For female students already sick of their rooms or their roommates, there’s a new place to live — and this place buys residence hall contracts.
The three-story yellow building, called The SunSpot, was formerly the Sigma Kappa sorority house, but the organization found the house difficult to maintain, and sorority members thought the mortgage was too high and too much responsibility.
The sorority still owns the building, located at 851 E. 15th Ave., near the Knight Library, but Sabre Management LLC started running it Sept. 10.
“We made the decision to run an all women’s boarding house,” Sabre President Steve Frichette said. “It’s just like a private dorm except our rooms are larger and cheaper.”
Residents of The SunSpot only have to pay rent, instead of the
$7,000 per month mortgage the members of Kappa Sigma paid.
“The house can hold 50 people, but they never had 50 people living there, so it was a pretty big burden,” landlady and University alumna Monica Little said.
Kappa Sigma is still active on campus, but is now a nonresident group, said Little, who was a member of the sorority in college and remains active in sorority activities. Many sorority members have moved, and new renters are settling into available spaces.
Rent includes utilities and meals. The SunSpot has a private cook who provides continental breakfast and serves lunch and dinner and on weekdays. The cook also makes sure students have enough to eat during the weekend by stocking the fridge.
Music major Catherine Rehm said likes the free meals as well as the closets in the building — which she said are as big as residence hall rooms.
“I couldn’t really ask for more,” Rehm said. “I think I have a better set up than most of my friends do.”
She said the charge for moving out of the residence halls is balanced out by the cheaper rent, since she plans to live in her new room for the rest of the academic year.
There are nine remaining rooms — two are doubles and five are super singles. A double costs $590 per month or $5,310 per academic year, which is less than the price of a residence hall room. A super-single costs $685 per month and $6,165 for three terms. Small singles are $525 per month and $4,725 per year. Regular singles are $625 per month or $5,625 for the year.
There are also nine parking spaces left, which run $30 per month.
The management company is still trying to decide if the residence will be open during the summer. Frichette is calling it an “unknown entity” at this point.
“There’s a new product out there,” said Frichette, who is also the general contractor. “How many women’s private dorms are there? Well, there’s one.”
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Additional Information:
The Sun Spot Boarding House
University of Oregon
Room & Board Payment Schedule
Academic Year 2002/2003
541.485.8008
Fax: 541.349.9291
A. | Deposit – Each lessee is charged a refundable $250 security deposit and a $50 non-refundable cleaning fee. The deposit and cleaning fee are due and payable when you sign and submit the lease agreement. |
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B. | The lease agreement begins September 14, 2002. Those moving in between September 16 and September 30 will be charged rent for the academic year as indicated below. those moving in on or after October 1, 2002 will be charged on a pro rata basis. The meal plan includes a continental breakfast seven days a week, and lunch and dinner Monday through Friday when University of Oregon classes are in session. The first meal served will be lunch on Monday September 23, 2002. |
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C. | Monthly Payment Schedule |
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Late Fees Rents are due and payable on the 14th day of each month. If the rent is not received by the fourth day for the period in which it is due, lessee shall pay a late fee of $5.00 per day charged on a per day basis beginning the fifth day of the period. Any dishonored check shall be treated as unpaid rent and is subject to the same late charge, plus a $15.00 special handling fee, and must be made good by cash, money order, or certified check within 24 hours of notification |
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Plesae make checks payable to Progressive Properties. Payments my either be mailed to Progressive Properties, P.O. Box 50937, Eugene, OR 97405 or given to a Progressive Properties representative. |