THE CADRE ’  
     
    
   
   
    
     V0|.4 No.14 Jan. 26.1975. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Flats to cost $280 per month 
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI students have seen 
     
     the construction of the new 
     
     apartment residence this 
     
     year, as well as the pamph- 
     
     let that has been distrib- 
     
     uted with information con- 
     
     ‘cerning this project. ' 
     
    

    
     The student complex is 
     
     situated on the south end 
     
     of the university behind 
     
     Bernardine Hall. There are 
     
     68 units with four students 
     
     to a unit. 
     
    

    
     The publicity pamphlet 
     
     reports that there will be 
     
     one chesterfield,one chair, 
     
     'one lamp, and two small ta— 
     
     'bles in the living room and 
     
     one table and four chairs 
     
     in the dinette. In the bed- 
     
     rooms will be two beds, two 
     
     desks, two reading lamps, 
     
     and two chairs, and the kit— 
     
     chen has a stove, a refrig- 
     
     erator, anddishes and cut— 
     
     lery for four people. 
     
    

    
     According to the pamph- 
     
     let, the university is ch- 
     
     arging four students a tot— 
     
     al of $280 a month to lease 
     
     one apartment. This fee in- 
     
     _ eludes heat and electricity. 
     
    

    
     The information givenhin 
     
     ‘the pamphlet,however, is 
     
     _ not entirely satisfactory 
     
     as it dqes not answer many 
     
     pertinent questions. 
     
    

    
     The pamphlet states that 
     
     there is a recreation room 
     
     on the main floor for the 
     
     use of the tenants, but it 
     
    
   
   
    
     does not mention that it 
     
     does not-have the space for 
     
     most of the tenants to con- 
     
     gragate at one time, which 
     
     is the reason residence ma- 
     
     nager Arnold Maclean gave 
     
     for the absence of a tele- 
     
     vision in the recreation 
     
     room. ' 
     
    

    
     An interview with Univ- 
     
     ersity Comptroller, Dennis 
     
    
   
   
    
     Clough revealed that the 
     
     apartments are to be heated 
     
     centrally, with no indivi— 
     
     dual heat control in the 
     
     apartments. 
     
    

    
     The apartmentis coed ale 
     
     though two men and two wo- 
     
     men cannot rent the same 
     
     apartment if they are not 
     
     married. This arrangement_ 
     
     said Mr. Clough,will not 
     
     be accepted because of pub— 
     
     lic comment. Officially 
     
     on the lease, it must be 
     
     either four females or‘four 
     
     males, except in the case 
     
     of married couples. No 
     
    
   
   
    
     _provision has been made for 
     
    
   
   
    
     married couples unless two 
     
     couples are willing to rent 
     
     the same apartment or one 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' couple is willing to pay.H 
     
    
   
   
    
     the‘whole $280 per month 
     
     for the apartment.There are 
     
     no children or pets allow— 
     
     ed. 
     
    

    
     There is a normal land- 
     
     lord tenant relationship in 
     
     that if things like the p1- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     umbing, the stove, the ref- 
     
     rigerator, or the heat br- 
     
     eak down it will be repaired 
     
     at the cost of the landlord; 
     
     the tenant, meanwhile, will 
     
     be resPonsible for upkeep 
     
    

    
     of the apartment. The mai- 
     
     ntenance man will have a 
     
    
   
   
    
     master key but will enter 
     
    
   
   
    
     only in emergencies. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Although the building is 
     
     designed as apartments,for 
     
    
   
   
    
     which leases are signed, 
     
    
   
   
    
     there will still be a house 
     
     committee to decide on the 
     
     rules and regulations for 
     
     the building. 
     
    

    
     Considering that the te- 
     
    
   
   
    
     nant must supply bedding, 
     
     « a kettle, a toaster, pots, 
     
     pans, food, a phone, and, 
     
    
   
   
    
     in case of visitors, or 
     
     dinner guests, extra cut- 
     
     lery, dishes, lamps,and 
     
     chairs, the rent may prove 
     
     a heavy burden for not too 
     
     well off students. The aut- 
     
     horities, however, say that 
     
     they will have heavy losses 
     
     even if they fill up 80% of 
     
     the apartments in the first 
     
     years. 
     
    

    
     Eventually, however, the 
     
     interest and the mortgage 
     
     will be paid off, and the 
     
     money collected in rent will 
     
     be direct revenue for the 
     
     University. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Louise Mould 
     
    
   
   
    
     Here are the new apart- 
     
     ment residences which stu— 
     
     dents are scheduled to 
     
     start moving into in Sep- 
     
     tember. Rent will be $280 
     
     per month for each two 
     
     bedroom apartment.