Blacksburg Housing Information
The Virginia Tech HFES Mentoring Program
would like to assist you with finding a place to live in Blacksburg.The
following information is based on the findings of a survey that was distributed
to all of the current Human Factors graduate students at Virginia Tech.This
housing mailer focuses on apartment living because 95% of the graduate students
who responded to the survey either currently live in or have only lived in
Blacksburg apartments.
Excellent Housing Resources
- A guide to Apartments in the New River Valley: URL - http://www.apt-guide.com/
- The Virginia Tech Off-Campus Housing Center: Phone = (540) 231-3466,
E-mail = vtoch@vt.edu, URL - http://www.vtoch.uusa.vt.edu/
They have a searchable database of available apartments, rooms, roommates,
etc.
General Considerations
- Large Apartment Communities usually have more personnel to handle your
customer service needs (lease signing/move-in process and maintenance
responses are generally faster).
- The apartments that are “just across the street” from campus or in the
heart of downtown Blacksburg were not rated as high as the apartment
communities (one to three miles out) in terms of their overall condition
(carpet, walls, drapes, and appliances).
- Because parking is difficult during the fall and spring semesters, you may
want to find an apartment close to VT or one with Blacksburg Transit bus
stops.
- The buses in Blacksburg run anywhere from once every 7 ˝ minutes to once
an hour, depending on the bus line.
- Some of the buses to Christiansburg run once an hour or twice a day.
- For bus schedules visit the Blacksburg Transit website http://www.btransit.org/
- One drawback of some of the larger apartment complexes is that they can
have thin ceilings and walls.Therefore, it is not uncommon to hear footsteps
on the ceiling or music from neighboring apartments from time to time.
Recommendations
The following recommendations are based on the positive
apartment living experiences that current Human Factors graduate students have
had in Blacksburg.Specifically, these apartments were the top performers in the
following categories:
- Worry-free lease signing and moving in process
- Maintenance service
- Overall condition of apartment
- Quite area: conducive for studying and getting to sleep at a reasonable
hour
- Proximity to grocery store and bus stop
- Courteous neighbors
- Reasonable utility costs
Please refer to the guide to apartments
for further information on the features of these housing selections.A map of
Blacksburg, indicating the location of the eleven recommendations, is provided
for below.
- Foxridge Apartments- Phone = (800) 525-3432
- University Place - Phone = (540) 552-4000
- Jefferson Apartments - Phone = (540) 552-4252
- Point West Management Co. - Phone = (540) 552-5182
- Shawnee Apartments - Phone = (540) 552-2384
- Lantern Ridge - Phone = (540) 552-8172
- Terrace View Apartments - Phone = (540) 552-2996
- Terpence Apartments - Phone = (540) 951-0514
- Townside Realtors (e.g., Patrick Henry Place) - Phone = (540) 552-4000
- Windsor Hills Apartments - Phone = (540) 552-1515
- Knollwood Apartment Homes - Phone = (540) 961-0500
