Tips you need to Successfully
Move Off-Campus

1) Before you search
- Fill out a Criteria Worksheet to assess your needs and wants.

2) Begin your search
- Read our How to Move Off Campus Guide

3) Make a List of units fitting your criteria
- Use the criteria worksheet that you filled out to select apartments that will suit you.
- When you inspect a unit, take and fill out a Rental Unit Checklist to make your search easier.
- Ask prospective roommates questions from our Questions to Ask Potential Roommates List.
- Remember to make sure that the unit you are looking at is zoned for student housing. For more information on Student Housing Zoning, visit the Borough of West Chester Student Homes List.

4) Narrow the List
- Remove any units from the list that do not meet your needs
- Chooses your roommates wisely, because you will be living with them for at least a year.

5) Sign the Lease
- Visit our guide on How to Read a Lease
- Review the lease before you sign it with the help of our Legal Services

6) Move-In
- Read our How to Move-In Guide
- Remember to take pictures and document the condition of the unit upon move in.

7) Live in your place Off-Campus
- Know your Rights and Responsibilities as a tenant.
- Know the Rights and Responsibilities of you Landlord

8) Move-Out
- Read our How to Move-Out Guide
- Remember to take pictures and document the condition of the unit when you leave.