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ACTIVE STUDENT HOUSING is a collection
of single family homes which are operated as small shared-room dorms, within walking distance to SBCC.
(Outlying dorms may extend to 2 kilometers max)
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Student Housing in Santa Barbara
Although most of the other higher educational facilities within
the greater Santa Barbara area have provisions for housing their students, SBCC does not possess any housing for
their up to 20,000 annual students. Making things even harder, many landlords refuse student housing for fears of heavy
property use and damages, long distance collections, noise complaints and other troubles associated with some younger
adults. If you are able to find housing close to campus, the prices of empty apartments run from $1200 for a studio, $14-1800
for 1 bedroom and $1800+ for 2 bedrooms. You then need utilities ( dont forget ethernet/ cable at $140 per month!! ), furniture
and finally, do you want to start out alone in Santa Barbara? Thinking of joining up for roomates? Formed groups
almost always fall apart with others left shouldering the costs or scurrying to find new roomates, sometimes several
times in one semester.
We see these individuals come and go all the time, but this
is not a factor with ACTIVE Student Housing. Your account is just for one student.
Isla Vista ( the only district where BIG dorms are zoned
) is 12 miles from SBCC and is the housing for the 4th largest party campus in the USA; UCSB. It is the most densely populated
square mile in America, and it's the place where you walk down DP ( Del Playa Blvd. ) with your party, or 'kegger' cup,
and walk from party to party til dawn. Most students go out there, some from time to time and some regularly, but wouldn't
you rather live 4-6 blocks from school and 12 miles from the party, than 12 miles from school and an hour long bus ride from
campus?
They will rent to SBCC students in Isla Vista, but there are several problems
with living in that area and attending SBCC. PARKING. For the 20,000 SBCC students, there are only 2,200
parking spaces on campus. The SBCC offices muse that their parking permit should be renamed a 'hunting permit'. Most trips
to campus involve staking out a parking loop and waiting, usually in a line, for a space to open. BUS RIDE. The 12 mile bus
ride is marketed as 25 minutes, however there are only a couple of express busses a day at that direct route speed, and it
never leaves just in time to step into class nor is waiting right after your last class. Its a 1 to 1.5 hour trip each way,
each day.
These are some of the problems we see and are working to prevent with our concept
at ACTIVE Student Housing.
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“Having a house to come home to after a night of fun in IV is much better than having to go home to
IV..” – Fredrik
“I met my eight crazy housemates for the very first time. It took about 24 hours and then I
felt like I had known most of them for years- a truly amazing experience, one I’ve never encountered before. We’ve
laughed and shared our lives for the past five months and I can genuinely say that if someone asked me; “would you do
it again?” My reply would be; “-in a heartbeat!”” – Eliza
Roommate housing without the 'group commitment'.
If one moves out your not left 'holding the bag' on greater expenses.
Housing is shared room occupancy with ample
common areas, not unlike university dorm housing. Good friendships form between you, your roommate and your housemates.
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“Whenever we had something break or not work the way we wanted it to, we could always call Dave and he
would be there to fix anything..” – Tom
ACTIVE Student Housing Benefits:
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All furniture, utilities, cable and high-
speed wireless internet included.
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Kitchens are equipped with the standard needed gear; plates,
cups, bowls, utensils etc.
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Includes weekly common area cleaning
( For more info click here )
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“I’m very happy with my stay at our house, I've had a great year in Santa Barbara!"–
Laura
“As I arrived at the house my initial thought was how am I going to fit in here? To my surprise, it turned
out me and my housemates did everything together and I had my place in the group right from the start. We have had so
much fun throughout the past semester and I now have friends from different places in the world, who I would never have
met, had I not come to SB. I love it!” – Andrea
ACTIVE SH locations (except 'outlying' locations) are only
a few blocks from campus, you can easily walk or bike to school.
Commitment is for 1 school year, so our housing
can be used to enter S.B., live with and make good friends and then get to know the area for possible new housing the
second year. NO SINGLE OR PARTIAL SEMESTERS.
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Important Notice!
Anyone who has been, or is currently in contact with us,
especially if you are a current client of ours; We encourage you to add our email address activestudenthousing@yahoo.com to your email contacts. We have received
complaints that our emails end up in people's spam filters with the result that our messages are deleted by mistake. Please
add us to your contacts so that you definitely receive correspondance from us. Thank you!
Use the form below for inquiries of availability or
any other questions you may have.
Contact us!
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