This was the first place I ever lived in after moving out of the CSU dorms. Lived at New Colony 1997-1998. The rent was low and the location is good. Very close to a Transfort bus stop, and within reasonable walking distance to campus. Close to a bar & small shopping area, but still reasonably quiet. No wild, loud party tenants. Nice surroundings - Rolland Moore Park and Spring Creek Trail at your doorstep. Friendly, safe feeling to the complex. The clubhouse area is great! On site laundry room. Very nice exercise room for an apartment complex. Nice hottub too.
The downsides: maintence staff was only average quality and insulation/construction was poor. I moved in just after the big flood of '97, and the indoor re-painting job they did was poor and the re-carpeting was questionable. The maintence staff did a good job replacing the linoleum floor in our kitchen when asked and responded fast to that, but then later they were disappointing when it came to a gutter problem. The gutter was broken so that every time it would rain, the gutter?s contents were aimed at our door. Large amounts of water would literally come pouring thru the door into our apartment, flooding the carpet! Our front door essentially became a giant waterfall! The maintenance staff was very slow and unhelpful with fixing that.
The overall construction of the apartments was a little disappointing too. The walls provided almost no insulation, so there were problems with it being too chilly in the winter and too hot in the summer. Plus the walls were a poor noise barrier. Sitting in our living room with all the windows closed, you could still easily listen to conversations people were having as they walked past on the sidewalk outside. But the inside walls between apartments were a better noise barrier. The apartments have a lot of problems with things falling apart, I've heard plenty of stories. One problem we had was when a leak from somewhere in our bathroom wall ended up soaking thru the wall into the bedroom closet and ruining many of my possessions and staining the carpet. The office staff originally demanded we pay for that stain from our deposit even though it was not our fault, but later they backed off and were reasonable about it.
Basically, you get what you pay for. It?s a safe, quiet, friendly place, but has cheap interiors. It?s a great value for students or low budget families, but don?t expect too much when it comes to the quality of living quarters. I remember the staff seemed a little worried/hesitant about college students, but still treated us fairly and friendly.