<p>Our daughter is in her 2nd year at Cal Poly…and loving it!..and she wants to rent a house next year with 3 other girls. Last year she was in a dorm and this year she currently shares a small apartment with another girl, but for next year she wants more space. They want to rent a 3 or 4 bedroom house close to campus. Does anyone have any experience with this in SLO or suggestions on how we would move forward looking into this? We live in the Bay Area so it’s kind of hard for us to physically look. My daughter and her friends have been asking around and asking their other friends but any help or suggestions would be so appreciated! Thank you! :)</p>
<p>If you have not checked out the Cal Poly Parent’s FB group you should. This topic comes up often. </p>
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<p>CalPolyMomandDad: Has she been looking at Craigslist? Also, there are some popular property management companies in SLO. Like digital mom suggested, you’ll find a thread about this in Facebook’s Cal Poly Parents Community group. My daughter is also a sophomore living in Poly Canyon Village. We told her she could live off-campus her last two years. So, 5 girls found a house to rent on Foothill Blvd about 1.9 mi. From campus and right on the bus line. 4 bedroom. Two will share a room. It’s not going to be cheap, though! The lease is for 12 months, so were essentially giving that money away during the summer. Maybe we should go and spend a few days there for a mini vacation! She’ll be paying $750 plus her share of utilities a month. And they’ll have to buy furniture. 
PCV was so much easier! Best of luck to her! I still see listings on Craigslist.</p>
<p>My daughter is also a sophomore at Cal Poly currently living in PCV, and wants to live off-campus next year. She started looking for places to rent with her 3 roommates, but realized that they had different priorities, e.g. my daughter wants as much room as PCV, and to live in a quiet residential area (further away from the dense/noisy student housing near campus (she’ll have a car next year)). But her 3 roommates are on a tight budget, and would prefer living within walking distance to campus. And no one wants to compromise, so my daughter is now considering a 1 bd or studio by herself. We’ve been finding alot of properties under Craigslist and doing alot of Google searches, but it’s difficult. We were in SLO for Open House and did look at some properties with her, but she’ll have to make a decision fairly soon and it’ll be difficult for her to meet with realtors without a car. Staying in PCV seems like the best option for her, but she’s determined to live off-campus next year, even by herself. It’ll definitely be more expensive with the minimum 1-year leases, utility and furniture costs, and we’re concerned about less security and her having to deal with landlords. She wants her independence, but we’re still paying the bills, so I hope we can find a happy medium!</p>
<p>And, like the area where I live in Santa Cruz, also a university town on the coast, rents aren’t cheap. </p>
<p>COparent, has she looked at ASI classifieds to see if maybe someone has a room in a house or spacious condo/ apt. available for the fall in a quieter, residential area? Or would she feel awkward living with someone she doesn’t know? The dorms are different! 
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daughter also doesn’t want to live in a student-heavy area or complex. A nice neighborhood mix works. But, some landlords definitely charge more! Good luck to your daughter! Maybe in a year or so, she can share with her sister?</p>
<p>@2Leashes: We have looked at some ASI classifieds, but as you mentioned, my daughter is not too keen on living with someone she doesn’t know. I think she feels like she has already experienced that as a freshman and sophomore. She has not completely given up on finding a house with her current roommates/friends, but she’s also not holding her breath. They are also considering a bigger house with various combinations of guys/girls to split costs, but that seems complicated. We’ve put down a deposit at PCV (as a backup plan), and are continuing to look at studios. Although we’d prefer that she not live alone, SLO is a safe city so she’d probably be ok. And you are right - my daughters are planning to live together in 2013! Good luck to your daughter next year too!</p>