Miramonte Gardens

First, the good: 1) can’t beat the price anywhere – it’s $ 1350.00 for a 2 bed, 2 bath apartment right off of Castro St 2) the community is quiet for the most part – doesn’t have many youngsters causing chaos and 3) the surrounding area is beautiful – plenty of parks, restaurants and recreational activities.
Now for the challenges: 1) some of the people that live there are down-​right gross and disrespectful. People don’t throw their garbage in the dumpsters – they leave it next to the dumpsters. When trash day arrives – it looks like a land-​fill. I feel bad for the property manager because he has to clean it up – as the Mountain View Garbage folks don’t, and shouldn’t. Also, many people, including my neighbor – fill up their back porches with rubbish… I have had it out with my neighbors a few times 2) the back porches need serious repair – the beams crack when I step on them, and it’s just a matter of time before someone falls and gets injured. I have notified Code Enforcement – but they said «ask the land-​lord and put in a work order.» Well, it’s not just my unit, it’s ALL of them – plus Code Enforcement has been doing inspections and are seriously blind if they don’t see the issue 3) Parking – my spot is directly next to the dumpsters where the inconsiderate neighbors pile their garbage. If you pull into our lot – there are like 50 open spaces — and I requested to move… but couldn’t. The property manager reserves two spaces for each unit regardless of if they have one car or not… which makes no freakin sense 4) rodents – something claws at our ceiling at night – right now it’s not that bad, but some-​times it’s really crazy. I think it’s rodents… or maybe a possum. Who knows? But our land-​lord has yet to bring in the exterminator after a few requests. I will follow-​up with Code Enforcement soon about that — it drives my girlfriend nuts, and is frankly pretty creepy.
Overall – it’s ok. The property has SO much potential, but the manager (he is really nice) is getting older, and doesn’t keep up on the place very well. The roof for sure needs repair – along with the decks and a lot of wear and tear has been neglected over the years.