Hello,

I'll be starting McMaster in September after getting accepted in January, and I am super excited.

Anyway, because I was so ecstatic, I jumped the gun and already made accommodations on a off-campus house. Of course, the lease starts in May - so now I find myself scrambling to find someone who is interested in staying for the summer.

Here's the problem: Being student who has yet to start McMaster, who does not yet have a McMaster e-mail address to access the Marketplace here, nor the extra funds to purchase an account on MacOffCampus, I do not know where to go to advertise this really great room in an all-girl house that is less than 10 minutes away from McMaster, and is pretty much situated on Main Street.

So now my question is, what approach should I be taking, and where would be a good place to advertise for this summer sublet that will not attract non-students, or shady individuals?

Thanks in advance!

It is really, really hard to sublet a summer room because most people want to do that. You likely won't get it done, I think it was kind of a big mistake renting out a room already, there's tons you could have rented starting in September.

Try Kijiji?

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You could try Kijiji, Facebook Marketplace and putting up posters around the area. Don't get your hopes up though, it's hard to find someone to sublet in the summer.

99% of the people cant really sublet cause many summer school studenst already have their own house with a 1year lease etc

If you looked hard enough, you could have gotten an eight-month lease.

You'll find lots of summer sublets, pretty hard to lease in my opinion. Maybe take some summer school courses?

Think of the positive side, living on-campus is not that good. double room, triple room, less private space for your self. Plus, the total cost of living off-campus is cheaper than on-campus, so you do not have a loss. I think you made the right decision. give up looking for summer sublet.