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Rents for Flats Are Getting More and More Expensive... or the Way Students Live
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Sunday, 25 November 2012 20:33
Zhanna, a student of the Department of Philology and Journalism of
Artsakh State University, who arrived in Stepanakert from Martouni
with the aim of getting higher education, twice changed flats during
the last two months. Now she has found a cheaper flat and moved there.
Students from regions often face serious problems connected with the
conditions and prices of flats in Stepanakert. At present students pay
rental fees of 15-20 thousand drams on average. It is no secret that
most students today live for their parents' account.
One of them is first-year student Ruzanna who lives in a flat in
Shirvanzade street of Stepanakert and assures that they are four in
the flat and monthly pay 60 thousand drams. Besides, they also pay for
electricity, gas and water. Ruzanna says that the only problem is that
of heating which they tried to solve on their own and heat the flat
with a stove.
Karine Babayan lives in one of the multi-flat houses near Artsakh
State University together with her friend. They pay 40 thousand drams
for the flat and something more for telephone, electricity, gas and
water. According to Karine the conditions are normal though she thinks
that the charge is too high especially in winter when they have to pay
20 thousand drams more for heating. `I would like to move to a cheaper
flat. I stay here only because the flat is quite near the University,'
my interlocutor says.
Students often discuss the issue of high rental charges for flats and
express the opinion that conditions do not change while the rents are
continually rising.
The reason for this was explained by owner of one of the houses in
Ter-Barseghov street, pensioner Mr. Pavel, who has been leasing flats
to students for years. He says that once he leased the flat for 5
thousand drams while now the rent for the same flat is 15 thousand.
`The cost of living is rising and I have to raise the charge for the
flat in order to make my living,' he noted.
Garnik Alexanyan
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/2500-en521
Sunday, 25 November 2012 20:33
Zhanna, a student of the Department of Philology and Journalism of
Artsakh State University, who arrived in Stepanakert from Martouni
with the aim of getting higher education, twice changed flats during
the last two months. Now she has found a cheaper flat and moved there.
Students from regions often face serious problems connected with the
conditions and prices of flats in Stepanakert. At present students pay
rental fees of 15-20 thousand drams on average. It is no secret that
most students today live for their parents' account.
One of them is first-year student Ruzanna who lives in a flat in
Shirvanzade street of Stepanakert and assures that they are four in
the flat and monthly pay 60 thousand drams. Besides, they also pay for
electricity, gas and water. Ruzanna says that the only problem is that
of heating which they tried to solve on their own and heat the flat
with a stove.
Karine Babayan lives in one of the multi-flat houses near Artsakh
State University together with her friend. They pay 40 thousand drams
for the flat and something more for telephone, electricity, gas and
water. According to Karine the conditions are normal though she thinks
that the charge is too high especially in winter when they have to pay
20 thousand drams more for heating. `I would like to move to a cheaper
flat. I stay here only because the flat is quite near the University,'
my interlocutor says.
Students often discuss the issue of high rental charges for flats and
express the opinion that conditions do not change while the rents are
continually rising.
The reason for this was explained by owner of one of the houses in
Ter-Barseghov street, pensioner Mr. Pavel, who has been leasing flats
to students for years. He says that once he leased the flat for 5
thousand drams while now the rent for the same flat is 15 thousand.
`The cost of living is rising and I have to raise the charge for the
flat in order to make my living,' he noted.
Garnik Alexanyan