Hi All. One of our properties is going to have a handful of more college...

Hi All. One of our properties is going to have a handful of more college students (townhome units). Was wondering if anyone has an addendum with regard to noise/parties? Our lease is already very detailed but I'm just looking to see what others do. We are not all student housing, but we have a property closely located to a private college and out of 61 units, we have about 6-10 or so with students. Normally there have not been too many issues, but I... Show more

Guest Insider Maybe you will have only the good kids living there

Guest Insider I would think that you don’t want noisy parties, no matter who might have them whether they be students or not. Draw up the rules of expected behavior that you want from each and every one of your residents and apply them across the board.

Kathi Marie Of course, i have a non standard, several of them in the lease. Maybe i'll just include something for them in the new move in letter. I don't have issues with anyone except the students. In the 8 years iv'e been here, the only noise/partiesparking concerns that get brought to me have been for the college students. who overall are great, but I want to be proactive.

Guest Insider In addition to the lease, we made up a “community rules and guidelines” form for residents to sign when they move in! Maybe something along those lines could work, make a copy for yourself and they keep one too

David Troup Seems like your lease and maybe house rules might already have all the necessary prohibitions, so what you are looking for is something to make those restrictions a bit more “in your face.”
I think putting them in a welcome letter isn’t a bad idea, or even summarizing the “respect your neighbors” rules on a separate form and require all residents to sign it on move in. You basically want them all to acknowledge the rules and perhaps the consequences of breaking them. Otherwise they will sometimes think they can claim ignorance and get away with it the first time.

Guest Insider Having Community Policies as an addendum they sign and included in the move in packet is a great way to address these types of issues. I have both multi-family and student living in my portfolio and the Community policies are pretty much the same for all. We include fines for noise violations and other violations after the first warning so that always helps as well. Great feedback from all the comments above!

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