Keeping Your Home Safe: Helpful Hints

by brett 30. November 2011 04:16

No matter what part of Rochester we may decide to live in, it is allways important to take safety precaustions to keep you and your belongings safe.  One of the most imprtant steps you can take is to introduce youself to your neigbhors, this helps to establish a line of communications and creates a sense of unity.  

 

Keeping an eye out for one another is a great way to help reduce crime. 

  

Here are some general safety tips to keep in mind:

 

  • The greatest deterrent to break-ins is to have your home appear occupied. If you go out, leave on the TV or a radio, as well as lights in various rooms.
  • The harder it is to get into a house, the greater the chance burglars will bypass it. Don't have "hiding places" near doors or windows.
  • Be absolutely sure all the doors and windows are locked. Use heavy duty locks and strike plates.
  • Put a wooden dowel in the bottom track of sliding doors.
  • Leave outside lights on at all times, or install motion detector lights. This is especially important at the rear of your house.
  • If you are broken into, call the police immediately; don't touch anything so the police can dust for fingerprints.
  • Have a neighbor keep a watchful eye on your home and return the favor.

Stay safe.

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RIT Housing: The Province

by Carolyn Dunne 28. June 2011 11:10

RIT Housing: The Province

The newest venture to enter RIT’s student housing market is The Province. A company with five other housing complexes in Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio, Province brings a mix of general knowledge and local naïveté to their newest development here in Rochester. From delays in its initial construction to continuing problems with trash removal, the growing pains of Province are tempered by their staff and communal amenities.


Hosting events quite regularly in their clubhouse, Province seeks to provide students with a quality and social experience. From Free Food Fridays to casino nights, the marketing staff effectively raises awareness of their event schedule through Facebook and e-mail. With a pool, volleyball court, fitness center, theater, and several other features in their clubhouse, their attention to community building is definitely present.

RocRooms recently began to develop its own resident events. Beginning in the summer of 2011, we are offering more opportunities for residents to come together and hang out at private and Rochester events that are low or no cost to them. Our residents help guide us toward the types of events they would like to go to, reflecting our core value of flexible, friendly and prompt service.

Province and RocRooms both feature individual leases, to ensure that you are not responsible for the rent of your roommate if they leave for any reason. Both have individual fully furnished bedrooms for each student. Each apartment comes equipped with an oven, refrigerator, microwave, on site laundry, wireless Internet, cable and all-inclusive utilities.

In addition, RocRooms properties have private yards that are maintained with complementary snow removal and lawn maintenance. RocRooms also includes a monthly cleaning service that tidies up your common areas. Most of our properties feature easy and free parking, and when available, the option of garage parking at $20 per month. Our properties even come equipped with basic kitchen utensils and cookware for your convenience. We also feature an annual summer housing scholarship, which is unique to our student housing company.

Rent is an ever-present aspect of student housing that RocRooms takes seriously. Having competitive pricing for the value of staying with us is a major consideration for RocRooms. We know how expensive housing can be on a college student budget, so we always look to save you money. We also streamline your bills into one simple monthly online payment, another commonality with Province.

The average cost for a RocRoom will be $550 per month this year, and the amount of total housing space in each unit ranges from 1,200 sq ft to 2,200 sq ft. During this academic year RocRooms will have some all-inclusive options for as low as $450 a month. In contrast, Province rent range starts at $700 - $850 per month for each individual and can go even higher from there. The rent each individual pays seems to be based upon the number of residents in the unit. Their selection in the type of housing you live in also makes it unique from RocRooms’ housing options, which is largely limited to four or five person living situations.  Province’s Quartet and Trio options are the closest in comparison to RocRooms properties, and are 1,200 to 1,500 sq ft with rent starting at $700 per month.

“Though it is a little expensive, if a resident makes full use of the property then it's worth the money,” said a rising fourth year Hospitality student currently living in Province. When asked for the top dollar amount he would pay, he replied that $900 was the maximum he would pay for his larger studio apartment, which will cost $835 per month this year, up from last year’s $785 per month. “The main reason I stay is because it's close to campus... But for the rent to go up so much because of ‘property value’ when the service and quality doesn't change is somewhat ridiculous.”

With pricing being, on average, fairly similar in a four roommate situation, you need to look at what appeals to you. RocRooms has committed to building a quiet, respectful and studious environment for our residents to thrive academically. We ask our residents to limit their guests to 4 people per resident to help achieve this, and also select quieter neighborhoods to develop our properties for this reason. Province is much closer to RIT, and is on an RIT-sponsored bus line that easily brings you to campus. However, the issue of others’ living spaces being so close to your own may lead to distractions.

As our source mentioned, living at Province is “like any apartment, it's what you make of it. Though I've had some problems, I don't regret living [there].”

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RocRooms Begins Series on Student Housing

by Carolyn Dunne 9. June 2011 06:53

Finding off campus student housing is always a stressful undertaking. It seems as if anything nice is out of your price range, and what you can afford does not completely suit your needs. When researching student housing options, we often forget to draw upon our friends’ personal experiences. They may not know how many apartments in their complex have dishwashers, but they can share their day-to-day experience and provide useful information in your quest for affordable housing.

Here at RocRooms, we want to help you make the decision that is right for you. You’re spending quite a bit of time and money on where you will be living for the next year, and it’s an important decision. We all know that it can be tough to find affordable housing; why not find out where the best service and the best rates meet?

To help Rochester area college students find their off campus housing, RocRooms has asked students about their current living situation. Whenever you see a title like “RIT Housing: Park Point,” we are getting insider information on housing designed to attract students and passing along their impressions to you. Read through the series we will continue to develop, and learn a little more of what daily living in that specific housing complex is like.

If you agree or disagree with what students have said, shoot us an e-mail and let us know what you think. If you live in housing that attracts a significant student population, contact us so that we can cover that location in the future.

For more information on renting in the Rochester area, go to newdigs.com or rentrochester.com.

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