Athens meter maids Are Out for (Your) Blood!
One dependable revenue producer for the city of Athens is parking ticket revenue, and the city can be ferocious about collecting it. For instance, you can’t have a car parked in the same street space for more than 24 hours, even if it’s on a side street. It’s brutal out there. Unless you’re planning to drive your car every day, you’ll need your own parking space or driveway to have a car in Athens, Ohio. Sure, you’ll tell yourself you’ll move it daily, but one ticket alone can cost you at least $30, and they soon add up when they check daily. You could have partied too hard one night and end up staying at a friend’s off-campus rental in Athens and end up miles away from your car, or you could easily get wrapped up in academia and classes and completely forget to move it while you’re studying for that all-important exam. No matter what the situation is, there are plenty of opportunities to forget about your car when parking is checked daily. When all is said and done (or in this case, forgotten), you could end up paying a month’s worth of rent to the parking enforcement agency over the course of a semester. That’s why either finding a rental space that’s off-campus near OU with a parking spot or finding a separate parking spot that you can rent in Athens is paramount to avoid plenty of frustration and parking fees.
Your Own Space to Escape Meter Enforcement
Krause Rental Properties offers off-campus parking in Athens at several different designated lots, with prices ranging anywhere from $300 to $500 per year. For the amount of parking ticket grief and frantic running from class back to your apartment that’s off of OU’s campus to either move your car in time or to see if you got a ticket, it’s not that bad of a deal. For less than two weeks’ worth of housing, you get your own private parking space where you can park your car for as long as you want and never have to worry about moving it or getting a ticket. In Athens, that’s worth its weight in gold. Save yourself some money on what you’d pay in parking tickets and get your own space. It just makes sense while living in Athens rental housing.
The alternative to not having your own parking spot is going to involve a lot of strategic planning and parking, and while it can be done, it’s not something that everyone’s going to be up for—especially when you have an already-busy schedule with friends, classes, and maybe even a part-time job. Most of our private parking that’s located off-campus from OU is going to still be close to most places and could be walked to from many of our rentals in Athens for Ohio University students.
VIP Parking, Even During the Busiest Weekends
During certain big weekends in Athens, such as Homecoming, Graduation or Halloween weekends, parking is at an absolute premium. During Halloween, one of the biggest weekends of the year that draws 10,000-30,000 people to Athens, some businesses will even charge $100 a space for just one night. But when you rent your own parking space from Krause Rental Properties, you can always depend on having a space. This can be especially helpful when you’ve got friends or family in town who aren’t going to be accustomed to the laws of the land when it comes to street parking in Athens. Let them have your rental parking spot around Athens, while you strategically move your car around for the few days they’re visiting. They’re sure to appreciate the gesture, and who knows—if you do mess up and get a parking ticket, maybe they’ll be kind enough to pay for it.
The fact is if you have your own car, you’ll need a place to safely park it. Have a spot secured anytime, even during Athens’ busiest times, every day of the year. On the other hand, if you have an apartment for rent in Athens, you’ll likely have some on-site parking. If that’s the case, you might not need to rent a dedicated space. Before renting any sort of Athens apartment or house, make sure you understand what parking is available, plus how much competition you’ll have for that space. Some multi-bedroom apartments and homes for rent around Athens might list in the description that there is available parking, and when you finally get there, you realize there’s just one space available when you have two, three, or maybe even four other roommates. An available parking space really isn’t available if one of your house or apartment mates is parked there.