EDO? PNM? WTF?

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Permalink Reply by Brendan on May 22, 2008 at 11:11am

PNM provides electricity and natural gas to most of NM (and all of Albuquerque). The ads are just saying that you're on the hook for the power/gas bill. If they don't mention the water bill, maybe that's included in rent.

EDO is east of downtown, west of I25. Lots of "lofts" and old Victorian buildings. Some restaurants, not too many services.

You'll also find rental listings in the Alibi, Albuquerque Journal, Daily Lobo. They're all available online.

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Permalink Reply by killbox on May 22, 2008 at 11:38am

most rental properties inlude water with the rent, im not sure if its by law or not, but i think you have to have water service to get trash service, so pretty much all rentl properties i have seen have had water included.

The reason to post PNM needed, would be to warn people with bad utility credit to look for a place with utilities included.. ;-D

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Permalink Reply by hettie on May 22, 2008 at 12:50pm

I think landlords are required by law to provide water service for a rental property. the tenant shouldn't be paying that bill.

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Permalink Reply by Atrisqueño on May 22, 2008 at 1:56pm

landlords pay it because the city can and will put a lien on your property for unpaid bills.

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Permalink Reply by Debby S on May 22, 2008 at 2:56pm

Landlords pay it, but turn around and add it to the rent. It's right there, spelled out in my lease, $X for water depending on the size of the apartment and # of people living in said apartment, and has been for the last few years. Even when the law said the landlord had to pay it, I'm 100% sure it was hidden in the rent. However, I still recycle aquarium water into the flowers I have planted around my front door, so more than just me benefits from what I;m paying for. At least landlords saying the rent went up because they added water makes apartment dwellers more conscientious about not wasting it.

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Permalink Reply by tinsree on May 24, 2008 at 12:14pm

pnm won't be selling our gas for long.

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Permalink Reply by burQue Gal on May 22, 2008 at 11:49am

PNM = Public Service Company of New Mexico (NYSE: PNM)

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Permalink Reply by mombat on May 22, 2008 at 12:08pm

The ABQ journal
The Weekly Alibi
Daily Lobo
all have online classifieds
Lots of places do just put up signs.

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Permalink Reply by typography mon amour on May 22, 2008 at 12:16pm

EDO is a silly developer/marketing name for Huning Highland neighborhood, east downtown, filled with lovely victorian homes. I lived there for 10+ years and loved it. It wasn't always, but it is now very trendy, hence the re-branding of it. It is a great neighborhood for renters.

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Permalink Reply by Khan on May 22, 2008 at 12:39pm

>EDO is a silly developer/marketing name for Huning Highland neighborhood

Amen.
A nice and interesting area that is blighted by (outsider?) re-labeling. What is this, Denver?
Albuquerque is in the throes of some serious development/re-development/gentrification, including a lot of activity by lots of big (mostly CA, far as I understand) developers. As a result, there has been a lot of re-branding/mis-branding, which is kind of confusing. You'll find the Shops at Nob Hill nowhere remotely near Nob Hill. You'll find something called Edo situated where a genuinely vernerable neighborhood called Huning Highlands still stands. You will also find something called "The Q" or just "Q," which is an attempt by our weirdo mayor to re-brand the entire freakin' city.

Far as I know, "The Q" are a race of super-sentient omnipotents represented on this plane of existence by John Delancey. Do be warned, if you refer to Albuquerque as "The Q" while you are physically in the city limits, you may have food thrown at you and be laughed out of town.

Looks like you're moving here for school, so you'll want to be somewhere nearby, I'd assume. Huning Highlands, Downtown, the Student Ghetto, and Nob Hill are the most in-line with being close-by, and you'll find those places advertised in the Alibi & Lobo, or, like Mombat says, just on home-made signs in front yards. Do you like goats? You could go as far as the South Valley and still be able to catch the 66 bus to campus pretty handily. Don't be fooled, the Student Ghetto can be very expensive for what you end up with (read Malcolm X about rents in Harlem vs Manhattan). Prices may decline as you go a bit north or Lomas, but there may be fewer rentals by comparison to the Ghetto.

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Permalink Reply by JeSais on May 22, 2008 at 1:16pm

YES I am moving here for graduate school... but as an older non-traditional student I am not eager to live right in the heart of student ghetto-- I did that years ago when I was an undergrad. But then again, I don't want to be put out to pasture the far suburbs-- I'm not dead yet!

Also, how bad is the parking at UNM? and is it bad all day?

Goats are ok, but I would kind of like to be a little closer to cultural activities...

thanks for all the info! and the tips. Keep 'em coming!!

We have a 'Q' here in San Diego too, it's Qualcomm Stadium...

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Permalink Reply by Brendan on May 22, 2008 at 1:22pm

Parking at UNM is bad all day. Bus service along Central (South border street to UNM) is good all day. Also consider Nob Hill/Ridgecrest. The area north of UNM is not particularly student-ghetto-like and is ideal if you're going into Law or involved with UNMH. There are professorly neighborhoods both west and east of UNM. As a general guideline, the student ghetto ends east of Girard.

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