Housing Apartments
There are a variety of apartment styles offered by the seminary. Married or single Garrett-Evangelical students with children get top priority for apartments, but there are often many available for other individuals. Unfortunately, we are not able to house undergraduate students.
Apartment Styles: Accommodations are as follows:
- Furnished Efficiency-apartment with one main living area, small kitchen and bathroom. Furnishings may include: hide-a-bed couch, desk, bookshelf unit, desk chair, end table, 4-drawer dresser, dinette table and chairs. Hot water and heat are provided. There is a separate charge added monthly for the cost of gas and electricity.
- Furnished One Bedroom (3 rooms)-apartment with one main living area, one bedroom, small kitchen and bathroom. Furnishings may include: chair, couch, desk, bookshelf unit, desk chair, end table, coffee table, dinette table and chairs, double bed and 2 dressers (3-drawer and 4-drawer). Hot water and heat are provided. There is a separate charge added monthly for the cost of gas and electricity.
- Furnished Large One Bedroom (4 rooms)-these units are exactly like the furnished one bedroom apartments above but may have a dining room or small bedroom, in addition to the regular-sized bedroom. There are only 3 of these units. Hot water and heat are included. There is a separate charge added monthly for the cost of gas and electricity.
- Unfurnished One Bedroom (3 rooms)-apartment with living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. Heat and hot water are provided. Gas and electricity are metered individually and tenents make arrangements with local utility companies.
- Unfurnished Large One Bedroom (4 rooms)-apartment with a living room, dining room, bathroom, kitchen and bedroom. Heat and hot water are provided.
- Unfurnished Two Bedroom (5 rooms)-apartment with living room, dining room, bathroom, kitchen and two bedrooms. Heat and hot water are provided. Generally reserved for G-ETS students with families
Parking: There is a parking lot near the Maple Ave. apartments and a very limited number of garages located behind the Maple Ave. apartments. These parking spaces and garages are rented on a priority basis to students living in the Maple (unfurnished) or Maple/Noyes (furnished) apartments and do not automatically come with an apartment. Parking on the street is available at all of the apartment buildings. Residents are warned to check the parking restrictions posted at the end of the streets to avoid being ticketed or towed.
Children: Families with more than three children are generally not housed in seminary facilities. These students are referred to housing in the community.
Pets: Cats, birds and fish are the type of pets permitted in seminary apartments. SORRY, NO DOGS PERMITTED!
Air Conditioners: A/C units are permitted in the apartment buildings. Units are supplied by the tenant. Tenants of the Maple/Noyes building must have their A/C units installed by the G-ETS B&G staff at (n/c).
Apartment Tour
I. Maple Avenue Apartments
For students with families, the Maple Avenue apartments offer full-size one- and two-bedroom units. The apartments are located less than a ten minute walk from campus. Two bedroom units are in short supply and are generally reserved for Garrett-Evangelical students with children.
The Maple Avenue apartments contain unfurnished apartments including a living room, dining room, bathroom, kitchen, and one or two bedrooms. Laundry facilities are found in the basement, and a parking space can be rented at an additional cost in the lot directly across the street on a space available basis. Heat and hot water are provided.
II. Maple-Noyes Apartments (Renovated January 2006)
The Maple-Noyes apartments feature furnished efficiency (studio) and one-bedroom units, providing economical housing for single students. Only ten minutes from campus, Maple-Noyes also has the convenience of being above a coffee shop, barber, deli, and dry cleaner and within a block of three restaurants, and a neighborhood grocery store. Downtown Chicago is a 45 minute train ride from the 'L' stop half a block away.
The Maple-Noyes apartments offer furnished studio and one-bedroom units that may include a bed, couch, end table, coffee table, desk, dining table and chairs, dressers, bookshelf and chairs. Studio apartments are furnished with a hide-a-bed couch to serve two functions. Laundry facilities are in the basement and a parking space may be rented in the lot across the street on a space available basis. Hot water and heat are provided. There is a separate monthly charge for gas and electricity.
III. Sherman Avenue apartments
Sherman Avenue apartments offer great convenience as a result of its ideal location. Only a five minute walk from campus and ten minutes from downtown Evanston, the apartments are set in a well-kept residential neighborhood with a playground and city park next to the building.
The Sherman Avenue apartments contain unfurnished apartments which include a living room, bathroom, kitchen, and one or two bedrooms. A very few of these one-bedroom apartments also have an extra room for a dining room. Laundry facilities are found in the basement. Heat and hot water are provided.
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