Vacating Your Apartment
Here are the steps you need to take when you are leaving your apartment.
Submit Your Notice to Vacate
- Log into your Housing Self Service.
- At the top of the Housing Self-Service page, select Application and Forms. In the drop down menu select the Apartment Notice to Vacate.
- You will be required to electronically sign and complete all required fields of the form.
View the Vacating Your Apartment brochure
Schedule a Check-out Appointment
Five days (or more) prior to vacating your apartment, complete the following steps to request up a check-out appointment.
- Log into your Housing Self Service.
- At the top of the Housing Self-Service page, select Application and Forms. In the drop down menu select the Apartment Check-Out Appointment Request.
- You will be required to electronically sign and complete all required fields of the form.
Day You Leave
The day you vacate you can turn in your keys at the Housing & Residence Life Office, if it is after hours use the drop off box next to the front door. If using the drop box, put your keys in one of the provided envelopes with your name, ID number, and address filled in. When you return your keys, your apartment should be clean and of all your personal belongings should be removed.
Check-out Checklist
- Stop all deliveries
- Contact cable / internet / phone company(s) to stop service if you have upgraded from the basic service that came with the apartment.
- Review the Vacating Your Apartment brochure
- Remove all personal belongings from apartment and yard
- Oven and stove top: clean oven with commercial cleaner. NOTE: Please leave UND Broiler Pan
- Shelves: wipe/remove contact and/or shelf paper
- Clean windows (remove any stickers)
- Replace burned out light bulbs
- Clean kitchen and bathroom sinks
- Clean shower and tub
- Vacuum/mop all floors
- Wash if needed
- Remove all nails/hooks/stickers/etc.
- DO NOT PATCH NAIL HOLES—Patching may result in charges
- Defrost freezer—do not use sharp objects
- Wipe entire unit—keep refrigerator plugged in
(mold grows in dark, damp places) - Set temperature to 1 or 2
- Leave all existing curtain rods in place
- Close and latch all windows/dust sills and baseboards
- Leave ice cube trays and broiler pan
- Return Midco cable box during your checkout or return it to the Housing & Residence Life Office
- Midco Modem Box, cables & power adapter must stay in the apartment. Removal of Modem & Adapter will result in a $165.00 charge.
- Turn in keys to staff. Failure to return all keys will result in a charge to re-core locks.