Off-Campus Housing Safety Service
To create better and safer living environment for students who live off-campus, we offer some information for you when you are looking for a rental house.
1. Off-Campus Housing Service:
Yung-Chieh Tang
Tel: 02-27361661 ext. 2266
2. Tsuei Ma Ma Foundation for Housing and Community Service(崔媽媽基金會)
Tel:02-23658140
Email:rent.tmm@gmail.com
3. For more details, please go to this website: 賃居資訊服務網 (Housing Information)
Web: http://rent.tmu.edu.tw/en/index.php
◎Renting safety and notice
1. What you should know before renting.
How to make sure if the house you are going to rent is suitable or not?
Here are some tips, try them out!
Before renting, check out the surrounding environment, safety and the landlord’s personality.
2. After moving into the rental house.
Especially girls should pay attention on these.
I. Check out if there is any public transportation around, especially the transportation to school.
II. How is the street lighting around the renting house.
III. Better to visit the renting house with your friends or family.
IV. If you want to visit the renting house by your own, please remember to inform your family or friends of the location, contact number and the time you are going, and be sure to keep in touch with them.
V. While visiting the renting house alone, remember where the door is and keep it open, so that you can get out the house quickly if something happens.
3. Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning:
When having shower by using a water heater, or cooking meal with gas stove, make sure the air circulation in the room. Do not close the doors and windows just because of cold, it will be resulting incomplete combustion, causing the carbon monoxide poisoning. In addition, before going out or bedtime, check the electricity and whether the gas is turned off, to ensure safety.
4. Personal safety:
Returning to home during the night or pass through a dark remote alley, be careful if someone tracking, self-protection items such as whistle, pepper spray etc. should be always keep inside your bag.
