Villa Camarillo I & II Apartments

Thieves. Bad management. Signed up for their «special». We weren’t approved for the «special» and now they are refusing to refund our $ 200.00 deposit. WOW, really nice way to do busy. Advertise great deals and (((STEAL)))) $ 200.00 from every unsuspecting person that falls for their ad.

Worst experience ever, some gimmick to get you in the door and take your money, then your ‘not approved for the ‘deal’. The require you to put down a $ 200 deposit, then say oh they cant give it back to you unless it goes through their ‘corporate office’ Mariam tried to act very polite in the beginning then will get ghetto on the phone with you when you tell them your not going to spend $ 3,500 to move into a 700 sq foot apartment. She’s rude, and disrespectful. If it was some 5 star, tamed grounds, I would of half thought about it. But this place is a dump, end of story. Just another management company, don’t waste your time. Definitely if they say you need to put down a deposit DON’T! It can take 21 days to get back your deposit if you don’t end up choosing to rent with them! In addition the apartment I looked at is still for rent, and I looked at it a month ago!

I have lived here twice now and out of all the places I have lived in Camarillo this has been my favorite by a long shot! The landlords are nice and friendly, as well as the maintenance crew. The apartments are very spacious and comfortably set up. If I ever needed repairs or anything they are on it and fixing it the day of. All in all I have been very pleased with living at Villa Camarillo Apartments

Husband lived here for 4 years. Had quiet neighbors without kids in a Junior 1-​bd above the pool. No Maintenance troubles. Units are no frills but decent. No bugs, felt safe driving home late. Carport storage broken into one, during the day, so be careful what you put in there. When he moved out, got ALL the deposit back except for $ 100 cleaning.

The villa camarillo apartment on Lantana and Paseo Camarillo is the worst apartment I lived! It is a very old and bad apartment. You can hear everything from your neighbors living upstairs or next door. If you close the door, the windows of the whole appartment will shake. You will not able to sleep at all if you are a light sleeper. Also they do not return your deposit back after you moved out. They charged a lot painting fee and clean fee when we moved out, and said no matter how clean your room is, if there’s a minor thing you did not notice or clean, they will still charge the clean fee. Basically you will get nothing back from your deposit after you moved out Also do not trust the positive reviews, the manager mailed everyone in the apartment and offered $ 10-​$ 20 deduct from the month rent if post positive reviews for them.

I strongly recommend you stay as far away from this complex and managing company as you possibly can. They only care about taking your money and making a profit (I have no problem with them wanting a profit, as long as they CARE about the people paying them and give us something WORTH our money!).
They skimp on maintenance and make the place extremely dangerous for you and your family. Their shortcuts came within 2 seconds of killing my children. When I went to the office to tell them how I upset I was about what happened, I was told this (EXACT QUOTE): «It’s no big deal because nothing actually happened.» EXCUSE ME?! YES, it is a HUGE deal that splintered, rotted wood and giant sharp nails came crashing down into our yard just as my children were walking out there to play and RIGHT AFTER they supposedly fixed it (we had to leave the apartment for the whole day to allow them to «fix» the problem — apparently, their idea of fixing the problem was to keep the rotted wood and just try to put bigger nails into it).
They CLAIM they are pet-​friendly but this is just another thing they «tolerate» in order to get additional security deposit AND pet rent from you. The second they hear a peep from your pet, they call to complain. I’m sorry, but a dog is going to BARK when you knock on the door and when you are standing directly next to our yard. That is what dogs do. They had the nerve to suggest I SHOCK COLLAR my dog because they didn’t like it when he barked as they walked by the apartment’s yard (which he would only do if we were not home). I WILL NOT abuse my pet for anybody.
My neighbors are constantly smoking cigarettes near the walkway, which is illegal in the city of Camarillo. I complained numerous times and they did nothing about it — they would only bring them a piece of paper stating the law. I also complained numerous times about my excessively loud upstairs neighbors that would consistently wake my children up in the middle of the night. Nothing was ever done and nothing ever changed. Additionally, they toss their trash over their patio into our yard on a pretty regular basis and nothing is ever done about this. Once, they threw over a bag of rotting, raw hamburger meat that my dog got hold of and could have become extremely sick. Again, nothing was done.
They refuse to let you bring any pool toys/​floaties/​etc to the pool or else they take your pool key away (which is also your laundry key). I can’t tell you how many times I witnessed people breaking their pool rules and nothing was ever done about it. My children and I followed the rules and my kids constantly asked me why others could have toys but they couldn’t.
They RAISE YOUR RENT every single year. As soon as your first contract ends, rent will skyrocket and continue to go up. They will also double other fees, like pet rent, after just a few months. If you don’t sign a new lease «on time» they tack on an extra $ 100 fee for a month to month payment.
I am leaving after 2 years of putting up with this ridiculousness. My lease IS UP AND DONE but they are charging me for an extra TWO WEEKS even though I TOLD them I was likely leaving several weeks ago. At that time, they told me they «appreciate 30 days notice in writing» but I was telling them verbally. When I went to tell them I am officially moving as I’ve been approved for a house, I was immediately met with RUDE responses — «You DO know that you WILL be liable for a full 30 days from now and you WILL pay us.» They refuse to budge despite the fact that I TOLD them I was leaving prior to this AND THAT MY LEASE IS OFFICIALLY UP. Well, their lovely response was «well you did not sign this OFFICIAL notice of vacating so it didn’t count». When I responded that they NEVER mentioned this paperwork I had to sign, I was told «We don’t have to tell you about it.» !!! Angrier and angrier. When I asked to take it home to look over what I HAVE to sign to leave, THEY REFUSED. They kept claiming blank forms are no longer valid if they leave their office. I was not allowed to take the papers to an attorney to read over what I have to sign to leave the apartments — how is any of this legal??? They said I MUST sign the papers right then and there or my notice is not official. I was FORCED to sign this under duress — my choice was to come back later with an attorney and have to pay extra fees for that PLUS extra weeks rent or sign it without getting to review it. Additionally, when I asked for copies of everything they had in their chart about me, they REFUSED to provide copies of anything that I hadn’t signed in the past. There was a whole huge stack of papers that were ABOUT ME in MY FOLDER that they would not provide to me. They claimed I needed a court order to see my own paperwork. To top it all off, your notice isn’t even official until THE NEXT DAY so they can charge for an extra day!