I've lived at the Parkview Terrace for a year and the property itself is pretty nice. The landscaping is kept up, the pool is beautiful and never crowded and the laundry room generally has all washers and dryers working fine. The Property Manager is very nice, but can be a bit overbearing in a motherly sort of way. She has her rules and as long as you follow them, you're fine. The negatives that I can say about this complex are what make it incredibly average... it is in a bit of a shady
...location in that it is on the South side of the 101 freeway and there are multiple homeless people that frequent the Van Nuys Blvd and Huston Street. It's safe enough, but I never felt comfortable walking by myself anywhere. There were frequently issues with the door locks leading into the building where you'd have to fight with the lock for ages before getting in. For my apartment in particular, and really any on the first floor, essentially no light gets into the apartment so you feel like you live in a cave. There is no central air so it can get very hot with just the wall unit. Lastly, for the amount that it costs to live here, the apartments (at least the one bedrooms) are incredibly small. There was NO cabinet space in the kitchen so I had no way of storing food or tupperware or being remotely organized. All in all, it's a not a bad place, just not worth it for what they charge.
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