Having numerous experiences to draw from, my husband and I agree that Eaves Pleasanton is by far the loudest multi-unit residential property we have lived on. Three days in to our lease, we realized that this wasn't the right fit for us, but we felt stuck; we moved in and couldn’t immediately foot the cost of an additional deposit and last month’s rent to move elsewhere. This review's word limit requires me to be brief.
When we toured the property, it was relatively quiet and thus quite
...misleading. As the leasing office has pointed out in mass emails to residents, noise tends to echo off the buildings, elevating noise in the courtyards. Despite this info, a handful of adults and children shout as their default communication volume. Additionally, screaming and yelling regularly occurs. All this noise can be heard from our apartment, even when our doors and windows are closed. The noise feels invasive because there is no way to block it out, and it's an everyday occurrence, sometimes all day. I have also talked to three other households who share these experiences and concerns.
In emails to residents, the leasing office asked residents to be mindful of the noise they make, as some residents have complained about "screaming" and "yelling." One email referred to noise as a "subjective" matter, despite me having presented objective decibels readings to one staff member. From my unit, on several occasions, the noise readings topped out between 77-107 decibels. (This is the first place I have lived where I felt compelled to measure the noise.) That deviates greatly from the city’s noise ordinance which states, in part,” No person shall produce […] on multi-family residential property, a noise level in any dwelling unit in excess of 60 dBA except within the dwelling unit in which the noise source or sources originate.”
Other recurring issues: 1) Children play in parking lots, jumping out in front of moving cars. Several people have reported this, and they still play there after the leasing office sent parents emails asking them to prevent this. 2) A handful of residents stomp up/down the stairways, creating lots of noise in the breezeways and in some residents’ living rooms since the stairwells are against their walls.
If being able to relax after a long day of work in relative peace is important to you, this is not the right property for you. If you like a lot of action and noise, then this could be a reasonable selection.
