Types Of Student Housing

On Campus Housing

Most UNT students who live on campus reside in dorms (short for “dormitories”), which are located inside residence halls owned by the university. The layout of dorms vary, but a typical dorm has an open floor plan (similar to a studio apartment) with two beds or more.

Because dorms have sinks only, students use community bathrooms and kitchens and usually take their meals in cafeterias. Residence halls also enact codes of conduct enforced by residents’ assistants (RAs), who supervise the students directly.

Students who reside in dorms can easily walk to class, but they don’t have the same ease of access to Denton’s restaurants, shops, and entertainment as do residents of off campus housing near UNT.

Apartments In Denton, TX

Apartments are self-contained housing units located inside buildings or complexes that are owned by landlords and usually maintained by property managers. Unlike dorms, most apartments contain at least one bathroom and kitchen. Meanwhile, the floor plans of apartments can vary from studios (with no bedrooms) to multiple-bedroom units. But regardless of the number of bedrooms in a unit, its residents all sign one housing contract and share responsibility for installment payments.

Most apartments feature the basic appliances, such as refrigerators, ovens, and dishwashers, while fewer units have washers and dryers. It’s also more common for apartments to be unfurnished, which leaves the residents to provide the furniture and arrange for the utilities, cable, and Internet.

Condos & Townhouses

With regard to condos, the inhabitants own the interior portions of their units, while the exterior maintenance and landscaping duties fall to homeowners associations (HOAs). HOAs, therefore, charge a fee to owners to cover the cost of upkeep. While a condo owner may cover that cost for tenants, other owners may not, which means you could pay an additional monthly or yearly fee.

Townhome residents, by contrast, own the entirety of their units and manage both the interior and exterior areas, although property managers may take care of the communal areas. When renting from a townhome owner, a tenant may be responsible for yard work and exterior upkeep, such as cleaning the gutters. These responsibilities can change from one property to the next since they are individually owned, so it’s best to discuss these ahead of time and get all responsibilities in writing.

Both condos and townhouses are often oriented toward luxury, and their affiliated communities tend to feature more amenities than do residence halls, apartment complexes, or houses. The amenities may come with added responsibilities and stipulations, though, such as being closed during certain hours or days of the week.

Luxury Student Housing

Imagine a type of student housing that incorporates the best attributes of dorms, apartments, houses, and condos and townhouses; that’s a luxury student housing community.
In luxury off campus UNT apartments, students live alongside peers like they do in residence halls. The residents also choose from multiple floor plans as they do in apartment hunting. But luxury apartments also come fully furnished with everything from furniture and laundry units to cable and Internet. And instead of signing one housing contract, students in a luxury apartment sign individual housing contracts, or “by the bed,” so roommates don’t share financial risk.

The architecture of luxury housing varies, but some of the most coveted styles are modern cottages that provide comparable amounts of square footage to houses and also have patios or similar outdoor areas. And like the residents of condos and townhouses, students in luxury housing communities enjoy access to amazing amenities such as pools, coffee bars, and fitness centers.