Finding Temporary Housing in a big city (Indianapolis) ? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

amire · 04-21-2007, 06:09 AM

Hey, everyone. I was wondering if I could ask for your advice on how to find a room for rent or an apartment for just the summer.

My situation is thus: I'm currently a lowly college student, and I was recently fortunate enough to be hired as a summer intern for a company in Indianapolis. The company will pay me enough money to live in an apartment or rented room, but they don't aid us in actually finding housing.

I was just wondering if you guys had any suggestions on how to find housing for just the summer. I'm talking to every friend I know who lives in the area, but my resources are limited. I've been thinking about using craigslist, but I'm not sure how much I trust it for finding housing. I'll probably pick up the Indy newspaper and search through it, as well...any other advice?

The good thing about the situation is that I do know the other intern, so we're in this search together.

Thanks so much for your time!

dwayne4200 · 04-22-2007, 08:05 PM

there is definitely some apartments that you could find downtown indianapolis.....especially if you have a roomate. But i would suggest using craigslist as it is trustworthy on some things such as subleases and temporary housing. I do not have any exact names of places to stay but I have multiple friends who are in the same boat as you. So use craigslist, go down and check it out for yourself if all possible, and also apartments.com and you will have to call and ask if they offer short term leasing. They will obviously have a higher premium if you go through the apartment complex but if you sublease through someone else do I definitely suggest subleasing without having to pay a big security deposit and paying for all the papers you have to sign just to live there.

04-21-2007, 06:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
amire Crazy	Finding Temporary Housing in a big city (Indianapolis) ? Hey, everyone. I was wondering if I could ask for your advice on how to find a room for rent or an apartment for just the summer. My situation is thus: I'm currently a lowly college student, and I was recently fortunate enough to be hired as a summer intern for a company in Indianapolis. The company will pay me enough money to live in an apartment or rented room, but they don't aid us in actually finding housing. I was just wondering if you guys had any suggestions on how to find housing for just the summer. I'm talking to every friend I know who lives in the area, but my resources are limited. I've been thinking about using craigslist, but I'm not sure how much I trust it for finding housing. I'll probably pick up the Indy newspaper and search through it, as well...any other advice? The good thing about the situation is that I do know the other intern, so we're in this search together. Thanks so much for your time! Last edited by amire; 04-21-2007 at 06:12 AM..

04-22-2007, 08:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
dwayne4200 Upright	there is definitely some apartments that you could find downtown indianapolis.....especially if you have a roomate. But i would suggest using craigslist as it is trustworthy on some things such as subleases and temporary housing. I do not have any exact names of places to stay but I have multiple friends who are in the same boat as you. So use craigslist, go down and check it out for yourself if all possible, and also apartments.com and you will have to call and ask if they offer short term leasing. They will obviously have a higher premium if you go through the apartment complex but if you sublease through someone else do I definitely suggest subleasing without having to pay a big security deposit and paying for all the papers you have to sign just to live there.