Rooms

For information on requesting maintenance or service, see the maintenance page. Requests for extermination services are handled in the same way as regular maintenance requests.

The floors are covered with a vinyl linoleum tile for bedrooms, kitchens, and living rooms in buildings 2-7. Carpet covers the living rooms and bedrooms in buildings 1 & 8-14, while the kitchen is linoleum. The bathroom is ceramic tile in all apartments.

The walls of the apartments are painted the standard white in buildings 1-7, while they are slightly off-white in buildings 8-14. Pictures can be hung with small nails or picture hooks. Adhesives and larger nails are prohibited.

Telephone jacks and Ethernet ports are available in all apartments, in the living room as well as the bedrooms. If you want phone service when you arrive, you should contact Verizon, and, similarly, if you want electricity to be on when you arrive, you should contact PSE&G to alert them that you will be moving in. If you experience problems with PSE&G, read the FAQ.

The Kitchen is equipped with a gas range (buildings 1-7) or electric range (buildings 8-14) and a refrigerator. Ventilation hoods are also installed in buildings 1 & 8-14.

Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are located in each apartment, and there are fire alarms placed in the hallways. Generally, the apartment smoke detectors are on the ceiling just outside the kitchen. Carbon monoxide detectors are the small devices that are plugged into an outlet, usually near the entry door.

Cable TV hookup is available, but residents must call the local cable provider to obtain reception for their apartments. A note about general TV reception: most apartments do not get very good reception without cable, although some of the high-rise units are better. Cable TV takes care of this problem, but can be expensive (between $20-$40 per month depending on type of package). The community room in building 14 has a cable TV and a DVD player.

A layout of most of the apartments can be found here

Laundry Facilities

There are four laundry rooms: one in the ground floor of building 1, one in the basement of Building 2, one in the first floor of building 10, and one in the first floor of building 14.

Coin-operated washing machines and dryers are available. 50 cents per wash, 25 cents for each 15 minutes of drying. There are no change machines due to liability and maintenance concerns.

IMPORTANT: the new washing machines in buildings 10 and 14 have High Efficiency washers, and work best with high efficiency soap. Such soap can be found in any store, and can be identified by HE on the label.

If you encounter a problem with the laundry machines, please report it using the laundry information on the maintenance page.

Computer Clusters

A cluster is located in building 14, and another in building 1. The doors are locked with a number pad. Please ask a neighbor or the Lawrence Committee for the code.

The computer cluster has several new computers of each platform and a printer. You need a university ID to login. Priority is given to residents who use the computers for papers, projects, and other research or course-related work. Next priority is given to checking email or web-browsing. Least priority is given to playing computer games. Please be considerate when using these computers, especially if you are using it for low-priority activities.

There is a black-and-white laser printer hooked up to the network in this room for student use.

Eating and drinking are not allowed in the computer cluster. Please do not leave computers logged in if you are going away from the room for over half-an-hour. The system will automatically log you out, but it would be polite if you did so yourself.

Storage

Storage bins are provided for residents in building 1, they are located on the ground floor. An individual storage area is provided for each apartment in buildings 2-7, in a room in the basement of Building 2. One-bedroom apartments in buildings 8-14 also have designated storage areas in building 12.

The University does not assume responsibility for any items stored here.

Old newspapers, magazines, and otherwise potential fire hazards may not be stored in these locations. Unclaimed items in storage will be removed from the bins 90 days after the resident has vacated the apartment.

Items may not be stored in the hallways, lobbies, walkways, or the grounds of the buildings.

Community Property

The apartments have several items that are available for everyone to use. A large collection of toys can be found in the community room as well as on the the lawns. These toys include a wide variety of items for children of all ages. More toys are in the process of being purchased.

There are several shopping carts that can come in very useful for transporting food (or anything else) from your car to your apartment (or elsewhere). Also available is a flat-bed cart and a few moving dollies that can come in very useful when furniture or boxes need to be transported during your move-in or your move-out. Once you are done, please return the carts to their designated places (near the dumpsters).

Parking

For information on parking, please visit the TigerParking Office.

During winter months the parking lots are plowed by the university, and shovels are provided for individuals to access their vehicles.

Playground and Recreation Areas

A playground area is available for small children, but is not supervised by the University. This playground is shared with Karin Court, which is a housing complex located nearby (not affiliated with the University). A second brand new play-area has been built between buildings 11 and 12. See the map for the location of the playgrounds.

Several picnic groves with barbecue grills and benches are located on the grounds. Gas grills may not be used within 10 feet of the buildings.

Community Garden

Garden plots are available for residents, on a first-come, first-sign basis. See the garden page for more information.

Mail and Mailboxes

Mail is delivered 6 days a week, in the afternoon. The address residents should use is:

<Name>
Apt<#>
<Building #> Lawrence Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540

Mailboxes are available to all residents. They can be found near the main entrance to each building. Buildings 2-7 have a separate key for the mailbox, while buildings 8-14 have just the one key.

FedEx, UPS, and other mail couriers come regularly to Lawrence, but it is the responsibility of residents to ensure their packages are picked up/delivered safely. (FedEx often delivers packages to neighbors of the recipient when no one else is available. Please check the FAQ if you have questions about receiving and sending mail.