Stapleton Apartments

Like anywhere else, there are pros and cons.
The pros: really nice and comfortable homes; great neighborhood; nice neighbors and sense of community, at least in my building and the ones near me; convenience; great location; Michelle in the leasing office — best asset they have of the people I have interacted with! Very helpful
The cons: I moved into my building over a year ago. Two of the reasons I chose it were that its a non-​smoking community and that the buildings are secured entry. Those are both pros, but I have a neighbor who smokes pot — almost daily — the smell hangs in the air in the stair/​hallways ALL DAY. I have been able to figure out which apartment it comes from, and have reported it to the leasing office. I know that others in my building have reported it as well. The extent of the response was to put up notices that it is a non-​smoking building and one scheduled visit to smell each apartment. It didn’t work. They cleaned up, didn’t smoke inside for a couple of days and therefore the smell wasn’t detected. Lame.
And the building security — it is secure, BUT the call box to allow visitors in is broken. It has been broken since I moved in. I was told it was going to be fixed very shortly after I moved in. As far as I know no one has touched it and it is still broken. I asked the leasing office about it and the answer I got was that the funds to fix it have been approved but they have not been able to decide which company to use to fix it. What? A portion of the rent I am paying is sitting in an account somewhere while people take over a year to decide who to use to fix the thing? Give me the money, I will find someone to fix it.
Most maintenance issues take a VERY long time to get fixed. I am talking months. Apparently there is a new manager who is supposed to be handling that situation. In my most recent situation, I submitted a request about my dryer not working. Someone was supposed to come fix it the next day. They didn’t show up. The request got cancelled. Finally, several phone calls, stops in the office and days later someone came and fixed it. I hope the new manager is successful because that is one of the best ways to lose tenants.

The location is amazing. The apartment is great. I love The Botanica Town Center. My only issue with our living experience hear is how long it takes for anything maintenance related to get done. We have a light in our hallway that needs to be rewired and it has been a year since we initially put in a Service Ticket. Every time I ask about it management tells me that they will look into it and I never hear back from them. I understand that Forest City has many apartment communities to maintain but a year to fix one light fixture? The only reason it is worth being here is the stellar location.

I’ve lived in Botanica on the Green and loved it, and I currently reside in the heart of the ol’ Staplehood. I’ll likely never leave.
To that point, I’ve visited the leasing office of Stapleton apartments 3 times in the last two months tryin’ to stay up on them availabilities, and they’ve been phenomenal.
Ultimately, I’ve found the illest house (not through the leasing office (sad face emoticon)) to rent and will be doin’ so pronto, but I’d totally advocate for visiting these folks– totally chill, no harsh vibes, and totally willing to drive all over the hood with us to show properties.
Patient. Accommodating. Dope.
And Felix, yo? Yo, Felix is the man. My man understands the dress code (and loves my hair) so I was ready to sign before even seein’ a joint!
Flattery, apparently, will get you everywhere.
Get. At. Them.

All I can say is about my experience with property manager Maria Reyes. Terrific. We were seeking a rental in our move here from CA and both in phone and email she was incredibly helpful and attentive always. We did not rent here because of no ground floor vacancies but she is great to work with.
Their main office was also very helpful and professional when we visited.

Horribly managed. Only out to get your money. Way overpriced. Asked for 8 months to have street lights replaced in the very dark, scary parking lot, next to a field with coyotes. Never happened.
Do NOT rent here.
Charged me $ 100 for cleaning after I moved out and I spent $ 200 on professional cleaners.
Seriously, live somewhere else.

A friend of mine recently moved here and all I keep hearing about are how her hot water is not working. Each time she’d contact management and they’d get around to fixing it in a day or two. It surprises me that after doing this 5+ times that this is still a problem that hasn’t really been resolved. What gives?
Also, after visiting my impression is that it looks very nice and modern on this inside but the quality of the fixtures is low end. I hear its a bit expensive for Denver so given these two shortcomings its hard to recommend.
On the positive side, the small cluster of local restaurants in walking distance are fairly decent.

Do not move to the Aster Town Center apartments unless you want to receive continuous updates from management that they need to enter your unit because of the water heater pipes — during the winter months they enter your apartment on average at least 2x a month because of the water heaters (whether you’re home or not). It would seem that the builder and Forest City failed to take into consideration the fact that they constructed this building in Denver — a city that while sunny during the winter, still gets hit with its fair share of snow storms and cold weather. While the building is new, this complex has seen multiple pipes burst during the winter, causing fire alarms to go off continuously. The response/​excuse is that they just want to ensure the maintenance of the property. What they fail to do is look at and take responsibility for the root issue — why would they install faulty pipes that can’t withstand the winter weather? The rent is not worth the allure of a «new» apartment building and inconvenience this has caused to all of the residence. Maintenance and staff are friendly but definitely not worth the hassle.

I’ve lived at Botanica on the Green: Phase II for 3 ½ years now. Before I was moving to a new apartment every year because they all sucked! I love it here. I love being in walking distance to 29^th St., love the jogging trails, love the community. Grounds are very well kept, and maintenance is amazing. Due to being the first to live in our unit, we had some pretty major maintenance requirements within our first year, and I was beyond impressed with the way all of the management folks worked with us. Very professional, friendly, good communication, and efficient. I still wave to them every time we pass outside. Problems: Way too expensive for a one bedroom. Wish that we could have two garage spots rather than one since many of them in the public garage for our unit are untaken. Less than impressed with office staff– they are very friendly, but I have needed to call them at least twice multiple times to follow up on requests. So all in all– love this place! Don’t want to move.

Just moved from Philadelphia area to Denver. My just I mean 11/​01/​2010. :)
My Mom and I looked around over a weekend at a lot of apartments around Denver, some further than others. My main concern was that my White Shephard-​Huskey mix would be allowed in the Apartment. This became harder than I thought with German Shephard being on the restricted breed list everywhere. Stapleton excepted my dog with pleasure,
Stapleton is a really great area — for those that don’t know like me this used to be where the old Airport was. Huge plaza with everything you will ever want including — Super Walmart, Sams Club, King Soopers (Grocery), Home Depot, Panera Bread, Panda Express, Sprint Store, McD’s and many more.
The Apartment is great, a smidge pricey for a one bedroom but has a lot of nice finishing touches. Granite counter-​tops, new appliances, full size washer and dryer, nice sudo-​wood floors, balcony, attached garage, and my favorite a gorgeous dog park within .5 miles.
If you are looking in Denver you should definitely check out Stapleton especially if you have pets. It is an extremely pet friendly neighborhood.
Will update when I have lived there longer than a month. :)

I moved from Boston to Denver about a month ago. We live on Founders Green which is great because we can take our dog out to run around any time of day. Another benefit is that the outside movie nights and Farmers Market are located right across from our door!
It is extremely peaceful in this area, but still offers restaurants/​bars, grocery, and basically all the essentials in walking distance.
The pools are awesome.
All in all we are very happy we moved here.

We chose Stapleton for our move to Denver from Chicago because we had to pick a place in a hurry (so we wanted something new) and my husband will be working at Denver Children’s.
This place is kinda expensive, especially given that we’re far from downtown. But it’s NICE. There are a lot of little touches that they didn’t need to include in an apartment, but they did. Granite countertops. The appliances are good, not bottom-​of-​the-​line (or top-​of-​the-​line, obvs). Our washer and dryer have more buttons than our car. The kitchen cabinets are enormous, and there is similarly ample storage in both of our bathrooms. Our ceilings are crazy-​high. Closets are huge.
Maintenance is good, as well. When we moved in, our dryer was broken, and it was fixed the next day.
Two problems: 1. The walls are a touch thin. We’re on the third (top) floor, but I imagine things are a bit loud on the lower floors. 2. We recently received a letter on the door saying that nothing but patio furniture and plants may be stored on the patio. No grills. No bikes. No bins (we have bins of gardening equipment out there now). Where are we supposed to put this stuff? Also, no one but us can see it, so who cares?
Overall, I love the place. It’s not too expensive, and they allow my two dogs! I’d recommend this complex to anyone.