Uptown Broadway Apartments 4560 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80304

"It would be nice to have a heads up from apartment management when there’s construction going on right outside of your apartment door and you work from home…. If you move in to this complex be prepared for constant construction without warning"

"We moved in early July of 2022. When we moved in, the place was beautiful and in great shape being clean of clutter and with landscaping looking great. Shortly after moving in, we had ants in our apartment which is ground floor. We were told the apartment complex was built on an ant hill that was not properly terminated, so the ants are a reoccurring issue and we were added to the pest control list. As we got to fall/winter, there was roof construction. We were informed of the construction in October and the construction went on till March. While inconvenient, I understand it has to happen. Also, the gym was renovated with a time frame of 4 week. 10 weeks later, the gym was completed. The issue with this was lack of communication with these projects, we had one update on the gym 4 weeks after it was supposed to be done. Here’s the big issue! Junk everywhere. Since these construction projects, there are piles of roofing material(?) laying around with caution tape and these piles have been untouched for 6 months or so. Must be ok to leave this “luxury” apartment complex looking like this! Our neighbors had some mold issues and had to have major repairs (pic 1). This took 8+ weeks to complete. Since then, the next two pictures are from our window and the sidewalk with junk being left. Is the construction crew going to clean this up? Who knows. The remaining pictures are from around the complex. A large storage container has been blocking half the middle drive for 6-8+ months and the remaining piles of materials have been sitting untouched. A little communication and caring about appearance would be nice! 2 stars is an appropriate rating, the maintenance guy, John is fantastic and prompt to work on in unit issues. Being in north Boulder is nice with convenient access to the foothills."

"I lived here for a couple of years, partly during the pandemic so a safe and welcoming environment was extremely important. Anytime there was any issue that may have come It was promptly dealt with in a caring manner. The staff was extremely kind and my overall experience was extremely positive especially with the property manager who always promptly responded with care. The unit was also beautiful and well maintained with no issues with the excellent amenities it offered. Extremely grateful that this was part of my living experience in boulder."

"My husband and I have been living at uptown for a year now. We moved from GA and the previous Uptown manager was very helpful with our moving in process. We didn’t know anybody here in Boulder so we attended all the Uptown apt events like food trucks night, bingo game night, smores night and so on. We met many nice uptown neighbors and dogs. One month later, my car that parked in the gated, locked apartment garage had its license tag stolen by one of the subsidized housing tenants (police and the leasing office confirmed this, towed that car, and gave our plate back) There are several of these subsidized units at Uptown and the leasing office claims they are not permitted to deal with them directly, but they are allowed to share the supposedly secure garage. We have had ceiling water leaking issues several times, nearly every time there is a heavy rain. Uptown has had six different maintenance personnel within a single year. Two different contractors tried to fix the leaking but after repeated failures and renewed leaking, we eventually gave up reporting it. During this January-March, roofing construction was constant and it was loud and noisy since our apt spans the top floors. I had to see a big construction vehicle right outside of my window every morning. It did entertain my dog though. During the Covid-19 stay-at- home order, my car (again in the supposedly secure garage) was entered and I filed a police report. Several other residents posted about similar incidents, some even after the apt finally installed cameras in the garage. While everybody was told to be extra careful with social distancing, Uptown had to inspect the water heater pipes because several were damaged during the roofing construction. Our unit was one of them and the damaged pipes can cause leaking carbon monoxide so maintenance was in and out of our apt for weeks to fix while I had to be on conference calls or the meetings while working from home. Right at this moment, Uptown is renovating the court yards. It is so loud and noisy. Buildings are shaking hard and the leasing office told us to move our cars from the garage due to possible damage because of the construction. We pay for the parking in the garage for extreme weather conditions (snow, heat, hail) but we cannot park in the garage during the day time. Their tentative schedule for this renovation will be until September but it could be longer like any other construction. Since we moved in, there has been ceaseless construction work either near by the condos or Uptown apt itself. I have a marijuana smoking neighbor who causes the shared hallway to reek, even though it is a breach of the rental contract to smoke (anything) inside the apt. Reports to the leasing office are not helpful. There are a startling number of smokers living here and I smell strong marijuana and tobacco stench constantly while walking anywhere. Yes, the location is great and people are really nice. In light of all of this, the rapid turnaround of residents here is unsurprising. So far all the residents that I met when I moved in a year ago have moved out (with the exception of some very sweet seniors … and the omnipresent subsidized housing program residents). We choose this Uptown Broadway apt based on the reviews and location from GA. I would have looked at other options if there were any reviews that mentioned any of these issues."

"Somewhere I can finally call home. I have been coming back to Boulder for the last 3 summers in a row. I have stayed in multiple Airbnbs to apartments around Boulder. After signing a 6 month lease I plan to stay permeant here. The location is ideally perfect. You're in Boulder but on the outskirts. There is incredible coffee within walking distance. Bike shops ect. You can hop on a bike and be out of town within minutes because we are at the base of the foot hills. There is multiple run paths that link up to some beautiful trails. I highly recommend these apartments to anyone and everyone."