Directions to 103 Spring Lane

Spring Lane is a short street with no street sign. 103 Spring Lane is the only house on the unmarked street. If you are coming from downtown, turn left onto Glen Place and 103 Spring Lane will be the first house on your right set up a little on a hill. If you are coming from Cornell and Collegetown, turn right onto Dewitt Place and go to the house on the left with a thin black metal staircase going up to the 3rd story of a green house. The path to the front door is on the left side of the house. It is easier to carry luggage, etc from the Glen Place side of the house because the driveway goes right to the apt 1 porch and front door. Stewart Ave and Buffalo St are major streets in Ithaca that most people know. If you say the house is a couple blocks downhill from the intersection of Stewart and Buffalo, people will understand.

Entering the House

There is a combo lock on the front door of apt 1 and keys to each bedroom. Please make copies of your bedroom key and hide one somewhere in the house so that if you accidentally locked out of your bedroom you can still get in.

Mail

Mail for both apts 1&2 is delivered to the apt 1 porch and mailbox

Beds

Most of the beds are full size (aka double). The bed in apt 1 bedroom B is a twin. There are some clean blankets, towels and sheets in the 2nd floor hall closet that anyone can use. Please launder and fold anything you put back in that closet.

Laundry

The laundry room on the first floor of the house is shared with apt 2. The two tenants in apt 2 have a key to the exterior door to the laundry room.

Directions to the shared laundry room for apt 2:

Circuit blown at 103 Spring Lane? Here’s the first step in troubleshooting and repair (VIDEO also shows how to open the big garage door)

If multiple lights and/or outlets go out in your apt all at once, you probably had too many things using electric at the same time. It could be a toaster, hair dryer, coffee maker, microwave, space heater, or AC are plugged into the same circuit and some were being used and then the fridge motor kicked on. Notice what appliances were being used when the electric went off, and try to avoid having those all of those appliances on at the same time again.

1. Look for the GFI (aka GFCI) outlets in your kitchen and bathroom. Press the GFI reset button on the outlets just in case whatever lost power (could be a ceiling light or something plugged into an outlet) is on that circuit and the GFI tripped. GFI outlet reset buttons can be hard to press with just fingers. If the reset button is popped out, try unplugging the item that is plugged into the outlet and use the metal plug to press the reset button in.
   
2. If there is no GFI outlet involved, reset the circuit in the basement and reset your breaker with an orange band. Just flip that one circuit to one side, and then back to it’s original position. That’s it. Please watch the video and follow the instructions carefully.

*The main fuse boxes are in the basement, not above the washing machine in apt 1).

If you are in apt 2: Use your laundry room key to enter apt 1. Go through the kitchen toward the front door and open the door on the right before the staircase going up. That is the door to the basement. The fuse box is down there. Bring a flashlight. The first basement light is a string hanging parallel the ceiling as you go down the second staircase to the basement. Watch the video below for more instructions.

Trash and Recycling Info:

• The driveway downhill from Spring Lane belongs to the house. The grass and spot where some of the neighbors park farther down on the hill below the house belongs to the neighboring house.
• You do not need a permit to park on Glen Place. If you park on Glen Place, please park as close to the side of the street as possible. Trucks and snow plows need to fit down Glen Place sometimes.
• The two parking spaces closest to Buffalo St on Dewitt Place are reserved for 103 Spring Lane.
• If an unknown person is parking in any Spring Lane parking spaces
  • Leave a note on their car asking them to not to park in the spaces reserved for 103 Spring Lane tenants.
  • If the don’t move the car: Call the Ithaca City Police at 607-272-9973 to have anyone that is not from your house ticketed for being in your parking space. After the ticket has been issued, you can call Finger Lakes Wrecker at 607-273-6972 or any other towing company and ask them to tow the car away. (FYI: The tow company calls the police with the license plate of the car they towed, then the person who gets towed calls the police, and the police tell the person which tow company has their car. There is no penalty or charge for the person who calls the tow company if someone else has officially been ticketed for being parked in their parking space on private property. Dewitt Place is private property).

What to do if a car is parked in your space

1. Ensure that the garbage disposal is not on and remove any debris. Bottle caps, olive pits, silverware, etc can cause the garbage disposal to shut down or even break. Please be aware of this and keep solid items out of the kitchen sink drain.
2. Open the cabinet under the kitchen sink. Press the reset button on the garbage disposal grinder device below the sink.

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS

A light bulb is out? Please watch this video and follow the instructions carefully.

Toilet clogged? Please watch this video and follow the instructions carefully. If that doesn’t fix the problem, please submit a repair request.

Visit our Resources for Renters page for more.

REPAIRS

Need something fixed in a few days? Please follow the steps on How to make a repair request

Note: Tenants are responsible for putting new batteries in chirping smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Tenants are responsible for replacing non-working lightbulbs.

Smoke or Carbon Monoxide Detector Chirping or Beeping? Here’s What to do

PHONE NUMBERS

For a real emergency: 911

Ithaca Police Dept: (607) 272-9973

If you need something related to the house urgently call this number and include your name, address and apt #, and concern:

• ‪Carla at 607-261-1949‬