I've lived here now for just over a year. I moved here from CA to attend a doctoral program at…read moreUConn. I was done living in student housing or in a shared home with others. I wanted a nice apartment complex with my wife that was pet-friendly. Boy did I get what I wanted at Broadleaf. To be honest, I skimmed over the apartment complex when first researching apartments. It wasn't until we were pressed for time as our lease was about to be up in CA, that I frantically started searching and came across this complex. I e-mailed them immediately, and was warmly received and responded to within the day. All of my questions were answered to a satisfying level, and we received plenty of pictures of the apartment. Upon arriving to CT and the complex, I was impressed as to how accurate the photos were to the actual apartment, and I really liked how clean and well-kept the buildings and grounds were. This complex really takes pride in making its ground beautiful. Aesthetics is important to me, and, it seems, to them, too. The apartment itself was gorgeous (we opted for the cherry-wood cabinets as opposed to the white) and came furnished with stainless steel whirlpool appliances. I'd have preferred a gas stove to the electric one, but there's nothing wrong at all with the stove they have. It's just a preferential difference. There is central heating/AC which is a lifesaver. This was a dealbreaker for me with a lot of the other apartments. I've never ran into an issue with the heating/AC here. The prices are reasonable, and the parking is ample here. The floor plans are diverse and really nice. The management is nothing short of amazing. They are on top of everything, and they've always been courteous and helpful in all my encounters with them. Please keep doing what you're doing! Maintenance as well is amazing. I really like the little online portal they have to make maintenance requests. It's very simple and intuitive, and you get to see a little report of their visit. The maintenance guys have always been nice, relaxed, and prompt in their work. Definitely keep these guys around and give them a raise! I picked this complex also because of its location. It's close to the I-84, and it is right next to a number of shopping centers and the Buckland Hills mall down the road. The apartment complex, pre-COVID, also put on plenty of community events to bring people together, which I enjoyed. The only small-con I would have is that the dog park is nothing special. Just a little fenced in area with wood chips, random toys, and two benches. Then again, what could you really ask for in a dog park? So, I can't really blame them. Maybe throw in a tree or two for shade and expand it a bit. But this is a minor con. I want to end this review by responding to another review here which I thought was poorly reasoned. I will address each of that review's cons and note that none of them are an issue: First, I have had NO serious issues with noise or thin walls. I do hear my neighbor's dog upstairs who runs around frantically chasing a ball, but it's only every once in a while, and because the dog is huge. Nothing serious, especially not meriting a disparaging con against the apartment. I have neighbors on all sides. Haven't heard them. Second, the 60-day notice period was e-mailed to us frequently in the months leading up the end of our lease. We never had an issue with that. Third, yes, there is no elevator. So, if you chose to live on the third floor, I admit that it would be annoying and stressful to have to move because you'd have to lug everything up two flights of stairs. I'd blame the architects/designers of the apartment for that but necessarily the apartment complex itself. Fourth, water heating up has never been an issue for us. Fifth, dishwasher makes no stupid sound when dishes are done. Must have been in that particular apartment. Sixth, the dryer DOES make a very loud, startling buzzer sound. It scares the crap out of me every time I hear it. But, honestly, this is just a minor inconvenience that seriously leaves me with a "big whoop" reaction to the original reviewer. The buzzer of the free dryer I get in no way takes away from the fantastic quality of this apartment complex. Would I prefer a dryer without a loud buzzer noise? Sure. Why not. But I don't really mind that it does buzz. Not enough to place it as an actual "con" of living here. In summation: I highly recommend living here. I plan on living here for the entirety of my doctoral work.

Hmm. Very difficult review for me. I always like to speak the truth because I have suffered enough…read morebecause of being nice. When you don't review honestly people Dont see the full picture. Opinions and experiences are personal and this my experience. Let me start at the beginning. We decided to move out of Connecticut and almost closed deal outside of Connecticut. But then my health deteriorated bad barring me from too much travel so we decided to stay in Connecticut for few more months. We had less than 2 weeks left and I was frantically looking for apartments. I reached out here as well, didn't get any response. We just stopped by in the evening and we were showed apartments. We liked one apartment a lot and asked all details. The staff told us that lease breakage is on management's discretion. We went ahead because anyways it was a short term lease. Then slowly certain things hit me. 1. When you are moving and have to shift stuff you should make arrangement s to allow parking I front of doors. Are the current residents so bad that they would have said no if you make this a policy that hey so and so date someone will be moving in or out so please Dont park on xyz slots. There was no such arrangement. Luckily due to my injuries we had to take movers, so they did the moving. 2. The doors are all open backwards and not fully so when you are moving it's real painful. 3. After we moved in, the water tasted so bad. 4. We washed and washed our dishes but dishwasher was leaving spots on all dishes. Looked like there was nothing cleaned. We raised complaint. The maintenance staff told us it's hard water!!!! You should mention this. When we went for a walk in the trail we saw the well and that's when we realised it's well water treated so that's why it's leaving deposits. And to top of that we are paying for water!!!! So be ready for paying extra to have extra cleaning in dishwasher, special hard water soap is needed. We got itches all over our body. We had to change our detergents. If it was real well water filled with minerals it would have been much better. But since it's treated, we are losing hair bad and getting itches so bad. We both suffered for all these months. To top that the pollen is heavy in this apartment complex. We never knew we had pollen allergy. I lived in Manchester the first 8 years when I came to Connecticut and never had such problems. So be ready to deal with hard water and pollen. I wish someone gave honest review. The packages get stolen!! When I complained I was told that just reorder!!! And management had rudely called me one day almost blaming me for someone package getting lost because I had visited the package room that day to take my package!! Discrimination much!!!! With all these problems and just 4 months left we reached out if we could leave early due to the health issues with treated hard water and pollen. They told us they cannot do anything and have to pay $4k as lease breakage!!! Again false fake message in the beginning ?!!! Discrimination much!! I'm sorry I Dont feel included in this apartment complex. I see good reviews but haven't felt good here. I have been living in Connecticut for 15 years now and have changed apartments every 3 years. But sorry you better be prepared and just don't go by the fakeness. The room itself is pretty spacious but if you look here and there you will see cracks and blemishes, all the gas burners are tilted. So many times we almost had accident of the pans falling. It's okay but not worth it. I love inclusion diversity but not fake one, be real.

Nice apartment complex tucked away from the main road. Has plenty of parking. Main doors are locked…read morefor added security so only residents have access. Nice that the multifloor building has an elevator. Elevators are spacious. Rooms are set up nice and have plenty of room. Loce that the kitchen had an above oven microwave along with full stove/oven and large refrigerator. Added plus for having a washer and dryer stacking combo, although small, it fits the need. Also nice that each apartment has their own water heater and its not shared with the other residents. Last place had a shared water heater between 4 apartments. There is a nice balcony off the living room. 4 stars only becaue we have to supply our own AC's, but they say they will install them for us once we purchase them. We will have to see when it gets warmer.

Noise complaints are a joke to these people-Meaning if you hear loud pounding at 11pm and complain,…read morenothing gets done- However if you empty a trash can at 4:30 pm you will get a noise complaint on Christmas Eve the next day. Reasonable, right? Did you need something from the leasing office before a holiday? Did you call the leasing office and speak with someone- hear a message, AND see a note on the door that said Leasing office closed at 5:30? TOO BAD! They closed it before 5 just to f*ck with another one of your holidays. They also feel the need to do unnecessary maintenance the loudest way possible-almost every damn day. that's aside from the shittiest floor/ ceiling (however you want to look at it) ever built. If someone flushes their toilet above you, you can hear it. I can hear the baby next door through the clothes dryer vent. Awesome. (This is also the same angel that slams her sliding door with full bodied power if she smells a cig or cigar smoke even if the ppl smoking are out of the "Slam Zone" it doesn't matter bc everyone is required to be a miserable as her. I wish smoke was as pleasant as baby screams to her.) It's way overpriced for what you get- it might be worth it if the people that worked here that gave a crap if you got to sleep past 5am but that's not real life so I would live elsewhere. Also, all of the photos are of the leasing office which is wayyyyyy nicer that any apartment I looked at so please do not be fooled by the pics posted on here-the real apartments are NOT that nice. If you must live here- live on the 3rd floor and don't be a loud stomping douchbag. Oh yeah- they have a pool always full of kids and a small gym-pros I guess. :p

A great place to live! I lived here for a year and my unit was facing the waterfall and the…read morepeacefulness was fantastic. The grounds are simple and quaint and peaceful - which equals perfect - for me, that is. Everyone is respectful and kine and Lisa the Property Manager is amazing! Whatever you need, regardless of what it was, she was always on it. Definitely a hard place NOT to like. It was hard to leave.....however, I did love my stay while I was there. Angelique

Positives: beautiful grounds, lovely exposed brick walls, lovely lobby and covered parking areas…read more Negatives: Lack of soundproofing between units (heard of actual line of sight in at least two cases). Rude and entitled neighbors at times, parking where they want and not caring how it affected others. When one dog starts barking, all dogs start barking (like a kennel). Insects near water can make way into apartments. Silverfish an issue.

Moving Here has been the best and easiest experience ever, as an 18 year old moving out for the…read morefirst time the experience was truly fast and easy. The office lady I believe her name to be Yari was such a wonderful, caring, and nice person she made the entire process easy and fast but also in a way where everything made sense.

They changed management and that was worse decision they could've ever done. These ladies that are…read morein charge now are taking it way to far. More worried about people parking in charging spots then making sure everything is maintained correctly & efficiently. The apartments are absolute shit everything is just put together shittty half ass job, window seals cracking, walls just changing colors, the floors peeling off for no reason it really is awful & as the time goes by it just gets worse and worse. But they're so far up their ass about parking spots they don't even care. There isn't even enough charging cars for the amount of spots they reserve for them which is absurd. You expect me to park across street because every other spot is taken rather than that charging spot right next to my apartment got me fucked up. Overall I'd say it's just a shitty fast put together place & they try to just make you miserable overall experience 0/10 will not be resigning lease whatsoever. & I've even said the things that are wrong with place & they just brushed it to the side and didn't really care pretty much, so let's see how much they try to take out of my security deposit when the lease is actually up. I could bet they fuck me over with the shitty job they did putting together.

I am going to rent here because the people here are very understanding and helpful. They were very…read morecourteous and professional. They always returned calls and were honest with me about what needed to happen. Gisela was very respectful to me and handled all my questions promptly. I would recommend renting here for sure. Thanks, River View! Michelle

Friendly staff, secure building, great location. Groton towers are super cute apartments with nice…read morebalconies.

We lived here when my husband was stationed at the SUBASE nearby and we had a wonderful experience!…read moreUsually I don't prefer to live in an apartment but Groton Towers is not your usual apartment complex! First of all there are only two buildings so you're not overwhelmingly surrounded by tons of people, it's a small close not community who all looks out for each other. I made 3 life long friends who I met in the halls of Groton Towers. These neighbors were so kind as we even ended up sharing thanksgiving with one of them who also happened to be a military family who moved here from Ga and didn't know anyone in the area (we are from FL). The doors are all locked so in order for anyone to get in they have to be a resident and have a key. They snow plow everything for free, heating is usually included in rent and the best heating system ever! The sidewalks are always salted and the maintenance staff is super responsive and helpful! When we moved in our walk unit had something small on it broke, but when the maintenance saw it instead of fixing the older unit, they put a brand new remote controlled one in! Karen is a kind and thoughtful landlord, the best of which I've ever had the pleasure of meeting! She always had treats in her office for everyone and was constantly planning activities for the kids for the holidays! My daughter would always bug me every time we came through the front doors to grab snacks and say hi to Karen! We still miss her even after moving a year and a half ago.