I contemplated for a few months now on whether I should post this review or not. I finally decided that I'm just going to write an honest review with all of the information I would have liked to know prior to renting.
My boyfriend and I rented an upstairs one bedroom unit in August of 2017. We only lasted 7 months.
Important things you should know:
-The homeless population is VERY high in the area. I often saw people digging through the dumpsters in the complex and sleeping in front of the
...entrance gate. I woke up to over 5-6 cars, on different occasions during the months I was there, that had been broken into the previous night. MY CAR WAS ALSO BROKEN INTO in my own covered parking spot behind the gate. The gate had been broken for a few days so anyone was able to walk right in. When I reported it to Robin, the apartment manager, she responded defensively saying the gate had only been broken for two days. That wasn't true but either way, it only took one day for someone to break into my car and steal my belongings.
-NO HEAT FOR 6 MONTHS. Our heater stopped working just in time for the fall and winter months so we put in a service request. They came out about 3 different times, each time saying it was working but it always stopped the day after. There were dark, hardwood floors so it got very cold in our apartment in the mornings and evenings. So cold to the point where we had to USE OR OVEN FOR HEAT each day. Eventually we had to call the city to come and correct a gas leak that we smelled one evening. They told us that the whole heater needed to be repaired. We brought this to the attention of the manager who explained to us that it wasn't really their fault since "there was a different issue with the heater every time". Duh! This means the heater was broken!
We couldn't take anymore of the feelings of being unsafe and cold so we legally broke our lease (even though management tried to fight us so hard on this). Under California law, the unit was inhabitable. We moved into a beautiful apartment in Culver City and haven't looked back since!
They do keep the grounds clean but other than that, this place was the most uncomfortable apartment complex I've ever lived in. My advice, if you're looking to save money on an apartment like we were, keep looking. It's just not worth all of the other things that come with it.
