Frequently Asked Questions

Call us to set up at tour at 843-347-3344 or Email us to set up a tour at coastal@collegetowncommunities.com.

Any student will be accommodated at College Town @ Coastal. If you already have other students that you know you would like to live with, you will be placed with them, within the same apartment. If you are looking by yourself you will be matched with other tenants using our Roommate Matching System. The roommate matching questionnaire is part of your initial application that you fill out prior to signing a lease to live at College Town @ Coastal. We use your answers to this questionnaire and compare them with other residents’ answers and match everyone accordingly.

Our furnished units include: leather couches, coffee table, kitchen table with 4 bistro style chairs, full-sized bed with hypoallergenic mattress, desk with locking drawer, desk chair, 5 Drawer dresser, Full Sized Closet, and a flat screen TV in every apartment. Items vary per unit

All kitchens are supplied with a full-sized refrigerator, a range/stove, dishwasher, microwave, and garbage disposal. Each unit is equipped with washer and dryers regardless of the floorplan type.

Utilities are metered directly from the city and billed back to the residents each month. The total utilities are divided among all roommates occupying the space at the time of billing. For floor plan averages, please contact the office.

Password protected wi-fi and trash is included in rent.

No, we do not charge a security deposit!

Rent is to be paid by the 1st of every month of your contract. Arrangements can be made to pay a full semester in advance or a full year in advance if that is desired by the tenant.

Rent payments can be made by check, money order, wire transfer, credit or debit cards (No cash will be accepted) in the leasing office or online through your Resident Portal (javascript:void(0))account. Most debit cards have a daily limit for charges, so check with your bank to be sure you have the ability to make large payments before attempting payment. Convenience fees will apply to any online payment and vary depending on your payment method. College Town Communities splits these fees with you and pays half, so the fee you pay is actually half of the entire fee. Checks are the cheapest way to pay!

Onsite parking is available for tenants at no additional charge. Every tenant must obtain a Parking Permit Sticker from the Leasing Office in order to be permitted to park in the onsite parking lot. Any vehicle parked in the College Town @ Coastal parking lot without a parking sticker will be towed upon discovery. These actions are taken to preserve safe and well-lit parking for our residents who are paying for this amenity.

We are an off-campus student housing facility located in Conway, South Carolina. Because of our close proximity to Coastal Carolina University, many of our residents are CCU and HGTC students.

Any tenant is allowed to have a guest visit or spend the night at any time without the need to register or sign them in. However, a guest is not allowed to stay for more than 3 days at a time. Please contact the leasing office to obtain a guest parking tag to allow your guest to park onsite. Roommate consideration must be taken into account with all visitors. Guests must be accompanied by the tenant whom they are visiting at all times when inside the apartment.

Please Contact the leasing office for information.

ALL tenants will have their own bedroom, bathroom and closet.

We have individual leases which means we rent out per bedroom. You will be solely responsible for the bedroom while the common area and kitchen is a shared space between you and your roommates.

College Town @ Coastal is less than 3 miles from Coastal Carolina University. We offer an exclusive resident shuttle service that goes back and forth from the property to campus every 30 minutes.

College Town @ Coastal is a pet-friendly facility. Anyone requesting to have a pet must submit their request to the Leasing Office, and complete all necessary paperwork, including signing the Pet Addendum and Roommate Authorization Form. Please contact our leasing office for more information. We require a one time, non-refundable, $500 pet fee that is due with your first installment.

College Town @ Coastal has a washer and dryer included in every unit.

Leases for the 2026-27 school year will begin on August 14, 2026.

We offer both school-year leases and full-year leases! 2026-27 school-year leases run through May 24, 2027, and full-year leases run through July 28, 2027.

Background checks are performed on every student who wants to live at College Town @ Coastal. A credit check is performed separately on the parental guarantor for each College Town tenant.

No, there is no fee to apply to live at College Town @ Coastal. There is, however, a $299 Administrative/Facilities Fee once you have decided to complete a lease to live at our property. The Administrative/Facilities Fee is a nonrefundable annual fee due at lease signing for all applicants and renewals. The fee covers the online application process, renewal lease generation, resident and guarantor screening, on-site security, annual lock programming, 24-7 access to the online Resident Portal, security camera monitoring and maintenance, after-hour call center services, and maintenance of all amenity spaces.

Assuming you are of the legal age, you may consume alcohol in your apartment. No alcohol is permitted in the outdoor areas and we ask you to respect all community guidelines.

No. The apartments are already painted. You may decorate your apartments with posters, tapestries, Christmas lights, etc. Please use thumb tacks or nails when hanging things on the walls. Do not use Tape, Glue, Gummy poster hangers, 3M double sided sticky pads, etc. Do not use wall decals, as they will delaminate the face of the drywall. Any unnecessary damage to the apartment walls could lead to you having to pay for repairs.

College Town @ Coastal provides a full size bed frame and full-size mattress. You will need to bring a mattress pad, sheets, blankets, comforters, pillows and bed spread. Every unit will include mini blinds on each window and you may add window treatments if you desire, but the blinds must stay in place.

We work closely with the Coastal Carolina University campus but we are a privately owned company.

Yes. You may use financial aid proceeds or any other 3rd party payment process to pay for your Rent at any of our facilities. Typically financial aid proceeds are dispersed directly to the student who in turn can then use those proceeds to pay for housing. If a rental payment is due and the resident has not received their source of aid yet, the resident must arrange an alternate method for payment in order to avoid any late fees added to your account.

Make checks payable to College Town Communities.

Rent Reporting is an optional credit reporting and financial tool provided by Homebody Insurance Agency, LLC and its affiliate, Simplified Business Group, LLS, also known as Rent Dynamics. For a monthly fee of $8.95, Rent Reporting reports your rent and utility payments (if utilities are not included in your rent) to one or more consumer reporting agencies, such as Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian. Each rent and utility payment made on time helps build your credit over time, payment by payment, month by month, year by year… even if it’s your guarantor making the payment OR you receive financial aid! Imagine what four years of paying rent on time can do for your credit score!

Your credit score is a number that tells lenders if you usually pay your bills on time, are able to keep your credit card balances low, and are able to manage different types of credit. So when you make on-time payments, your credit score may improve or remain the same if it’s already high. However, as someone who rents an apartment, you’re not building your credit history by paying rent on time. Why not? Because rent isn’t considered debt, and paying off debt is typically what builds credit. Rent Reporting is a tool you can use to your advantage because each on-time payment is reported to the very credit bureaus that report these scores to car dealers, mortgage lenders, a future landlord, etc.

The Rent Reporting Addendum is included in your Lease Agreement. However, you may cancel at any time after signing by using the Homebody app, sending a written notice of termination to Homebody at 4205 Chapel Ridge Road, Lehi, Utah 84043, ATTN: Rent Reporting Service Charge, or by emailing rentreporting@homebody.com.(mailto:rentreporting@homebody.com) To avoid being charged for the next month, cancellations must be received at least ten (10) days before the end of the current month. Note: If your lease is joint and several (i.e., shared with roommates), each resident must cancel individually to opt out of the program.

More information can be found online at https://www.homebody.com/products/rent-reporting. In addition to learning about Rent Reporting here, we encourage you to click on the various tools on the Homebody website to learn more about money management. What’s the highest credit score possible? How can I improve my credit score? What credit score do I have to have to buy a car? Or even a house? It’s never too soon to begin thinking about what your financial future holds!