graduate living book

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Temple University Graduate Living

Building communities, one person at a time.


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On behal o the University Housing and Residential Lie sta, I welcome you to campus lie. Our sta in Graduate

Housing works hard to develop a supportive living environment that promotes academic success and personal growth.

Housing options or graduate and proessional students include the Podiatric Student Residence Complex at Eighth andCherry Streets on the campus o the School o Podiatric Medicine and the Triangle Complex on Broad and Norris Streetson the Main Campus.

Besides the easy application process, there are many other beneits to on-campus Graduate Housing. Theyinclude:

Residencesthatofferanenvironmentwellsuitedforabusyschedule.Allunitsoffersingleoccupancy oraprivatebedroom.Additionally,familyhousingunitsareavailableonalimitedbasis.

Achoicebetweena10-monthor12-monthHousingassignment.(SeesummerhousingIntentionSectionpg7)

Acommunityenvironmentwhereopportunitiestostudyandsocializetogetherarepromoted.

ConvenientlocationsthePodiatric Student Residence Complex is located adjacent tothe School o Podiatric Medicine and convenient to locations in vibrant Center CityPhiladelphia. The Triangle Complex is located right on Temples Main Campus where accessto campus acilities and exciting venues are a short walk away.

Cable,telephoneandInternetaccessareavailableineachapartmentunit.

I hope you will seriously consider joining our residence community at Temple University.

Sincerely,

Sean P. Killion

AssistantDirectorforAssignments&Billing

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Graduate Housing oers a convenient living environmentor graduate and proessional students o Temple University.Our acilities oer a well-rounded, multi-cultural environment,with proessional and social programming to meet the needsand interests o our graduate and proessional residents.

INFORMATION FOR NEWLY ADMITTEDGRADUATE STUDENTS

AtTempleUniversity,theGraduateAdmissionsprocessisdecentralizedandhandledbyeachindividualschoolorcollege or the Main Campus, Health Sciences Campus,and the School o Podiatric Medicine. Students are respon-sible or making initial contact with the Oice o UniversityHousing and Residential Lie when requesting housinginormation. This can be done in person, by telephone,ax, or e-mail. Students should provide University HousingandResidentialLifewiththefullname,studentI.D.orT

number, permanent address, telephone, and e-mail address.In order to receive a Graduate Housing packet, a studentmust first be officially admitted to the University Housingand Residential Lie. Housing packets are mailed to studentsbeginninginApril(forfallapplicants)andNovember(for

HousingpacketsaremailedtostudentsbeginninginApril(forfallapplicants)andNovember(forspringapplicants).Inorder to receive a Graduate Housing packet, a student mustfirst be officially admitted to the University Housing andResidentialLife.Allapplicantsarerequiredtopaya$250HousingDeposit.HousingDepositsarepaiddirectlyto

the Universitys Bursars Oice. Speciic instructions will beincluded in your packet.

ApplyEarly

Applicationswillbeprocessedandassignmentswillbeofferedasspaceisavailable.Assignmentsaremadeindeposit-date order or those students who complete theirHousing License. Unfortunately, due to the demand forhousing and the number of bed spaces that typically becomeavailable each year, University Housing cannot guaranteethat housing will be available for every applicant.

Cancellation Policy

When University Housing and Residential Lie has assignedall bed spaces, we will notiy those students not yet assigned,oering them the option to remain either on a waiting list oran assignment or to process a cancellation o their request orUniversity Housing, reunding their deposit.

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Our acilities oer several SECURITY eatures that support asafelivingenvironment,includingsecurityscreens(onfirstfloorunits),securitycameras,anduniformedsecurityofficers/Temple Campus Police.

Each o our graduate acilities oers residents AMENITIES.The location o our acilities provides residents with easyaccess to Temples academic buildings and libraries.ApartmentsatPRSCandTriangleHousearepartiallyfur -nished,andresidentsofTriangleApartmentshavetheflex -ibility o requesting either a partial urnished or unurnishedapartment. Both acilities oer community space or residentstosocializeandplanevents.On-sitelaundryfacilitiesarealso available. Electric, heat, water utilities, and cable TVare a part o the room rate.

FAMILY HOUSING OPTIONSTempleUniversityHousingcanoffertomarriedand/orsinglestudentswithonedependentchild(twelveyearsoldoryoungeratthetimeofapplication) FAMILY HOUSINGatTriangleApartmentsandthePodiatricStudentResidenceComplex. Families who request one-bedroom apartmentsare charged the individual rate or housing; those amiliesrequesting two-bedroom apartments are charged twice theindividualrate(costforeachbedroom).Three-bedroomapartments are not available or Family Housing. Studentsinterested in Family Housing should indicate their need onGraduateHousingLicense(Application)

INFORMATION FOR RETURNING GRADUATESTUDENTS

DuringtheSpringsemester,currentstudentsresidinginUniversity Housing have the opportunity to participate in aRoom Selection process to return or the next academic year.

Eligibility to participate in this process is based on:

Good financial standing with the University

Paying the annual Housing Deposit to theUniversity

Being a resident within University Housingduring Spring semester

Residents who meet the eligibility requirements will participatein a Housing Selection process that allows them to select anapartmentandroommate(s)whereapplicable.Residentswill receive notice about the speciics o each years RoomSelection process prior to selection.

Students who are currently enrolled at Temple University anddo not live in University Housing are permitted to request aspace in University Housing ater the Room Selection processis complete i they meet the irst two criteria or eligibility.Assignmentswillbeofferedasspaceisavailable.

STAFFING, SECURITY, AND AMENTITIES

Several dierent individuals make up the STAFFING o eachUniversity Housing acility. The Residential Lie sta that man-age the daily operations o our graduate acilities include

one proessional Resident Director (RD), who supervises theGraduateResidentAssistants(GRA)thatresideateachfacili -ty.GRAsarestudentstaffmemberswhohavebeencarefullyselected and trained to assist students. Residential Lie oper-ates an oice at both the Triangle Complex and the PodiatricStudentResidenceComplex(PSRC).Residentsareofferedavariety o social, cultural, and academic programs throughouttheyear.Additionally,ResidentialLifeandMaintenanceStaffareon-call24hoursadaytorespondtoemergencysituations.

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GET CONNECTED

Telephone and high-speed internet access are oered asamenities to residential students who live in university-ownedacilities. Every bedroom on campus has one telephone jackor each resident. Students must provide their own true touch-tone telephone, not a pulse telephone. Cordless telephonesare not recommended.

Using the university telephone service, students can:

Receive incoming callsMake ree fve-digit internal campus callsMakeemergency911callsUse a prepaid calling card to make local, toll ree,suburban. long distance, and international calls

Temple strongly recommends that students bring their own

true touch-tone telephone and plug it into the jack. Even iyou primarily plan to use a cell phone, cellular phone signalsin the residence halls are not always strong and service is notalways reliable. In the event o an emergency, you can use

yourlandlinephonetocall9-9-1-1.Bydoingthis,youhavethe added advantage o having your location automaticallypassedalongtothe911policedispatcher,whichisnotthecase when using a cell phone.

Voicemail is provided to all residential students. To obtain

voice mail, log in to the getconnected.temple.edu websiteand click on the box indicating voice mail is desired. Youwill receive a confrmation e-mail acknowledging yourrequest. This confrmation message includes instructions onhowtointializeyourvoicemailaswellasatemporarypass-word you will need or this process.

Note: The university does not publish a telephone directory. You do havetheoptiontoincludeyourtelephonenumberonTempleUniversitysCherry&White Pages web site. For details, log in to tuportal.temple.edu and click

onCherry&WhiteUpdatelink.

Also,youcanchoosetobelistedwiththeTempleUniversity

switchboard. By doing this, operators will give out yourphone number i requested. To get listed log in to the getcon-nected.temple.edu web site and click on the option to list

your number. Note that Temple operators will only give outyour number i you sign up or this option.

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GRADUATE HOUSING SELECTIONPROCESS

Room Retention Process forReturning Graduate Students(select the same room)

Graduate students will use the Room RetentionfunctioninStudentWebSelf-Assigntoretaintheircurrent room booking or the next academic yearin addition to adding a new meal plan booking

or the next academic year. Students who have acurrent room assignment in housing will be extend-ed this opportunity during the Graduate HousingSelection Process.

General Room Selection for Newand Returning Graduate StudentsWhether you are a returning graduate studentlooking or new accommodations in the graduatehousing inventory or an incoming graduate studentrequesting housing accommodations on cam-pus, students will have the opportunity to searchor available rooms during the General RoomSelection Process or graduate students.

Once your housing application has been complet-ed and preerences submitted, access the StudentWebSelf-Assign(SWSA)systemtobookfallandspring housing assignments, add roommates, andselect meal plans.

The Housing Selection Process is available on airst-come, irst-served basis. The earlier you submita deposit and complete the application process,the better your chances are to receive your pre-

ferredaccommodations.Althoughdemandisgreat and no guarantees can be made, studentswho submit the deposit and complete the appli-cation process by the dates mentioned generallyreceive housing accommodations.

Asspacebecomesavailable,allotherstudentswill be oered housing ater on-time groups havebooked their assignments. I you submit a depositand apply but are not oered housing, your hous-ing deposit will be reunded or applied to yourUniversity account.5


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THE HOUSING SELECTION PROCESS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS IS A SIMPLE, THREESTEP PROCESS.

STEP 1:SubmitaHousingDeposit.

Newandreturningstudentsarerequiredtosubmita$250housingdepositbythesuggesteddates.

STEP 2:CompletetheOnlineHousingApplication.

Prior to selecting housing accommodations, we require students to complete the online housing applica-tion by indicating their room, meal plan and liestyle preerences.

STEP 3:BookyourroomandmealplanusingStudentWebSelf-Assign(SWSA).

SWSAenablesstudentstoaccessremotelythesystemaftersteps1and2havebeencompleted.This

system is designed to handle requests on a irst-come, irst-served basis, so the sooner you book, thegreater your chances to secure accommodations.

DATES FOR GRADUATE HOUSING SELECTION PROCESS

Room Retention Process March6thMarch20th(selectthesameroom)

or Returning Graduate Students

General Room Selection March21stMay1stor New and Returning Graduate Students

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BUILDINGS FOR GRADUATE HOUSING

TheGraduateHousingconsistsoftwofacilities:Triangle/TriangleHouseandPodiatricComplex.Triangle/Tri-angle House is located on Temples Main Campus, andthe Podiatric Complex is located adjacent to the Schoolo Podiatric Medicine and conveniently in Center CityPhiladelphia.

Summer Graduate Housing Intent

AsacurrentresidentofGraduateHousingwhohasre-newedyourLicensefor2009-2010academicyear,youhave the option to remain in University Housing through

June and July or an additional charge. You will need tollouttheSummer2009GraduateHousingIntentForm.This Form can be ound on the Internet or at the HousingOfcelocatedat1910LiacourasWalk,2ndoor,Phila-delphia,PA19122.

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Furniture Rental

TheTriangleApartmentsareunfurnished.Youmay bring your own urniture or rent a bed,dresser, desk and desk chair at approximately$160persemester.

Notification About your Housingand Move-In Details

You will receive a letter to confrm your requestor Graduate Housing along with importantinormation rom University Housing andResidential Lie. The Graduate License periodbeginsAugust1st.Priortoarrivingoncam-pus,youmustsetupaCheck-inAppointmentwiththeResidentDirectorandinstructionswillbe provided in your confrmation letter.

Cancelling Your Housing

I decide to cancel your housing application,a Request to Cancel the Housing License Formwill be included in your notifcation packet.Penalties as they apply to you are on the ormandalsoonpage1ofyourGraduateHous-ing License

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OFF - CAMPUS LIVING

Temple University Housing cannot guaran-tee on-campus housing to all o its graduatestudents. However, Temple University doesoer several programs to assist students withOFF-CAMPUSLIVINGoptionsthroughoutthemetropolitan Philadelphia area. O-Campusliving inormation is available at our web siteat:

www.temple.edu/housing/offcampus

On our Web site, students will ind availablelistings, cataloging apartments and houses in

thesurroundingarea.Additionally,studentswill ind the Roommate Search Listings, help-ul resources, and tip sheets to aid students intheir o-campus search.

What makes living o-campus appealing tostudents is that within minutes rom Templescampuses, you will ind yoursel in Center CityPhiladelphia with the convenience o shop-ping, restaurants, nightlie, and a high concen-tration o residential neighborhoods. SomeareasincludeWashingtonSquare,AvenueoftheArts,RittenhouseSquare,Chinatown,OldCity,andtheArtMuseum/Fairmount.

Each o these areas oers a wide selectionofpropertytypes(high-rise,brownstone,ect.),with a wide range o amenities such as door-manbuildings,24-hoursecurity,andotheramenities to it dierent budgets. Each areahas its own charm and eel, providing studentswith a comortable living environment andrich historic eel o Philadelphia. The Oiceo University Housing and Residential Lie canprovide you with assistance in inding alterna-tives right around the corner rom campus.

For urther inormation on dierent liv-ing options throughout the metropolitanPhiladelphiaarea,pleasecall215-204-3279

to contact a sta person who works with O-Campus Living Services. Students are alsowelcome to schedule and appointment orindividual advising with a sta person romO-Campus Living.

Temple University cannot assume any responsi-bility or speciic o-campus acility not directlymanaged by Temple University Housing andResidential Lie.

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TRIANGLE HOUSE

Conveniently located on Temple Universitys Main Campus, TRIANGLE HOUSEisauniquelivingoptionfor10same-gendergraduateandprofessionalstudents.Situatedat1928N.BroadStreet,TriangleHouseisattachedtoarowofconvertedbrownstones(TriangleApartments).TriangleHouseisclosetotheBeasleySchoolofLaw,PaleyLibrary,andmost Main Campus academic buildings, and minutes away by shuttle rom Temples Health Sciences Campus and Schoolo Podiatric Medicine.

What makes Triangle House unique is that this brownstone is similar to a home, where same-gender residents share acommon living room, kitchen, and bathrooms. Inside Triangle House, students are assigned to one o the our doublerooms or two single rooms. Utilities included in the room rate o Triangle House: electric heat, water, and cable TV. Forinformationonestablishingtelephoneandinternetseepage4.

*TriangleApartmentscomefurnishedorunfurnished,unlikethePodiatricResidencecomplexwhereallapartmentscomefurnishedandfurniturewillnotbe removed.

Other eatures o Triangle House include:

Furnished bedrooms and common areas

Wall-to-wall carpeting in most apartments

Room air conditioner units

Coin-operated laundry facilities on site Tennis courts behind the complex

A community social room

(shared with Triangle Apartments)

A study area located on the lower level

GRA staff who live at the Triangle Complex

*This acility is not handicap accessible

Triangle House Single Room dimen-sionsareapproximately8x10.

TriangleHouseDoubleRoomdimen -sionsareapproximately12x14.

2009 - 2010 RATES FOR TRIANGLE HOUSE

Shared Bedroom Private Bedroom

DoubleOccupancy SingleOccupancy

SemesterRate $2422 SemesterRate $2859

SummerRate $918 SummerRate $108610

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TRIANGLE APARTMENTS

Locatedonthe1900blockofN.BroadStreetandthe1400blockofW.NorrisStreet, TRIANGLE APARTMENTS are a series o converted brownstone apartmentsserving Temples Main Campus, and only minutes away by shuttle rom the HealthSciencesCampusandTemplesSchoolofPodiatricMedicine,TriangleApartmentsofferindividualandsharedapartmentsfor95graduateandprofessionalstudents.

TriangleApartmentsareathree-storyfacilityofferingsingle-levelandmulti-level

apartments.Apartmentscomeinavarietyofdifferentsizesandconfigurationsandcaneitherbeunfurnishedorfurnishedwithbedroomfurniture(residentsmustpro -videtheirownlivingroomanddiningroomfurniture).

Each brownstone has three to six apartments, creating a small community o resi-dents.UtilitiesincludedintheroomrateofTriangleApartments:electric,heat,water, and cable TV. For inormation on establishing telephone and internet seepage4.

OtherfeaturesofTriangleApartmentsinclude:

Wall-to-wall carpeting in most apartments

Installed room air conditioner units Coin-operated laundry facilities on site

Tennis courts behind the complex

A community social room

(shared with Triangle House)

Security screens on all first floor units

GRA staff who live at the Triangle Complex

*This acility is not handicap accessible.

2009 - 2010 RATESFOR TRIANGLE APARTMENTS

Standard Individual Apartment

UnfurnishedSemesterRate$4476FurnishedSemesterRate$4638

UnfurnishedSummerRate$1790

FurnishedSummerRate$1855

Large Individual Apartment

UnfurnishedSemesterRate$4927

FurnishedSemesterRate$5089



1 Bedroom in a 2 Bed / 1 Bath





1 Bedroom in a 2 Bed / Bath





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Manyofthe82differentTRIANGLE APARTMENTS are unique and oer distinct eatures rom one another. Some othese special eatures include units that are multi-level, have spiral staircases, have open lot bedrooms, and bay windows.University housing acknowledges that residents may discover dierences in loor plans rom one unit to the next. Roomratesarebasedonoverallsquarefootageand/oramenitiesoftheentireapartmentandnumberofapplicantsperunit.

STANDARDTWO-BEDROOMMULTI-LEVELAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE001LIVING/DININGROOM 9X20

BEDROOM1 8X8.5 BEDROOM2 8.5X10.5 (OPENLOFT)

TRIANGLE002LIVING/DININGROOM 9X20 BEDROOM1 8X8.5 BEDROOM2 8.5X10.5 (OPENLOFT)

STANDARDTWO-BEDROOMAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE003,006,009

LIVING/DININGROOM 10X12 BEDROOM1 8X10 BEDROOM2 10X10

ONE-BEDROOMAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE004LARGEONE-BEDROOM LIVING/DININGROOM 12X20 BEDROOM1 10X12

TRIANGLE005,008 STANDARDONE-BEDROOM LIVING/DININGROOM 10X16 BEDROOM1 9X10 TRIANGLE007 STANDARDONE-BEDROOM LIVING/DININGROOM 12X12 BEDROOM1 10X12

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LARGEONE-BEDROOMMULTI-LEVELAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE 010,016,022,028,034,040,046,052,058,063,068 LIVING/DININGROOM 9X20 BEDROOM1 8X10.5(OPENLOFT)

STANDARDTWO-BEDROOMMULTI-LEVELAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE 011,023,029,035,041,053 LIVING/DININGROOM 8X16 BEDROOM1 8X10 BEDROOM2 8X10(OPENLOFT)

STANDARDONE-BEDROOMAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE 012,014,018,020,024,026,030,032,036,038,042,

044,048,050,054,056,060,062,065,067,070,071 LIVING/DININGROOM 10X16 BEDROOM1 8X10


TRIANGLE 013,015,031,033,037,039,043,045,049,051 LIVING/DININGROOM 10X12 BEDROOM1 10X12

LARGEONE-BEDROOMAPARTMENTSTRIANGLE 019,021,025,027 LIVING/DININGROOM 12X22 BEDROOM1 8X9.5

LARGETWO-BEDROOMAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE 047,055,057 LIVING/DININGROOM 12X22 BEDROOM1 8X10 BEDROOM2 8X10

STANDARDONE-BEDROOMMULTI-LEVELAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE 059,064,069 LIVING/DININGROOM 8X10 BEDROOM1 8X10(OPENLOFT)13


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LARGEONE-BEDROOMMULTI-LEVELAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE 061,066 LIVING/DININGROOM 15X20 BEDROOM1 8X10

STANDARDTWO-BEDROOMAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE072,073 LIVING/DININGROOM 15X17X20 BEDROOM1 10X16 BEDROOM2 10X16

LARGEONE-BEDROOMMULTI-LEVELAPARTMENT

TRIANGLE 074 LIVING/DININGROOM 8X12X22 BEDROOM1 8X12X18


TRIANGLE 075,076,078,079 LIVING/DININGROOM 10X14 BEDROOM1 10X10

LARGEONE-BEDROOMMULTI-LEVELAPARTMENTTRIANGLE 077 LIVING/DININGROOM 10X14 BEDROOM1 10X11(OPENLOFT)

LARGETWO-BEDROOMTWO-BATHAPARTMENTS

TRIANGLE 080,081 LIVING/DININGROOM 11X20 BEDROOM1 14X17X21 BEDROOM2 15X1720

LARGETWO-BEDROOMTWO-BATHAPARTMENT

TRIANGLE 082 LIVING/DININGROOM 12X16 BEDROOM1 10X16 BEDROOM2 10.5X16.5

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PODIATRY

This seven-story apartment building is located on the corner o Eighth and CherryStreets on the Temple University School o Podiatric Medicine Campus in CenterCity.ThePODIATRICSTUDENTRESIDENCECOMPLEX(PSRC)offerstheconve-nienceofcampuslivingfor127professionalandgraduatestudentswiththeben-efts o city lie. Many o Philadelphias fnest shops, cultural and historic attractionsare within easy walking distance o the complex.

Six dierent urnished apartment styles are oered to students in efciency, one-,two-, and three-bedroom confgurations. Utilities included in the room rate at thePodiatric Student Residence Complex: electric, heat, water, and cable TV. Forinformationonestablishingtelephoneandinternetseepage4.

Other eatures o the Podiatric Student Residence Complex include:

Front entrance security intercom Securedaccesswithanattendantondutyduringevening hoursandweekends Carpetedlivingandbedroomareas Fullyair-conditionedunits

Newlyrenovatedgroupstudyroomsandcarrels Coin-operatedlaundryfacilitiesoneachoor GRAandprofessionalstaffwholiveonsite Separatestoragebinsforeachapartmentunit AtnessandcomputerroomlocatedontheTUSPMcampus Acommunitysocialroom

The Podiatric Student Residence Complex is handicap accessible.

There is a ree complimentary Shuttle Service between Podiatry, Main, and HealthSciences Campus.

2009 - 2010 RATESFOR PODIATRIC STUDENTCOMPLEX

Individual Studio Apartment

SemesterRate$4566

SummerRate$1826

Individual 1-Bedroom Apartment

SemesterRate$5178

SummerRate$2071

1 Standard Bedroom in a 2 or 3

Bedroom Apartment

SemesterRate$3510

SummerRate$1404

1 Large Bedroom in a 2 or 3

Bedroom Aparment

SemesterRate$3807

SummerRate$1523

1 Deluxe Bedroom in a 2 or 3

Bedroom Apartment

SemesterRate$4042

SummerRate$1617

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INDIVIDUALSTUDIOAPARTMENT

APARTMENTS ENDING IN x07 COMINATIONLIVINGROOM/KITCHEN/BEDROOM13X21

INDIVIDUALONE-BEDROOMAPARTMENT

APARMENTS ENDING IN x02, x11 LIVING/DININGROOM 10X19 BEDROOM 12X13

TWO-BEDROOMAPARTMENT

APARTMENTS ENDING IN x04, x05, x08, x09, x010 LIVING/DININGROOM 10X16 BEDROOM1 9X10 BEDROOM2 9X10


APARTMENTS ENDING IN x03 LIVING/DININGROOM 9X19 BEDROOM1 9X13 BEDROOM2 9X13


APARTMENTS ENDING IN x01, x12 LIVING/DININGROOM 12X19 DELUXEBEDROOM 12X13 LARGEBEDROOM 9X13

THREE-BEDROOMAPARTMENT

APARTMENTS ENDING IN x06 LIVING/DININGROOM 12X16 BEDROOM1 9X10 BEDROOM2 9X10 BEDROOM3 9X10

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