2400 Nueces Apartments, Austin TX

Very nice. Maintenance and location is possibly the best in west campus.

2400 Nueces is a bit pricey, but everything was clean and in good condition when my UT student moved in. Maintenance has been responsive to calls. There are terrific views of west campus and the UT Tower. Is this *too* nice for a college student? I resisted the urge to start this review with "In my day. ":)

I lived in a 4x4 at 2400 Nueces in the fall of 2022 and it's a solid apartment.

Pros:
• Proximity to campus. It's literally just like one block away from campus.
• The interior of the apartment is a little dated, but the furniture provided is still functional.
• The bed mattress provided was super soft and comfortable.
• Most units have really nice views from the windows and balcony.
• Since it's a UT apartment, the residents are generally pretty nice and not too loud. It's not filled with party kids like some other West Campus apartments.
• The gym is solid for an apartment. It's got a decent variety of workout machines, dumbbells, and a bench press.
• Any maintenance issues were resolved very quickly (often the same day.)
• I liked that the key to the apartment is also your UT ID card, so I didn't have to carry another set of keys everywhere with me.
• The apartment felt safe while also not being overly restrictive like a dorm. It seems that some of the older reviews said that you had to check in with the front desk if you arrived late at night, but that wasn't the case when I stayed there. All you needed to do was scan your ID outside the door if entering after like 10pm.
• Probably the best pro to the apartment was that if you graduate from UT while living here (or you end up doing study-abroad the next semester), you can actually request to terminate your lease so that you don't have to pay rent for the remaining months. They also pro-rated my rent for the month when I left which was nice. Highly recommend this place if you're a senior.
• In addition, they also offer a limited set of 9-month contracts if you sign very early in the cycle (like early fall semester of the previous school year). It's a nice option if you don't plan on staying over the summer. The 9-month contracts are also at the same rate as the 12-month contracts.

Cons:
• For a 4x4 with an attached bathroom, my rent was about $1,030 a month. It's not the most expensive place in West Campus, but depending on who you might ask, some might still find it pricey.
• For being a UT apartment and having direct access to utexas internet, I thought the internet would be good. Sure if you run a speed test, it'll give you like 200-300 Mbps down, but the network itself is just pretty congested and ends up being really slow sometimes. Furthermore, the Ethernet connections would just randomly lose internet for like 5-10 seconds like a couple times a day. Super frustrating.
• The mail room hours were also kind of annoying. It's not an open-access mail room, so you can only go and get your packages when an RA is present at the mail room. Sometimes, there wouldn't be someone present when the hours said there should. Also, you had to wait an additional 3 hours after a package arrived for them to process it. I guess one benefit is that packages didn't get stolen like other apartments, but it still was a bummer that sometimes you had to wait until the next day to get your package.
• I think there were a couple phantom fire alarms, but it seems that's a common occurrence at most WC apartments lol.

Overall, it's a nice apartment and I highly recommend staying here if you're graduating because it'll save you some money. It's not as modern-looking as some other apartments, but it's still a solid place.