By: George Kesselman
Ivey MBA - May 2007 Cohort
The best way to look for an apartment in London is to try to get in touch with current MBA students that are going to be graduating at the same time as you are starting your MBA. Talking to current students doesn't hurt neither, as almost everybody knows where the good places to live are. London is not a large city by any stretch so I was a bit surprised to see the prices for some apartments on par with cities like Calgary. The average price for one bdr is $800/month + 20/month parking.
I found my apartment by joining Ivey MBA MSN Community http://groups.msn.com/IveyMBA. (NOTE: You have to be accepted into the Ivey MBA for the administrator to approve your request to join) Generally, students post apartment, furniture, and book sales on the board. Keep in mind that apartments do go fast. If you are lucky enough you might even get an apartment with a furniture passed on to you (for a bit extra).
About the third of the class lives in the Windermere Rd apartments which are very close to the new Ivey MBA campus (Spencer Leadership centre). NOTE: the new MBA Campus is separate from the main Ivey campus. A free shuttle bus runs between main campus and Spencer.
It might be also worth looking at different locations in the city, in case you are bringing a car: http://www.has.uwo.ca/housing/offcampus/index.htm apparently downtown might not be a bad option.
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