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SeniorWilson44 t1_isic5gt wrote

As someone who used June homes:

  1. I used them because I knew I would be leaving the city in less than a year and I knew about when I was leaving, so I needed a shortened lease (6-7 months). June was great for that.

  2. They covered utilities and they were a step behind in terms of pricing apartments. Like when I signed up they charged me 100 total for utilities (electric, water) when they def were taking a loss. They changed that as I was moving out.

  3. They give you SO MANY FREE TOILETRIES AND PAPER TOWELS. Legit they would drop off large boxes full of it until we told them we had enough. I’m still using paper towels I took when I moved out.

  4. Overall they were kind and accommodating. I would NOT use them if I was signing a year long lease. But if you need a place for like 10 months or something weird then it is totally cool. A lot of the places are empty so I had no Roomate for a month.

  5. Bungalow, a company that is like June, blows ass and don’t use them.

edit: people in the comments are thinking this is some psy opp lol I’ve used both services and explain why below. If you want to use bungalow then go ahead, im telling you it is worse. Plus, why would I say not to use june for year long leases? That’s a big part of their model.

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nnyhof t1_isize8j wrote

I did this too. I needed 3.5 months in a furnished unit and this was the easiest option. I had two 'roommates' in similar situations who came and went during that time too.

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BiblioPhil t1_isjf7i7 wrote

This comment has big "three underpaid June interns in a trenchcoat" energy.

June Homes is great, despite this article demonstrating that they are not! Don't patronize our their competitors! Good day!

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SeniorWilson44 t1_isjtea1 wrote

Lol Ive used both because my MS program was 1.5 years so I signed a 1 year lease normally and then signed a lease until the end of my program and then another until I moved out. The first partial lease I signed was with bungalow and they had a maid which was nice, but they straight up illegally boarded off a kitchen wall to make a new room so I had to call 311. Plus they didn’t give free toiletries and the utilities at the time were not included.

The june place was just nicer and cleaner. I def don’t work in real estate lol

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samtresler t1_iskq8ld wrote

I hadn't considered it as a competitor's takedown piece. Interesting.

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99-dreams t1_isk8wyu wrote

I used June Homes once because I needed a place to stay in the city for only a month. It was mostly fine, though really expensive. The roommate thing kinda sucked, not because they were awful but because they all mutually ignored each other. And it makes sense why they did that but it was not a great environment for me.

So in my opinion, June Homes and similar companies are fine if you're looking for under a year lease options (or if for some, you have money to spend and want to keep switching apartments through different NYC areas). But if you're looking for anything 1+ year lease, don't bother.

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