<p>Certain parts of Northside can get pretty pricey though! My building rents out their exorbitant studios @ $1350/mo! A one bedroom is $1600/mo! The place next door to me (above La Val’s) has $1500 studios and $1800 one bedrooms. Look it up at the rent board ceiling database (1820 Euclid). 2523 Ridge (one block from N. Gate) also has $1800 one bedrooms [JD</a> Management Group, Inc.](<a href=“http://www.jdmginc.com/2523-ridge.html]JD”>http://www.jdmginc.com/2523-ridge.html) So, living super close to campus on Northside can be really expensive.</p>
<p>Why is it so expensive? The overall quality of housing on Northside is better than Southside - with exceptions. Landlords have to appeal to more families, grad students, and post-docs who are here for the long-term and look for nicer maintained buildings in quieter neighborhoods. These renters expect more and are willing to pay extra.</p>
<p>Yea, so studios basically have no living room. It has a living area which is the bedroom/living room combined together. Some studios have their kitchen as part of the living area while others actually have the kitchen in another separated room.</p>
<p>Watch out for landlords that advertise their studios as 1 bedrooms or their 1 bedrooms as 2 bedrooms, etc. A lot of shady landlords use the living room as another bedroom.</p>