Sara-Vale Apartments

I stayed in a Sara Vale 1 bedroom apartment for around 6 month. I relocated from the east cost and after doing a lot of search and visiting different places reached the conclusion that Sara-​Vale offered a good bargain. The place is walking distance to a lot of stores on El-​Camino including three supermarkets. About 15 minutes walking from the library and 30 minutes to the Cal train station. The street is quite and it is a much better neighborhood than places further north. The apartment was clean and the place is well maintained. In general the place is quite, many families with young children and young professionals. Roberto, the manager, is a friendly person and easy to deal with. I had to move out as I needed a bigger place for my family who was joining me over the summer.

Its been almost 4 months living at Sara Vale apartment complex, here is my experience so far
Pros:
Excellent location
Good for a family, even with young kids as the residents are quite supportive and greet the little ones
Very well maintained complex, never found anything in bad shape till date even though its quite an old construction
Responsive management, keep residents informed well in advance of any maintenance work
Safe and beautiful neighborhood
Walking distance to Safeway, 24hr fitness, many other stores for daily needs
Car ports for all residents
Not much noise in our downstairs apartment from upstairs
Cons:
Inside of the apartment is far more spacious than the complex from outside
Limited guest parking space, as for any other complex in the vicinity
Old property, doesn’t look as attractive as other new ones in neighborhood
Overall a great community to call it home

Pros:
I love the neighborhood, a beautiful park, a Safeway and a Trader Jo‘s are in the walking distance. Also a 24hour-​fitness is very close, sometimes we walk to it. Azure street is beautiful and peaceful and we never had any safety issues regarding our apartment, cars or selves.
Cons:
We are living in a downstairs apartment, and the upstairs neighbors have easily turned my life to hell. Apparently the structure is weak and the ceiling is thin enough to transfer all the noises, and if you get unlucky (like us) to have ppl above you who don‘t care a bit about apartment-​living culture, with a kid running and jumping the whole day, and furniture which need to be pulled and pushed constantly (without lifting!), then not only you‘ll have horrible noises, but also your whole apartment will vibrate. Many times we tried to talk to them, and they simply replied: THAT‘S THE WAY IT IS.
Unfortunately the manager didn‘t try to help that much too. Despite what we asked him (to talk to those ppl so they can manage to be less noisy in a friendly manner) he just said we can call the police if they tend to be loud after 10pm. After a few months with the same situation, we asked if he could let us move to another unit, or if he can terminate our lease earlier so we could leave, none of the options seemed possible to him. The loud TV or music after 10pm is not allowed, but running and jumping from 9am to 11pm is not against the law so he can not help.
The other upstairs neighbors (which I believe are 3 or 4 families) living in a one bedroom apartment all together, have a few times blocked our car with their cars. And once it happened that after asking them to move their car, the lady (apparently she was a guest) she showed us a finger!
Summing it us: Unfortunately that is the worst apartment I have ever lived. and it‘s clear I don‘t recommend it to anyone, except if you are a good friend of the managers (like our upstairs ppl)

The Sara-​Vale apartment complex has been my home for the last year. It is a small complex a block off of Sunnyvale Saratoga. It was a pleasure to stay here even though the apartment was older. Everything was well maintained, and if anything broke it was fixed promptly.
I couldn’t have asked for a better apartment to live in for the last year.