Alhambra Apartments

Lived here for 2 years. The staff and manger is great and really try there best but I know the property owners are not always the same. The places themselves are good and worth the price. They are close to bud and I wish I could have stayed longer but sadly I left. They are good for roommate setting as we’ll.

My wife and myself have lived in many different places in our 38 years here in Davis. Alhambra Apts has so far been the best. From its friendly and knowledgeable staff (Brynna and Riley in the main office, and Carlos and Santiago in maintenance) to its friendly residents. The apartment is spacious, clean, with lots of storage for our items. The grounds are very clean, and even though there are many pets here (we own 2 dogs), the grass and other areas are always clean. The price is also the most reasonable I have ever found in Davis!
Steve I.

i not happy with these people. i requested maintenance work in my apt and put in writing i wanted to be called before someone comes by. three men ring the door bell (worked the night shift and was still in bed) when i approach the door. i could hear one of the men say to get the key! i was pissed off! i think it was very callous for the landlord (also a woman) to send three men to my apt without contacting me! i feel that is very unsafe, unethical and unprofessional behavior! i would not recommend this place to anyone.
when i first moved in they did two inspections after i moved in. they fixed nothing. now one of the kitchen drawers has fallin apart, the blinds are falling off. it’s ghetto place to live. i can hear the neighbors fighting. the police always make their rounds which leaves me wondering who the hell did they allow to live here.

Greetings !
St. Anton property understand the definition of re-​defining living. They are considerable in the design making of many more properties being built across the board suitable for any life style such as; home, leisure, play, work, & education. I found this to be and easy transition from living in a home for many years to down sizing into a community based life style ‚” apartment living” !
The community is multi-​family living for sure and has thought out every aspect to
accommodate many different life styles. With this said management team, Brynna, Shannon, Chewy, & Santiago don’t get the credit they deserve who over –see’s Alhambra. They work faithfully on schedule, and give every situation their at most full attention to meet all work– order’s attentively.
People, tend to throw un-​necessary fits when the unpredictable happens. For instance, maintenance, pest control, or any disturb nuance that may occur. I have found management takes care of this community in a timely manner. This is not a Catering Business working on a 24hr span. It is a pleasant small community trying to take care of it’s own on a daily.
Sincerely,
Tenant Inez…

I previously made a review with this complex with high ratings. Because when I first lived their on my first year, it was pretty awesome. The maintenance staff was quick to respond and I never really needed to contact the leasing office for anything. Extending my contract to another year? Not so much of a positive experience. Here’s why…
1. The leasing office staff.
It seemed like these people don’t really care about what their residents do in the complex. They set rules and act like they give a crap, but they really do nothing when someone is violating a set rule at their door step. There is a white kid that keeps HUNDREDS of stolen bikes in his storage garage (one of which is mine, I reported to the police and I was informed of the mistake I made by not registering my bike to confirm which of the bikes is mine and that he stole it). The administration knows that there is a kid with lots of bikes and bike parts, but refuses to do anything… on an accordance of «privacy».
2. The kids.
This is family housing. I could bare with the kids because during the first year, they weren’t really an annoyance. They only came out during the afternoon and stayed in on evenings. However, apparently, a few got «used» to me and started doing ridiculous things to annoy me like door-​bell ditching and throwing things into my balcony. I chased one down after a door-​bell ditch attempt, and when I finally caught one, the kid’s parents came out of their apartment and gave me a lecture because they wholeheartedly sided with their child over me… whatever.
3. Smokers.
There is a no smoking policy in the complex. However, like what I said about the leasing office staff… no one gives a rats ass about it. If you didn’t think Davis students smoked, well, at this complex, you’ll know. All the students there smoke. If the kids weren’t there, I’d think it would be morally just to just have hookahs posted all over the park lawns in the complex so it’d make it easier for everyone instead of hiding.
Yeah. Those three shits really ruined it for me on my 2^nd and last year staying with this apartment complex. The apartment alone isn’t bad, refer to the ⁵⁄₅ stars on that review. However, it’s the leasing office staff, kids, and the smokers that really killed it.

Well, I can honestly say that in my last year in Davis I could not be happier to be moving. Like many UCD students, I moved almost every year to a different apartment and while I have had very interesting experiences at other complexes, none could rival the overall disappointment and general negativity associated with this place.
Pros:
–Cheapest rent I’ve seen in Davis. Period. (not worth it)
–Target is right next door.
Other than that, this complex has been a nightmare from the beginning. Luckily, the management got rid of the rude receptionist that they initially had who was just overall unprofessional. I had asked for the dimensions of the rooms 3 separate times before finally giving up. I didn’t find this question unreasonable since my housemates would be sharing a room and needed to know if it was possible, plus, most other apartments complexes have this information ready.
But, the funniest/​worst part was that when my roommate and I went to check out the place for the second time (after only writing our names on pieces of paper, she didn’t check ID’s or anything like that) she decided she didn’t want to walk to show us the apartment so instead she gave up a map, showed us where it was at, and gave me the master key. Maybe I seem like a trustworthy person, and I am, but she didn’t know that and I could have easily written a fake name on those papers and I would have had the master key to the complex: such a problem.
These should have been huge red flags but the price proved too tempting and we signed a holding deposit. Fast forward to the week before move-​in day: management calls me a week and a half before we were scheduled to move in to tell me that they didn’t have all the required documents for us to move in and as a result we wouldn’t be able to move in on our set date. Not only were they so unorganized that they didn’t realize this until the week before, but we also found out that it was half of the complex they were doing this too.
My roommates and I did everything we could to get our information into them by the date and we submitted everything a few days before; no easy feat, considering none of us were within 2 hours of Davis during this time, one housemate was in China! Long story short, we had to wait a week before we could finally move in. It turns out that the management had made a mistake concerning Section 8 Affordable Housing requirements for the apartment complex=the mistake was completely and 100% their fault. (Granted, they did fully reimburse my housemate for staying in a hotel for that week.)
Upon moving in here I had stopped sleeping in until noon and started waking up anywhere from 8:30−10: not unreasonable considering I’m a college student with no responsibilities before 10 am. But, apparently Alhambra has a problem with this because they consistently perform regular maintenance beginning at 8 AM (e.g. mowing the lawn, trimming the weeks, etc.).
Usually, I would just look past that and get over it but, in preparation for the new leasing year, they have been doing extra work. Two weeks ago I woke up at 8:15 am to a loud, banging/​hammering noise on my window. They were changing the baseboards around the windows with NO notice. If I would have known, I might have been less angry, but that was unreasonable.
What prompted me to write this review (i.e. the last straw) was the fact that I was jolted awake at 8:05 this morning to someone making loud noises outside my window and shouting at other people who were shouting back. Then I realized it was the maintenance staff painting my building and more specifically my window and the window right about mine. He proceeded to sing/​shout drunkenly while painting the windows. Normally, I would think this was hilarious but at 8 am on my only day off, it’s just… not so much.
Also, the apartments themselves are just mediocre. The bathrooms and sinks were all crusted and rusted over with calcium stains and everything else when we moved in. Not clean conditions.
We also had a mice problem upon moving in. If we had mice towards the end of the year, I could see how it could be the product of a messy environment but when you just moved in, it’s hard to argue this. Plus, I’ve seen plenty of potato bugs (one of the other reviewers said to do this, but seriously, GOOGLE that. It’s creepy as…).
I’ve lived in other apartment complexes (e.g. Allegre and Lakeshore) and have spent countless hours at friends’ apartments in other complexes and can honestly say I recommend ANY other place over this one.
TL;DR: If you’re considering moving here, DON’T. It’s cheap, but there are other cheap options without the headache. If you plan to move here, also plan to move in a few days after the agreed upon move-​in date and deal with loud noises at 8 in the morning AT LEAST once a week.

This apartment complex just changed their website because I am trying to move because the website said smoking «NOT PERMITTED» which Is why I moved here because I have asthma, that is now gone and I am trying to move because my neighbor below me smokes so much my apartment smells like I smoke, they have offered to relocate me with in the complex, but I will have the same problem. IF YOU DON’T SMOKE AND HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, THIS IS NOT THE APARTMENT FOR YOU. They are making me pay the rest of my lease 11 Mo’s unless they can rent it out. Smells horrible and I am already coughing. They say now smoking in the unit but mine smelled like smoke and the residents smoke right out side your window. LOVE THE APT AND THE VIEW, BUT I CAN’T BREATH!!! THIS IS A SMOKING COMMUNITY~~~~
~~~~~FOLLOW UP POST, AFTER CONTACTING THE THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO ST ANTON, THEY AGREED TO RELEASE ME FROM MY LEASE WITH A 30 NOTICE.~~~
ALLOT OF SMOKERS HERE, IF IT BOTHERS YOU, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK ELSE WEAR.

Unilocal isn’t a soap box.
I’ve never seen ‘christian zelots’ or had to deal with overly loud neighbors. The kid next door practices his oboe but that’s hardly a problem.
There’s always plenty of parking around my apartment. The management took care of our problems in a timely manner and sent the maintenance guy over same day when it was an emergency.
Overall good.

It’s low income housing. So, there are a lot of working class families with oodles of children that never shut up! The managers don’t do anything– so if you want to party and play your music loud this is the place. There’s a screwy church nearby so there are plenty of christian zealots happy to «enlighten» you if you’re discussing your own beliefs anywhere near them.
I’m sick of the «young professionals» expecting the Ritz and complaining that it’s not. LOW INCOME HOUSING! If you want something nice PAY FOR IT!
Some people love it. I’m definitely not one of them.

I sort of lived here my freshmen year w/​my boyfriend and his roommates. I enjoyed the complex because I thought the apartment was clean and rent is A LOT cheaper than other apartment complexes around the area. My opinion on this place changed, however, as the time passed. My neighbors complained of mice, although I never seen any. Periodically, water in the toilet would turn brown?! Bleh. Parking was a b*tch! A came home late one night from studying and there was NO PARKING ANYWHERE. There isn’t any security around so there were a lot of parties. I finally found parking and the next morning they towed my car. I ran into the apartment management and asked them why the fck they towed my car? The apt manager said it was illegally parked, but I wasn’t blocking any fire hydrants and I wasn’t parked in the red. I ended up paying $ 250+ to get my car back.
Two years later, without anywhere else to live, I am forced to live at Alhambra Apartments again. The apartment I got was the shittiest ever. We constantly had spiders, mice, random ass bugs, and POTATO BUGS! WTF, potato bugs… google that shit. I swear you will be grossed out.
PLEASE, oh please… stay far away.