Greystone Apartments

I was originally going to live in my friend’s apartment next year since he is graduating, but I decided not to after having a horrible experience with the office.
Today, I went to my friend’s place to discuss what furnitures to keep and throw away, and I wanted to check out the swimming pool at the Greystone apartments. At first, I parked my car at someone else’s spot and left a note saying «I’m sorry, here’s my number xxxxxx.» Because no guest parking was available at that time.
Later, she called me and left a voicemail to move my car, and I did. I parked my car at the Future Residents Parking spot. I thought parking there as a future resident for 30 mins should be fine (also since i left a polite note with my number), but my car was towed in like 15 minutes.
I went into the office to talk about this, and the female property manager was mad at me that i hadn’t come into the office. And I told her «my friend lived here for 9 months already, and I believe he is more capable of giving advices than you guys.»
Furthremore, there were two future residents parking spots open out of four in total. It was also during a time when most students took their finals and left the town, so ²⁄₃ parking lot was empty. But they still didn’t give a shit and towed my car for «NOT COMING INTO THE OFFICE».
Well, as a college student, this is all I can do. Write a Unilocal review and let people know how narrow-​minded the manager is. For people who are going to live here in the future, don’t be surprised even if they do something RIDICULOUS. I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE HERE. BYE

They’re pretty helpful here. The management and bus is definitely worse during the off seasons, but when school is in this apartment complex is pretty nice.

…only if Unilocal allowed less than a 1 star rating.
We got lured in by their cheap rent & move in deals BUT the quality of the apartment & management are two things you don’t want to experience for yourself.
Negatives:
–Hidden fees we weren’t told about (i.e. monthly parking fee $ 20/​month uncovered & $ 30/​month covered for EACH parking spot)
–Things started breaking within the first month (i.e. towel bar kept falling because the side pieces that are supposed to hold the bar in place wasn’t screwed on, garbage disposal is so old it doesn’t grind up anything leaving you with a clogged sink & closet doors stopped sliding on track)
–POOL: was NEVER cleaned, only done by tenants that didn’t want to swim in a pool full of leaves
–STUDY LOUNGE: isn’t always available like it should be (i.e. random yoga sessions were held inside with no prior notification)
–GYM: equipment is ancient, some machines are broken or not working properly
–MANAGEMENT: unprofessional (i.e. they asked us on multiple occasions if we were able to move out before the lease ends because the new tenants wanted to move in earlier & that they would deduct those days from our rent. Since two of the four roommates were still taking summer school, we told them NO more than 5 times. Couple days later, we receive a notification from management that we NEEDED to move out _​days before the lease ends – SERIOUSLY? *!@^*^!@#! Oh & when things didn’t go their way, they claimed that we missed a month of rent – & I ended up having to print out all of the copies of checks they DEPOSITED from my account for proof)
–MAINTENANCE: workers either don’t really know what they’re doing or don’t really care for their job (i.e. called them in numerous times to fix random things & somehow, they never get fixed or are only fixed short-​term) & when they came in to «fix things» they never acknowledge your presence nor bother to tell you how they fixed the problem/​what they replaced
*make sure you try everything for yourself when you do the walk-​through because apparently the management doesn’t make sure things are working properly before they hand over the keys (i.e. for some reason, whenever we used our dryer our laundry room walls were left with a layer of moist only to find out it wasn’t hooked up properly & it wasn’t venting out any of the hot air)
Spare yourself a headache & live elsewhere.
When you still see ‘for lease’ & ‘move in special’ signs two months AFTER school starts, it must be a sign that somethings wrong…

The apartments themselves are pretty clean; however, its pretty far from campus. The management (current and old) is completely awful. Be prepared to not receive back any of your deposit despite how clean you keep the apartment.
I have had a dispute with them over a pathetic $ 20 and they refuse to give my money back. These people are cheap crooks so watch out! the people who manage these apartments are just simply miserable people.

It seems that nothing has changed since this complex opened in the 90s. Back then I know poor unsuspecting college students who were swindled out of their security deposits.
If you’re getting ready to move out, make sure to take photos of the condition of the unit after the cleaning. The landlord does not have the right to deduct for ordinary wear and tear.
There is a problem with the paint and fixtures when I lived there many years ago — they were the cheapest possibly quality. For example, the mere act of taking a warm damp soft cloth to the paint would cause it to rub off.
I don’t know if things have changed but management back then acted like the tenants (students) were enemies and were always on the offense.

My daughter & her roommates were swindled out of their rental deposit despite vacating their unit in immaculate condition. Management claimed that the unit had to be repainted and carpets cleaned. Of the $ 600 deposit they put in, they are getting a measly $ 45 back. They might as well have left the unit dirty and not wasted an entire weekend cleaning it up. Oh, and it’s been 5 months since they moved out and have yet to get the $ 45 bucks owed to them. Checks in the mail, right?

I lived here for a little under a year, in a two-​bedroom apartment. I didn’t have any major difficulties, and enjoyed the time here. I chose to live here, initially, because they allow (big) dogs and because they have washers and dryers in the unit. These were both huge perks, although I am sure we paid for them, because rent seems a little higher than for other places around town. Nevertheless, I thought that it was completely worth it.
Staff was generally nice and helpful, and the complex is clean. I never used the pool, and only used the clubhouse two or three times for the wireless internet before our internet was installed. They occasionally serve free snacks and lunches in the clubhouse, which could be fun.

The only good thing about this place is they allow dogs and the maintenance staff. The rent is steep and management is shady. Example, we cleaned our apt spotless before our move out date the apt was empty for a good 2 weeks but we did not hand in our keys yet. I go back 2 weeks before out hand in date and see our apt is a mess do to renovations. They charged our deposit on what their contractors mess. Ok the carpet needed to be changed I get that but to charge us for normal wear and tear for the apt paint is totally bs. The deposit was $ 500 and we got a check back for $ 5. Other places charge less and do not do this shady business. I would not recommend people renting this place or renewing their lease. For the same amount of money you can rent a townhouse else ware. Stay far far away from this place. I don’t know if it is Stonesgate as a company or just this property.
Sidenote: Everything is outdated in this complex, you can have new stuff just by renting the apts across the street.
One last thing, I came back one weekend to check my mail and our day to return the key was not even up yet, I walked into our apt and found that the contractors were doing their laundry in our washing machine. The electricity bill was still being paid by us. Who freaking does that?!?
California law specifically allows the landlord to use a tenant’s security deposit for four purposes:
* For unpaid rent;
* For cleaning the rental unit when the tenant moves out, but only to make the unit as clean as it was when the tenant first moved in;214
* For repair of damages, other than normal wear and tear, caused by the tenant or the tenant’s guests; and
* If the lease or rental agreement allows it, for the cost of restoring or replacing furniture, furnishings, or other items of personal property (including keys), other than because of normal wear and tear.215

I lived here several times for the last couple of years.
I never had any problems, and its a nice complex.
The only problem is the lack of parking and the nazis who will call tow on you.
Before you consider this complex, be sure to visit the reviews here:
I wish I could port all those reviews to this page, but I can’t. Be careful, Greystone management comes and removes negative comments sometimes, so don’t let them fool you.

My only experience with Stonesfair was living at the Greystone Apartments property in Davis, CA.
After dorming, I lived in Greystone for 3 years. Besides new management in our 3^rd year, we rarely had problems there — they have a 5 day grace period for rent and we got a decent amount back from our deposit. Pool always clean, though rarely saw anyone in it. Computer lab was good and pretty up to date — i’ve probably only encountered it full once or twice. comp breakfast on the weeknds was nice too — great spread. the workout area is tiny, but the times i’ve been there i never had to fight for a machine.
Downfalls:
Lack of parking — we lived in a 4 bedroom, and had 2 covered-​guaranteed parking spots. fighting for the open spots was always a challenge since we all had pretty different schedules.
Noise — it’s a pretty quiet area, so if that’s what you’re looking for — then this is it. (unless it’s changed in the past 2 years). i noticed more families here than at other apartment complexes
The Bus — it’s a pretty lengthy trip back home compared to the rest of the lines going to north and south davis
overall — still a memorable home away from home

I had a pretty ok experience living at Greystone. It’s a little far from campus, but the Unitrans were pretty reliable.
The staff at the clubhouse were pretty nice and helpful in general. The jacuzzi and the pool were nice amenities that we took advantage of. Summer time bbq next to the pool were fun.
We rented a 4 bed/​2 bath apartment, and the layout is pretty great. Open living room, nice kitchen, but the rooms beside the master bed were small. It can barely fit 2 twin size bed and two small @ss desks in it.
We got the 2 story layout, and upstairs was HOT, and air conditioning didn’t really travel to upstairs. So when they crank that air conditioning up, the downstair was FREEZING, while the upstairs was still warm.
Deposit-​wise, they were being quite cheap about every little thing, and we almost have none of our cleaning deposit back.