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Seven is a 23 story tower at 7th and Rio Grande, built in 2015 and run by Greystar. It sits a block north of the West 6th bars, a quarter mile from the Whole Foods flagship and a ten minute walk from Congress Avenue. The Walk Score is 98, and a car is optional here. We track pricing across more than 1,100 Austin communities, and with this one the question isn't the location. It's the building.
Here's what the listing photos leave out. Every base rent carries $61.78 a month in fixed fees, parking runs $150 to $190 more, and electric and water are billed on top. The complaints that keep coming back are about the building, not the people: elevators that break down, and weekend bar noise on the side facing 6th Street.
Below we walk through the real monthly cost, which way to face, what 400 plus reviews say once you get past the first month, and what to test on a tour. It's what we'd go over with you before you ever set foot in the leasing office.
Every number in this section comes from one place: Seven's own pricing feed, refreshed every day. Start with the size you need, then open the exact plan. These are advertised base rents. Fees come on top, and the true cost section below adds them in.
This is a market-rate building, so there is no income cap and everyone pays the same price. If you spot a much lower price at a building nearby, it is usually an income-restricted unit that most renters can't qualify for, not a better deal on the same thing. To rent here, you usually need to earn at least 3x the advertised base rent, counted before any other specials apply. Screening criteria change. Confirm with the leasing office before you apply.
16 floor plans · 22 homes open today · checked October 15, 2026 straight from Seven's pricing feed, refreshed daily. Every open home below is a button: tap one and we will look for your best price on that exact unit. We reply within 24 to 48 hours on weekdays.
12 plans · 14 available · from $2,297
The Bremond
↑ $49 from $2,297
1 bed · 1 bath · 657 sq ft · $3.50/sq ft
1 available
Best valueThe Colorado
↓ $114 from $2,352
1 bed · 1 bath · 764 sq ft · $3.08/sq ft
1 available
1BR
plan image on request
A1-Rice
from $2,396
1 bed · 1 bath · 764 sq ft · $3.14/sq ft
2 available
The Rio
↓ $155 from $2,447
1 bed · 1 bath · 744 sq ft · $3.29/sq ft
2 available · move in now
The Stadium Terrace
↑ $7 from $2,478
1 bed · 1 bath · 685 sq ft · $3.62/sq ft
1 available
The Tower
↑ $25 from $2,497
1 bed · 1 bath · 677 sq ft · $3.69/sq ft
1 available
The Stadium
↑ $25 from $2,567
1 bed · 1 bath · 708 sq ft · $3.63/sq ft
1 available · move in Nov 9
The Lady Bird
↑ $25 from $2,722
1 bed · 1 bath · 779 sq ft · $3.49/sq ft
1 available · move in Nov 11
The Enfield
↑ $202 from $2,769
1 bed · 1 bath · 874 sq ft · $3.17/sq ft
1 available
The Frost
from $2,843
1 bed · 1 bath · 892 sq ft · $3.19/sq ft
1 available
The Skyline
from $2,946
1 bed · 1 bath · 880 sq ft · $3.35/sq ft
1 available
The Shores
↑ $89 from $3,013
1 bed · 1 bath · 867 sq ft · $3.48/sq ft
1 available · move in Dec 14
4 plans · 8 available · from $3,499
The Zilker Terrace
↓ $42 from $3,499
2 bed · 2 bath · 1,030 sq ft · $3.40/sq ft
1 available · move in Dec 23
The Castle Hill
↑ $43 from $3,627
2 bed · 2 bath · 1,225 sq ft · $2.96/sq ft
1 available · move in now
Best valueThe Capitol
↓ $56 from $4,714
2 bed · 2 bath · 1,792 sq ft · $2.63/sq ft
3 available · move in Oct 28
2BR
plan image on request
B6-Morningside
from $5,128
2 bed · 2.5 bath · 1,792 sq ft · $2.86/sq ft
3 available
Data reviewed by Ross Quade, Licensed Apartment Locator (TREC #679806)How we get our dataplan level pricing and availability from the community's pricing feed, checked October 15
Advertised rent is not the whole story. Most communities charge monthly fees on top of rent and bill you for the utilities you use, like water, electric, and internet. It varies a lot, so ask for the fee sheet on your tour. Pick your unit, add the extras that apply, and choose the month you move in. The calculator shows what you should expect to pay each month once those are added and the special is spread across the lease. It is an estimate, not a quote. Only the community can give you a final price.
Bed types come from live pricing. Options are grayed out if Seven doesn't offer that layout.
Specials come from the community and can change or end at any time. Some apply only to select units. The math here is an estimate, not a quote. Confirm the exact numbers on your tour before you sign.
Text me my best priceFree to you. The community pays the Austin Apartment Team a small referral fee, the same way a seller might pay a buyer's agent. We talk with leasing offices every day, track their current specials, and push for the best deal on your behalf.
This is your net effective rent: the special spread evenly across the lease. The community may actually give it as free months, so a single month's bill can be higher or lower. What you pay over the whole lease is the same.
Real rent comps near Seven, pulled from live market data. Pick your unit type below. The market position widget and the map update instantly with advertised base rents for that layout.
Our daily record of this community's advertised starting rent, by bedroom count, drawn as a step. Pick a size above the chart. The rent held at each level until the day we saw it change; nothing between the points is filled in. The number is the advertised rent before any special; where a special was running, a dashed line shows what it nets out to on a 12-month lease.
Cheapest here today 1 bedroom $2,297 ↑ $121 · 2 bedroom $3,499 ↓ $322
Solid is the advertised rent before the special; dashed is the net effective rent on a 12-month lease.
Not counted as rent moves, since the record we read the rent from changed on those days: any size on Aug 31.
See this chart for every community we track, or every move we caught across the market.
Every pin is a comparable 1 bedroom nearby. The colored ring shows price vs Seven. The letter chip in the corner of each pin shows the community's class so you can compare apples to apples. Click any pin for the full detail.
Two things shape this map. Seven's entry one bedroom is a 657 square foot plan, and the cheaper pins around it are older buildings from the 2000s. The towers built since 2014 ask more, some of them for less space. The two bedrooms run from a 1,030 square foot terrace plan that undercuts the towers nearby, through a 1,225 square foot plan, up to 1,792 square foot homes that price near the top of the map. Before you compare totals, add Seven's $61.78 in fixed fees and its parking, and keep in mind that 415 Colorado folds its utilities into the rent.
Every amenity gets a green (works as advertised), yellow (mixed reviews), or red (residents complain) badge based on what people actually wrote.
Advertised: "Expansive sun deck with infinity pool"
Reality: A resident of five years calls the shaded pool a hidden gem and mentions a lounge with couches and TVs. It closed for repairs that ran late in the spring of 2022, so ask whether any work is planned for next summer.
Advertised: "24-hour fitness studio"
Reality: Open all day and night, and residents call it small for a 23 story building. Go look at it around 6 PM on a weekday before you drop an outside gym.
Advertised: "Friendly on-site concierge"
Reality: Concierge praise shows up in 27 Google reviews, and the desk holds food and other deliveries for you. Check the hours in the concierge tab below before you count on a late delivery.
Advertised: "Freight Elevator"
Reality: The top complaint at Seven: 31 Google reviews and 25 on ApartmentRatings mention elevators down or slow. With 23 floors, one car out means crowded rides and long waits. A 2022 resident felt bad for neighbors with large pets who need the room.
Advertised: "Barks & Bubbles on-site pet wash station"
Reality: Useful in a building with no weight limit on dogs, and a 2023 resident says they love all the dogs here. Big dog owners should weigh the elevator problem first.
Advertised: "Outdoor living area with kitchen and fireplace"
Reality: A spot to cook out and sit by a fire without leaving downtown. We found no complaints about it in the reviews we read. Ask if you can reserve it for a group.
Advertised: "Cyber business lounge and boardroom"
Reality: Good for a video call or a meeting you'd rather not host in your living room. Select homes come with a built in desk, which beats carrying a laptop downstairs every day.
Advertised: "Multi-Level Parking Garage"
Reality: Resident parking runs $150 unreserved and $190 reserved a month, per the property FAQ. A resident wrote in March 2026 that their truck was stolen from the garage, and other reviews mention cars broken into and garage gates left open. Leave nothing in the car.
Advertised: "Electric Car Charging Stations"
Reality: The chargers sit in the resident garage, per the property FAQ. Ask how many there are and whether they cost extra before you count on charging at home every night.
Advertised: "Complimentary bicycle storage and repair room"
Reality: Free, and handy with the lake trail about a ten minute walk south. Thefts are the most common incidents in the city data around the building, so keep the bike in the room, not on a street rack.
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Everything Seven publishes about its own amenities and policies, in one place. No digging through their site, no trusting a listing site's stale copy.
Where the floor plans page shows both a base rent and a total monthly price, the gap is $61.78, the fixed fees Seven charges every month. The FAQ names trash, pest control and package service among them. Electric is submetered, and water and sewer are split among residents by a formula, so both bills move from month to month.
Deposits on the floor plans page are $500 on all 18 one bedroom flats, $750 on 4 of the 5 two bedroom flats and $1,000 on 11 of the 13 lofts. The site doesn't list an application fee or an admin fee, so ask for both before you apply.
Up to two cats or dogs per home, with no size cap. Seven keeps a restricted breed list but doesn't post it, so ask for a copy before you apply.
Every pet carries a $500 fee that isn't refunded and $25 a month in pet rent, with no pet deposit. One answer on the property FAQ puts the fee at $350, so get the current number in writing.
The property FAQ lists garage parking at $150 a month unreserved and $190 reserved, per vehicle, and visitor parking at $10 a day. The amenities page still shows $125 and $175. Ask which price applies to your lease.
The amenities page puts resident parking on the Rio Grande side, and people touring park just inside the public garage off 7th Street.
Someone's at the concierge desk from 7 in the morning to 11 at night Sunday through Thursday, and all night Friday and Saturday. It takes in food and other deliveries.
The FAQ mentions resident events, a laundry service and mobile car detailing on site. Seven doesn't furnish apartments, but the FAQ says it works with furniture rental companies.
Source: sevenapts.com amenities, FAQ and floor plans pages, checked October 15, 2026. Policies change, so confirm the current details with the leasing office before you apply.
We read every review across Google and ApartmentRatings. Here's the sentiment breakdown, the themes that came up over and over, and real quotes.
"I called The SEVEN home for five wonderful years, and honestly, I would still be there if we hadn’t had to move."
"If you’re worried about downtown noise, go for a west-facing apartment. You’ll get peace and quiet and a beautiful view."
"The entire staff and concierge are so accommodating and professional."
"There is almost ALWAYS an elevator down."
"Paper thin walls you can hear your neighbors and outside."
Our honest read: Seven's address does most of the work: you walk to dinner, to the trail and to the office, and the staff earns real praise. The building is where people lose patience. When an elevator is out in a 23 story tower, everybody feels it, and from Thursday to Sunday the south side hears Rio and West 6th until close. Neither one is a secret, so plan around both: ask for a home facing west or north, ride the elevators at 8 AM on your tour, and get the parking price in writing before you sign.
The loud side is south, toward Rio and the West 6th bars, and it stays loud until 2 AM Thursday through Sunday. A resident of five years points to west facing homes as the quiet ones, and others say north facing homes on upper floors are quieter too. Tour on a Friday night and stand in the home with the windows shut.
Every fact below is pulled from public data sources (Austin PD, City of Austin permits, FEMA, EPA AirNow, Google) and refreshed automatically. Our read sits on top of the data.
Read this number against the area it covers. Seven's census block group is a big slice of northwest downtown on the West 6th side, with bars, hotels and late night foot traffic. Over the past year it logged 503 property incidents and 111 personal ones, roughly a third more property incidents and a quarter more personal ones than the average block group in the downtown police sector. Theft from a person, theft, vandalism and assault top the list, the pattern you see around bars, and the monthly count eased about 15 percent in recent months. Our read: keep your car empty, let the concierge hold your packages, and walk home from 6th Street with your phone in your pocket.
Crime numbers tell one part of the story. The other question we get about a block like this: what about the cars? So we pulled the city's crash reports for a quarter mile around the building on October 15, 2026. We pull them again every month.
26 crashes in the past 12 months, including 1 death. Most happen on Guadalupe and 6th St.
Our take: pedestrians have been seriously hurt here in the past 12 months. Cross at signals and treat the busy streets with respect, especially at night.
Times shown are a current reading including live traffic, not a full weekday average. Refresh to fetch again. Rush hour commutes (8am / 5pm) will typically run longer than what you see here.
The office towers on Congress Avenue are a ten minute walk or four minutes by car. Buses on routes 4, 5 and 103 stop at 6th and West Avenue, about two minutes from the door, and the Downtown rail station is just under a mile southeast. By car, UT runs about 11 minutes and the Domain about 18 at 8:30 on a Tuesday. Tesla is about 26 and the airport about 28, both southeast of downtown.
Issued: Sep 1 2026 · Exterior remodel of the existing pool bar and new roof over two parts of level 3, plus an interior remodel on level 2 · Status: Active
Impact: This is Rio, the rooftop pool bar residents hear on weekend nights. Expect construction at the corner. Whether the new roof changes how much sound reaches Seven is something to listen for on a tour.
Issued: Sep 10 2026 · Change of use from a residence to a private secondary school, with an addition and a new exterior stair and deck · Status: Active
Impact: A school is moving into a house up the street. Expect drop off traffic on Rio Grande on weekday mornings once it opens.
Issued: Jul 29 2026 · Finish out for guest rooms on floors 5 through 27, a lobby, food service, a ballroom and a fitness floor · Status: Active
Impact: Crews are finishing out the guest room floors of the new hotel at 415 Lavaca, and the permits give no opening date. When it opens, expect more places to eat and drink and more rideshare traffic on the downtown grid.
Three permits matter around this block. Rio, the rooftop pool bar less than a block away, has a September permit to remodel its pool bar and add a roof over two parts of its third level. A house a block up Rio Grande is becoming a private secondary school. And at 415 Lavaca, a few blocks east, a tower is being finished out as a hotel, floor by floor. Expect work crews near the corner this fall and more morning traffic on Rio Grande once the school opens.
Restaurants and bars within a 10-minute walk of Seven. Every card shows the vibe and what it's best for, so you know what kind of place you're walking into before you get there.
Coffee that runs into the evening, with cocktails on the menu and patio seats. Easy to meet someone here after work.
A dog friendly coffee shop that holds a 4.8 across about 300 reviews.
Mornings only, with a patio and dogs welcome. The best rated cup on this list.
Coffee and tea early, wine and craft beer later, from 6:30 in the morning. Open early and late enough to cover a full workday away from home.
A dog friendly patio stop downtown that closes by mid afternoon.
American breakfast and lunch with Mexican touches, and one of the cheaper sit down meals nearby.
Morning classics, burgers and sandwiches, with a few tables on the sidewalk.
Breakfast through dinner with a weekend brunch and a full bar, and it's set up for groups. It holds a 4.8 across more than 15,000 reviews.
Pastries and daytime plates in a Victorian tearoom inside the Driskill Hotel.
Texas cooking inside the JW Marriott, served from early morning until midnight.
Oysters, charcuterie, steak and fish a minute from the lobby, plus brunch on weekends.
A sandwich shop for a fast lunch between calls.
A casual lunch spot in the 2nd Street District with a patio that takes dogs.
Farm to table plates on 2nd Street, with a terrace and happy hour specials.
Caribbean plates and cocktails, open from lunch until 10 at night.
Southwestern food under walls full of Texas oddities, about a minute from the front door, with live music some nights.
An American bistro three minutes away for a dinner that needs no plan.
Contemporary American food in Hotel ZaZa, with live music in the room.
Eastern Mediterranean mezze and wood grilled dishes in the Austin Proper Hotel.
Latin American cooking and the priciest dinner on this list. Book it for a birthday.
A cocktail bar two minutes from the lobby, with a patio and live music.
Inventive cocktails in a big industrial room with a quieter lounge upstairs.
A plush hotel lounge with local musicians and a specialty cocktail list.
A basement jazz bar with live music every night and a long draft list.
A three level club with live music, DJs and a rooftop patio.
You're spoiled for food here. Ranch 616 and Verbena are each about a minute away for dinner, Thistle Cafe and Phoebe's cover breakfast within seven minutes, and Meat & Bread does a quick lunch five minutes out. For a drink, The Betty is two minutes from the lobby and The Roosevelt Room five, and the Elephant Room has live jazz in a basement ten minutes away.
Seven sits in FEMA Flood Zone X, the minimal hazard designation, checked at the building in October 2026. Lenders and landlords don't require flood insurance in this zone.
The building's air sat just over the line from good into moderate the day we checked it, and fine particles were what pushed it there. Ozone and coarse dust stayed well under that. Allergy season here follows the rest of Austin: cedar fever runs December into February, ragweed comes in the fall, and summer can bring the odd smoky day.
Current EPA AirNow reading:
AQI 0-50 = Good · 51-100 = Moderate · 101-150 = Unhealthy for sensitive groups · 151+ = Unhealthy for everyone. Today's headline number is 51, driven by PM2.5.
Flood isn't a worry at this address: FEMA Zone X, minimal hazard. The air read moderate the day we pulled it, a hair past good, and weed pollen ran high, so plan on a rough fall if allergies get you. The bigger question in a 23 story building is power, and the grid note below has the two things to ask.
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Seven makes downtown living without a car easy: a 98 Walk Score, a Whole Foods a quarter mile away, a concierge desk that takes in your deliveries, and loft plans with ceilings up to 22 feet in select homes. If you want to walk out the front door into downtown every day, it belongs on your list.
Go in clear eyed about the elevators, the weekend noise on the 6th Street side and the parking bill. Pick which way your home faces with care, test the elevators at rush hour, and get the fees, the parking price and any special in writing before you sign.
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No. Seven adds $61.78 a month in fixed fees to every base rent, and you pay electric, water and sewer on top of that. The fees tab above has the detail, and it's worth asking leasing what the last 12 months of utilities averaged for the plan you want.
Yes. Up to 2 cats or dogs per home and no weight limit, though some breeds are restricted. The pet policy tab above has the fee and the monthly pet rent.
Open one bedrooms run from $2,297 to $3,013 (657–892 sq ft). Add $61.78 in fixed fees, your utilities and parking if you need it. One bedroom lofts, with an extra half bath, cost a good deal more when one opens. Prices move daily, so text us for the number on a specific home.
No. Seven builds only one and two bedrooms, plus lofts and terrace plans in both sizes. If you need a studio or a third bedroom, The Bowie and 415 Colorado are both within a few blocks.
Specials change often. If one is running, the calculator on this page applies it. Before you apply, ask which homes and which lease lengths it covers, and get it written into the lease.
Seven doesn't post a number. Plan on about 3x the monthly rent, measured on the base rent, not the rent after a special. For a $2,297 one bedroom that works out to $6,891 a month, or $82,692 a year, in income you can document. Those rules can change, so ask leasing first.
Seven doesn't publish its rules on rental history or criminal background. Ask leasing for the written criteria before you pay to apply. If your history has a broken lease or an eviction, text us first and we can point you to buildings that look at those cases one by one.
Parking in the garage costs $150 a month unreserved and $190 reserved, per the property FAQ, but the amenities page shows lower prices, so confirm yours. The parking tab above covers visitors and where to park.
City of Austin police reports logged 503 property incidents and 111 personal incidents in this census block group over the past 12 months. The average block group in the downtown police sector logged 381 and 90. Theft from a person and theft lead the list, then vandalism and assault. Monthly counts eased about 15 percent in recent months. The building has a staffed concierge desk.
If you sign a lease at Seven after we send you, the community pays us a small referral fee from its marketing budget. You never pay us, and coming through us doesn't raise your rent by a dollar.
Rents and open homes come from our pricing data, and the date they were last updated sits beside the prices. The fees, amenities, pet policy and Google rating were read in October 2026, and the review themes come from 400 plus reviews across Google, ApartmentRatings and Yelp. If something looks off, tell us.
Not the right fit? Here's how Seven stacks up against the closest alternatives nearby.
A 2015 tower about a quarter mile southwest with studios and three bedrooms, two sizes Seven doesn't build. Its one bedrooms on our map run bigger and pricier than Seven’s entry plan.
See The Bowie on the map →A 2025 tower about a third of a mile southeast. The rents look higher, but water, electric and the rest of the utilities are folded into the rent, so compare the all in number, not the headline.
See 415 Colorado →A 2008 building at Lamar and 3rd with the cheapest one bedroom on our comps map. It's the oldest of the three, so look closely at the kitchens and baths on a tour.
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