Housing in Spain

A summary of your accommodation information is below.

Barcelona (May 26 – June 14, 2015)

You will be housed three, 2-bedroom apartments with four students per apartment. The apartments are located at: Career Aragó, 90 08015 Barcelona. For more information, check out this link! Your faculty will be housed in separate apartments in a nearby location.

Cleanliness:
Keep your room and the common areas clean; this is especially important when you are sharing a bedroom, apartment, residence, or dormitory.

Noise:
In order to avoid disturbing the neighbors or housemates, please use headphones when listening to music, or keep the volume low, and please keep your voices down.

Safety:

  • Your apartments will have a key cards, similar to at a hotel.  When leaving the apartment, make sure the windows are closed and locked. Neither the study abroad company nor the housing company will not be responsible for any stolen items.
  • It is strictly forbidden to throw any object or substance from windows, balconies, terraces or roofs. This includes keys, cigarette butts or anything else big or small.

Guests and Alcohol Policies:

  • Smoking is not allowed anywhere inside the apartment.
  • The consumption of drugs, as well as keeping or dealing with them, is absolutely prohibited

Financial Liability:

  • You will have to pay for any damage done to the apartment (doors, walls, floors, furniture, kitchen supplies, washing machine, etc.).

Helpful tips for living with other people:

  • Respect your hosts and the other people that live in the building.
  • Remember that you are not on a college campus and not in your own home. Respect the property and get out of the “college campus” mentality.
  • Talk to your faculty and onsite staff if a problem arises and you cannot work it out with your roommates.