Well so things are settled I'll be moving back to Hamilton within 2 weeks. The internet situation still needs to be resolved however. Here's a comparison of the 2 providers I'm looking at:
(The table is below there's some formatting glitch causing it to jump I'm to lazy to fix it now)
Cogeco
DSL
Install
$50
$20
Monthly Charge
$47.95
$29.99
Rental fees
(covered) $0
$7
Totals (per month with install)
$52.12
$38.66
Annual Cost
$625.44
$463.92
Obviously we can see that DSL is a lot cheaper than Cogeco unfortunately cogeco comes with TV you'd be paying $13.46 / month for TV or $161.52 for the year just for standard cable!
My stance is ditch the cable cause DSL is much more reliable anyways but we'll see if I have trouble convincing the others.
Overview The places are pretty much the same in terms of space that is available at each the only things I find different are the configuration of the rooms location of the apartments and price. I'm listing the full price which will be shared between 2 people so just divide the price by 2 to get a rough idea of what it would cost.
Place 1: Price: $ 770/month Included in cost: Heat, Water, 1 Parking spot Not included: Hydro, Phone, Internet
Advantages: Closest location to campus, Good landlord, Hardwood floors, Freshly painted and ready, Fair price, Best room configuration.
Disadvantages: Most expensive by $20/person.
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Main living room and kitchen
smaller bedroom
larger bedroom + hallway
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Place 2: Price: $ 720/month Included in cost: Heat, Water Not included: Hydro, Phone, Internet, Parking, Room painting
Advantages: not as close as location 1 but still close, Hardwood floors. Disadvantages: Internet extra, parking extra, landlord bitchy according to ethel (she was bitchy when I visited too), Place will not be ready until Sept 15 only can get it earlier if you take it as is without the repairs cleaning or repainting required.
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Place 3: Price: $ 700/month Included in cost: Heat, Water, 1 parking Not included: Hydro, Phone, Internet
Advantages: Aside from being the cheapest none.
Disadvantages: Far from campus (farther than camelot towers) and bus comes rarely at this location. The distance would surely make it inconvinent it is at the border of what I would consider too far from campus to make sense. The facility is the most run down of the 3 the hallways to your appartment look much worse than the other 2.
