Flatirons Terrace

The Flatirons are in view at Flatirons Terrace, an independent living community of 54 apartments built in 2007 at 930 28th Street in Boulder, Colorado. Monthly rent here covers chef-prepared meals, housekeeping, laundry services and utilities that include water, gas, electricity, cable and Wi-Fi. Rent starts at $4,980 a month for the one-bedroom and at $6,820 for the two-bedroom deluxe, and both figures are worth checking with the community ahead of a move.

Independent living is the care type offered at Flatirons Terrace, and the services around it cover personal safety and the upkeep of a household. Team members are on site 24 hours a day, residents can ask for wake-up calls, and daily resident safety checks run alongside an emergency response system. Housekeeping is scheduled bi-weekly, and carpet cleaning, appliance repair and replacement, community snow removal and help hanging pictures and televisions are on the service list as well.

A chauffeur drives residents to medical appointments, and complimentary transportation also runs to shopping, events and outings. Staff offer in-residence help with computers, tablets and printers too. On weekdays the kitchen at Flatirons Terrace serves three chef-prepared meals, and weekends bring a brunch, with dishes built on fresh ingredients harvested in the region. A private dining room can be reserved when friends or family come for a meal together.

The weekly calendar lists more than 40 events, among them game nights, trivia, fitness classes, live music and afternoon movie matinees. Happy hour comes around once a week, and the programs list includes a group outing to a University of Colorado faculty concert. The outdoor terrace holds raised garden beds, a courtyard and patio seating, and all apartments add a balcony or patio of their own. Inside, the shared rooms are a library with a computer, a fitness center that hosts group classes, a game room with shuffleboard, a community lounge, a communal bar, a community kitchen and a multipurpose room.

Parking at Flatirons Terrace is underground, and the space is both secure and climate-controlled. The four floor plans are a 720-square-foot one-bedroom, a 940-square-foot one-bedroom with den, a 1,090-square-foot two-bedroom and a 1,160-square-foot two-bedroom deluxe. Apartments come with a full kitchen, an in-unit washer and dryer, and a bathroom with a separate walk-in shower and vanity. Flatirons Terrace suits older adults who live independently and look after their own personal care, and who want a weekly calendar of events and group outings close to home.

A resident who enjoys gardening, group fitness or an evening of trivia will find each of those on site. The 28th Street address places Flatirons Terrace near grocery stores, restaurants, parks and a hospital in Boulder. Sprouts Farmers Market on Baseline Road and the Basemar Center are both under half a mile away, Safeway on Arapahoe Avenue is a little over half a mile, and the Twenty Ninth Street shopping district sits roughly three quarters of a mile to a mile from the community.

Restaurants within half a mile include The Taj, Pho Kitchen Bar & Grill and Brewing Market Coffee on Baseline Road, along with Moe's Original Bar B Que on 30th Street. Arrowwood Park lies about a third of a mile from Flatirons Terrace and Scott Carpenter Park just over half a mile, while the Williams Village retail area is a little under half a mile away. Foothills Hospital, part of Boulder Community Health at 4747 Arapahoe Avenue, provides emergency and trauma services roughly a mile and a third away in straight-line distance.