Renting an Apartment in Savannah GA

In My Humble Opinion
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I got accepted to South University Pharmacy School last Monday, which means I’m going to have to move down to Savannah. My wife is staying here in Conyers (right outside Atlanta) since we have a house here, so… I’m looking to rent an apartment in Savannah that will last me three years. I’ve never actually lived in an apartment before, so I don’t really know what to look for in one.

I have a person who will most likely be a roommate with me, someone I know from my current school (Georgia Perimeter College), who was accepted to the same school. So… I’m looking for a 2 bedroom apartment with 2 full bathrooms, but I don’t know enough about apartments to be able to sort through the 10 or so apartment complexes near the school. Since I was on the waiting list at South University, I have pretty short notice on the acceptance, classes start June 16th, so I have only about a month to get everything ready.

What sort of question should I ask the complexes when I’m emailing them? What should I look for when I take a tour? What other advise can you give to someone who has never lived or looked at an apartment complex to live in before?

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I am in no way qualified to respond, but I always wanted to go to Savannah (I’m a big fan of Pat Conroy). It looks like the pharmacy school is in the historic district.

Here’s Craigslist Savannah housing.

Here’s a thread about safety in the historic district. It sounds like the quality of the neighborhood varies radically in very small distances.

Personally, I’d give the housing office a call. Good luck, I hear it’s beautiful, and Sherman spared it on the way to his march to the sea.

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It is ABSOLUTELY beautiful and historic. It’s a wonderful place to visit; I wouldn’t know about living there. But make sure you get your wife to come visit often because it’s very romantic and there are lots of interesting things to do in your off-time.

Congrats on your acceptance! My impression of Savannah during my brief visit is that the historic district and riverfront parts of the city are very nice, clean and safe, but I would imagine it’s also very expensive. Once you started getting south and east of the historic district, it gets a bit rougher. And the change between the not-so-rough and rough neighborhoods is rather abrupt (a lot like Cincinnati is too).

I definitely recommend a trip to the city to get a feel of its geography, people and infrastructure prior to your move if you can manage it. You might even print off a map and color-code areas in which you wouldn’t mind living and areas that you definitely wouldn’t want to live just on sight to help in your search. A weekend would be enough time to get a good feel, I think.