51 Rainey St · Rainey Street · 23 floors
A 23 floor tower at the lake end of Rainey Street, with a rooftop pool and the hike and bike trail across the street. Its price per square foot is one of the lowest of the rental towers we track on Rainey. It was built in 2013 with 320 homes.
Live prices, checked November 4, 2026
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Touring SkyHouse this fall? Before you sign, we check how many elevators are running that week and ask for the repair timeline in writing.
Last checked October 26, 2026. Sources: KVUE, August 2026 · CBS Austin, October 12, 2026
20 homes listed today, cheapest first. Each price is the home's lowest rent on a 12 to 15 month lease.
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20 available homes from $1,700
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$1,700 a month
$2,000 a month
$2,110 a month
$2,175 a month
$2,310 a month
$2,430 a month
$2,455 a month
$2,540 a month
$3,075 a month
$3,135 a month
$3,135 a month
$3,190 a month
$3,255 a month
$3,375 a month
$3,375 a month
$3,400 a month
$3,445 a month
$3,455 a month
$3,710 a month
$4,090 a month
| Size | From | Sq ft | Per sq ft | Nearby, typical | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,700 | 585 to 672 | $2.53 | $1,527 | 2 |
| 1 bedroom | $2,110 | 593 to 729 | $3.22 | $1,995 | 6 |
| 2 bedroom | $3,075 | 1029 to 1079 | $2.85 | $2,870 | 10 |
| 3 bedroom | $3,710 | 1382 to 1451 | $2.56 | $3,900 | 2 |
No special on our last check. Checked November 4, 2026. "Nearby, typical" is the median within 0.75 to 1 miles.
$1,700 down $290 since October 27, 2026
$2,110 down $25 since October 25, 2026
$3,075 up $10 since October 25, 2026
$3,710 down $420 since October 25, 2026
Lowest listed rent for each size on every day we checked, from October 25, 2026 to November 4, 2026.
Every home here pays $46.35 a month in fees on top of rent. Totals are for the lowest priced home of each size.
On top of that come utilities, which depend on how much you use.
The fee table does not mention renters insurance.
From the property's own fee table: the property's fee page, read October 26, 2026.
$3,171a monthHome 1716, the lowest priced 2 bedroom available today: asking rent, $46 in required monthly fees and one parking space. Change the home, lease, cars and pets below.
A special comes off only when it reaches this home on this lease, worked out the daily way most leasing offices use for specials. A part the property posts no amount for shows as not posted, never as $0. Utilities are billed by use and not included. Open the full cost calculator
Since October 26, 2026, 1 available home here lowered the asking rent (a typical drop was $40) and 11 raised it (a typical rise was $65).
Median of the available homes: $2,310 on Oct 26, $2,370 on Nov 4, lowest $2,235, highest $2,380. Lowest priced available home: $2,135 on Oct 26, $2,110 on Nov 4, lowest $2,100, highest $2,135.
Median of the available homes: $3,275 on Oct 26, $3,315 on Nov 4, lowest $3,275, highest $3,360. Lowest priced available home: $3,065 on Oct 26, $3,075 on Nov 4, lowest $3,065, highest $3,150.
Median of the available homes: $3,900 on Nov 3, $3,900 on Nov 4, lowest $3,900, highest $3,900. Lowest priced available home: $4,130 on Oct 26, $3,710 on Nov 4, lowest $3,710, highest $4,130.
The solid line is the middle of the asking rents for that size; the dashed line is the lowest priced one, where the cost card starts. From the tower's own listings. We started keeping this record on October 26, 2026 and have 9 days so far. Tap a home above to see its own price history.
Too few available homes share a floor plan here today to say what a higher floor costs.
What each side looks at, how much sun it gets and what it costs.
You look up Rainey Street at its bungalow bars and the towers going up around them. The bars are right below on weekend nights.
You look out at I-35, which runs close by. Residents on this side hear steady traffic and sirens at night.
You look out to Lady Bird Lake and the trail across the street. One resident felt the south and east views fall short of the west.
Residents say this is the side to get: the downtown skyline, the water, fireworks and the bats. Floors under about 8 see much less.
Windows look into the courtyard or across to another part of the building. Quieter, with less sun and less view.
From the property's floor plans, read October 26, 2026. North is up.
When direct sun can reach each side, through a July day and a January day.
North: 4.5 hours of direct sun in July, none in January. East: 7.0 hours of direct sun in July, 5.5 in January. South: 5.5 hours of direct sun in July, 9.5 in January. West: 6.5 hours of direct sun in July, 3.5 in January.
Worked out from where the sun sits over Austin on July 15 and January 15 and the way each wall faces. A neighboring tower can shade a wall for part of that time.
Height here doesn't set the price as much as you'd expect. The same plan can cost more on a lower floor than a higher one, so compare homes, not plans.
20 available homes, November 4, 2026. Lowest rent on a 12 to 15 month lease, before the special.
SkyHouse is the value pick on Rainey Street. Fixed fees run $46.35 a month, and the lake trail is across the street. The trade: it's the oldest rental tower we track on Rainey, and its reviews fell from a 4.3 average in 2024 to 2.5 in 2025. The elevators have been the story since an August 2026 kitchen fire. Whether the savings are worth it comes down to your floor and how much the price gap matters to you.
Every written review we found on seven sites.
“You can watch the bats, see the ACL main stage, fireworks for the 4th and NYE.”
“I don't like the parking garage being detached.”
“If elevators got fixed this place would be top tier.”
Years with five or more rated reviews.
Light part: the share that praise it.
| Site | Rating | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 114 | |
| Renter's Voice | 4.43 | 263 |
| Apartments.com | 4.2 | 51 |
| RentCafe | 4.5 | 18 |
| Yelp | 3.3 | 50 |
| Birdeye (native) | 3.9 | 303 |
| 4.4 | 20 |
We read 296 rated reviews on seven sites. Google has 3.7 from 114 ratings, and Renter's Voice 4.4 from 263 survey answers (a survey tied to the manager). Apartments.com has 4.2 from 51, RentCafe 4.5 from 18, Yelp 3.3 from 50 and Facebook 4.4 from 20, plus Reddit. About 70% gave 4 or 5 stars.
The leasing and management team is the strongest theme: 111 of 154 mentions are positive, and residents name staff again and again. Amenities draw praise in 82 of 98 mentions, the location and the lake trail in 78 of 102 and the concierge in 55 of 72. The views are praised in 41 of 51, though residents note new towers now block some sightlines.
Elevators are the main complaint, negative in 35 of 38 mentions, most of them since the August 2026 fire. The garage is negative in 35 of 39 mentions, for the gate and break ins. Noise is negative in 29 of 40, from the Rainey crowd and from neighbors.
The drop started before the fire. A run of 12 one star Google reviews in March 2025 cites an office that didn't answer and guest parking tickets. Earlier, an April 2024 run of 18 five star reviews named staff. Before you decide, read the newest Google reviews; trends move.
Rated reviews on every site we read, cross posts counted once, through October 26, 2026. From 2017 to 2024 most years averaged near or above 4, with dips in 2016 (3.3) and 2020 (3.5).
Walking minutes from the front door. The lake trail is across the street, Royal Blue Grocery and Emmer & Rye are on site, and Rainey Street's bars start a block north.
Walking routes from the front door, computed the day of the pull (October 26, 2026). Ratings from Google Maps.
| Drive to | Distance | Midday | 8:30 AM |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Domain | 12.8 mi | 21 min | 22 min |
| Tesla Gigafactory | 12.6 mi | 22 min | 21 min |
| Airport (AUS) | 11.7 mi | 24 min | 23 min |
| UT Austin | 2.6 mi | 10 min | 11 min |
| Downtown (Congress & 6th) | 1.4 mi | 8 min | 10 min |
Drive times for Tuesday departures at 1 PM and 8:30 AM.
Your trip to work and back from this tower, for the day and times you pick, with Google traffic estimates.
Walk Score for 51 Rainey Street, read October 30, 2026. Most errands work on foot, and the lake trail makes the bike the easy way around.
Royal Blue Grocery and Emmer & Rye are on site, a minute's walk at most. For a bigger shop, the closest Whole Foods Market is 16 minutes on foot.
Rainey Street's bars start a block north; Half Step is 3 minutes away.
Waller Beach is 11 minutes away on foot, on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail around Lady Bird Lake. The trail runs to Zilker Park and the boardwalk. Weekday mornings on the trail are quiet.
By car at midday, downtown at Congress and 6th is 8 minutes away and UT Austin 10 minutes. The airport is 24 minutes, The Domain 21 minutes and the Tesla Gigafactory 22 minutes. MetroRail's Downtown station is a 14 minute walk, per Walk Score. The building sits close to I-35, near Cesar Chavez Street and Riverside Drive.
Rainey Street's old bungalows are bars now, with towers rising around them. Weekend nights bring crowds, noise and tight parking near the bars; weekday mornings are quiet. SkyHouse sits at the lake end, away from the middle of the strip.
Walking times are routes from the front door, from our local places pull of October 26, 2026. Drive times from the same research pull.
Three elevators serve 320 homes on 23 floors. Elevator complaints run through reviews from 2014 on. The freight elevator was out for months in 2024 and again into early 2026, before the August fire. On a tour, ask how many are running and what the repair and service contract looks like.
The garage is a separate building run by LAZ Parking, not by SkyHouse's manager, so the building has less say over its gate and security. Reviews from 2016 to 2026 say the gate often fails and describe car break ins. Ask about the gate and cameras, and keep nothing in the car.
The building earned ENERGY STAR certification in February 2015 (Jordan & Skala Engineers). That rates the building's energy use, not your bill, which still depends on your home and habits.
The property lists Royal Blue Grocery, Emmer & Rye, Salvation Pizza, Kinsho Sushi, Lando's Liquors and Libations and La Vie Med Spa at street level. Some sit in the base of the garage rather than the tower.
The street scores 66 out of 100 (higher is quieter), mostly from traffic. Rainey Street's bar crowd is the noise residents mention most.
FEMA puts this address outside its high risk flood area. Renters insurance doesn't cover floods, cars in the garage included.
The city issued 57 building permits within a third of a mile in the last year.
In the last 12 months, 421 reports came in for this small area around the building. Of those, 71 were against a person. The average for an area this size nearby is 89.
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SXSW. SXSW Conferences and Festivals run March 15 to 21, 2027, with SXSW EDU from March 13. The conference centers on the Austin Convention Center and its showcases fill venues across downtown, so expect crowds, full restaurants and slower rides that week. A move in or tour that week takes more planning. This tower is under a mile from the Austin Convention Center.
Dates checked November 2, 2026: SXSW's 2027 dates announcement
Reports per month in the building's census block group, Nov 2025 to Sep 2026. May to Sep ran 19% above Nov to Mar.
Austin Police Department reports, City of Austin open data. Counts cover the area, not the building alone.
SkyHouse is 23 stories with 320 homes, and every amenity, the gym included, is on the roof. The August 2026 fire started in a 14th floor apartment; if you look at that floor, ask about the repairs.
Floors 2 to 5
Closest to the street, with views mostly of the buildings around you. North facing homes here hear the most of Rainey Street. When the elevators are short, these floors feel it least.
4 available homes today, facing 2 west, 1 east, 1 north.
Floors 6 to 12
Views start to open, most of all to the south toward the lake. North facing homes look at the lower floors of the newer towers. Residents say the west side sees much less below about floor 8.
6 available homes today, facing 2 south, 2 east, 1 north, 1 west.
Floors 13 to 18
Clear lake views to the south, and the skyline between the newer towers to the north.
7 available homes today, facing 3 north, 1 east, 1 west, 1 south.
Floors 19 to 23
The most open views in the building, and the longest elevator waits when an elevator is out.
3 available homes today, facing 1 north, 1 east, 1 south.
Our pick: a west or south facing home on floor 13 or higher, for the lake and the skyline. If the elevators worry you, a lower floor costs you the view but not the walk.
Rents are 12 month prices of the homes available today, November 4, 2026, before the special. The newer towers around SkyHouse run 32 to 56 floors, so an upper floor view from before 2024 may now face one of them. Ask to see the view from the exact home.
A tower from 2013 with floor to ceiling windows and a balcony on most homes, at the south end of Rainey Street. Upper floors look to Lady Bird Lake, and lower floors face the street. The lobby and halls show their age but are kept up.
The rooftop pool deck is the part residents mention most, with the skyline and the lake in view. The gym, yoga studio, SkyLounge, outdoor kitchen, fire pit and coworking space are up there too. Residents call the gym small and dated.
Original homes have granite counters, stainless appliances, exposed concrete ceilings and frameless glass showers, with a washer and dryer in every home. Homes renovated as leases turn get new vinyl plank floors, quartz counters and new appliances. Ask which kind you're touring.
Price per square foot of the cheapest home of each size, today.
| Tower | Floors | Built | Studio | 1 bed | 2 bed | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyHouse Austin | 23 | 2013 | $2.53 | $3.22 | $2.85 | none |
| 700 River0.06 mi | 43 | 2024 | $5.42 | $4.62 | $4.35 | Up to 10 weeks free |
| Paseo0.16 mi | 48 | 2025 | $6.71 | $5.32 | $4.97 | 10 weeks free |
| The Modern Austin Residences0.23 mi | 56 | 2025 | none listed | $4.90 | $4.97 | none |
| The Travis0.23 mi | 50 | 2026 | $4.93 | $4.95 | $4.28 | 4 to 8 weeks free |
We track every rental tower on Rainey Street. Here are the closest ones, with today's lowest rent and price per square foot for each size, their fixed fees and their specials.
| Tower | Floors | Built | Studio from | 1 bedroom from | 2 bedroom from | Fixed fees a month | Special today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Quincy | 32 | 2020 | $1,617 $4.23 per sq ft | $1,895 $3.05 per sq ft | $4,244 $3.51 per sq ft | $163 | Lease with us now and enjoy 8 weeks free. We can’t wait to welcome you home |
| SkyHouse Austin | 23 | 2013 | $1,700 $2.53 per sq ft | $2,110 $3.22 per sq ft | $3,075 $2.85 per sq ft | $46.35 | none listed |
| 700 River | 43 | 2024 | $2,516 $5.42 per sq ft | $3,240 $4.62 per sq ft | $5,083 $4.35 per sq ft | $257.52 | Receive up to TEN WEEKS FREE\ base rent on select floor plans if you lease within 24 hours of your tour |
| The Modern Austin ResidencesCondo tower; each home rented by its owner | 56 | 2025 | none listed | $3,200 $4.90 per sq ft | $5,600 $4.97 per sq ft | none published | none listed |
| The Travis | 50 | 2026 | $2,930 $4.93 per sq ft | $3,250 $4.95 per sq ft | $5,220 $4.28 per sq ft | $190 plus fees with no listed amount | Receive 4-8 WEEKS FREE\ on select lease terms. |
| Paseo | 48 | 2025 | $2,824 $6.71 per sq ft | $2,990 $5.32 per sq ft | $4,439 $4.97 per sq ft | $262.45 | Move in by 1/15 and receive 10 weeks free base rent. Minimum lease term applies. |
Lowest listed rent of each size, with the price per square foot of that home, checked November 4, 2026. Sorted by the one bedroom's price per square foot. Fixed fees are the required monthly charges on each tower's fee sheet, before utilities and parking.
For a two bedroom, SkyHouse's lowest rent is $2,145 lower than The Travis's, $2,008 lower than 700 River's and $1,364 lower than Paseo's. Against The Quincy, the closest in price, its lowest one bedroom is $215 higher and its lowest studio $83 higher.
The newer towers run bigger specials, often weeks free. An offer that says “up to” or “select” may not reach your home, so we never take it off the rent. Ask us which homes get it and compare the full cost of the exact homes you like.
The Modern Austin Residences is a condo tower where each owner rents out their own home. It isn't a direct match for a rental tower like SkyHouse.
SkyHouse and The Quincy are the two lowest priced rental towers on Rainey per square foot. The table shows which one leads on the size you want today. What SkyHouse gives up is the age of the building and, this fall, the elevators.
On price per square foot, it's one of the lowest on Rainey. Today SkyHouse's lowest two bedroom runs $2.85 a square foot, against $4.28 at The Travis, $4.35 at 700 River and $4.97 at Paseo. Its lowest one bedroom runs $3.22, close to The Quincy's $3.05. The trade is a building from 2013 against towers finished from 2021 to 2026. Those towers run specials more often, so compare the full cost of the exact home.
A stovetop fire in a 14th floor apartment on August 3, 2026 drew a second alarm response. No one was hurt, and the damage stayed in that apartment (KVUE). SkyHouse told CBS Austin that two of its three elevators went out after the fire and a separate service issue took the third. Residents wrote in August and September of one elevator serving all 23 floors, with waits of 15 to 30 minutes. A September 24 management email said parts could take six to eight weeks. On October 12 SkyHouse said two elevators were running again, with work continuing on the last.
Your floor and side decide most of it. The north side looks up Rainey Street at its bungalow bars, which are loudest on weekend nights. The east side faces I-35, where residents hear steady traffic and sirens. The address scores 66 out of 100 for noise, which reads as busy, mostly from traffic. Some reviews mention sound between homes too. If noise matters to you, tour the floor and side you'd rent on a weekend evening.
Yes. Up to two cats or two dogs, with dogs up to 70 pounds combined (not per dog). Pets must be at least 6 months old, and no pit bulls or pit bull mixes. The fee table lists a $400 deposit for one pet ($600 for two). The pet fee is $400 and pet rent is $25 a month, each per pet. There's no dog park in the building; the lake trail is across the street.
Parking is in a separate garage next to the tower, which LAZ Parking runs, so you walk between buildings. Unreserved parking is $50 a month for one car with a studio or one bedroom. A two bedroom gets two cars and a three bedroom gets three at that rate. One more car is $100 a month, and reserved spaces are $125 to $175. There's no guest parking. Reviews from 2016 to 2026 describe a gate that often doesn't work and car break ins, so keep nothing in the car.
The property's fee table lists $46.35 a month in fixed fees: $45 for trash and $1.35 for pest control. Water and sewer are metered on top. The application fee is $100 per applicant, the admin fee $250 and the deposit $300 to $500 by size.
Most SkyHouse pages online are listings built from the same feed. We're licensed apartment locators with Spirit Real Estate Group (TREC #562021). We've toured every tower we cover, SkyHouse included, and we track its prices, special and fees every day.
We schedule tours, walk buildings with you, answer questions between visits and help with the application. Before you sign, we check how many elevators are running and which homes get any special. Every figure on this page comes from a named source. Those are Google and other review sites, CBS Austin and KVUE, Austin Police Department open data and the property's own fee table.
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