They are also expected to participate in weekly house meetings and complete delegated household chores in order to maintain a residential environment conducive to learning. Each house has a fully equipped kitchen and large, comfortably appointed common areas. The kitchen, bathrooms, and common areas are cleaned twice a week by a service. Each bedroom has a telephone jack. Each resident will be provided with a twin bed, desk and chair, and closet space.
Bathrooms are single-sex.
All rooms are air-conditioned. The language houses are a short walk from the University's Central Grounds. Residents may move in during the afternoon of Sunday, June 10, 2001. Move out day will be Friday, August 10, 2001. The Historic Renovation Corporation, a subdivision of the University of Virginia Real Estate Foundation, provides the language houses used by the French, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Tibetan programs.