Laramie Apartments and Houses for Rent

Want to rent a house or apartment in Laramie, Wyoming? We're now taking applications for the Laramie rentals listed on this page. All are in good neighborhoods and have lots of upgrades and amenities. All of these Laramie apartments and houses are owned, managed and maintained personally by us. No absentee landlords, third party managers, agents, or faceless corporations here! We try to maintain the nicest and most economical houses and apartments in Laramie, and we were the first rental managers in town to provide complete rental information (including rents, availability dates, and actual pictures of the units) right here on the Web. If you're interested in renting one of the Laramie apartments you see here, see How to Lease below. If you have pets, be sure to read our pet policy as well. If you drive by one of these properties on your own to view the building or the neighborhood, please do not disturb the tenants! Instead, make an appointment as described in the How to Lease section.

Rent now for fall 2010

Coming to Laramie in the fall of 2010? If so, don't wait until the very end of summer to rent. All of the best units are available in spring and early summer, and rents increase and the selection narrows as fall approaches due to demand from incoming University of Wyoming students. If you start your lease sooner, you may actually save money over the course of the year. You'll probably get a better unit, too, and moving will be more convenient. because your unit will already be waiting. You'll also have space available to sleep in when you visit and/or for summer storage. We offer lower rents during the spring and early summer as an incentive.

List of Available Units (Listed by availability date, then by size)

We give tenants with good records a chance to renew until 45 days before their leases expire. So, the best time to check this site is roughly 45 days before you would like to start renting. We always list everything that we know will be available within the next 4-6 months on this page, and we can't predict availability beyond that. We also remove units from the list, or tag them as rented, within an hour of leasing them. So, what you see here is what we have in inventory. Please do not call or write to ask us if we have, or anticipate, any vacancies that are not listed, or whether a unit that is listed here is really available. (It would not be listed if it were not.) Also, please note that we cannot hold a unit open and unrented for later rental. We must rent from the availability date listed below (or, if the unit is listed as being available "Now," as soon as possible).

All of our leases must end in the summer, so availability is limited during the winter months. However, we occasionally have winter vacancies due to emergency situations. If you can't find what you need here, or if we have nothing available at the moment, we recommend that you check the listings in the local newspapers. You are also welcome to e-mail us; we may be able to refer you to a suitable property elsewhere in Laramie.

Address	Bedrooms	Baths	Uncaged pets	Furnished?	Description and links to photographs	Availability date	Rent
459 N. 5th St. #3	Efficiency	1	No/No	Yes (Bed/dresser, bookshelves, kitchen table)	This furnished efficiency apartment is like having your own private single dorm room, complete with its own kitchen, for less than you'd pay to live on campus or even to share a house! Comes complete with furnishings (including shelves and a bed with a built-in bureau), so there's no furniture to buy. It's move-in ready! Recently refinished hardwood floor. Private kitchen with brand new stove and fridge. Ideal location: 4 blocks to the UW Classroom Building (closer than the UW dormitories); 2 blocks to supermarket, shopping, and a huge laundromat. With all utilities included except for cable, phone, or Internet, this is one of the most economical living spaces you'll find in Laramie. Internet service from LARIAT.NET is available to our tenants at a 25% discount with free installation; service can be up and running the day you move in. Why are we renting it for significantly less than many similar units? Because, due to the way the house was converted into apartments many years ago, the occupant of this unit shares a large private bath -- but nothing else! -- with one other person, dormitory style. The bath is in the hallway just outside the two apartments that share it, and has a pushbutton combination lock. (Prior tenants have reported that, because only one other person uses the bath, it's more convenient than living in a dormitory, a shared house, or even at home with family.) This unit is a great choice for the student who wants a convenient, bright, private, and economical place to live, or for a commuter or businessperson who needs a pied-à-terre in Laramie. E-mail or call 307-761-2895 to see or rent it today.	August 15, 2010 Lease to July 31 2011; renewal possible	$423/mo including utilities! Equivalent rent without utilities: approximately $317/month. See About Utilities below)
465 N. 5th St. #2	3	1	1 only with reference and deposit (See our Pet Policy below)	No	This main floor three bedroom Laramie apartment is a three minute walk away from the UW campus. (Beware of units that seem to be going for "bargain basement" prices but are much farther away; they're no bargain.) It has washer/dryer hookups and a cavernous living room with picture window. Eat-in kitchen has gas stove with electronic ignition. Bath has convenient stall shower, full length mirror, linen storage cabinet. Building has off-street parking. Wheelchair accessible via snow resistant "grip-strut" steel ramp with 1:12 slope and direct access to parking. Ample storage. Bedrooms are at three corners of the unit to ensure maximum quiet and privacy. (Click here for a floor plan.) The third bedroom can also be used as a study, office, or dining room. Bike racks outside. 4 blocks to UW Classroom Building; 2 to supermarket, restaurants, shopping. If you don't have a washer and dryer to hook up, or want extra kitchen space where they would sit, there's a convenient laundromat 2 blocks away. Internet service from LARIAT.NET is available to our tenants at a 25% discount with free installation; service can be up and running the day you move in. Click here for more information about the building. We're pricing this unit lower than most comparable units near campus. Split it with two roommates and it's $340 per bedroom per month -- that's less with utilities than is being asked for some 3 bedroom units without utilities included in the same area. (Remember, the winter utility bills for a 3 bedroom apartment can run as high as several hundred dollars.) Or split this unit with one other person, pay far less than you would for two separate one bedroom apartments, and use the third bedroom as an office or study room. This unit can accept one uncaged pet (cat or dog) if the tenant(s) can provide a reference on the pet from a previous rental where the pet has lived. See our pet policy below for more details. This unit always goes quickly, so please read the rest of this page, then call soon at 307-761-2895 for a tour	August 1, 2010 Lease to July 31, 2011; renewal possible	$1020/mo including utilities! (Equivalent rent without utilities: approximately $765/month. See About Utilities below)

About Utilities

When you compare rental units, don't understimate the value of a unit that rents with utilities -- especially heat -- included. As Weather Underground's normal temperature chart shows, the temperature in Laramie drops below freezing each night for more than half of the year. Natural gas prices are expected to double this winter, and the local electric utility, Rocky Mountain Power, continues to increase rates. And as if the cost of the energy itself weren't enough, the State of Wyoming adds 6% sales tax and the City of Laramie tacks on a franchise fee, which just increased. As a rule of thumb, if you rent a unit without utilities included, you can expect the total cost of utilities to average about 40% of your rent from October to May (most of the year) and 20% during the summer months. Be sure to take this into account when comparing units that include utilities with units that do not.

If you rent one of our units which includes gas and/or electricity, we assume the risk of all energy price fluctuations. We save you money on gas and electricity by estimating how much everything will cost and dividing the costs up between the units in each building according to square footage and estimated hot water usage. The amount you pay is the same every month (no surprises!), and you don't need to undergo multiple credit checks, deal with several monthly bills, or pay hundreds of dollars in deposits to the gas and electric companies to get service. When we provide heat, we do it via a single, energy-efficient heating system that serves the entire building. We will even provide you with energy-saving bulbs for your own fixtures. (They're just as bright as regular bulbs, but use less electricity; this helps us to keep the energy component of rents down.) We make no profit from included utilities; any savings we're able to realize go to you, the tenant, in the form of lower rents. The only things you pay for yourself are your own phone, cable TV (if you decide to subscribe), and Internet if it is not included with your unit. There may be a small electricity surcharge if you have a waterbed (yes, we allow them so long as they have liners).

Location, location....

The area surrounding the University of Wyoming is one of the best places to live in Laramie, whether you're associated with the University or not. All of our units are in quiet residential areas within easy walking distance of UW, Historic Downtown Laramie, and shopping.

If you are a student, staff, or faculty at UW, you'll be especially glad to know that all of our units are closer to the University of Wyoming Classroom Building than any of the University's own dormitories or apartment complexes. Being able to get to campus quickly without driving is a key requirement, because the University has eliminated the 179 convenient parking spaces which once surrounded Prexy's Pasture (the main quadrangle that contains most of the school's academic buildings) and adjacent to the Classroom Building. It has also eliminated parking to build a new Information Technology facility near the Fine Arts building, to add space to buildings near the Wyoming Union, and to build new buildings on the north side of campus. This has created an acute shortage of parking on and near campus. A promised parking garage hasn't materialized, and University officials have defied public protest by lobbying the Legislature not to allocate funds for one, indicating that they are likely to renege altogether on their promises to build one.

Commuters driving to UW are forced to park in distant lots far east or south of the core campus, or to pay for the privilege of parking in closer ones. "Express" shuttle buses deliver passengers from the eastern lot (but, ironically, not the paid lots) to only two locations on campus: the Union and the Classroom Building. (You may wait as long as 15 minutes to catch the one that goes to the Classroom Building -- and this doesn't include transit time.) There's another shuttle route that goes to more locations from the eastern lot, but it takes a full 30 minutes to circle campus. The southern lot has only one bus route, which runs only to the Union and not to the Classroom Building. And the buses to the southern lot stop running at 6 PM.

UW has also raised fees for parking permits to unprecedented levels. (Faculty and staff members asked the University for a reduced rate for employees with salaries less than $30,000 per year, but the University refused.) This means that many of these employees will contend with students for on-street parking near campus. Another surprise: Previously, parking permits weren't required during the summer when the campus is not crowded. But under its new policy, the University requires them all year long.

Finally, the lack of much needed on campus parking infrastructure has driven students, faculty, and staff to hunt for parking on the streets surrounding campus, causing problems for the residents of those neighborhoods. In response to this, the City of Laramie has enlarged the area where parking can be restricted to residents with permits. This means that commuters who try to park on the street near classes will have a difficult time finding a spot.

Bottom line: If you're at UW, it truly pays to live close by and bike or walk to avoid the parking crunch... and that's where we can help. All of our units are a short walk to campus. In fact, every one is closer to the UW Classroom Building, the Pharmacy School, and many other UW academic buildings than UW's own dorms. They're also easy walking distance from groceries, the Laramie post office, downtown, video rental, and a wide variety of restaurants (burritos, bagels, pizza, coffeehouses, and more). Rent with us, and you won't have to worry about the University's parking policies.

How To Lease (Please read!)

If you're interested in renting one of these units, please fill out a rental application. Click here, print the page, fill it out, and bring it when you come to see the unit. You can also FAX the completed, signed application to us; call for a FAX number if you'd like to do this. Please complete one application for each adult who will be living in the unit, even if you are married. (This is due to Wyoming state law. Wyoming is not a community property state and treats married couples as separate individuals for the purpose of finances, contracts, etc.) For the same reasons, every adult who is to be living in the unit must be named on, and sign, the lease.

If the unit is to be occupied by more than one roommate, please try to agree on a time when everyone who will be signing the lease can come for a tour before you call. It is much easier to process applications for roommates if all of them come together, with applications, to view the unit.

It is possible for us to do leases remotely for tenants coming in from out of town. But we prefer, if possible, to meet prospective tenants in person, shake their hands, and get to know them before sitting down to sign a lease. We pride ourselves on being attentive, tenant-friendly rental managers and taking good care of the properties we manage; after all, our tenants are our neighbors! We advocated the passage of the new Wyoming Landlord/Tenant Act when many landlords opposed it. We always require a lease, as this protects both you and us. Our leases are written in plain English with no "fine print." The security deposit is equal to the monthly rent. We ask that you pay the security deposit on or before the date when you sign the lease, and the first month's (or partial month's) rent upon occupancy. (Unlike some Laramie rental managers, we don't ask for the last month's rent until the beginning of the last month.)

Due to market conditions in Laramie, all lease terms must end between May 15th and August 15th. We regret that we cannot sign a lease that ends outside this period. All leases must have a fixed term; we cannot rent month-to-month.

Each of our units contains a stove, refrigerator, and oven. If an apartment is rented "furnished," it contains a full complement of furniture but not hotel-like amenities such as linens, dishes, and silverware. If you rent a furnished unit, please expect to use the furniture that's provided. Due to limited storage space and the difficulty of moving furniture around, we can't remove furniture from a furnished unit.

We favor quiet, serious tenants who do not create disturbances or violate laws or ordinances. Wyoming law makes it a crime for a rental manager or owner to allow underage drinking or use of illegal drugs on the premises. Therefore, our lease does prohibit large, noisy or open parties, gatherings at which minors consume alcohol or illegal drugs, or illegal activity of any kind. The lease also prohibits noise which can be heard outside the unit after 10 PM.

For more information, or to arrange to see a unit by appointment, e-mail us from the mail page. This is often even faster than calling on the phone! And always check this page for the latest information on rental availability.

Our Pet Policy

The overwhelming majority of rental property managers in Laramie simply will not allow uncaged pets -- that is, animals which are not permanently confined to a cage or tank -- at all. This is because they have been forced to repair thousands of dollars' worth of pet damage. However, because we like animals ourselves and understand the affinity people have for their pets, we will allow one (and only one) uncaged pet in specific units so long as certain conditions are met. Please consult the "Uncaged pets" column of the table above to determine whether a particular unit can allow pets.

We can't allow pets in units with central forced air heat (which would distribute pet allergens to all other units in the building) or in units whose floors or floor coverings are likely to be damaged by pets. We also cannot accept pets which generate an odor which is difficult to remove, such as ferrets.

Uncaged pets require an additional pet deposit and will be allowed only with a reference from the manager or owner of a previous rental property where the pet has lived. (Sorry, but the reference must be an impartial third party and not a friend or relative.) Your pet must be mature, as we can't afford to provide the training ground for young animals. Also, the animal must not prevent us from entering the premises in an emergency to make repairs, so we cannot accept large or territorial dogs. Because we want to maintain attractive properties with good landscaping, our lease requires that dogs be walked off the premises, rather than merely being let out the door to do their business in the garden or chained outside. Laramie has a leash law and requires that owners pick up after their pets.

Bona fide, trained service animals used by blind and/or disabled individuals (e.g. Seeing Eye dogs) are, of course, allowed on the premises. However, we do ask that their owners be considerate of tenants with allergies.

We do allow most caged rodents, reptiles, fish, and other animals that are permanently confined to a cage or tank, though we need to know that they'll be there, approve them, and note them on the lease. (We wouldn't want to turn off the power to do repairs, for example, without knowing that a tank of tropical fish depended upon the electricity to survive.) We also ask that, if the enclosure is made of wire, precautions be taken to protect floors and floor coverings from objects ejected through the bars. Usually, this simply means covering the floor around a bird cage or putting a rodent cage in a plastic tub.

Unfortunately, if you have more than one uncaged pet, you will have difficulty finding a rental unit that is in good condition in Laramie and should probably consider buying instead. Housing prices are very reasonable in Laramie, so you will likely come out ahead financially -- especially if you expect to live here for two years or more. We're not licensed brokers ourselves, but we know the local real estate community and can help you locate a reputable seller's or buyer's broker.

Questions? Comments? Please let us know!

Questions? Comments? Anything we left out? E-mail us from our mail page. (You don't need to be at your own computer to send us mail.)

--Brett Glass, Laramie, WY

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