Habitat Apartments

I had a really good experience when I lived here! My apartment was huge and newly renovated with lots of parking. It was quiet too, especially for having a baby across the hall. The leasing office and staff were professional and I didn’t really have to interact with them much after I moved in, which is usually a good thing. There is also a nice park close by. The pool was a little small and always full of little kids but I never really used it anyway. All in all it was a great spot!

My husband and I lived here for a year in a ²⁄₁ townhouse. I never was in any of the apartments, but I assume the structure and features and pretty much the same. We liked living here, but it wasn’t the best place I’ve ever lived.
Pros: It’s an easy drive down into Boulder or up to Longmont. It also was easy for me to get to Lafayette which was important since I had to drive there frequently for doctor appointments. The townhouse itself was a good size with very large bedrooms. The little yard was also a nice feature since we have a dog and I like to garden. The neighborhood is very quiet and peaceful. We never had any issues with noisy traffic or people. There is a large park within walking distance that is off-​leash and we had a great time playing with our dog there on a daily basis. It is also within walking distance to another off-​leash area with a lake which was great since our dog loves swimming. The staff here were always very polite and helpful. Plus, they have donuts and coffee on Saturday mornings.
Cons: The buildings are old and you can tell. The floors squeak on the upper level and the stairs. The ceiling paint started to peel in the bathroom and there was a bulge in the kitchen ceiling as well. You’ll want to invest in lamps because the lights here are few and far between. No light in the living room or either bedroom and the lights in the kitchen are too dim for how large of a space it is. The living room is a weird shape so even though the dimensions sound big, you can really only use half the space for furniture. We also had an issue with smoke from our fireplace somehow getting into our neighbors townhouse. Who knows why. If you like ceiling fans like we do, there aren’t any. Also, the insulation sucks. In the winter, we could feel the cold air seeping in. In the summers, the upstairs never cools off very well. Probably because the vents are in the floor and warm air rises, cold air falls. So, that’s a big fail. Even with the a/​c set to like 68 it was still closer to 80 upstairs. Mostly we used the cooler nights and open doors/​windows to cool off the upstairs when it was hot out. When you look at the place, you think that you can have cable in multiple rooms. You would be wrong. We had ONE cable outlet that was actually hooked up to the cable. The others connected to nothing and, according to the cable technician who came out, the interior ones couldn’t be anyways. Very misleading. Lastly, they were not very good about telling us when things were turned off, like when we were moving out and they turned off the water or when the gas went out and we had no heat.
Horrible things that we dealt with but you probably wouldn’t: When the huge flood happened last September, our yard didn’t drain very well. It’s a miracle that the water didn’t come into the house, but we did have to get buckets and literally scoop the water up from the porch area and throw it out over the fence. Eventually, I dug a little hole by the fence and that helped it to not flood. Another time, the gas line for the area went out. This was during and extreme cold snap and it was in the negatives. Because we had such poor insulation, by the time they fixed it the next day, our house was 32*. During that same cold snap, the boiler for our building froze and burst. We had no hot water for about 4 days. These things really weren’t anything the complex could control, but some of the things might not have been AS bad if the townhouse was in better shape and if they had actually told us these things were happening. We found out about the gas and the hot water from me calling them to see what was going on.
Overall, it wasn’t bad. I definitely expected more considering how expensive it is. Consider that in Superior, the other townhouse we looked at is about the same price, but is completely updated and has a 2 car garage. We certainly paid for convenience to the north side of Boulder and both of our jobs over nice amenities and construction. Would we do it again, knowing what we do now? Probably, just because it wasn’t bad and convenient. I’ve made it sound worse than it was, I think. Bottom line, if you can deal with the cons and you want a decently nice place to live that is an easy drive to the surrounding cities, live here. If not, keep looking.

Please see Kevin P’s review. I had same issues with noise and believe me, this is not an exxaggeration. Every time someone is upstairs it sounds like they are playing a game called Slide Large Tables Around For No Reason on a Giant Wood Floor”. I don’t care much about noise but by neighbors came upstairs while I was working from home and said it sounded like I was dropping dumbbells on the floor. I was putting away dishes or sitting down at my desk or something. We couldn’t pinpoint it and I fucking hate walking on my tip toes to try and keep it quiet.
Staff tries but had some incredibly poor response and solution to my master bedroom absolutely freezing. you can see your breath unless you keep the door open and crank the heat in the rest of the house, making it unbearable, (about 80 degrees) to live in and the master still only got up to mid 50’s or something. It is beyond the point of uncomfortable, and IMHO, dangerous. Keeps you up, and you dread getting out of bed just to freeze your ass.
So, they came by to fix it and left a note that said, «Your furnace is working fine, you should just try turning up the heat». They took the liberty of turning up my heat to 72. Way too high as I keep it at 68, even on cold days. You see the heat works perfectly in the entire apt, except for the master. It was about 75 and brutal when I walked in, and still cold in the master. Why would they fuck with my heat anyway. I’m not retarded and would have turned up the heat if that was the god damned solution!!! That is third world service right there.
Pool sucks. Hot ass metallic brown chairs that you need to throw water on just so it doesn’t burn your skin. Literally burn. It’s small and lame and cold.
No real sense of community here and may not be their fault. Just seems like no one is really too happy there.
Kitchen totally blows. Shut off from rest of house and very tiny and not very functional.
I wouldn’t say much about this, but the price reflects something much nicer. My fault for taking a spot like this, I guess. This is something I could actually see before move-​in, not the other issues.
Anyway, I’ve checked out places in Louisville and Broomfield. Unreal amenities and new construction. Closer to restaurants and shopping etc. Go check it out. You get much more for your money.
Even if you do decided to live here after all, do NOT get a North facing unit. Dark and cold.
P. S. And their response to the noise and other things, «well this IS apartment living!» If that doesn’t make you want to donkey punch someone, what does? I know what apartment living is like and asked them if the noise was bad when I moved in.
Also asked if I had any sensitive neighbors. They said no, but were quick to defend with «apartment living» response. They should just mention it before people move in and they won’t get reviews like they are getting.

Above average. It is clean, the staff is responsive to maintenance problems and we are happy with the price vs size. No noise problems. We have a recently renovated model and are enjoying it. Amazingly well insulated.

Let me start by saying this review is about my website experience with
and then my followup visit to the leasing office. I do not currently live here and will not be leasing here.
I stopped by yesterday and their leasing office was closed early because of a meeting. There was a sign that said to take a brochure, but it was empty.
I went online last night and looked at specific availability and pricing for the apartments/​townhouses I was interested in. The homepage only showspics of remodeled apartments, great wood floors, paint, and new appliances. I checked for availability or a 2BrDLX and I had the option of locking a price (showed $ 975).
[from the website]
Apartment 3***
«2DLX» floor plan
Summary
Square feet 1200
Bedrooms 2
Bathrooms 2
Floor 1
Available 8÷7÷2009
Date Needed 8÷21÷2009
Deposit $ 500
Rent $ 975/​month
So I went to look at the apartments.
1^st– the apartment above is not on the first floor as indicated. All the 2×2 Deluxe are on the 3^rd floor. [I have a dog so I wouldn’t have bothered to go look if I had known this]. The leasing agent told me this must mean it is a 1 floor apartment, but after looking at a 3 bedroom townhouse online just a few moments ago, this still says floor:1 and not 2 which would indicate it was a two-​level townhouse.
2^nd– the apartment above is not remodeled [like all the cute pics on the website]. The $ 975 is an unremodeled price. Market price for a remodeled is $ 1175, currently they have one for special $ 1025.
The unremodeled units are from the 70’s. I am not sure what they look like on the inside since they didn’t have to show.
I have the following advice:
1) make sure the website clearly states which apartment is remodeled and unremodeled
2) since the majority of the apartments you have coming up for rent are unremodeled, perhaps have pics of what they look like on the website
3) correct the floor issue, for people with dogs or back/​knees issues knowing what floor the apartment is on is an important fact