The Meadows Apartments

So I’ve lived here a little over a year, and I absolutely love it. If there’s a problem with anything in the apartment, maintenance comes very quickly and fixes the problem, no questions asked. The rent is a great rate compared to where I’m from, and it’s great that the water is a fixed rate. Now leasing, oh leasing. I can’t say enough good things about them. The girls in leasing are very helpful, and do everything that they can to make your stay here a little more comfortable. I’m quite fond of Michelle in leasing. She was the one that I signed my lease with when I moved up here from the bay area, and she’s still here helping me out in any way that she can. And honestly, coming from a recently seperated man, it doesnt hurt that all of the women in leasing are absolutely georgeous, especially the amazing, carasmatic michelle. Lol. (Good job R.W. Zurkin). But seriously, I could talk all day about how much I enjoy living here, but I don’t have time for that. and to all you haters that are writing bad reviews about this place, stop hating. If you’ve lived in some of the places that I’ve had to live in, you wouldn’t be trying to shoot the meadows down by writing all of your non sense reviews. I’m just sayin. Thanks to the meadows, my transition to sacramento life has been that much easier.

I recently (July 1^st, 2015) moved out of the Meadows apartment complex. As of today, it has been 36 calendar days since I have moved out and I have not received either an itemized statement or my security deposit. I have tried to work with their leasing office and have been told several different versions of what is happening to my refund, none of which have been accurate.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time that the leasing office has been completely incapable of professionalism or efficiency. From the beginning there have been issues with the service that the leasing office is providing. The first week that I moved into the apartment, the roof in my closet collapsed and it flooded my closet (apparently the AC defrosted, collecting water that later broke the ceiling), and it took over 2 months to get the situation mostly fixed. Up until the day that I moved out, the ceiling was not completely redone (the hole was patched but there was not texture) and they never deep cleaned the carpet like they assured me they would.
The best part of the entire situation was dealing with the office staff, who do not know what professionalism looks like even when it’s staring them in the face. The only reason that I stayed in that apartment complex was the 9 month lease I signed, and now that it is over, I still cannot be completely done with this shady establishment.
Save yourself the trouble and avoid this place at all costs.

Ive been a resident for several years now and have seen this property go from good to bad to worse and things finally seem to be turning around. There is new management and all new staff who are friendly and seem like they actually care (unlike the old people) Problems are actually being addressed and the property definitely looks cleaner than before. I finally am happy with my apartments and feel like things are looking up :)

Very friendly in person, a little disorganized but friendly nonetheless. However, I just received my fourth «pay rent or be evicted» notice from the NEW management. Every time I have already paid rent (the first of EVERY month). I’ve never been late. It’s completely offensive to me to continue having this problem. I have automatic payments made via credit card since may and each time I get an email confirmation of the payment, and before that it was a check personally brought in on the first. Who isn’t doing their job?
Point is, the new management is trying. They are. But, they’re raising rent, sending eviction notices willy nilly, and it’s just too much drama to make living here a home. I’m so relieved that my lease is up at the end of this month.

Finally out the ghettos. Oh sorry i meant the meadows. I lived here for longer than i ever intended or wanted and im glad to say i wont ever be returning… EVER.
Idk where to begin. The personal trumpet band that has a full concert every other night or the fact that this apartment had enough drug dealers to put the mexican drug cartel to shame… Besides that most of the issues that i found have been highlighted by my other lovely neighbors.
But you must be wondering my dear Unilocal reader «oh Benny if you loathed this place that much why would you give it 2 whole stars???»
Well my dear Unilocal reader i certainly would give it the old one star of shame, but to explain my reasoning i must elude to an old quote «in every pile of crap you can find a diamond» yes i know i quoted it wrong but you get the idea.
The diamond im refering to is a neighbor tenant that lived across the way from me. She was a lovely disabled lady with her son who would invite me over for some tea or kombucha (depending on the season of course) and teach me sign language. I wasnt in the highest point point of my life at the time, and the female bonding/​companionship at these nice relaxed quiet gatherings we had sure got me through the rough times.
Her boyfriend (apparently an accomplished lawyer) would come by every now and then as well to join us in relaxing and enjoying the quiet, peaceful, sunny afternoons we are so lucky to have on the west coast.

New management here really wants to do things right. I have seen a lot of positive changes here in the last few months. I came to visit a friend and it is much cleaner, more friendlier and the remodeled units look great! They are doing a lot of cleaning up and clearing out and it is encouraging to see!

I am finally out! Woohoo!
This place went downhill although their rent certainly went uphill! Don’t expect to get your full deposit back even if you leave the place in better condition then when you moved in. I have always gotten my full deposit back. They were all about $money$ until the very end.
I moved into that apartment because it was cheap and moved out because it was too expensive. With the poor quality of that tiny studio apt rent should have been max $ 400/​mo, apparently Riverstone Residential felt it should be a multiple of that. I mean what could I possibly be paying for at such a high price? I didn’t have central A/C.no dishwasher. no washer and dryer. terrible carpet. WHAT AM I MISSING?!
Please don’t move here — they don’t deserve your $$. There are plenty of other, much nicer, places around for the same price or a tiny bit more.
Peace out RR.

Bums go threw the dumpsters daily, there is black mold on my window, I can literally hear when someone get. sick in another apartment since the walls are pretty much paper thin. So I can hear vacuuming, fighting cats and people at all hours also when other people take showers.
I’ve found a half inch of dust and mold on top of the kitchen cabinets.
If you still considering this place doe some reason please don’t accept a unit anywhere near the crummy walk in green gates. They slam all night literally and it wakes me up all the time.
They don’t pay utilities even though they said they did.
Place sucks and is a scam.

The Meadows does have there ups and downs & just this past year, they are under new management which is great. BUT, the communication with the front office and there pest contractors can be a challenge & sometimes you will have to micro manage.
Problem #1** We have had roach problems for months and it seems not to get any better until another renter unit has moved out. I mean come on, how many freakn times do i have to tell the office?
Front office told me they would schdule every Tuesday until the problem has been corrected.(weather the create the work orders or not) That was two months ago. It seems like every other Tuesday the Pest Control contractor doesn’t show up and tells the Front office that they knocked on our door and said we were not ready/​prepped. Really!!! WTF!!! OR the Pest Control didn’t get the work order blah, blah, blah… Like I said, Lack Of Communication!!!
Problem#2** Noisy Neighbors– Oh yes, this one tops it all, newer neighbhors that don’t care about anyone else other then there drinks and meth. We had «dealers» and customers knocking on our door all hours of the night because they got the wrong unit #… I have not had a good time sleep in months & I have complanted to the office a good couple of times. But guess what, nothing has changed. Oh, and there ciggarett butts are all in the lawn, beer cans and food wrappers are on the lawn too. OH weekly visits from the police department out on the street.
I do not cause trouble, haven’t been in trouble with the law and don’t like to rock the boat… Well, guess what. IT’s time to rock and roll baby!!! We are tired of bullshit!!! I work too damn hard to deal with people that don’t know how to do there job and fix problems.
New management should get to know the renters a little better and trust what they say.
Since the City of Citrus Heights placed the new stop lights, Drivers forget to stop, HELLO!!! DONT YOU SEE THE RED LIGHTS… I have seen and heard a hit and run, couple of crunches with bikes. Not cool people.
Maintenance people do a very good job at what needs to be done. Two snaps & a twist.