Palm Shadows Apartments

Pro:
— Great location, right between the hospital and UA
— Decent sized apartment
— Very quiet; most of my neighbors are graduate students, and I rarely hear anything from them.
— Pool
— Friendly management
Con:
— Way overpriced compared to many apartments in Tucson
— Apartments tend to get a weird smell. Mine smelled «off» (still not sure what it was) since I moved it, and the smell comes and goes randomly. It’s kind of moldly smelling. Even the management commented on it when one of my neighbors moved in.
— Delivered packages are thrown to the side and very easily lost. I suggest mailing all of your packages to a friend and having them bring your packages to you.
— Slow repairs. Laundry machines have been broken for about two months, and management has said it’ll be about another two before they’re fixed.

have lived at Palm Shadows for over a year and while the place isn’t perfect by any stretch, I really enjoy living here. The apartments are rather large, at least compared to the dorms. When I first moved in they replaced the carpeting, and I gave them a long list of things that needed to be repaired and they got it done really quickly, within a couple days. You do have to stay on top of them, however. The apartments are old but any problem has been taken care of in a timely manner.
The best things about these apartments are the location; next door to several fast food places and restaurants, blockbuster, wells fargo and a hotel. The next best thing is that you can paint and it makes a huge difference. I plan on living here until I graduate from the University of Arizona, and for a college place, it works for me !