University Student Apartments
1945 E. Sunnyside Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
801-581-8667  save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
67%

overall rating:
3.8
3.8
3.8 Parking:
4.6
4.6 Maintenance:
3.2
3.2 Construction:
2.8
2.8 Noise:
3.8
3.8 Grounds:
4.2
4.2 Safety:
4.0
4.0 Office Staff:
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Good place- very livable

From: mary_r
Date posted: 4/24/2007
Years at this apartment: 2004 - 2007
Photos are available. 1 photo
 
We have lived here 3 years. The location is unbeatable. We love our evening walks to the Heritage park, shoreline trail, and Red Butte. Every kid ought to have such a great playground full of little friends right outside the front door.
Maintenance is fast and responsive. Bus routes right outside the fence, Trax is close. Parking is adequate, though not covered. Cinderblock invites mold, but maintenance will come paint over it with super-strong mold-killing paint. Walls are not soundproof, but not paper-thin, either.

Don't let my tips scare you. It really is a livable place for the price. If you want a swimming pool and fireplace and covered parking, you're looking at the wrong property. If you are looking for a place to live on a student's budget with a little family, then this just might become your cinderblock Camelot.

Tips if you are moving in:
- Get carpet and carpet pads the size of your industrial-quality carpet. So long as the carpet isn't rubber-backed, it will still breathe and housing allows it. This gives you soft comfy floor in a color that you can live with. Very good if you have kids. Remnants if you're on a tight budget.
- Housing Classifieds come out biweekly. Lots of turnover equals lots of deals on anything you don't have and don't want to purchase new.
- If you plan to stick around for a while, paint one of the non-cinderblock walls an accent color. When you move out, paint eggshell back over it, or else happily forfeit your deposit to have housing repaint for you. This helps reduce the industrial ambiance and increase the feeling of home.
- Unscrew your industrial door closer so that the door closes when you close it, not when you let go of it.
- Pay for the spare key on day one. Keep it at a newly-found trusted neighbor's house for when you lock yourself out. Or if you want, you can ignore me and wait for campus police to come when you leave your sleeping baby for just 2 minutes to run to get the clothes out of the dryer.
- Every month, check the back of the long skinny dark closet for mold. Especially in the winter. I know. Gross. Just check. SEk1KnECheF1ATXbXtrZ

Recommended: YES
Overall Rating
4 out of 5
Parking:
4 of 5
Maintenance:
5 of 5
Construction: 4 of 5
Noise:
3 of 5
Grounds: 4 of 5
Safety: 5 of 5
Office Staff:
4 of 5
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