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Renting an Apartment in Edmond

What You Should Know

Edmond is a rapidly growing suburban city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma in the central part of the state. It is the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma and is part of the Greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

The city limits are located on the northern border of Oklahoma City. Two major highways connect Edmond to downtown Oklahoma City; The Broadway Extension (US-77), which runs though the center of the city, and I-35, which runs along the eastern side. As of July 2005, the city had 74,881 residents.

Geography
Location of Edmond, Oklahoma

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 227.8 km˛ (87.9 mi˛). 220.5 km˛ (85.1 mi˛) of it is land and 7.3 km˛ (2.8 mi˛) of it (3.19%) is water.

Awards/image

* "Relocate America" recently named it America's 3rd best city to live in.
* "Universal Publications of New York" recently named it "America's best small town".
* The city is known for taking great pride in its "Edmond, America" image.

Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 68,315 people, 25,256 households, and 18,588 families residing in the city. The population density was 309.8/km˛ (802.4/mi˛). There were 26,380 housing units at an average density of 119.6/km˛ (309.9/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city was 86.58% White, 4.04% African American, 2.27% Native American, 3.26% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.90% from other races, and 2.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.75% of the population.

There were 25,256 households out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $54,556, and the median income for a family was $65,230. Males had a median income of $46,833 versus $28,231 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,517. About 4.4% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.

Famous citizens

Edmond is the hometown of Shannon Miller, who won seven medals in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics for the United States in women's gymnastics.

Pro wrestling superstar Charlie Haas graduated from Edmond Memorial High School in 1991.

Pro BMX rider, Mat Hoffman, was born and raised in Edmond and has broken many world records on Edmond soil including the highest BMX vertical jump.

Edmond is also home of music trio B-Flavor, J-Rock, and Crazy-J, known for such hits as "Time Bomb" and "Destiny."

Several stars of the PGA professional golf call Edmond home, as does the well-known Oak Tree Golf Club. Among Edmond's top golfers are Bob Tway, Scott Verplank, David Edwards and Seniors Golf legend Dr. Gil Morgan.

Shameless Pollock "Snake" has resided there since 2004

Former FEMA Director and Bush appointee Michael Brown worked as an intern in the city's Emergency Management Department while receiving a B.A. in public administration/political science from Central State University (now the University of Central Oklahoma), in Edmond.

Edmond has spawned many in the music industry including Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor of the pop rock group The All-American Rejects, pop rock producer, Tom Mitchell, and music industry artist/illustrator, Jason McManus and one-hit wonder Mikaila.

Edmond is also home to Christian author and LifeChurch.tv pastor, Craig Groeschel.

History

Being the highest point along the Santa Fe rail line in Oklahoma Territory, Edmond was originally named "Summit" and was a watering and sanding point for the railroad in the 1880s. The town was given its current name (after an engineer on the railroad) by the Santa Fe railroad headquarters in Topeka after the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889. Though most of the remnants of the old railroad infrastructure are gone, the Santa Fe, now BNSF, line still runs through the same course.

Notable Events

Edmond was the site of the post office massacre on August 20, 1986, in which fourteen people were killed and six wounded by Patrick Sherrill, an ex- postman who then committed suicide. This event was the second in a string of postal employee murder-suicides throughout the U.S. that led to the term "going postal". A memorial to the victims of that tragic event currently stands outside of the U.S. Post Office in downtown Edmond.

Controversy erupted in 1996 when MetroChurch, a non-denominational church in east Edmond, began planning for the erection of a 163 foot cross adjacent to Interstate 35, the main thoroughfare of the town. The story attracted both local and national press coverage. City zoning disputes were eventually resolved and the structure was completed in 1998. In 2001, Metro Church merged with and became LifeChurch.tv.

The city was also the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case in which a Christian cross was depicted on the city seal, raising issues concerning the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In May of 1996, the Supreme Court let stand a Federal Appeals Court ruling ordering the city to remove the cross from the seal. A replacement icon has yet to be agreed upon, resulting in the curiously vacant spot on the city's seal.


Some Things to Consider When Looking for an Apartment...

When searching for a new apartment make sure to take your time to think through what are the most important things to you in an apartment and plan your search based on those priorities. Here are some things to consider when planning your move:

1. Consider the areas where you would like to live

* What is the crime rate?
* If you have children - what rating does the local school system have?
* Is there area convenient shopping, health and recreation services in the area?

2. Make a list of your housing priorities

* Do you have pets?
* Do you need parking?
* Do you need to be on the ground floor?
* What amenities are important to you - swimming pool, fitness room, in unit laundry?

3. Evaluate the building

* What is the condition of the unit and building?
* Are the grounds maintained?
* Are windows, steps, and railings in good condition?
* View the property at night. Is it safe and well lit?

4. The security of the property

* Are there security service? When is the guard on duty?
* Does the building have controlled access?
* Does each unit have secure door and window locks?

5. Talk to the neighbors

* Ask other residents whether they are satisfied with the building.

6. Amenities

* Who is allowed to use the amenities?
* When are they open?
* Are the fees charged to use those facilities included in rent?

7. Ask about Utilities

* Does the owner or tenant pay the utility bills?
* Are any utilities included with monthly rent?
* Do units have separate thermostats to control heat and air conditioning?

8. Review the lease

* How much notice must you give before moving out?
* Can the rent be increased? If so, by how much and how often?
* Are pets allowed?
* What is the security deposit and cleaning costs upon move out?
* What is the responsibility of tenants for damage to property?
* Is there a penalty for breaking a lease?

9. Information too bring to a lease signing

* Credit Report
* Pay stubs/tax returns
* Reference
* Application

More Apartment Information

An apartment (or flat in Britain and most other Commonwealth countries) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Apartments may be owned (by an owner-occupier) or rented (by tenants).

Some apartment-dwellers own their apartments, either as co-ops, in which the residents own shares of a corporation that owns the building or development; or in condominiums, whose residents own their apartments and share ownership of the public spaces. Most apartments are in buildings designed for the purpose, but large older houses are sometimes divided into apartments. The word apartment connotes a residential unit or section in a building. Apartment building owners, lessors, or managers often use the more general word units to refer to apartments. Units can be used to refer to rental business suites as well as residential apartments. When there is no tenant occupying an apartment, the lessor is said to have a vacancy. For apartment lessors, each vacancy represents a loss of income from rent-paying tenants for the time the apartment is vacant (i.e., unoccupied). Lessors' objectives are often to minimize the vacancy rate for their units. The owner of the apartment typically transfers possession to the occupant by giving him/her the key to the apartment entrance door and any other keys need to live there, such as a common key to the building or any other common areas, and an individual unit mailbox key. When the occupant move out, these keys should typically be returned to the owner.

Apartments can be classified into several types. Studio, efficiency, bed-sit, or bachelor apartments tend to be the smallest apartments with the cheapest rents in a given area. These kinds of apartment usually consist mainly of a large room which is the living, dining, and bedroom combined. There are usually kitchen facilities as part of this central room, but the bathroom is its own smaller separate room. Moving up from the efficiencies are one-bedroom apartments where one bedroom is a separate room from the rest of the apartment. Then there are two-bedroom, three-bedroom, etc. apartments. Small apartments often have only one entrance/exit. Large apartments often have two entrances/exits, perhaps a door in the front and another in the back. Depending on the building design, the entrance/exit doors may be directly to the outside or to a common area inside, such as a hallway. Depending on location, apartments may be available for rent furnished with furniture or unfurnished into which a tenant usually moves in with his/her own furniture. Permanent carpeting is often included in an apartment.

Laundry facilities are usually kept in a separate area accessible to all the tenants in the building. Depending on when the building was built and the design of the building, utilities such as water, heating, and electric may be common for all the apartments in the building or separate for each apartment and billed separately to each tenant (however, many areas in the US have ruled it illegal to split a water bill among all the tenants, especially if a pool is on the premises). Outlets for connection to telephones are typically included in apartments. Telephone service is optional and is practically always billed separately from the rent payments. Cable television and similar amenities are extra also. Parking space, air conditioner, and extra storage space may or may not be included with an apartment. Rental leases often limit the maximum number of people who can reside in each apartment. On or around the ground floor of the apartment building, a series of mailboxes are typically kept in a location accessible to the public and, thus, to the letter-carrier too. Every unit typically gets its own mailbox with individual keys to it. Some very large apartment buildings with a full-time staff may take mail from the mailman and provide mail-sorting service. Near the mailboxes or some other location accessible by outsiders, there may be a buzzer (equivalent to a doorbell) for each individual unit. In smaller apartment buildings such as two- or three-flats, or even four-flats, garbage is often disposed of in trash containers similar to those used at houses. In larger buildings, garbage is often collected in a common trash bin or dumpster. For cleanliness or minimizing noise, many lessors will place restrictions on tenants regarding keeping pets in an apartment.

In some parts of the world, the word apartment is used generally to refer to a new purpose-built self-contained residential unit in a building, whereas the word flat means a converted self-contained unit in an older building. An industrial, warehouse, or commercial space converted to an apartment is commonly called a loft.

When part of a house is converted for the ostensible use of a landlord's family member, the unit may be known as an in-law apartment or granny flat, though these (sometimes illegally) created units are often occupied by ordinary renters rather than family members. In Canada these suites are commonly located in the basements of houses and are therefore normally called basement suites.

Staying in privately owned apartments rather than in a hotel is quickly becoming popular with travelers.