Houston Second Chance Apartments keeps working after you sign the lease. With 10+ years of apartment locating experience across Greater Houston, our concierge team handles the post-lease details - setting up electric service, scheduling internet installation, binding renters insurance, and coordinating movers. Each one of those is a small task. Stacked together, they eat your weekend.
The Houston Second Chance Apartments concierge team bundles them into one workflow so you can spend that weekend packing instead.
What Our Move-In Utility Service Covers
How Do I Set Up Electricity in My Houston Apartment?
Texas runs a deregulated electricity market, so Houston renters choose their own Retail Electric Provider (REP). Options like TXU Energy, Reliant Energy, Direct Energy, and Gexa Energy each offer dozens of plans. The cheapest plan on the Power to Choose site isn’t always the cheapest for your actual usage pattern. We help you pick a plan that fits - fixed-rate vs variable, contract length, free-nights vs all-day, deposit waivers if your credit doesn’t qualify.
CenterPoint Energy handles the physical delivery of electricity across Houston, but your REP handles billing. For water, gas, and trash, your apartment community usually handles it (or it’s bundled with rent). We confirm what’s covered and what you need to set up - whether you’re in a garden-style complex in Katy or a mid-rise in the Galleria area.
Internet
We send you the available providers at your new Houston address - Xfinity, AT&T Fiber, Verizon 5G Home, T-Mobile Home Internet, plus newer options - with current promo rates and contract terms. If your community has a bulk-internet deal, we explain whether that’s actually a good deal compared to your alternatives.
Do Houston Apartments Require Renters Insurance?
Most Houston communities require a policy with $100,000 in liability coverage. Solid policies run $10-$15/month for basic coverage and $20-$25/month for premium (2026 rates). We can recommend reputable providers and walk you through what coverage levels make sense for your stuff.
Movers & Truck Rental
Need full-service movers? We have Houston movers we’ve worked with who don’t gouge on game-day pricing, whether you’re moving to Sugar Land, The Woodlands, or anywhere inside the loop. Prefer to DIY? We’ll send you current rates from U-Haul, Penske, and Budget for the truck size that fits your apartment.
Your Houston Move-In Day Checklist
Here’s the order we recommend so your first night is smooth:
- 2 weeks before: Transfer electricity, request internet install, bind renters insurance
- 1 week before: Confirm movers (or book truck), submit final walkthrough request to community
- Day of: Final walk through with leasing office, get keys, confirm utility activation
- Night of: Power on, water flowing, fridge running, beds assembled
Why This Concierge Service Is Always Free
Houston Second Chance Apartments doesn’t bill you for the concierge work. Several of our referral partners (some insurance and internet companies) pay us a small commission if you sign up through us, but you pay the same rate either way. We only recommend providers we’d use ourselves.
