Who's also looking for off-campus apartments? (UCLA)

[calafair]

<p>Hi, </p>

<p>I'm looking to rent a room in an apartment off-campus. I don't mean university owned apartments. Just any in the vicinity that's a good price and I don't mind commuting to school as long as there's a bus that goes directly to campus. </p>

<p>I have some questions for current UCLA students living in apartments:
1) When is the best time to look for an apartment? Generally, when is the time period most students start to move out of their rooms? </p>

<p>Right now, I've found some nice places, but they all request move-in by June. But I only plan to move in sometime in September. Should I wait a little later to start looking for rooms, or should I just take up those offers?</p>

<p>Anyways, if anyone out there has other questions or answers on apartments, please post them so maybe we can help each other out. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

[ckings86]

<p>You should start looking ASAP. Get a feel of the apartment buildings you'd like to live in. Take down numbers, take pictures of the apartments/buildings, take tours of apartment in the buildings, if there's waiting lists, sign up on the waiting lists. However, you probably won't be able to finalize a specific apartment building until September if that's when you're looking to move-in because most managers won't know who's leaving until about a month before. So, I'd recommend taking the list of apartments that you really like, vising those places about a month to a month and a half before you want to move in. As for when most students move out, it's usually the end of June - which is why you're seeing so many offers.</p>