How Students Rent a House

by Salem AlJoaib 

Have you ever rented a home in the US? Many students, who study away from their families, change homes more than once. This is because they look for special houses that are friendly and suitable to the student's life by providing a good atmosphere, amenities, and services. There are three main steps the students should follow to find satisfying homes, which are searching, visiting, and moving in.


The student who is looking for a place to live needs to start a long process of searching, which is the first step. He has to write down features for the home he is looking for such as price, location and amenities. According to that, the search starts by using several ways such as the internet, newspaper, or asking for advice from the housing department in the school. In brief, the searching step will reduce the numbers of possible houses.


After the long first step, the student has to make visiting appointments from the leasing office for each of the options he identified in the first step. When he visits these places, he should evaluate the places according to distance from school, neighborhood, facilities available, contract rules and the distance from daily needs such as a supermarket. To explain, a good housing must be in a neighborhood which has people having a clean criminal background. Moreover, the housing should be close to the school, a bus stop, and a supermarket; and has satisfactory facilities such as fitness center, car parking, and secure gate. In addition, leasing conditions must be appropriate such as leasing term, deposit and rent rate. After that, he should decide the suitable place for him. In sum, this step is the most important step that affects the life of the student in the future.


When the student chooses the accommodations, he will move to the last step which is to move in to the new accommodations. The student now can add his touch to his house by purchasing the furniture if necessary, some accessories, and electronic devices. For instance, he can shop from the internet websites since he already has the address or visits shopping malls and shops. Thus, this step is the easiest step since the student has enough time.


In conclusion, incoming students have to choose affordable housing which encourages them to have a good atmosphere for studying. Moreover, choosing housing is done by two difficult steps and one easy step. These are seeking, check by visiting, and dwelling. These steps may be changed according to the student's knowledge and his experience.