Slum Lord Exposed Ridge Hill Apartments in Aurora Colorado USA

An investigation into Ridge Hill Apartments exposed extreme neglect by the Management, Owners and City Code Enforcement. Resident lives are at risk from unsafe structural issues.

Francisco

6/2/20265 min read

This story is evolving rapidly in part because of the amount of content I created on YouTube, gripe website I made and Rob Andrews visit to the apartment complex. Ruben Medina now wants to get involved and an in person meeting is supposed to take place. More detailed information is on the Gripe Website Link Below

https://ridgehillapartmentscolorado.com/

A gripe site is a type of website dedicated to critiquing or complaining about a specific subject, which can include a person, place, corporation, or institution.

Ridge Hill Apartments Location: 991 S Crystal Way, Aurora, CO 80012, United States

Summary: Unsafe parking garage structures were reported as long ago as in the year 2009 to City of Aurora CO code enforcement but still are not repaired. But two of the parking structures did not begin repair until late 2005 and early 2006. Still at least two serious crumbling parking structures are still in use and city officials will not condemn and prevent use. A lot of stairs at multiple building have rusted steel beams with missing and crumbling steel. Stairs made of Concrete are crumbling and unsafe. Code enforcement David Engram did not enforce and give violations to Ridge Hill Apartment Complex. David Ingram used to work as an in house home inspector for Lenar Homes. The Lenar Homes company has been sued multiple times and had multiple complaints of quality issue's from home buyers. Most of the video evidence is uploaded to my social media platforms. Odysee is the most up to date with video evidence. Profile link on home page.

End of Summary

I started video recording all the unsafe garage structures and 3 story stair structures. The crumbling concrete garage structure had cracks and exposed inner rebar. I am not a structural engineer but I am a structural steel welder D1.1 and I also have common sense. Which code enforcement and the city of Aurora does not have common sense. I found out through a public records request that parking structures A and B were reported as far back as the year 2009. Parking structure A only began repairs in early 2026. When inspecting parking structure A and video recording it appeared that repairs were far from complete and not adequate. Wood was being used to wedge concrete beams sideways and large spots of missing concrete on the sides of beams were letting outside sunlight in. Foam was sprayed over wood that was wedging concrete beams laying on the walls to support rooftop. It appears they are covering gaps with wood and foam.

I found out parking parking structure C was repaired in late 2005. Parking structures E and B are not repaired and have a lot of safety issues. Fire extinguishers were missing or outdated. Some of the fire extinguishers were so old that they were rusted, cracked and crumbling. Stairs were unsafe with concrete stairs crumbling and gates rusted so bad that steel was disintegrated. A traffic cone was used to prevent tenants from using the stairs. One stairs had the gate welded shut inside the garage but was still accessible from the top of the garage. A lot of Temporary jacks were supporting the beams laying horizontally. In parking garage B some beams that were crumbling and had rebar exposed did not have steel support jacks.

David Ingram visited my building and stated that he saw no issues with the stairs at the building. I gave him my exact apartment number. There were two sides of the building where stair cases were severely rusted and had holes in the joints. Yet he did not do anything until I complained to the supervisor Steven Baptista. I saw him the first time he arrived and he did not even get out of his truck. I called him and told him to physically inspect the property.

Unsafe parking garage structures have been reported as far back as the year 2009 according to the records of citizen complaints. Internal emails show that building division and code enforcement are unsure of the safety of the garage's at ridge hill. Yet they approve of the use by tenants risking their lives. Nothing in the engineer report approves of the use of the parking garages at ridge hill. An engineer can go to prison if he approves the use of an unsafe building and it injures or kills people due to collapse. I learned in school about the APPROVAL Process of steel structures and bridge design. Engineers and AWS Certified Welding Inspectors have to approve and accept liability for the structures. If design is not safe and injures people then they can go to prison.

Link to Public Records of Complaints Made to Code Enforcement as far back as the year 2009

https://odysee.com/@AuditTheAuditor:4/Ridge-Hill-Apartments-History-of-Unsafe-Building-Violations-Code-Enforcement-Violation-Aurora-Colorado-USA:f

Code Enforcement Does Inspection's of apartments on a 1 to 5 year basis. See link to video below Time Stamp 10:05 The video is when code enforcement spoke at a Ward 3 meeting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbu3ZG4lFIQ

David Ingram Code Enforcement Officer job application and work history

https://odysee.com/@AuditTheAuditor:4/Ingram,-David_Application-work-history-Aurora-Code-Enforcement-Colorado-USA:c

Violation Notices from Aurora Code Enforcement Dates Not Very Clear from Public Records Request Colorado USA Note: This is what was given in April 2026

https://odysee.com/@AuditTheAuditor:4/Violation-Notices-from-Aurora-Code-Enforcement-Dates-Not-Very-Clear-from-Public-Records-Request-Colorado-USA:a

Below is the link to records showing job application of David Ingram. That he worked for 5 years for Lenar Homes. Was an in house inspector some of the time within that 5 years. Records Request 26-834 made public

For the year's 2025 & 2026 Code Housing & Community Services

documentation of complaints, reports from housing and community services, documentation regarding structural issues for the following apartment complex :

Ridge Hill Apartments in Aurora Colorado 991 S Crystal

https://cityofauroraco.nextrequest.com/requests/26-834