It depends:

1. Weekdays before, 4pm contact the superintendent.
   
2. For emegencies M-F, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM: contact Facilities customer service: 609-258-8000
   Website: http://facilities.prin ceton.edu/Customer/
   Online  work request form
   Also, contact facilities any time for  non-emergencies.
   
3. For emergencies after-hours & weekends: call Public  Safety: 609-258-3134.

A map and directions to Butler can be found here.

There are large and small Butler apartments. You can see the  Butler floor plans here. Small Butlers cost  significantly less than large Butlers (see below).

The units are large enough for two adults to live very  comfortably. In order to see how much of your stuff you can bring with you,  you may find it helpful to create a grid of the floor plan and arrange  scaled paper cut-outs of your furniture on the grid.

See the "Moving In" page for information on where to buy  furniture.

Yes, the University now installs refrigerators in all Butler apartments for a monthly fee of $5.

First, there is the price of the unit. In the academic year 2005-2006, a small Butler apartment will rent for $645 per  month, a large Butler apartment for $736 per month.

Second, you will want to know the cost of utilities. Water is  included in your rent. Gas and electricity can vary widely  according to the market price and to the quality of your insulation. (Some  units have been renovated as recently as 1997 and others not since the  1940s and 50s; unfortunately you have no way of affecting which unit  you're assigned.) The following figures should be taken only as  approximations, but we would suggest that winter and summer utility bills could  be anywhere between $60 and $120, depending on size of the  apartment, market fluctuations in the prices of gas and electricity, use of  additional heaters, and use of air-conditioner in summer. The  university estimates that heat and electricity will cost $2,242 for a 12  month period.

See also the document from Admissions called "Housing and the Cost of Living for Graduate Students".

Rent in Butler is significantly lower than any other University-subsidized apartments, but whether that translates  into genuine savings will depend upon your use of heating and air-conditioning.

Butler has a fully equipped computing lab for those without computers and for printing. Each  apartment in Butler is equipped with high-speed connections in each apartment  through the Princeton network. For more information, see the dormnet page.

Some units have dormnet hubs connected to them. As a result,  the University pays the power bill directly and charges you a flat  fee. See more details and a list of units here.

No. All leasing is done through University Housing. The Committee would love  to help other graduate students experience Butler life, but there really  isn't anything we can do. Our sympathies go out to all students caught  in the housing crunch; please see the University Housing page, where  there are links to non-University options as well.

Yes, people in absentia sometimes do sublet their  apartments for a semester or during the summer. Postings are often placed  on the bulletin board next to the community laundry room, and in the  Housing Office at Macmillan Hall.

Butler Apartments are for Princeton University students and  their families only.

Yes!!! As a matter of fact, Butler is the only  pet-permissive option available from the University for graduate students.  See more about Butler pets.

Click here for average monthly temperatures and rainfall in Princeton (available in English or metric  measurements).

Click here for today's forecast in Princeton.

Yes!!! See the gardening page.

See the Princeton Regional Schools page.

There are many quality daycares and nurseries available in  the Princeton area. Some are expensive and some offer scholarships  to low-income families. The waiting list is usually pretty full at  most locations, but it pays to call around. In addition, care is  sometimes available through co-op initiatives in the Butler complex or  with other local families. Look for notices on the bulletin board in the  laundry room.

Here are some yellow page listings of local  childcare facilities. You might also go to this Princeton University childcare resource.

Two issues are involved when you consider a car: first,  getting to the University; and second, buying groceries.

As for getting to the University, there is no reason at all  to worry about having a car. Butler is at most a 20-minute walk from the  heart of campus, and biking takes even less time. Some Butler residents  who own a car find that it is just as easy and quick to walk when you  account for parking. The University also runs a campus shuttle service. Click here for a map, schedule and other information.

As for groceries, some students find that having a car is  useful. There are at least two grocery stores within walking distance,  but your options are greater with an automobile. Still, it is not  difficult to arrange a carpool for grocery shopping, or to find willing  friends and acquaintances to help you, or to use one of the two closer  stores. So again with groceries, a car is probably not necessary.

Zipcar recently set up  a service where you can rent a car by the hour.

One thing to keep in mind is that New Jersey has some of the  highest insurance rates of any state in the nation. Helpful information  about owning a car in New Jersey is available from New Jersey  Motor Vehicle Services.

Glad you asked! We have a well-equipped laundry room, a computing facility with a cluster of both MACs and PCs, garden plots, playgrounds, picnic areas, and a volleyball court.