Questions

[Keda]

I am interested in living in Chatham with 7 roomies. I read somewhere that the 4 bedrooms has two refrigerators. Is that true?

I get lazy sometimes and really don't want to cook. Is there food places that delivers?

 

[smkohn]

Yup, they just started using 2 fridges in the 4 bedrooms, I was in a 4 br room at Chatham for the spring '09 program and halfway through they gave us another fridge it really made a world of difference. I'm pretty sure that there's pizza places and whatnot that deliver, but there's also always the option of walking over to on of the restaurants by the outlet malls or getting on a bus to crossroads/eating at the parks. I was also kind of lazy with cooking which made microwavable meals some of my best friends

 

[Disney_Princess_89]

keep in mind that the apartments don't allow deliveries to the door- you have to meet them outside the security gate.

 

[epfootballcutie04]

There are pizza places that deliver and you do have to meet them out by security. Otherwise there are a bunch of good restaurants within a short drive or short bus ride to crossroads like the other poster mentioned.

And the second fridge was a miracle. Unless you have lived with 7 other people all trying to share a fridge, you just don't understand what an amazing thing it was when they installed the 2nd one.

 

[Keda]

Thanks for the replys guys

 

[Loves Disney]

I had a 4-bedroom apartment in Chatham for the Spring Advantage '09 program and we had to use the one fridge they had...we continuously failed the fridge portion of inspections because all of us 8 girls keep a decent amount of food. It was ridiculous how they inspected our fridges. We had that thing sooo organized but because they couldn't see the shelves, we'd fail! They eventually brought in a second full sized fridge. It was AMAZING! With 8 girls living off of frozen dinners, yogurts, and other quick snacks/meals, having two fridges saved us. So yeah, every 4-bedroom apartment has 2 full-sized refrigerators.

Also, we ordered from Dominos quite a bit haha. It was tedious having to go out to the security gate for the food, but we didn't live too far from it so it wasn't that bad. We also ate out a lot in the parks and at crossroads. You'll find yourself buying easy meals though...after coming home from long shifts, you don't really feel like going out anywhere and you start looking for whatever you have around the apartment.

 

[bgirl781]

There are room inspections?

 

[Sorahana]

There are room inspections?

Yes there are. Two of them are announced (one toward the beginning of your program and one toward the end of the program), they can also conduct them without warning (If you were Spring, Fall, or Summer Alumni program).
They explain the details of it at your housing meeting when you get to FL =).

 

[Loves Disney]

Yes there are. Two of them are announced (one toward the beginning of your program and one toward the end of the program), they can also conduct them without warning.
They explain the details of it at your housing meeting when you get to FL =).

Being there for the Spring Advantage, we had 3 official inspections. One was in the summer. So depending on how long you're there for, you could have 2 or 3.

 

[epfootballcutie04]

Being there for the Spring Advantage, we had 3 official inspections. One was in the summer. So depending on how long you're there for, you could have 2 or 3.

I was spring advantage and I had 4. The last one was just before we left though. Like a week or two before we moved out. Depending on your inspection team, you could easily pass or easily fail. We never had a surprise inspection. Ours only ever came on the date they were posted.

A couple of our inspections were easy and we passed with flying colors, the last one though, we passed, but they made us change things while they were there watching us do it and it just so happened to be in our roommates room that wasn't home so we were like "sorry, but they made us do it!"

 

[Sorahana]

I was spring advantage and I had 4. The last one was just before we left though. Like a week or two before we moved out. Depending on your inspection team, you could easily pass or easily fail. We never had a surprise inspection. Ours only ever came on the date they were posted.

A couple of our inspections were easy and we passed with flying colors, the last one though, we passed, but they made us change things while they were there watching us do it and it just so happened to be in our roommates room that wasn't home so we were like "sorry, but they made us do it!"

We always passed ours, but we would always get an F for the bathrooms (mildew=evil in Florida no matter how much we'd clean those bathrooms).

 

[Keda]

How do they determine if you need an extra refigerator? In the inspections what do they look for?

 

[Sorahana]

How do they determine if you need an extra refigerator? In the inspections what do they look for?

Not sure about the fridge, but in regards to what they look for during inspection...

-that the apartment is clean
-that you're following decorating rules for the apartments
-that everything is being kept in order
-that rules for the apartments are being followed

 

[epfootballcutie04]

they don't really determine if you need an extra fridge during inspections. they just gave all 4 bedroom apartments an extra one w/ another freezer. They probably had a lot of issues arising and maybe a lot of complaints or something. When you have 8 people all living off of microwaveable frozen dinners and pizzas and stuff... one small freezer just isn't going to cut it most of the time.

Inspections were strict for a few of ours. We always passed overall, but like someone else said, our bathrooms always failed. I spent, literally, 2 hours scrubbing our shower the day before inspections one time and it still failed. Toilets are the worst they will lift up and look in every crease of the toilet. At least ours did, anyway.

The floors in your apartment have to be spotless. My bedroom floor failed once because my roomie left her sweater on the floor when she went to work. That was the only thing on the floor.

Other than that, you just have to make sure all floors (wood, tile or carpeted) are wiped down or vacuumed. That all surfaces are wiped down like counters and such. Nothing is all on the walls, etc. You will learn the guidelines regarding apartment rules and cleanliness at the housing meeting when you arrive.

It's not that bad. It's just a little annoying at times. Especially when you have an insepction team come into your apartment yelling "inspections!!! inspections!!!" at 8am when you worked until 2.

 

[Aiden]

they don't really determine if you need an extra fridge during inspections. they just gave all 4 bedroom apartments an extra one w/ another freezer. They probably had a lot of issues arising and maybe a lot of complaints or something. When you have 8 people all living off of microwaveable frozen dinners and pizzas and stuff... one small freezer just isn't going to cut it most of the time.

Inspections were strict for a few of ours. We always passed overall, but like someone else said, our bathrooms always failed. I spent, literally, 2 hours scrubbing our shower the day before inspections one time and it still failed. Toilets are the worst they will lift up and look in every crease of the toilet. At least ours did, anyway.

The floors in your apartment have to be spotless. My bedroom floor failed once because my roomie left her sweater on the floor when she went to work. That was the only thing on the floor.

Other than that, you just have to make sure all floors (wood, tile or carpeted) are wiped down or vacuumed. That all surfaces are wiped down like counters and such. Nothing is all on the walls, etc. You will learn the guidelines regarding apartment rules and cleanliness at the housing meeting when you arrive.

It's not that bad. It's just a little annoying at times. Especially when you have an insepction team come into your apartment yelling "inspections!!! inspections!!!" at 8am when you worked until 2.

Because a sweater was on the floor?? That's ridiculous!

 

[Loves Disney]

I was spring advantage and I had 4. The last one was just before we left though. Like a week or two before we moved out. Depending on your inspection team, you could easily pass or easily fail. We never had a surprise inspection. Ours only ever came on the date they were posted.

A couple of our inspections were easy and we passed with flying colors, the last one though, we passed, but they made us change things while they were there watching us do it and it just so happened to be in our roommates room that wasn't home so we were like "sorry, but they made us do it!"

Maybe we had 4, I could be wrong lol. We, too, never had any surprise inspections - to be honest, I'm pretty sure the "surprise inspections" are only done when another roommate gives them a reason to inspect the apartments. We also had individual inspections...what I mean is, we had a few new roommates throughout the course of the program and they would come in an inspect the apartment before the roommate came to make sure everything was okay. These were scheduled as well.

I HATED the inspections. We had a spotless vanity - nothing was on it, no toothbrushes, hairbrushes, absolutely nothing and we soaked soap in the sink, cleaned the mirrors, did everything and still failed that vanity. I still have hard feelings about that particular fail because there was no reason for it at all haha. We never failed the total inspection though which was good.

 

[epfootballcutie04]

yeah i'm fairly certain "surprise" inspections only occur if one of your roommates or 'friends' tells housing that there is certain stuff going on in the apartment. I've never heard of anyone just having a random inspection and not finding some sort of drugs or alcohol or weapon.

It may happen though. It's just a theory I have.

And... when we got new roommates, they did come in with a cleaning team and they cleaned our apartment for us! That was great! All they asked was that we kept it nice and clean until the roommate moved in Just like you, they were always scheduled for us and we normally got a day or two notice.

And yeah, i was serious about failing our floors b/c of the sweater. You'll notice when you're down there that some inspectors are really really strict and others don't seem to care as much. When our inspections occured there were teams that came in of like 5 or 6 so they only lasted a few minutes.

 

[Keda]

I read on a facebook page that Chatham is the only complex with 4 bedrooms. Is that true?

 

[MaryPoppins86]

I read on a facebook page that Chatham is the only complex with 4 bedrooms. Is that true?

no, all the apartment complexes have 1-4 bedrooms.

 

[Praise2Him]

Really? My DD was planning on staying in Patterson with 7 roommates, but they saw on FB that Patterson didn't have 4 bedrooms, so they are planning on splitting up into 2 rooms.
Anyone that lived in Patterson that can confirm there are 4 bedrooms?