The Good: The location of this apartment community is amazing. There is direct beach access, right by a huge park, close to everything in Dana Point, Laguna Beach, and minutes from the free way too. The second best thing about this place is the maintenance workers. A lot of the appliances are very old and don't work properly, but if you ask maintenance for help, then they're on it.
The gym is not the best but it's available and always clean. Same with jacuzzi and pool.
The Bad: During the
...summer, depending on the building you're in, it can get extremely hot. Even with windows and doors open, there's barely any airflow. There's also a lot of concerts at the park. It can get very loud and make parking even more difficult (see below). Many concert go-ers get drunk, parade through the apartment complex and leave trash.
The Ugly: As mentioned before, a lot of the appliances are very old and don't work properly! They break over and over and over again. The maintenance guys do their best, but the machines are simply done for. This is especially true in the communal laundry room where 5/6 dryers are broken almost always. You never know if it's broken until you put your money in and 30 mins later, your clothes are still not dry. The community uses a card system. Cards are fine but for extra inconvenience, instead of being in the laundry room, the machine is located in the leasing office so you're only able to fill your card during business hours.
Parking is also very difficult. One covered parking spot is assigned per unit. That's it. If you have a roommate with a car, they have to battle it out with the other people for parking spots. There' are very limited spots inside the gates, so if you don't get one, you have to park at the next street over. You can pretty much forget about guest parking.
Overall: Would not recommend. I don't want to continue living here even if it was cheaper. Despite the great location and dedicated service from maintenance, the laundry, parking and noise is too much to keep sanity.
Max of 2. | Restrictions: None.