Carlton Palms

DO NOT MOVE HERE. Carlton Palms has by far been the most disgusting apartment complex i have ever lived in my life. For 13 months, I rented a studio apartment on the ground floor for $ 950/​mo. From the first day I moved in, the unit was infested with ROACHES. & I don’t mean, 2 – 3 roaches from time to time, I mean your entire kitchen counter, bathroom crawling with 20 – 30 roaches of all shapes and sizes. Living here was COMPLETE HELL. I contacted the management, Alex. They say they «bomb» the apartment which was about 0% effective.
This complex also has a water pipe problem. Water usually gets shut off at least once a week or so. About 3 weeks before I moved out (Thank God), a water pipe busted, and the had to barge in my apartment, & tear down the wall to repair.
After it was finally time to move out, my mother & I completely cleaned the entire apartment from head to toe, (dead roaches & all), thinking this would allow me to receive at least the most of my $ 500 security deposit. This disgrace of a company actually had the nerve to send me a «moving out refund» of $ 29.99. TWENTY NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY NINE CENTS OUT OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. I am BEYOND livid. I left that apartment spotless, Alex (the onsite property manager) even himself said that every thing looked really good and how good of a tenant I was, commenting on how spotlessly clean that apartment was. & they had the audacity to send me a $ 30 check.
Please Please Please, I do not care how desperate you are for a place to live, for the love of God, do not damn your own soul by signing a year long lease with this low life company. You will ultimately regret it, be consumed by roaches, and have you money stolen from you.

What a crappy place to live. Sure, the apartments are big and the A/​C units work, but the water is CONSTANTLY being turned off for 6 hours at a time, the laundry machines break on a weekly basis, and there are too many gates to open on my way back to my apartment when I have my arms full of groceries or full of laundry that I now have to do at a laundromat in K-​Town. For $ 1250 a month, you would figure they would fix some of these problems. The management and location are nice though. Thats pretty much it.

I lived at the Carlton Palms, 5741 Carlton Way in Hollywood, 3 years ago for almost 4 years in a studio apartment first and then a one bedroom. I loved the apartments because it was a great price, low security deposit, animal friendly, had gated security covered parking, a pool and work out room. It was next to the 101 and Hollywood Blvd and convenient to get around the area. The manager back then (not sure if he is still there) was friendly and nice. I never had any issues since I paid my rent on time every month and kept to myself. There were a few bad, noisy tenants and they were quickly evicted from tenant complaints. I moved up to the SF East Bay to take care of my granddaughter 3 years ago and to go to UC Berkeley otherwise I would still live there. If I move back to LA, I would live there again.

I lived here for 3 months. I made this just to tell others about these deceitful apartments. A kind human trying to help other humans. These apartments are disgusting! The manager is a con artist and will do anything in his power to keep all or most of your deposit when you move out. He will literally point out invisible or inconsistent «flaws» in the apartment and tell you that you will get «money taken out» of your deposit. These apartments are older than me and they’ve never been updated. So, there are going to be many «flaws» Plus, roaches are everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE. There could be 6 roaches at one time just wandering out in the open in your apartment! And the whole «dirty homes attract roaches» is a lie because I’m extremely OCD clean they were still living with me. I HATE germs so living in those conditions was beyond uncomfortable. The gel they put in your apartment to «keep them away» doesn’t even work. Also, if you want to permanently (supposedly) get rid of the roaches, they want you to leave for hours so they can cheaply fumigate your apartment. Completely inconvenient. And not to mention they do not tell you to cover any of your belongings just «get everything out of the cabinets» Ummmm hello, if you fumigate a lived-​in home without covering your belongings then that is beyond a bad situation. The manager and his nephew (always wears sandals and lurks around the complex) will fool you into thinking that the apartments are wonderful, when in fact, they are a hell hole! They smell like crap and look like crap. I would advise you to physically look at the apartments before you make a decision. Being in another state or far city can make that difficult for some. They will send you deceiving pictures of the unit that look entirely different in person! The manager tells you that the apartment complex is owned by a «real estate company» yet he will not tell you the name or give a phone number. «Mysterious» He is a fraud and should be investigated. He may seem nice but only those small percentage of humans with a genius mind can see through his lies. –Updated 8÷10− finally received my «paperwork» in the mail. You thief, you rack up bogus charges and keep all of my $ 1,000 security deposit and I now owe you money??? Him and «his company» are thieves. Oh and buy yourself a toothbrush because when you talk to tenants your breath smells like poop. And fix your meth teeth. :)