River Colony Condominiums

It’s Resort Living at home!
The complex is beautiful and the pool/​hot tub area is really nice. Has a gym, party room, library — all very neat and clean. The gym is definitely not anything fancy but does the job.
The location cannot be beat — dead center of everything — which on days can be negative such as Christimas time when all the traffic is flowing into Mission Valley.
Either way love this place and love living here!

They’ve recently updated the gym and the pool. Have renovated the paint scheme of the exterior and remodeled some of the landscape areas.
This place is quiet. Hardly any kids and neighbors keep it to themselves.
Its location is awesome. It’s 2 blocks from the freeway and you are surrounded by restaurants, stores, etc. You’re a mile from Qualcomm Stadium, Costco, Mission Valley mall, Fashion Valley mall, 3 movie theaters… all within walking distance.

I love living at River Colony! It’s very quiet, people are nice and it’s close to everything in San Diego. My commute is only 5 minutes. I moved in a few years ago and the management company was Prescott, now bought out by Associa (please see my review of Prescott). Thankfully they are gone now since the place was in financial ruins. Recently the NEW HOA Board has revitalized the community by firing Prescott and bringing in Merit Property Management who is doing a great job. The HOA dues have decreased for two years in a row now. The reserves will be fully funded in 5 years. Not many places can say that. A few things in response to the prior review.
*I don’t have any scrapes on my car from the parking garage. You just have to be careful as with any parking structures. There are some tights spots but several spots have been widened recently.
*The pool furniture has been updated as well as the pool deck resurfaced.
*The fitness room has just been updated. ie flat screen TVs, new paint, new floors. Looks great!
*Cars do get broken into but only when people leave things in plain sight. I’ve never heard of anyone who has had their empty car broken into. Also, the security system has been updated.
*A lot of improvements to the property have occurred in the past year and home prices are better than they have been in a decade.
*New wifi lounge for games, reading, relaxing or just surfing the Internet.

Pros: Really quiet and everyone pretty much keep to themselves. Gated access to underground garage, elevators, decent landscaping, gated community, pool area is pretty, ample street parking, close to shopping, food, and freeways, and it tends to avoid the floods on the main streets when it’s pouring. Pretty much 20 minutes max to everything.
Cons: Parking is ridiculous, the spaces are so incredibly small that almost everyone (including me) has scrapes on the sides of their cars from hitting poles or other cars. Pool furniture could be updated, fitness room sucks… like really sucks; room is really small, old machines, smells, and is just kind of pointless. My roommate’s car did get broken into once but it’s partially her fault because she had a big box in plain sight that looked like a gift in her car around Christmas time.
I’m a little sad that I will be moving shortly, it is a great location since it’s so close to everything and I do like that it’s so quiet. It’s really nice – the worst part is parking, people can hardly park next to one another.