The Colleges at La Rue

2 major complaints of the 5 years I’ve lived at The Colleges:
1) They raised the rent every year (by increasing amounts) without adding any new services. The only thing that has changed in that time is the color of the buildings’ exteriors.
2) The people in the office were WAY too lenient on my incredibly obnoxious, inconsiderate neighbors. They have received dozens of complaints about their loud music and parties, cannabis fumes, and constant shouting, but the office staff has allowed them to renew their lease 4 years running.
The apartments are pretty spacious though.

i love this place. management is super nice.

This is my second year living at The Colleges. It has the perks of being on campus, tons of laundry rooms, tons of academic centers, and a pretty decent price for being on campus.
Nikki is super sweet and helpful. The other staff members be condescending and mean at times. But overall, a pretty good bunch of staff compared to other apartment complexes.
If you can get a spot at The Colleges, I would definitely recommend living here!

This is the best location to live at. The place is clean cut and on campus. The management here is wonderful and so is the maintenance crew. I would recommend living here to everyone. I have referred all of my friends to live here. I was never disappointed living here. Two thumbs up!

I’ve been living here for the past 3 years. It’s a great place to live since it’s right across from campus, but since it’s all students, it can get loud and messy. I often see a lot of litter around the complex.
Maintenance is pretty good. Sometimes they take a few days to repair stuff, but they’re good with small repairs. They still haven’t repaired my front door’s weatherstrip though.
It’s nice that utilities is a lot cheaper here than in other complexes. Also, the use of school internet is pretty worth it. A lot of people say the rent here is expensive, but I still think it’s great for the area and size of the rooms.
A few cons are that it’s close to the cow smell and the amtrak is pretty loud at night.

I lived in a 2 bed 2 bath at The Colleges for 4 years. Both the bedroom and the bathrooms were extremely spacious. Throughout my stay I was never disappointed. The office staff was always friendly and prompt with any maintenance issues and always took great care to ensure that everyone was happy. The only thing I would warn about are the college parties and the smell from the Animal Facility where the cows are housed. Being so close to campus, you completely get a strong whiff when the wind picks up. Meanwhile, the parties were expected seeing as how we lived in an exclusive undergraduate community. But everything else was fantastic. Laundry machines were plentiful. They had several study rooms on site and they had a nice fitness center that normally went unused since the complex was right across the street from the ARC.
When it came time to move out we eventually learned that we had received our full deposit back plus interest. I would highly recommend The Colleges to anyone looking for housing. Just know, that it’s extremely competitive to get so it’s best to apply early.

Very nice place to live. I’m going on my second year here and it’s the best apartment complex I’ve lived in. Free internet, good location, nice staff, cool inside and out. If you can get an apartment I highly recomend it.

Probably the best place to live in Davis for students (according to the Aggie anyways!)
I lived in the 4 bedroom 2 bath layout and it’s extremely spacious. It’s a bit on the expensive side but it’s definitely worth it — fast dorm internet is included, and you also get discounted utility prices so running the AC (so necessary in the davis heat) doesn’t cost you an arm and a leg!
I lived in the large room upstairs and it was way large enough to share. i had my full size bed, a dresser, a desk, and still had room for a full size foam mattress size thing on the floor for drunk people to sleep on.
the bathroom upstairs was one of my favorite things. it was ridiculously large (i’m not complaining) with TWO sinks (one for each of us!) and SO MUCH COUNTER SPACE!
i don’t think i can rave about a place enough where you can wake up at 7:30, roll outta bed, leave at 7:40 and walk to you 8am class!
close to the rec pool slash meat market for the summer days. and the study lounges are GREAT for all day group study seshes on sundays! (gota make sure someone stays to hold down the fort while others grab food.)
one gripe though — there’s only about 8 (?) visitors parking spots. which is kind of annoying when you legimitely have guests but people are using that as «free» campus parking. i don’t think taps is TOO strict w/​this parking lot either though.
i would definitely recommend this place!!!

I also have great living experience here. Sooo close to campus. Nice layout (we had the 2bed/​2bath layout.) The rooms are HUGE!
Exercise room, laundry room, and plenty of gated study rooms with air conditioning! (Oh Joy for the summer time!)
And they are very fair with deposit and cleaning fee. We actually get some interest from the deposit as well!

Some of the most modern and lovely apartments in Davis. The apartments are spacious and the management is certainly not overbearing. I lived here for two years and for the price and its proximity to the campus The Colleges can’t be beat.