Dove tree apartment area (Colorado Springs: apartment complex, to rent, high crime)

[jenmmad]

Looking to relocate to colorado springs area with my husband & young daughter. Was interested in the Dove Tree Apartments, they look very updated & acomidating to our needs. But very unsure of the nieghborhood & was wondering about the area & elementry school districts. We are wanting to rent an apartment or home. Would very much appriecate an insiders point of view of the surrounding areas as well. Here are the specifics of what we are looking for:

Neighborhood
-safe location
-great school district

Rent Apartment/Home
-2 bed 2 bath
-updated/modern/contempary - kitchen especially
-Washer/Dryer
-Walkin closets
-$600 to $900 budget

Our Top Zip codes
-80907
-80916
-80918
-80919
-80904
-80840

[Mike from back east]

Tell us, at what street address are the Dove Tree apartments located.

[PokerMunkee]

Doesn't look like that great of a place from Google Street View.

My MIL lives in the Oasis apartments off Filmore/Centenial, it's a nice complex. She pays $975 for a 2 bedroom, 1 bath, and attached garage. There is another complex, Riatio Heights, a few blocks from there, that also looks nice.

[719inhere]

Originally Posted by jenmmad

Looking to relocate to colorado springs area with my husband & young daughter. Was interested in the Dove Tree Apartments, they look very updated & acomidating to our needs. But very unsure of the nieghborhood & was wondering about the area & elementry school districts. We are wanting to rent an apartment or home. Would very much appriecate an insiders point of view of the surrounding areas as well. Here are the specifics of what we are looking for:

Neighborhood
-safe location
-great school district

Rent Apartment/Home
-2 bed 2 bath
-updated/modern/contempary - kitchen especially
-Washer/Dryer
-Walkin closets
-$600 to $900 budget

Our Top Zip codes
-80907
-80916
-80918
-80919
-80904
-80840

I know people who live in an apartment complex close to the apartments your talking about, and this is a neighborhood on the Southeast side of town. I can't break down the crime stats by neighborhood, but it is one of the more high crime areas in the city. I never feel in danger/unsafe when I'm down in the area, however, thats not the case for everyone I know. So as far as safe location, it's probably not what your looking for. The schools are some of the lower ranked ones in the city too, although again, from personal experience I know people in the area and their kids have no problems. If that's your criteria, I would consider a different area. You have zip codes like 80918 and 80919, and those are both much better areas. Cost is probably more, but there is probably apartments with 2bedrooms and 2 baths in that 600-900 price range.

[jenmmad]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Tell us, at what street address are the Dove Tree apartments located.

255 Lionstone Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80916

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by jenmmad

255 Lionstone Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80916

Do look for better areas. We have frequent poster who lives in the S.E. area and says it's fine, but that area of town is almost always the part of town where too many bad things happen.