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I signed my first lease in Toronto and here’s what I learned

Posted on: July 19, 2022 Last updated on: July 19, 2022 Written by: anisha Comments: 2
This summer, two of my good friends and I began searching for off-campus housing together.

Many emails, screenshots, and showings later, we have now secured an apartment for the next year. 🥳

Here’s a few things I learned along the way.

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Don’t Stress: House Hunting 101

Posted on: July 2, 2020 Last updated on: July 9, 2020 Written by: Olive Comments: 0
Stressed about back-to-school housing? This post is for you! I attended Housing Services’ House Hunting 101 presentation and here’s what I learned. You can watch the recorded livestream here.  Before you start your search it’s important that you determine your…
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Nine truths: Finding Off-Campus Housing

Posted on: July 26, 2018 Last updated on: July 27, 2018 Written by: RachelC Comments: 0
When I chose to study in the metropolis of Toronto, I knew housing wouldn’t be easy. The application process to live in residence was simple and I ended up with a best friend as a roommate. But when second semester…
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Finding Off Campus Housing

Posted on: March 5, 2018 Last updated on: March 5, 2018 Written by: Ashlyr Comments: 0
It’s mid way through the semester and for first year students in particular, that means it’s time to start looking for places in which you would like to stay for next academic year, whether if it’s off or on campus.…
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My Off-Campus Housing Assumptions

Posted on: February 9, 2015 Last updated on: February 9, 2015 Written by: Rachael Comments: 2
It was around this time last year when I was in first year, that my friends and I began thinking about where we wanted to live next year. We had all lived in residence during first year and although we…
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We’ll end up where we belong

Posted on: March 1, 2012 Last updated on: March 1, 2012 Written by: jennifer Comments: 4
Sometimes I’m hesitant to write on lifeatuoft about where my personal life intersects my student life. It becomes easy, after a while, to sort of assume that my free-pizza-loving, in-the-library-napping, bibliophile, super-involved, kinda nerdy but obviously quite invincible student self is all…
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Housing, Housing, Everywhere…

Posted on: February 17, 2012 Last updated on: February 17, 2012 Written by: Chad Comments: 0
So lately I’ve been pondering what my future is going to look like as I get set to graduate in…. 8 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes, and 12 seconds, 11, 10…  But who’s counting? Regardless of how excited…
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Pro bono publico: a phrase I have been mintranslating for the past two decades

Posted on: February 3, 2011 Last updated on: February 3, 2011 Written by: Lori Comments: 0
As I sat at my table staring at the do-it-yourself will kit I had purchased at the bookstore, a thought went through my mind, “there has to be an easier way”. I don’t have the extra coin to pay a…
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When rent is not an opera, but a tragic comedy

Posted on: February 2, 2009 Last updated on: February 2, 2009 Written by: Mary
We are moving. Again. This is the second time in one year. Our problems started three weeks before my boyfriend and I moved in to our current apartment. Our landlords, a husband and wife couple, had promised us that by…
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