Category Archives: Blog Features

Choosing a housemate or flat-mate is not a small decision. After all, this person (or people) will dwell in relatively tight quarters with you, share the responsibility for locking the doors, keeping the place clean and paying the rent and utility bills, as well as getting along/tolerating your friends. For most people, this definitely …

No healthy, well-adjusted person would eat or drink poison on purpose. Most folks are very conscious about what they put into their bodies. However, often they show less concern about possibly harmful substances that they could be breathing in. Of course, over the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, people have …

While attending Ohio University and living in off-campus housing, students are making a big mistake if they don’t make an effort to get to know some of the people who make Athens their home. Part of what makes OU such a great place to go to college is the surrounding community, a classic college …

Renters often find it challenging to find or create storage space in relatively small rental houses or apartments. However, if you plan carefully and get creative, you might be surprised at how effectively you can store all your stuff without anyone being the wiser. Storage space in small quarters is often at a premium, …

The pandemic of 2020 (now 2021) has had numerous local repercussions for Athens residents and Ohio University students. One question that’s of high interest to many students is how COVID-19 will affect the outdoor fests that take place in close-in student neighborhoods every spring. One full slate of annual spring fests already went by …

If you’ve just started looking for an apartment and this process seems intimidating, there’s plenty of online resources to guide your way to an apartment in Columbus (or wherever) that you’ll feel good about. On various apartment finder sites (including apartments.com), you’ll find numerous helpful articles about navigating the apartment search process. Meanwhile, many …

For many Ohio University students, the “bike path” comprises the multi-use paved path that cuts through the campus golf course and extends either direction from there. But it’s a lot more than that, extending from a couple miles east of Athens along U.S. Rt. 50, into and through Athens, and then northwest into Nelsonville, …

Finally, you’ve scored off-campus housing near Ohio University or Ohio State. You’re ready to live life to the max — no RAs holding your hand or telling you what to do. If you’re 21, there’s nothing that makes a place feel like your own more than a DIY home bar. Your apartment or rental …

You’re an Ohio University student moving into your first rental house, or perhaps you’re a Buckeye moving into a new apartment in Columbus. Congratulations! But that doesn’t mean you have to live like a typical college student. Yes, you too can decorate your Athens or Columbus apartment like a real adult — and it …

We don’t often say this, but attending Ohio University and living in an Athens Ohio apartment frankly kinda sucks right now. The same with your student rental in Columbus. Normally it’s awesome — a great school, lots of parties, the hippest college town in Ohio. But COVID-19 ruins just about everything it touches, and …