Over The Edge Page 8 April 6, 1999

RESIDENT'S GUIDE TO

ROOM CLEANING

The end of the school year means that thousands of UNBC students will be packing up and moving onto summer jobs throughout British Columbia and the
world. The final job to be finished after the packing is the cleaning.

For the Residents in UNBC Housing this also means that, not only do you have to do your own room but ensure that the rest of your roommates are doing
their part too. If your roommates don’t leave the dorm clean, UNBC will clean it up for a mere $25 per hour.

I hope to provide wisdom from all my years of moving on how to clean, how to get your roommates to help out and how to pass the residence inspection.

THE FIRST STEP IS TO UNDERSTAND THE HELPFUL RESIDENCE LEAFLET
WHICH PAINLESS WALKS YOU THROUGH MOVING OUT AND CLEANING.

CHECKOUT DATE
According to this, resi-
dents are to be out on
April 17th. According
to the floor reps, this is
now April 18th. Check
with Randall.

INSPECTIONS

This is a change from
last year. Instead of
allowing you the
chance to touch up any-
thing that isn’t up to
scratch, you will receive
a bill in the mail for
something you didn’t
even know existed or
needed to be cleaned
because inspections will
happen after you leave.
(eg The inside ef the
light fixtures or the
underside of the sink)
Last year, Resident
Advisors (RA) would
inspect your room and
your share of the clean-
ing to make sure things
were okay for the sum-
mer.

Check with your RA’s

MOVE OUT DAY IS APRIL 17TH

¢ A move out inspection will be done after all students have

moved out of the suite. Suite cleaning is the responsibility
of all students living in the suite and any cleaning/damage

CLEANING charges will be divided equally amongst all the occupants.

The cleaning procedure
hasn’t changed for a
number of years.
You've lived there so
you clean it.

Please refer to Residence handbook page 9/10. Also,
please see your RA for a checklist of problem areas that
may require extra attention when doing your final clean up.

WHAT THE BOO
SAYS

The Residence
Handbook states that
cleaning must be done
to an acceptable stan-
dard. It is up to you to
make sure that clean-
ing duties are divided
up equally. (or you buy
beer for the only room-
mate willing to clean
up two semesters of

partying.)

e The Residence Cleaning Standards brochure will assist you
in dividing up the cleaning responsibilities.

« All residents must check out at the housing office and turn

in suite keys, mailbox key and parking pass.
Note: Refund process for non-returning students can only be

| initiated when student has checked out at the Housing office.

to see what is accept-
ably clean and then
write Housing a nasty
letter when you get the
bill in the mail.

e All student mail received during the summer will be
“returned to sender”

Note: Please leave a forwarding address with the Registrar's

office for any UNBC mail outs.

RETURNING KEYS
Don’t make the mis-
take of turning your
keys into your RA’s. I
left early before the
housing office opened
and ended up paying
$70 because my keys
didn’t make it to the
office before the last
checkout day.

If you can’t drop your
keys at the housing
office, leave them with

«| CCU MEY. (NGte te
Note to Residents with UNBC lounge furniture: Save yourself money by packing Housing: get a mail

it down to the Agora. You will be charged for facilities having to come and get it. slot)

Mail is always the bane
of a student's existence.
You cannot get Canada
Post to forward your
mail because UNBC
does the final delivery.
You have to notify all
your friends, magazine
subscriptions and BC
Tel where you will be
living for the summer.

e Any suites designated for REVISIT during the last
inspection will be re-inspected during the week of April
12". Please ensure that any items noted on your copy of
the inspection form are corrected before this date to avoid
charges on your account.