All Electric Apartments? (Austin, Dawson: apartment complexes, live, prices)

[UTBabyGirl]

Does anyone know any all electric apartments in the central Austin area? I have MCS and cannot be around even the smallest amount of gas. :/

[RevMen]

I'm pretty sure my apartment at Stoney Ridge on S 1st was all electric.

[UTBabyGirl]

Originally Posted by RevMen

I'm pretty sure my apartment at Stoney Ridge on S 1st was all electric.

Great, thanks! Anyone else know of any locations? Is there a way I can search for them, maybe I should get a realtor already? ;P

[MARATA]

Park Terrace at 516 Dawson Road is.

[centralaustinite]

Many, maybe even most apartment complexes are all electric. Some even have community boiler systems for hot water generation. Just call around, shouldn't be hard to find.

[UTBabyGirl]

Originally Posted by centralaustinite

Many, maybe even most apartment complexes are all electric. Some even have community boiler systems for hot water generation. Just call around, shouldn't be hard to find.

Really? I am having a very hard time finding any apartments (that are not recently built expensive student megacomplexes, unfortunately) that do not involve a gas bill. :/ Were you thinking of areas around the UT campus, as well? I am assuming that most of the all electric apartments would have to be built well after the 60s for this to be possible?

[centralaustinite]

Use a locator! Apartment locators are fantastic resources and don't cost you a penny. They should be able to quickly give a list of apartments to consider.

[UTBabyGirl]

Originally Posted by centralaustinite

Use a locator! Apartment locators are fantastic resources and don't cost you a penny. They should be able to quickly give a list of apartments to consider.

Are there any good recommendations for locators in Austin out there? I have called several apartment locations, and it is simply difficult to next to impossible to either contact most of these places or to find apartments near the UT area that are neither expensive nor run on gas.

[h886]

Depends how close you want to get to UT. I believe Tramor in the Arboretum didn't have a gas bill when I lived there, but it's been awhile.

You might need to compromise a bit and be willing to consider something on the UT shuttle bus line, rather than close to UT. It's one thing to find an apartment that's gas-free, probably not too hard, but when you want more variables:

1. Gas free
2. Close to UT
3. Not expensive

...you're narrowing your choices quite a bit. Obviously the closer you get to UT, the more desirable the apartment becomes for many students, which often raises prices. If it was me, I would just call up complexes within your price range and in the right area and ask them. It won't take you any longer than it would the apartment locating service.

[UTBabyGirl]

Originally Posted by h886

Depends how close you want to get to UT. I believe Tramor in the Arboretum didn't have a gas bill when I lived there, but it's been awhile.

You might need to compromise a bit and be willing to consider something on the UT shuttle bus line, rather than close to UT. It's one thing to find an apartment that's gas-free, probably not too hard, but when you want more variables:

1. Gas free
2. Close to UT
3. Not expensive

...you're narrowing your choices quite a bit. Obviously the closer you get to UT, the more desirable the apartment becomes for many students, which often raises prices. If it was me, I would just call up complexes within your price range and in the right area and ask them. It won't take you any longer than it would the apartment locating service.

Is there a simple way to find the current phone numbers for these complexes? I have recently been using those given in Apartment Ratings, but most are outdated or offline. And unfortunately most of the complexes within my price range do not seem to have websites. I suppose locating an online phone book might help.

I am more than willing to compromise in terms of location, as I am incapable of compromising for the last two options.