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We lived in Arbor Park for almost 3 years. We started in a 1 bed unit because the larger units are almost never available. 2 years in a 1 bed den became available.
The 1 bed unit we lived in was on the 1st floor and an end unit. But because the 1 bedroom units only have windows on 1 side The summer months you will bake. The 1 bedroom units have a wall mount AC unit that's pretty much worthless, but its only in the living room, which means your bedroom bakes.
...The entire apartment is painted, and by painted, I mean PAINTED. Ever door, cabinet, shelf, hinge, circuit breaker, even outlets were painted. There are easily 50 layers of paint on everything.
The 1 bed den unit we lived in was on a 2nd floor. We got this unit during "upgrade" to the units. The larger unit was to be $70/month, but it was $200/month. The only upgrade was that they put in a cheap tile. This unit had a central AC. The problem is that it was so inefficient that it never got below 78 when it was 85 outside. We asked for the air filters to be replaced twice in 1 year and it still didn't help. Again, just like the 1 bed unit, everything was painted.
We decided to leave Arbor Park because we were moving 600 miles way. A month before we moved, we got a letter from management informing us that they were raising the rent by $100/month. Not because they wanted to make improvements, but because the rents are all rising in Orange County. And if you didn't sign a 12 month lease (not available when we moved in or transferred units), an extra $100 was placed on you.
Regardless of all the issues we had with the units we lived in, I want to say that the management team of Arbor Park was amazingly friendly and professional. They belong operating a much higher class facility that they are now. The maintenance team was ok. They tried but it seems like the maintenance team is the most under funded part of the complex. The water was regularly turned off easily twice a month. The complex is fully gated. When they were down, they just left the gates wide open. I noticed a serious safety issue as well. When the power went out for a few hours, the gates did not open. The staff had to come out and open them manually. The resident were always polite and peaceful. Only once in 3 years did we ever have to report an issue with a resident having a loud party after 10pm and I noticed that they weren't there much longer after that report.
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