Lilacs4Me
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We are thinking about having DS18 (will be 19 by then) move out of the dorms and into an apartment next year.
1. He is very mature for his age. He would be ready, and willing, to handle it. He is very good with money and budgeting, and is not afraid to live on his own. He can cook, clean, do laundry, and take care of himself. He has a reliable vehicle and isn't afraid to drive or get to where he needs to go on his own.
2. Dorms are EXPENSIVE! We can have him move into an apartment for a fraction of the cost.
3. He will be transferring to another campus for his major as the program is only offered at one of the three campuses. He will have to move anyway at some point before his Junior year, and we found decently priced apartments about halfway between his new campus and my sister's house (about a 15 min drive to either), which makes me feel better knowing that she is there if he needs anything.
4. He has a good part-time job, stable and steady, that has given him transferable skills so he can take his knowledge with him to a different company and get hired if needed, but he will also be close-ish enough to stay at his current location/company until a closer-location transfer can happen (optical retail/lab, current location will be about 35 min away from apartment/school but there is another location in the same city as the new campus).
5. We are thinking that we would pay 1/2 to 2/3 of the rent and have our names on the lease. We go back to that area quite often as our families live there, and it would be nice to have a place to stay instead of staying with family or booking hotel rooms. So, effectively, it would be OUR apartment that we sort of sublet to DS - we talked to him about this and he is cool with the idea.
6. We thought about him taking on a roommate and decided we didn't like that idea for all of the reasons one wouldn't want to deal with the hassle of roommates or co-leasers.
7. He's not a party-ier - he prefers to be one on one (scary in it's own right when it comes to girls!) or a small group. He uses his head and doesn't cave to peer pressure. He won't be one to want to host wild parties - for one thing, he wouldn't want to have to clean it all up the next morning! lol
Thoughts? Am I missing anything?
1. He is very mature for his age. He would be ready, and willing, to handle it. He is very good with money and budgeting, and is not afraid to live on his own. He can cook, clean, do laundry, and take care of himself. He has a reliable vehicle and isn't afraid to drive or get to where he needs to go on his own.
2. Dorms are EXPENSIVE! We can have him move into an apartment for a fraction of the cost.
3. He will be transferring to another campus for his major as the program is only offered at one of the three campuses. He will have to move anyway at some point before his Junior year, and we found decently priced apartments about halfway between his new campus and my sister's house (about a 15 min drive to either), which makes me feel better knowing that she is there if he needs anything.
4. He has a good part-time job, stable and steady, that has given him transferable skills so he can take his knowledge with him to a different company and get hired if needed, but he will also be close-ish enough to stay at his current location/company until a closer-location transfer can happen (optical retail/lab, current location will be about 35 min away from apartment/school but there is another location in the same city as the new campus).
5. We are thinking that we would pay 1/2 to 2/3 of the rent and have our names on the lease. We go back to that area quite often as our families live there, and it would be nice to have a place to stay instead of staying with family or booking hotel rooms. So, effectively, it would be OUR apartment that we sort of sublet to DS - we talked to him about this and he is cool with the idea.
6. We thought about him taking on a roommate and decided we didn't like that idea for all of the reasons one wouldn't want to deal with the hassle of roommates or co-leasers.
7. He's not a party-ier - he prefers to be one on one (scary in it's own right when it comes to girls!) or a small group. He uses his head and doesn't cave to peer pressure. He won't be one to want to host wild parties - for one thing, he wouldn't want to have to clean it all up the next morning! lol
Thoughts? Am I missing anything?
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