quality, unless you are talking about Days Inn or Motel 6. My kid lived at 312 College Ave. It had laminated counter, no frill bathroom. The only plus side was the location.</p>
<p>You might want to check out this property management company: [Apartments</a> in Ithaca, NY: Student Apartments: Novarr-Mackesey](<a href=“http://www.ithacastudentapartments.com/]Apartments”>http://www.ithacastudentapartments.com/) </p>
<p>They don’t necessarily have the best locations (even the massive group of new buildings they’re currently putting up is a little far from campus), but they are real professionals. They don’t mess up your lease or lose your rent checks. They don’t cheat people (my daughter and her roommates got every dime of their security deposits back). They answer your calls, and they fix things promptly. And they own a variety of different properties, new and old, expensive and cheap.</p>
<p>You could do a lot worse.</p>
<p>the nicest apartments I’ve seen are 407 college. I lived there for a summer and it was great, super close to everything and right above the bus stop too. they’re extremely expensive though. I mean, I pay $640 to live in a crappy house that’s on the verge of falling apart, that’s collegetown prices for you. 301 college was a nice medium. a wee bit farther down than 407 but right above jasons and way cheaper. also directly across from the liquor store…</p>
<p>ravenwood from what I know is almost all grad students. usually most undergrads either live in ctown or if they live on west they live in dorms/frats/co-ops. if you’re going to get an apartment you usually do ctown.</p>
<p>also the law school is not far from the arts quad, its like a 10 minute walk straight through Ho Plaza. and if you live on west you have to walk up the slope = fail. main reason why I’ve avoided it. and west is way farther away than ctown (if you live on college/dryden) in my opinion, especially if you live in the apartments since those are back behind all the dorms</p>
<p>the reason collegetown prices are higher than west campus apartments is because most people want to be part of that community where their friends are, and the convenience of ctb/bars/restaurants makes it attractive as opposed to west which is isolated from all those things. landlords know this and take advantage of our poor loan-ridden souls.</p>
<p>Anyone hearing about the empty green grocer turning into a real grocery store? That would be great for students without a car.</p>
<p>^^
I looked at the exterior of Ravenwood this weekend and it looked VERY run down. The buildings were all wooden and resembled a Motel 6. Also, the agent seems very unprofessional, doesn’t respond to E-Mails, etc. </p>
<p>I don’t know that I’m comfortable living there, but I’m sick of disgusting bathrooms and no Cable television.</p>
<p>The reason I prefer West over Collegetown is because I don’t know how to cook and thus need a meal plan.</p>
<p>Campus hill is fine. I lived in a 4 br there junior year and had no problems. They put in new carpet for us and while it was not exactly new housing there was nothing wrong with it. For the money I saved, I would do it again in a heartbeat over living in a dorm…talk about a ripoff…especially considering it is literally across the street from alice cook and about half the price (at least what I paid).</p>
<p>Also learn how to cook. Not know how to cook anything at 18/19 years old is kind of pathetic. My roommates did the meal plan thing while in campus hill, but I cooked and saved about $1200-1500 a semester compared to the unlimited plan I had to have when I lived in carl becker. For me it meant more money in my pocket, but I guess everyone is in a different situation.</p>
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Which was nicer, Campus Hill or Carl Becker? I kind of think the residence halls look nice.</p>
<p>I might go for Campus Hill over Ravenwood, but it looks like Ravenwood has bigger rooms from the online floor plans. </p>
<p>And are you sure Campus Hill is nice and not run down? Is it like a hotel and not a motel?</p>
<p>Edit: Actually, upon looking again, the rooms are the same size. Maybe Campus Hill is better after all.</p>