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Where to look: • Apartment advertisements (newspapers,
Craig’s List, University housing office)
• Internet (buyer beware!)
• Real estate agency (rental agency)
• Open house (anyone can come visit)
• Word of mouth
• FOR RENT sign – call for information
• Bulletin boards – coffee houses, supermarkets, etc.)
A homestay allows you to stay with a family in your host country. It can help you to learn the language much faster, and to experience what "real life" is like in the host country.
Los Angeles homestay listings
• Family of three: me, my wife and 11 year
old son.
West side near Santa Monica and Venice
beaches. Very close to SMCC and UCLA
and other schools.
• We will pick up and return to LAX airport.
Local bus stops less than 200 feet from
our back door.
$180 per week shared room; $250 per
week private room.
Amenities: City / suburb Los Angeles
State CA
Postcode 90066
Cost USD 180 per week
Available From 27 Feb 2010
Available To
House has pets No
Household allows smoking Yes
Any meals included? Breakfast & Dinner
Internet Broadband
Can provide airport pickup? Yes
Craigslist
http://newyork.craigslist.org/
Website for each major USA city
Rentals, for sale, personal ads, etc.
Apartment
• Do you want to live alone or share?
• How much space do you need?
• What rent can you afford?
• What amenities do you want?
• Do you want to live on campus / off
campus / close to campus / in a residential
area?
• How secure (safe) is the building and
neighborhood?
Briar Place, The Description
All Units at 540 W. Briar have FREE HEAT! This charming vintage elevator midrise building is in the heart of all things Lakeview! Shopping, great restaurants, nightlife, and lake all within a few short blocks. 540 W. Briar has an on-site staff, laundry room, new windows, HWF, spacious shared main lobby, bike storage & workout room. Express bus around the corner & walking distance to the El. NO SECURITY DEPOSIT.
Briar Place, The Amenities
• Cable Ready
• Emergency Maintenance
• Fitness Center
• Gated Access
• Hardwood Flooring
• High Speed Internet Access
• Laundry Facility
• Public Transportation
• Some Paid Utilities
Describing an apartment
• Conv. Loc. = convenient location
• 2 BR = 2 bedrooms
• Furn. / unfurn.
• AC = air conditioner
• Util. incl. = utilities included (gas, water, electricity)
• Pkg. incl. = parking included
• Sec. bldg. = security building
• Rental application
• References / credit history /
background check
• Security deposit
• Lease / rental agreement
• Construction: new buildings of about 5 floors or less are wood-frame and plasterboard (thin walls, noise travels easily)
• High-rise buildings are steel frame construction
• Older buildings have more solid construction – brick or concrete, quieter, more ambience (pleasing atmosphere)