Finding a place to live in Rochester
Short Term Rental or Hotels
Since Rochester is about an hour from Buffalo, Syracuse, and Corning, it's not a bad place to stay for a few months if you are looking for a job in Central or Western NY. Rochester has a lot of 'extended stay' hotels, and other options. Some landlords (such as Pleasant Park Properties) are willing to offer short-term stay rentals in some situations. Ant Hill Cooperative has been known to be flexible about 3-6 month rental situations, if Cooperatives are your style. * ![[WWW]](http://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
Belmont Suites is a locally owned company that offers short term and furnished apartments. They are pet friendly and accept all major credit cards.
Apartment Rental
Because Rochester has a lot of housing opening up as factory jobs move out, most who want to buy a house these days can find a bank willing to make a deal. Add to that the large college population (both students, and TA's, ajunct faculity, and advisors), and you have a city with all levels of apartments available pretty much year round. See Apartments and Renting for more discussion.
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Craigslist/Rochester housing forum — just getting started
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Off-campus housing database hosted by the University of Rochester
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The Housing Council provides listings of apartment rentals in addition to offering a telephone help line to answer landlord-tenant questions.
Long term Housing
Buy a home
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Triou Custom Homes - Home Builders Rochester Custom Home Builders Rochester New York. New home builder information.
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http://geo.cityofrochester.gov/ Gives you lots of information on nearly every piece of property in Rochester. It will tell you the current owner, date of construction, square footage, assessed value, and other vitals.
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Homesteadnet is the official site of the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors. It provides the complete multiple listing service (MLS) for the five-county metropolitan area.
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Rochester City Living run by the Landmark Society
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Democrat and Chronicle Real Estate site — includes a database of the sale prices of homes that have sold since 1998 and many more useful items
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The Rochester Housing Development Fund Corporation sells rehabilitated city homes to low and moderate income buyers.
Condos
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Belmont Properties is developing Rochester's first and only loft condos located at 1 Capron Street. These condos will feature high ceilings, exposed wood beams, brick walls and beautiful views of the Genesee River and the Rochester skyline.
Other ways of acquiring property
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The City of Rochester's Division of Real Estate sells properties by auction and request for proposals (RFP).
Notes and Comments
There is an ongoing housing boom in the downtown area- according to some.
