Moving in is the easiest part, biggest pro compared to other apartment complexes I've lived in, but not great after.
No control of the utilities. You'll pay the following in addition to rent which is assessed by the building (which they it doesn't appear like they base their calculation on occupancy): electric, pest control, gas, sewer, service fee, trash, water (varies every month around $100-$200). You pay PG&E separately for the gas, but they still make you pay another gas bill fee on their
...online statement. On three separate occasions I got mail misplaced only to have them find it after me going to their mail room and physically searching myself.
Due to construction next door the apartment I was staying at got extremely dusty, every other day I'd have to vaccum and clean. I moved out after 6 months. I don't think the windows are sealed correctly for so much dust coming into the room (I never had the windows open).
To move out, don't expect your deposit back. I was moving out early, they refused to hold an earlier walkthrough of the apartment with me to let me know in person if they were going to assess damages. I wasn't going to be in the state at that time THEY wanted to hold the walkthrough, they said nothing they could do, but they assured me that as long as there are no extensive damages like holes in the wall I'd be able to get my deposit back. I handed my keys into the leasing office so I had no access to my apartment for almost a month before they finally send me a final bill saying that they had to clean the apartment because it was dusty, some lint in the dryer (yes, SOME lint in the lint trap) and they had to paint the apartment for the next tenant (I've lived in 5 different apartment complexes, none of them ever assessed me a painting charge to get the apartment ready for the next tenant). Obviously those charges magically amounted to a little over my deposit.
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