<p>Are there any laundry machines on campus outside of the dorms? If not what's the closest laundromat to campus?</p>
<p>Based on this map, there is one in Teele Square, one in Powderhouse Square and two on Boston Ave in the Medford Hillside area. The closest would depend on your location. I am not sure if there are any on campus.</p>
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<p>Momworried, I know you son is living off campus this yr. according to his experience, is it easy to find a place close to campus? Not need driving from his place to campus, right? Is it easy to sublease out during summer? Does the students look for house in coming Fall for next Fall?</p>
<p>It was easy to rent. They did it last fall. Pretty early from what I can remember. It’s very close to campus. But he couldn’t sublease it. They all posted ads through Tufts but no luck. They didn’t want to use Craig list because only wanted Tufts students. So we ended up paying rent for the summer that he wasn’t living there. So not happy about that. And will probably be doing same next summer. It will end up being A LOT more expensive then living on campus. Plus the expanse of furniture and everything else the house needs. Don’t know if juniors have a problem staying on campus but if your son has a good lottery number I strongly recommend staying on campus.<br>
The washer dryer in the house is so old and dirty and it uses coins. That’s why I thought he’d be better off going somewhere else. </p>
<p>My som said his number is not good. How bad I donnot know. Only good number can get the house on campus?</p>
<p>Off campus renting, $600-700?</p>
<p>My DDs have had a different experience. Both have had simple but adequate apartments walking distance from campus with good appliances including laundry. The furniture was sold and resold from departing to entering renters for something around $300. Usually included table and chairs and sofa, and sometimes desks, dressers and beds. Rents usually in the $600 - $750 (closer to campus and nicer more expensive). No problem subletting to Tufts students - although important to start early looking for sublettors. I do know that some have had problems or have had to take less than the full rent. Getting housing on campus is not impossible for juniors. However, they may not get much choice and/or may end up in a suite with people they do not know. Off-campus housing in walking distance is plentiful, but the best places go quickly so they have to be organized and follow up quickly on opportunities.</p>
<p>Over $800. Plus utilities. Crazy! It’s right next to campus but not particularly nice. And landlord seems to be a jerk. The house is in pretty bad shape too. But I guess most houses around there are really old. The kids love the house they got though. I guess it’s just me looking through my mom eyes. Lol
@1012mom, how did your kids sublease? Did they advertise somewhere? And if they did, where? How early did they start looking, September?</p>
<p>DS is a rising junior. He had a mediocre lottery number and was placed on a waiting list for a dorm room during the lottery which is in the spring. He was given a dorm room assignment in July. It was a single and he is satisfied with the location. It seems as though everyone on the waiting list gets a dorm room but you don’t get a choice of rooms. </p>
<p>thanks all the moms. Great info. If my son wanted to live on campus, when does he need to apply? From momyel, he should apply in Spring 2015? And will get notification in July 2015? But has your DS looked for apt as well in case he did not get the dorm?</p>
<p>My son said the number he got is for Sophomore and Junior yrs. Snce he already got the number, maybe he can apply earlier?</p>
<p>@momyel that must of been stressful for him. Finding out last minute like this. But you’re both better off. It will a lot cheaper staying on campus. I am yet to see my son cook anything. He can’t even boil water. I didn’t buy him a meal plan. He’s right next to campus so he can certainly come back home and eat. It will be interesting to see if he rises to the challenge and learns to cook. We tried to arrange some cooking lessons during summer, but he was always busy when I was cooking. I guess he’ll have to learn through trial and error. I’m hoping the other boys in the house are more domesticated then my son. </p>
<p>momworried - Tufts has a laundry service: <a href=“http://www.tuftsstudentresources.com/shop/laundry/weekly-laundry-service-details”>http://www.tuftsstudentresources.com/shop/laundry/weekly-laundry-service-details</a></p>
<p>fromcalifornia: My son is also living off campus this year with two other Tufts students. Their place, which they found in April or May, is two blocks from campus and includes laundry machines in the basement. $800/month, plus utilities. Very responsive landlord. Fortunately, he was able to sublet his room over the summer to another Tufts student (for slightly less than we were paying) and just sublet it to a Tufts senior for the Fall semester at full price. Both subletters are friends of friends. One boy bought bedroom furniture from someone in the house and between the boys and their families, we furnished the rest of the place with stuff we all had at home, so the only cost was moving the stuff to Medford… </p>
<p>But if you need some furniture, there’s a great resource for used furniture at MIT: <a href=“http://web.mit.edu/womensleague/fx/”>http://web.mit.edu/womensleague/fx/</a></p>
<p>I looked at the tufts laundry service. It’s really expensive. And he’s playing a fall/winter sport so needs to do his laundry more then once a week during the season. I called Tufts and they only have laundry machines in dorms. I know some schools have them in student center. So I guess he can ask a friend to let him into one of the dorms or he needs to go to the laundromat which is not as convenient as throwing your stuff in and going to class. </p>
<p>Dumb question here, as junior D still living on campus in fall as going to Paris in spring. But thinking of next year. So, $800 each student? Or total for house to be divided among them?</p>
<p>Each student</p>
<p>With 12-month lease that typically runs from June 1-May 31. By way of example, my child’s house is 3 floors with 9 tenants. Each floor has its own kitchen & full bath, and there’s a coin-op washer/dryer in the basement. Unless she’s staying in Boston next summer, your daughter will likely want to sublet to an undergrad/grad student who is. Some of the sports teams have houses that the outgoing seniors “pass down” to the rising juniors. I was appalled at the house my child “inherited” this summer, but the landlord’s been reasonably responsive - my biggest peeve was not with him, but with the outgoing seniors who “offered” to sell their furniture but if the offer was declined simply left it behind. The back porch of my child’s house had probably 8 years of abandoned dressers, bedframes, window AC units, etc., stacked up in it (since removed, thank goodness).</p>
<p>I think the kids need to sign the contract for the rent after finding it. Am I right?</p>
<p>I am just thinking how a student can get a response from the school about dorm in July and without looking for the apt before hand. Then he needs to break the contract, maybe pay the penalty?</p>
<p>Try Yelp. That’s how we found a nearby laundromat when we were on vacation in an unfamiliar town.</p>
<p>@fromcalifornia, if they get a house they don’t try to get a dorm. They usually get a house with friends. They can’t leave them stranded in July. </p>
<p>@fromcalifornia, rising junior DS first choice was a single dorm room. If he didn’t get one off the waiting list he would have gone on TuftsLife web site and got a room in a house. People are always advertising for roommates there. If his lottery number had been better he could have gone in with a group of students for a nice dorm suite, but his number wasn’t good and they use the average number for the lottery. I think you have to submit the names of potential roommates in November or so but I’m not sure. His lottery number for senior year is very good so he will have a choice of on-campus senior housing most likely. I doubt he will choose to live off campus. Personal preference weighing pros and cons.</p>
<p>momyel, I thought their lottery numbers stayed the same from year to year.</p>