The Boulder Apartments are pretty obviously targeted at the college crowd and are not "luxury" or "upscale" apartments by any stretch of the imagination. The pros and cons: _____Pros:_____ * The property manager, Alex, is really very nice, friendly, and helpful. It's always a pleasure to deal with him and he seems to be pretty responsive to maintenance needs. I've seen other reviews complaining about the rudeness of the property manager and I can only assume that there has been a change in management, because I've never had a problem with Alex. * The apartments are within an easy (10 minute or less) walk of the bus line into downtown Cheney and EWU and about the same walk to Safeway, Great Clips, Starbucks, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. These apartments are well-situated for someone planning on coming to Cheney without a car. * The units come equipped with a full-sized washer and dryer and a dishwasher. * There seems to be sufficient parking. I have yet to come home and not be able to park close to my building. * There is plenty of closet and storage space in the unit. _____Cons_____ * The buildings are very cheaply built. While the cabinets in my unit are new, they are made of the cheapest materials you can find and are poorly laid out. Even a little thing, like the lack of a drawer wide enough to hold a silverware organizer, shows the lack of forethought given to the building. * Because of the cheap construction, noise is a constant problem. My upstairs neighbors like to stay up until 2 or 3 AM and watch TV, talk loudly, laugh, drink, have sex, etc., which is a problem when I have to be up at 6 to go to work. You can also hear everyone else's dishwashers, washer/dryers, and bathroom ceiling fans running. * The carpets are old and matted down. I've lived in apartments all over the US, and this is the first time I've ever moved in to an apartment that didn't have new carpeting. The carpets were professionally cleaned, but are obviously old and not pleasant to walk on in bare feet. * The appliances in the apartment are the cheapest available (I've never even heard of the brand) and do a mediocre job. * The tap water smells like sulfur. I have no idea why, but it seems to affect the entire complex, not just my unit. When drawing water from the tap, you have to let it run for a few seconds to clear out the sulfur smell and taste. * There are not enough dumpsters in the complex, so they quickly overflow and I'm greeted by the sight of garbage spilling out and piling up on the ground around the unit. This isn't just during those times when students are moving into or out of the units; it's a year-round problem. * The parking lot is not well lit towards the back of the property. While it has yet to happen, I fully anticipate my car being broken into at some point during my stay here. * The air conditioning is simply a window unit that has been set into the wall. It is loud, inefficient, and not really up to the task of cooling the unit unless I let it run all day. _____Conclusion_____ I wish I could recommend these apartments more highly, but sadly, I can't. At the premium prices they are charging (not unusual in a college town, but significantly higher than other housing in the area), I would expect better accommodations. I anticipate moving to another unit once my lease here expires. read more

This was hands down the worst living experience I have EVER had. The most inconsiderate neighbors and a less than helpful manager made this the worst money I have ever spent each month. This apartment complex is a sloppy joke. A huge majority of the tenants (as well as the kid running it) are convinced they don't have to respect anyone else around them, and for this reason, living here was one huge headache after the last. You'll love this property if: You don't work or get up early for school in the mornings, because punk kids will stay up all night yelling and drinking on their balconies and the parking lot. You enjoy picking up other people's trash or walking over fast food wrappers and beer cans, because again, the people who live there have no regard for anyone and will leave their garbage EVERYWHERE. I walked past garbage everyday all over the grounds by my unit. You enjoy late night visits from the cops, because this happened more than once while I was living there, again, because of partying and fighting. On one specific night, three cop cruisers had to be called to control a crowd of frat and sorority members that had moved from someones living room into the parking lot. I was kept up all the time because so many people around us had parties and would get belligerently drunk. They'd stand on their balconies and yell or fight CONSTANTLY. As if that isn't bad enough, on one night, people partying in the parking lot decided they wanted to sit down, but that the grass just wasn't good enough. I watched as three people actually sat on the hood of my car and another tenant, setting off both our alarms in the process. These people are so disrespectful, I was honestly afraid to even walk out and address it. A neighbor below tried doing this at 4am one morning, and she was met with yells and insults like she was dealing with angry teenagers with no respect. You enjoy rude managers! They're the best, and this one is especially good at it! STAY AWAY!!! The apartment complex itself was not made well in the first place, but living with pigeons above your ceiling for three months was really a little too much for me to live with. Not to mention POTHOLES all over that they put off actually fixing until I moved out at the end of July. In fact, after it rained one night and they were full of water, I accidentally drove over one so deep my tire sank into it and I had to have it replaced. When I brought the pothole issue to the manager's attention, I was told it wasn't his job and that it's our responsibility as tenants to fill out work orders for problems in the parking lot. I wasn't complaining about a broken dishwasher for goodness sake. Perhaps I should have filled out a work order for a fence that was broken for almost the entire year that I lived there. Unbelievable. The manager was beyond rude. You can find much cheaper housing all over Cheney and Spokane. You will seriously regret living here the moment you move your stuff in. Side note, I won't make statements about their business practices, because I'm sure the manager and his boss watch these pages carefully, but I have some serious questions about some of the things I witnessed there. For example, when I moved in, I was told the carpets in the living room of our unit were in terrible shape and probably needed to be replaced due to damage done by the previous tenant. However, when I moved in, the carpet was the same one the manager had talked about. I wonder how much the previous tenant was charged to replace those carpets, when they obviously didn't do so. Catch my drift? Better to be safe than sorry, just stay away from Boulder Apartments. read more

Have lived here for over a year with some problems - sub par appliances, stained carpet, shoddy paint and patch jobs on the walls, bathrooms that need some major overhauling, thin walls - but today beats all. In order to park in the parking lot you need a permit. Each person in the apartment with a driver's license gets one, so I have two for my apartment. I have one hanging in my car and one in my purse just in case something happens to the other one. I have been parking my freakin' car in this lot for over a year now and when I woke up this morning my car had been towed. ($250) Apparently the permit had fallen off my mirror where it has successfully hung for over a year. Parking here is already a nightmare as they are too damn lazy to just assign one parking spot per apartment so you can at least park in front of your own building. Some of these apartments have 3 and 4 cars attached to them and so I usually have to park out by the road which is frustrating enough considering the amount of rent I pay for this bullshit. And now my car has been towed?! It's a corporate shithole here - you're better off living anywhere else. FYI Rock Springs and Barrington are owned by the same people. read more

This apartment complex sucks. Rude neighbors, loud neighbors, very very cheap building materials you hear everything that everyone around you is doing. This was hands down the worst living experience I have EVER had. The most inconsiderate neighbors and a less than helpful manager made this a joke and was the worst way I have ever spent my money for one year. This apartment complex is a joke. If you enjoy getting no sleep or getting woke up at two in the morning from partying then you will love this place! People that live here are very disrespectful and have no consideration for others. Management is very rude and impossible to work with if you ask a question you get your head ripped off. The apartments are filthy and very poorly maintained. Nothing in the apartments work or its broken, if you want it fixed you will have to fight for it. The parking is terrible, if your not back to your apartment by three in the afternoon chances are wont be parking by your apartment. If you come in late at night you will park way out and walk into your place. People drive like a bat out of hell through the complex and think that its the dang speedway. People don't know how to park and take up more then one spot. Durning the winter its just a blast getting around in there! There are giant snow berms that you get to drive through or back over and pray you can get over them. As for all the noise in this complex its TERRIBLE!!!!! I seriously don't think theres ANY insulation in the walls. I can hear EVERYTHING all my neighbors are doing. If they fart or burp you can hear them! As for the people below and next to us we over heard some great conversations. An one night I was in my bedroom and heard someone snoring, it scared the heck out of me as it sounded like they were in my closet; then come to realize it was the people that were below us. So if you like living in a scum hole then this is the place for you! If you want to live in a nice apartment then run like heck and don't even stop and look at them, they are a waste of your time!!! read more