Casa Bella Apartments

Loved living here!!! The location was great and loved the apartments. Unfortunately I had to move to OC, but I would have stayed at Casa Bella for a long time if I could have. The manager Michael was great to work with. He was very fair and helped whenever I had an issue. He has a lot to deal with so I don’t think the negative reviews were justified. Highly recommend these apartments.

I lived at this location for 3 years. As with most rental properties there were maintenance problems but I feel the management was always prompt and responsive to any request I had. Fixing most issue in a timely manor. The manger was respectful to me and every other tenant I saw him interact with. Contrary to other reviews where he is listed as fraudulent and disrespectful. He respected my 30 day notice with no issue and returned my deposit in full; it took about a month to receive but that doesn’t seem out of par to other rentals I have lived in. The prices were not cheap but the location is worth the price and in line with Brentwood living. I would recommend this location and manager (Michael Matyas) to others looking for an upscale apartment in the heart of Brentwood.

I concur with the above.
I have tried and tried to get my security deposit back from Michael Matyas who was running the Venice apartment I was staying in for 3+ years. I had the place professionally cleaned, returned the keys and gave him my forwarding address but after more than 15 emails I have yet to receive anything at all. He still has the full security deposit totaling about $ 1400. I don’t expect to get 100% of that back, but I’m not getting anything.
The guy is a snake. I do not recommend this company, nothing but trouble, really. It was a pain to move out even after 30 days and it’s a pain to get him even to respond to me. Small claims court will take care of this but it’s a huge pain to have to deal with what I consider to be a simple part of the move out process.

The property manager at this building (Michael Matyas) is the worst. Renter-​Beware! He is completely unresponsive to basic building maintenance requests (hot water, blinds, broken refrigerator). He illegally forged my lease and withheld my security deposit. He never responded to my 30 day notice regarding my move out and he is extremely discriminatory against women. I wish the state had a better way to deal with fraudulent and abusive property management companies such as this one.