<p>hey everyone
so i know for sure that i will be staying in a townhouse when school starts in september
does anyone have any experience with it? or know some info about it--what does it look like, exactly how big is it, etc?
thanks
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<p>They are pretty neat. I believe there are two different floor plans, plus end units which are a bit different, plus the handicapped accessible unit.</p>
<p>My son's unit was 2 double bedrooms up, with a full bath/separate toilet room and a hall closet. Downstairs was a full kitchen sans dishwasher and microwave, plus a living room dining room combo. Comes furnished with essential furniture. Kitchen comes naked -- bring your own everything.</p>
<p>My guess is that the total unit is about 1000 sf.</p>
<p>It was a pretty nice place to live for freshman year.</p>
<p>Just curious, how to freshman get assigned to townhouses? We visited this weekend and had a tour of North campus where I assumed all the freshman lived.</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>
<p>if you ask for townhouses, 99% of the time they will give to you</p>
<p>I lived in the townhouses. Very nice. it's a two-story apartment with a living room, kitchen, and dining room downstairs and two bedrooms / 1 bath upstairs.</p>
<p>Is there anything anyone doesn't like about them? Whats the main reason students don't choose them?</p>
<p>They are the furthest dorm complex from central campus.
That may or may not matter to you.
They also have a rep as being less social.</p>
<p>well and youre living in a house with 3 complete strangers (assuming you dont request your housemates). if you dont get along with them you're stuck and you dont have a big dorm to fall back on.</p>
<p>yea...while not physically distant from other North Campus dorms, the street that divides the townhouses from the rest of North might as well be a 200 mile wide stretch. No one goes across that street unless they live in the townhouses or are visiting friends. That's what makes them "isolated" I guess.</p>
<p>Another downside to the townhouses is the fact that there is one bathroom per house/four people. Yes, this may not be much different from a suite, but at least in another dorm one can use a bathroom in another suite/floor. I have known people whose bathrooms have broken down, and they had to wait two days for facilities to repair it (they used the bathroom at RPCC while the bathroom was out of order--but RPC is not a 24/7 facility). I don't think this is a huge problem at the townhouses...just telling you some of what I feel and have seen.</p>
<p>If you're just a freshman, I wouldn't recommend the townhouses. When I was there, it was, I believe, the last year they put transfer students there. That was a perfect fit because transfers were much more mature and not in need of a big social network. </p>
<p>I think you'd be robbing yourself of some incredible freshman year experiences. As much as there is a social scene between the townhouses, it's essentially apartment living.</p>