Here are some general rules, tips, and expectations to help you become accustomed to your new home!

You will have a single bedroom with a shared kitchen and living room, all furnished and supplied with basic kitchen utensils/supplies and bedding as well (towel not included – your Site Director can help you out with shopping for anything you need during Orientation).

You will be staying on St. Patrick’s Campus, which is just across the street from the All Hallows Campus where classes will be held.

 

What’s Included:

• All utilities included
• All rooms come with a single bed, study desk, fixed line internet access (cable not provided), bookshelves, wardrobe and wash hand basin.
• Expect to share a bathroom with the other students on your floor
• Nearby Omni Shopping Centre, Tesco’s and a 10 Screen Cinema.
• An abundance of restaurants and pubs
• Sheets are included, but do bring a towel!

Please do bring an ethernet cord so that you will have access to a stronger wired internet signal.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included Monday through Thursday.  Breakfast and lunch are included on Friday.  For dinner, you will receive a voucher to eat a fixed meal at a nearby restaurant.  Lunch and breakfast will be provided on the DCU campus.

Dinner will be held at this adorable restaurant!!  http://www.catandcage.ie/

Please note that although CISabroad makes every effort to provide your preferred form of housing, we cannot guarantee that all personal preferences are met. We have carefully selected safe and adequate housing for each student and each living arrangement is distinct and special in its own way.

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.

Utilities and use:

• Always turn off the lights when you leave the apartment and when you are not in the room.

Safety:

• You should lock the apartment door at all times. Also, when leaving the apartment, make sure the windows are closed and locked. Neither the study abroad company nor the housing company will be responsible for any stolen items.

Guests and Alcohol Policies:

• Disrespectful behavior related to alcohol consumption will end up in dismissal from the housing and you will have to find your own housing at your own expense.
• 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.).
• If extra time is needed to clean the apartment, or if items are damaged or missing, you will be charged and those charges will be deducted from your housing deposit. Housing deposits will be returned 12-16 weeks after the program has ended

Helpful tips for living with other people:

• Respect your hosts and the other people that live in the building.
• Talk to your roommates if they do something that bothers you. Talking it through is the easiest way to solve a small problem before it gets bigger.
• Talk to the staff if a problem arises and you cannot work it out with your roommates.

Warning process:

• If any of the above rules are broken, you will receive a first verbal warning. This warning will also be written and sent to your sending study abroad program and your home school.
• The second infraction of any of the above rules will result in you being evicted from your apartment. You will need to find a new place to live at your own expense.
• Please read through all of our behavior policies noted in the CISabroad Policy Handbook, linked inside of the attachment to your acceptance email