Alvarado Parkside Apartments

Nice place to live.
But the «free internet» here is a JOKE. Don’t trust the reviews from people who say that the Internet here is great (its probably just coming from management) It’s out more often than it works. The prices are way higher than they need to be. $ 1225 for a 2 bedroom flat, with little to no amenities. Management is pretty great though. Questions get answered very quickly and repair requests do not go unnoticed.
Didn’t renew my lease because I could find a place where I didn’t have to pay for Internet that is unusable.
TL;DR pricey and awful Internet but management is competant.

Of all the places I’ve lived in during my years here at Davis, Alvarado Parkside was by far the best. There were some downsides here, but compared to my experiences elsewhere in Davis, living here was pretty great.
The PROS:
LAYOUT — it was really the best layout I’ve seen so far in terms of sharing with housemates/​roommates, convenience, and price. For example:
1. The 2B/​1B apartment was cheap, $ 1100, when we moved in last year, which is $ 550 per room or $ 275 for sharing). The rooms are big enough to fit 2 twin beds and 2 regularly sized desks!
2. The 2 bedrooms are identically-​sized except for the humongous closet that is slightly smaller in one of the rooms.
3. The sink area is separate from the shower/​toilet, which makes getting ready convenient. The sink area is also incredibly spacious and was perfect for us to leave out all our makeup, hair curlers, straighteners, dryers, and pretty things.
4. The ceilings on the 2^nd floor bedrooms are slanted and makes the place charming, like a Harry Potter closet.
5. The kitchen bar area is convenient for passing food to the dining area.
6. Flooring wise, the carpeting was perfect. Carpet in the living room and the bedrooms, but none elsewhere, so the floors were easy to clean in the dining room, hallway, bathroom area, and kitchen.
7. The hallway closet was perfect for storing things like toilet paper and cleaning supplies and broomsticks: D
8. The kitchen had a lot of random storage space for kitchen stuffs.
9. Parking was convenient, very available, and almost always directly in front of your apartment door, at ANY hour of the day. Spaces are well-​marked and spacious as well.
10. The airflow in the apartment is excellent because there are two windows parallel to each other. Open the kitchen windows and the living room windows and you’ll have fresh air circulating! Perfect.
MISC
1. The A/​C and heater worked wonderfully and distributed air equally to each and every room. Working central heat and air may not seem like a big deal, but it really is during the 110 degree Davis summers and 50 degree winters, as we discovered when we moved into a different apartment the following year.
2. The manager that lives in the complex, Jennifer, was very available at her apartment. Her really cute toddler may follow her everywhere on the job, but she was still really great at responding to requests for maintenance or improvements in the house (for example, we wanted curtains in our kitchen front, and she got someone to install new blinds for us, for free, within the day!).
3. Jennifer and the Management Company was super accommodating come move-​out time. We paid the deposit and expected some deductions, but they worked with us so that our deposit was very minimally reduced upon move-​out.
4. Move-​in was great as well; our previous lease ended and we needed to move into the apartment ASAP, so she let us in early while the newly cleaned carpet was still drying.
5. Having an outside light that you can control (turn on and off) is very useful and makes you feel safer, especially because there are additional lights for the stairs. Well-​lit parking lot and stairs = feels safe.
Now, here’s some of the CONS of the apartment:
1. The bathroom is really small with high ceilings, so mold grows unless you ventilate it very well.
2. There were cockroaches outside. Once in a while, bugs wander inside, but we only had one cockroach… but then the saying goes that if you see one cockroach, there’s probably a bunch more hiding from sight…
3. The apartment was old. Even though the layout was great, things such as the cabinets in the kitchen and in the bathroom were wooden and kind of falling apart. The condition of the flooring inside was also not impressive, with the carpet being pretty old and the hard-​floor some old green linoleum thing.
4. Walls are thin enough that we could hear the people next door AND downstairs talking. Downstairs, as in through the carpeted flooring in the room.
5. If you’re upstairs and facing another apartment, you can see very well into your neighbors backyards and accidentally glance at a very hairy naked man.
6. The pool is very, very tiny and frequented by noisy and enthusiastic toddlers and kids. The pool room area also has random old and broken equipment, such as dryers, and was storage for table tennis tables. Hm.
Overall, a great and generally quiet complex for the typical college student that does not throw parties and is looking for apartments on a budget. Proximity to the North Davis Greenbelt (literally just across the street), to the campus via the F line, to the Savemart plaza, and to the Davis library makes this apartment complex convenient. Parking, apartment layout, management, and cleanliness was excellent, and my only regret was that by the time my housemates and I decided that we were going to stay in Davis after graduating, it was at the end of June, so the rent prices went up by $ 50 and our apartment was already leased out :|

I been living here for about a year now, and I can say that I have been very satisfied with this place.
Pros:
Excellent management, the manager here is almost always on-​site and willing to take care of any problems in a timely manner. Repair requests are generally fulfilled in less than 24 hours.
Convenient, 10 minute bike ride to UCD. Close to both Nuggets and Savemart.
Reasonable Price, about $ 1,100 to $ 1,150 for a two room apartment (flat), this is considerably cheaper than most places in North Davis.
Parking is always available regardless of hours.
Cons:
The apartment is a little old, the complex is built before 1970s.
Could be a little loud at times. (Next to Davis High School)
Only one bus line run through the area (Unitrans Line F)
Overall, a great place to stay in during the college years. The location is convenient, the price is reasonable and the management is awesome.