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A map and directions to Butler can be found here.

There are large and small Butler apartments. You can see the Butler floor plans here. Small Butlers cost significantly less than large Butlers (see below).

The units are large enough for two adults to live very comfortably. In order to see how much of your stuff you can bring with you, you may find it helpful to create a grid of the floor plan and arrange scaled paper cut-outs of your furniture on the grid.

See the "Moving In" page for information on where to buy furniture.

Yes, the University provides refrigerators in all Butler apartments.

First, there is the price of the unit. In the academic year 2008-2009, a small Butler apartment will rent for $752 per month, a large Butler apartment for between $860-$878 per month.

Second, you will want to know the cost of utilities. Water is included in your rent. Gas and electricity can vary widely according to the market price and to the quality of your insulation. (Some units have been renovated as recently as 1997 and others not since the 1940s and 50s; unfortunately you have no way of affecting which unit you're assigned.) The following figures should be taken only as approximations, but we would suggest that winter and summer utility bills could be anywhere between $60 and $120, depending on size of the apartment, market fluctuations in the prices of gas and electricity, use of additional heaters, and use of air-conditioner in summer. The university estimates that heat and electricity will cost $2,350 for a 12 month period.

See also the document from Admissions called "Housing and the Cost of Living for Graduate Students".

Rent in Butler is significantly lower than any other University-subsidized apartments, but whether that translates into genuine savings will depend upon your use of heating and air-conditioning.

Butler has a fully equipped computing lab for those without computers and for printing. Each apartment in Butler is equipped with high-speed connections in each apartment through the Princeton network. For more information, see the dormnet page.

Some units have dormnet hubs connected to them. As a result, the University pays the power bill directly and charges you a flat fee. See more details and a list of units here.

No. All leasing is done through University Housing. The Committee would love to help other graduate students experience Butler life, but there really isn't anything we can do. Our sympathies go out to all students caught in the housing crunch; please see the University Housing page, where there are links to non-University options as well.

Yes, people in absentia sometimes do sublet their apartments for a semester or during the summer. Postings are often placed on the bulletin board next to the community laundry room, and in the Housing Office at Macmillan Hall.

Butler Apartments are for Princeton University students and their families only.

Yes!!! As a matter of fact, Butler is the only pet-permissive option available from the University for graduate students. See more about Butler pets.

Click here for average monthly temperatures and rainfall in Princeton (available in English or metric measurements).

Click here for today's forecast in Princeton.

Yes!!! See the gardening page.

See the Princeton Regional Schools page.

There are many quality daycares and nurseries available in the Princeton area. Some are expensive and some offer scholarships to low-income families. The waiting list is usually pretty full at most locations, but it pays to call around. In addition, care is sometimes available through co-op initiatives in the Butler complex or with other local families. Look for notices on the bulletin board in the laundry room.

Here are some yellow page listings of local childcare facilities. You might also go to this Princeton University childcare resource.

Two issues are involved when you consider a car: first, getting to the University; and second, buying groceries.

As for getting to the University, there is no reason at all to worry about having a car. Butler is at most a 20-minute walk from the heart of campus, and biking takes even less time. Some Butler residents who own a car find that it is just as easy and quick to walk when you account for parking. The University also runs a campus shuttle service. Click here for a map, schedule and other information.

As for groceries, some students find that having a car is useful. There are at least two grocery stores within walking distance, but your options are greater with an automobile. Still, it is not difficult to arrange a carpool for grocery shopping, or to find willing friends and acquaintances to help you, or to use one of the two closer stores. So again with groceries, a car is probably not necessary.

Zipcar recently set up a service where you can rent a car by the hour.

One thing to keep in mind is that New Jersey has some of the highest insurance rates of any state in the nation. Helpful information about owning a car in New Jersey is available from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Services.

Glad you asked! We have a well-equipped laundry room, a computing facility with a cluster of both MACs and PCs, garden plots, playgrounds, picnic areas, and a volleyball court.