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New faculty and staff members looking for housing in Grinnell are invited to start their search at our Office of Facilities Management. Facilities Management maintains a list of Grinnell realtors, rental agents, College-affiliated sublets and College-owned rentals in order to help you make the contacts you need to locate appropriate housing in Grinnell. Simply call the Office of Facilities Management's at (641)269-3300 and let them know that you are interested in faculty/staff housing.
College-Affiliated Sublets
Subletting typically involves the renting fully furnished home of a faculty member who will be away from Grinnell for a year.
Facilities Management, (641)269-3300, maintains a list of faculty who are looking for a tenant. The role of Facilities Management is limited to serving as a contact between the two parties; all details concerning the rental agreement and terms of the lease are between the lessee and lessor.
College-Owned Rentals
In addition to rentals in the community, the College owns a limited number of unfurnished rental units. These include 3-bedroom duplexes, as well as 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom houses. You may call Facilities Management, (641)269-3300, for additional information.
- Units are leased on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Most units have washer and dryer hook-ups; the machines are not provided.
- All units have air conditioning (some have central air and some have window units).
- Most furnaces are gas, a few are electric.
- All units have off-street parking (some have driveway or 1- or 2-car garages).
- Cable television is available in all units at the tenant's expense. Prior approval is necessary if installation is required.
- Dogs and cats are allowed in most units. Prior notification and additional deposit is required.
- Limited lawn care and snow removal is provided by the College. All other yard work is the responsibility of the tenant.
- There is a security/damage deposit of $750 for standard renters and $1,000 for those with pets.
- Deposits are due in full prior to arrival.
- Deposits, or portions thereof, are refunded after final inspection of the vacated unit and verification that final utility and water bills have been paid in full and transferred back into the College's name.
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