Village Apartments

So I been living here for about two and I got to say I do enjoy living here. I live in the entrance and I notice that people always want to say negative things about this place but in reality it is not that bad. Maintenance are always trying to do their best but you always have people trashing this place. When you call them to fix something, they always come in a timely manner. I have family living here for many years and their has to be a reason why they don’t leave. I do wish there was more parking though because people park all the way on top of hill to park their car

I am leaving another review because I was disappointed to see that my original post was not left as a review.

I want to say that I have been a resident for quite some time at this property mostly due to how affordable the units are compared to neighboring properties. Recently the office got a new manager and so far there have been positive changes. We actually had a community event in April where they provided games, food and a raffle. I have notice that the parking situation has gotten a lot better. Before there would be several cars without permits parking after 7pm and now I usually see most cars with permits.

Another thing I appreciate is maintenance issues getting resolved in a more timely manner. The girls in the office follow through when you speak to them about an issue. I had a washing machine that was not working properly and maintenance came out to inspect the machine. I was frustrated because the time it was taking to get feed back originally was over a month. When I called the office a month later to complain about my washer the new staff that was there had reported it to the manager and within a week I had a working washer.

There were time that I thought about moving out but after all the improvements that are made I’m definitely renewing my lease.

Family & I have been living here for the past 2 years. Lovely front staff in the leasing office that go out of their way to make us feel welcome & acknowledged. Thank you for always greeting us (but mostly my Dad) with a smile!

This apartment complex is one of the worst ones I’ve lived in. The entire complex is overcrowded, to start with. I have seen garages with people illegally living in them, as well as sketchy homeless people crawling out of the wash after dark. There are constantly sheriffs in the area because there are so many illegal things going on. A month ago, a man was stabbed across the way from my apartment. Parking SUCKS. Even with a parking permit, it’s pretty horrendous. There is a lot a half mile away near the liquor store, but it is filled with sketchy people living in their trailers. There is an infestation problem. I always woke up to a kitchen full of ants, and I am an extremely clean person. Yes, the rent is cheaper than most if not all or SCV. But it comes with a price.

Turn around and go back on the other side of the tracks. We will start with the inside of the apartment gashes and holes that look like my 7 month old son tried to patch and then paint over, which i overlooked because the rent was reasonable. Everything looked in pretty good shape because they redid the carpet and put new hardwood look alike flooring in. But soon after the roaches started coming around. in the bathroom, kitchen, my wifes hair ect… and in the lease they tell you they basically kick you out of the apartment for a few days and bomb the apartment not giving you any repayment for your troubles or place to stay in the mean time. that wasnt an option for me because of my newborn son at the time. also the windows do nothing to keep any noise out. So it is constantly noisy from people blasting mariachi music drinking and doing drugs in the garages. I can walk out of my apartment any time at night and see a drug deal happening. It has happened quite a few times since i have been here. the parking is idiotic for a 2 bed 2 bath apartment you get 1 parking pass and there is no street parking unless you like walking a mile to your car everytime you need to. my air conditioner went out over the summer and it took them 5 days to get it fixed knowing i had a infant in the house while it was 95 degrees in the apartment. and the other day the sewer system backed up and overflowed for the 3^rd time this time leaving poop and toilet paper scattered on the only entrance to my apartment this took them 3 days to finally clean it up only after calling the health department and filing a complaint with them. I couldnt even get a lightbulb from them because they «dont replace lightbulbs». Just the other night we turned on some fans in the windows and got a nice wiff of weed coming through the window. in reading the lease they pretty much have everything covered so they are not responsible for pretty much anything other than collecting rent. and it will cost 4500 if i want to break my lease. my lease is up in January and its not coming soon enough.

This place deserves negative stars but in order to write a review it was necessary. The Village Apartments should be ashamed of themselves. The area has way too much going on: drugs, gangs, noise, roaches, bedbugs, terrible maintenance. You name it, they got it! The company tricks new possible leasers with a nice, clean model apartment right above the main office then takes them on a quick little golf cart tour of the cleanest area. Honestly the only reason they have so many tenants is due to the low income housing program they use. There are only about three maintenance workers on a good day that are always busy cleaning up empty apartments to be leased. Office employees have said themselves that hey get bombarded with more than twenty maintenance requests a day. There are multiple units infested with roaches or bedbugs or both, and the tenants are too afraid to pursue anything with management after being threatened with the costs of extermination services (illegal-​California Civil Code). If you’re ever interested in living here just think again. Don’t sign a lease even if you’re desperate because the low rent is NOT anywhere close to worth it!

It is a beautiful place to live. I just moved in this month.
They do lack in maintenance, I am still waiting for them to fix my shower and a problem with the washer that only uses hot water, but overall, people are friendly, the buildings are well kept and the landscape, the pools are clean, the area is good, and we always find parking. (Update-​Right after I finished this review maintenance came and fixed everything, they thought I was not home during the day and I didn’t give them permission to enter.)
Lots of children playing in the afternoon though, so if you don’ t like to hear children running and yelling maybe this place isn’t for you. It calms down as soon as the sun sets. :)
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Es un lugar precioso para vivir, nosotros nos acabamos de mudar. Si que ellos se toman su santo tiempo en arreglar lo que se dane. Tienen mucho que hacer, todavia estoy esperando que me arreglen la ducha y un problema con la lavadora que solo lava en caliente, pero la gente aqui son amigables, los edificios y los predios los mantienen bonitos, las piscinas estan limpias siempre, es un area buena y siempre hay estacionamiento.
Si que hay muchos ninos que juegan en la tarde, asi que si no te gusta oir ninos corriendo y gritando quizas este lugar no es para it. Pero todo se calma a la puesta del sol. :)

DON’T DO IT! You will regret living here. If I could give this property a negative rating I would and any good review about this property was probably posted by an employee of The Village Apts. This property is a perfect example of a Slum Lord we lived there for 3 years because I lost my job, as soon as I was employed I broke my lease and got the heck out of there. Let’s start with the office staff, they are constantly changed and they do nothing. In the 3 years I lived there I never saw them walk the property and most of my request for repairs where ignored. Now the outside, the owner does absolutely nothing to improve this place, there is so much paint that it looks good from the outside but if you look close you’ll see the cracks, mold and termites. Both pools don’t work so they ask you to go to their sister property up the hill. The gym has 1 working machine and is danger zone for undesirables hanging out there. You’re only allowed to park 1 car on the property and just a few weeks ago they stole 5 catalytic converters from parked cars here. Along the fence line people park, pee and get drunk because it’s so dark and the owner only turns on half the lights here to save money at the resident’s safety. Recently someone fell down a flight of stairs and because of a lawsuit he turned the lights back on at night. There are about 6 illegal garages being operated here so if you like the sound of drills and banging every day and especially at 6am on a Sunday morning then you picked the perfect place to live. Another resident ran a produce market out of their apartment which brought plenty of roaches to the buildings. All of these businesses still operate here illegally so there is oil and transmission fluid all over the parking lot and trash area. There are gangbangers and plenty of pit-​bulls living here at the property so the police are here constantly. The playground that no one ever uses because it is un-​safe. The inside is pathetic the washer and dryers fit a half a load and you can’t run both at the same time. The dishwasher’s look like from the early 80’s and the noise here is horrible, residents are allowed to make all the noise they want until 10pm so there are people who just crank there stereo so bad you can hear it in the streets. Bottom line your vehicle, kids and you are not safe. Nothing works and this has become a dangerous place to live. Just verify the information about this place with the LA County Sherriff’s department.

Don’t sign a lease here please go away from a nightmare you’ll never find a parking spot here, even if they say you will get one, they are giving new permits to park but that is not going to solve the problem because there is a lot of people living in the apartments like 6 or 8 per unit! … it’s ghetto at nite I’ve seen a lot of people drinking at the parking spots at night, the police comes here often people know this place like little Tijuana I can’t wait for my lease to end if you want to live in hell live here!

Awful. And I live here. They swore they would have assigned parking almost 2 yrs ago! This place is crap. Aside from that bc of the pkg issue their is nowhere to park. People park in the red zone and handicapped spots. People get towed bc the complex wont give us spots even tho they swear oh well have it assigned in two weeks. Its been almost 2 yrs lol. Its ghetto at nite, nice by day. Dont be fooled. This place is crap.

Very Disgusting area to live in.
Very well below standards of living…
While they keep raising the rents on you.
Many Management issues. They changed management more than they do landscaping…
Problems:
Managements — raise the Rent… while driving all on expenses, literally… It’s like living in the Slums…
They force you to sign a long lease and if you don’t they will keep raisin the price on you.
Parking — We are paying tenants with 2 parking permits, with no parking at night. While they won’t do much on tenants who has NO parking permit and parks at the complex at every single night.
Most tenants do have garages but don’t use their garage as parking but still have parking permits so it also one of the cause of pileup in the parking.
Over capacity of people living on most of the apartments that has the average Drivers of 5 or more!!! & that more likely has to have more than 3 – 5 cars on most of the complex. Let’s face it we all have to work… By the way these are the norm here. Capacity lvl are all way at limits that is the main cause of parking issues. Stress. Pain to most. I could go on & on just with the parking issues…
Number of character Tenants — That park their bikes or something to reserve their spots… & got to LOVE the Double Parker’s that saves for them… Business trucks that PARKS their Giant super size American SUV’s or trucks… These are businesses grade that has to be giant Sizes… ATT Super Long Vans… that nicely put cones down cause they don’t fit… That’s Very Nice of them at least. These are vehicles that parks on residence PARKIG…
These are just a few happy inviting minor inconvenience here in the Village…
Welcome Home… & really Good Luck…
And Yes they will Get your car if u do park on the side while you wait for parking because no parking on a mile radius anywhere and on the 1mile uphill street.
Upside… Your safe if you happen to be one of the non permit Parkers… just as long as you happen to get here early & you get a parking.
Because the parking enforcements that do come is YES over weight guy that just plain Too LAZY to go down to check each cars… Proof: One incident, I happen to come out too see… He was trying to write a parking ticket or site our guest car, in the assumption of being here too long… So I ask when I caught him politely. what makes you think this car has been here for too long… His reply is, there is cobwebs buildup on the back of the car… I reply LOL… Just to let you know this car driver works graveyard every single day and gets home early in the morning… And we can prove it… With pay stubs graveyard salary… His reply. Ow okay… Well you know why… He won’t simple get UP to check for permit.
By the way the guest that did stay at our 2driver apartment had No pass so it pass the safe permit checks… lol… So I simple laugh while he drove by… No Pass!!! Parked on parking supposedly checked for permit… Daily.
These are minor issues that can be solved only with the right management…
Minor Problems! that get compounded because of the lacking in management. But it’s ok just raise the rent and see who sticks and it will eventually solve the problems… That’s the approach they tuck. Rather than taking an approach to it, tenants WILL always get smarter and smarter and find ways to cause more issues for management and all who lives here.

The Village. Where do I begin?
You have been the source of stress and craze for the last month. I’ve lived on couches and had a car full of crap. I’ve gone without Internet, TV and had to wash my cat. I wasted a weekend laundering all of my clothes and linens. I had to wash every dish that I put in your kitchen.
The gist of the story — My lease at The Village was for 15 months. I lived there 3 days.
While the office staff was courteous and professional, the apartment itself was not up to the standards of proper living — i.e. roaches galore.
The rent is inexpensive, but you get what you pay for. The location is meh and the community is a bit sketchy at night. The washer and dryer in unit are small and you can not wash and dry at the same time. Oh, and the roaches. After unpacking only a few things, I found roaches in the broiler, linen closet, on the walls, in the bathroom… Gross.
I felt duped. I saw this great apartment model, but our actual apartment was not up to quality standards of living. No one should live this way. We refused to take this substandard living space as our own for the next 15 months. We broke our lease and moved out.
Was it worth all of the trouble, just for bugs? Let me ask you, would you like roaches in your sheets or in your oven?