Houses

137 Bogue Houses offer many benefits including privacy. Unlike apartments, duplexes, and townhouses, residents of a house only share the building with their roommates.

With apartments, the landlord usually takes care of setting up things like utilities, but when you live in a house you are responsible for setting up utilities and payments yourself.

Here are links to the gas and electric companies you might need to contact before moving in to your house. It is common for these companies to require a deposit.

Consumers Energy (Gas)
Lansing Board of Water and Light (Electric)
East Lansing Water and Sewer
(Water)

While most college students choose to have individual cell phone plans rather than a land line, that is something you will have to decide with your housemates. If you're interested in internet or cable here are a few options to consider:

Pros

Houses usually have enough bedrooms for each tenant to have their own room.
Basements provide ample storage space.
More room for pets if you have them.

Cons

Houses come unfurnished, and it can be difficult moving large modern items into older homes.
Tenants are held responsible for leaf and snow removal, otherwise you could be charged a fine by the city.
Often houses have only one narrow driveway where several cars could be expected to park; you may find yourself playing musical cars with your housemates quite a bit.