Housing Central

South of San Francisco in ‘Silicon Valley’, your housing options will allow you enjoy the great outdoors or enjoy urban life.


Independent Housing
Local Colleges
Hotels
Other Sources


Independent Housing
Past interns have had the best luck finding safe and reliable housing with using Craigslist and Internhousing.com. They are listed first in this long list of housing options for you.

Craigslist.com is a very popular tool used for finding housing.

Internhousing
IBM has teamed up with internhousing.com to provide you a special resource to assist in your search for housing.

Here are the key features of this powerful tool:
    • Intern Friendly Housing – Obtain access to exclusive listings of furnished Rooms-4-Rent in the homes of local permanent employees. Also, view listings placed by local property management companies who offer short-term rental options to interns.
    • Roommate Search – Search for other interns looking for housing in your destination city and share housing costs. You complete a simple personal profile and search for possible roommates that match your criteria on issues like smoking, pets, traveling with kids, ability to rideshare, etc…
    • InternTalk - Contact other interns looking for housing in your destination city, or use InternTalk to get in touch with other interns before and during your assignment to discuss anything from ridesharing to local hotspots.
    • Housing Search Tips – Learn effective techniques you can use to locate hard to find properties and to successfully negotiate your way into a short-term lease.
    • Housing Resources – Utilize an extensive database of direct internet links which allow you to save time in researching local online rental listings, rental furniture, transportation, and other local resources.
Refer to the housing guidelines for further tips/advice.



Local Colleges/Universities

Please Note: IBM is not responsible for any pricing changes that may occur. University start and end dates are fixed and non-negotiable.

San Jose State University, University Housing Services
Phone: (408) 924-6180 Fax# (408) 924-7500
  • Air conditioned rooms with bed and dresser.
  • Parking included.
  • Cooking, T.V., laundry, phones in common area.
  • Within walking distance of downtown.
  • Approx. 3/4 mile to light rail.
  • 25 minutes away from ARC.

Hotels


It is our intention to offer our interns as many housing options as possible. For those of you who are looking for an environment similar to a dorm setting, the following options offers interns the flexibility of having a private room and the possibility of having their peer interns living in the same building, right next door. What a convenience!
    Residence Inn by Marriott San Jose South
      6111 San Ignacio Avenue
      San Jose, CA 95119
      408-226-7676, ext 605
      Contact Leiker Baptista (SanJoseSouthDOS@ih-corp.com) Director of Sales, for rates
      (be sure to mention that you are an IBM Research Intern, working in Almaden; nightly rate includes breakfast daily)
6189 San Ignacio Avenue 95119
      San Jose, CA 95119
408-229-9188
$55 per night


Following are some of the hotel amenities:
  • A fully equipped kitchen with full-size refrigerator, microwave, stovetop, cooking and dining utensils
  • High speed wireless Internet access
  • Productive and ample work space
  • Complimentary weekly housekeeping
  • All utilities included in nightly rate
  • Iron and full-size iron board
  • On-site Guest Laundry Room
  • Unlimited free local phone calls and customized voice mail
  • Free continental breakfast at ESD 6189 San Ignacio, San Jose



Other Sources

ROOMS FOR RENT

Bay Area Rentals provides Rooms for Rent listings based on your criteria.
For application or information, Go to: Bayrentals.com or call (408) 244-4901

Classifieds2000, a division of Excite, Inc., provides extensive classifieds service including a section on Rentals & Roommates.

San Jose Mercury News - most widely read newspaper in the San Jose area provides a wide variety of resources on its website.

Please Note: IBM does not endorse any listing for available living accommodations. These listings are made available for informational purposes only. You are encouraged to carefully investigate any potential living accommodation or arrangements to ensure they are suitable for your purposes and acceptable to you.


FURNITURE
Cort Furniture Rental
Phone:1-800-677-CORT

If you will be renting a room, you may want to consider obtaining renter's insurance in case of a fire, etc.