Evan Newhouse

Review of CU Boulder Spanish Club

Don't be fooled by the nice facilities. This place...

Don't be fooled by the nice facilities. This place is a disaster.

-To begin with, rent is a lump sum divided by your lease term. You begin paying rent August first, but you cannot move in until almost September. This means that you effectively pay an entire month of rent without even living in the building.
- There is always something wrong with the parking garage. The door is always broken, the driveway up to the garage needed to be replaced twice in the same year, and we weren't allowed to enter or leave the garage during the repair periods for these issues.
- Walls and floors are paper thin. Have people over? Noise Complaint. Play music or watch a movie? Noise Complaint. Walking across the unit? Noise complaint. Truly this is no fault of management or other tenants. This is the result of poor oversight by ACC and the contractors. If they would've taken more than 10 minutes to construct a unit, this could've been avoided.
- Upon moving into our unit, we had a terrible smell coming from the kitchen area. This was the result of someone fixing the sink drain vent with a ziplock bag and some duct tape, quality craftsmanship.
- There's a small ocean building in the east end of the common area. No idea why it's there or what its purpose is, probably another result of poor construction.
- The doors and windows were put in so poorly that there is a constant breeze of cold air coming in. This means that the furnace is running 24/7 driving up electricity bills. Ironically, that is the only utility that tenants are responsible for.

All together, take your money elsewhere. Even though U-club rent rivals other complexes or housing options, when you divide actual contractual living dates by total rent cost, it is much higher than other options. For such a new complex, there is way too much wrong.