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    Bay Tree Apartments over the pool.
    Hannah G.

    This apartment complex is wonderful. The apartments and grounds are fantastic, well kept and clean. I'm from the Midwest and have a different (apparently higher?) standard of living than what I found moving to the Santa Cruz area. I dealt with private landlords that were completely irresponsible, and unbelievably trashy apartment complexes (some were literally falling apart on the inside!) for $2k/month rent. Bay Tree is different. Coming here felt like I was finally dealing with professional, reasonable people. I'm so sad to be moving out. By far, one of the best parts of living here was the amazing Property Manager, Robert. He's very kind and professional, and he really goes above and beyond for his tenants. The best apartment in the world, managed poorly, can be miserable. You don't have to worry about that here as long as Robert Murphy is managing things. It's a really great little community to be a part of, in a more relaxing atmosphere than Santa Cruz.

    The washer leaves a rust like residue. After reporting to the property management, still not fixed after 3 months.  Worst property managemen

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    Acorn Court

    (1 review)

    They say they are luxury apartments, I don't see that. Nice places and area but the apartments…read moreclosest to the managers apartment (bottom of hill) seem to house riff raff. The manager appoints a random tenant to hold keys to the apartments while they are away, which seems often. The floors are pretty thin, you can hear neighbors above or below with television/music. There is plenty of parking space and a large storage closet which is very convenient. The outside is well maintained. If you decide to extend your lease, they will offer a discount, which is more than I can say for other outfits. Otherwise, if you chose month to month the rent is increase by a minimal amount. Every month you receive get a bill that is hung to your doorknob, included is your rent and water. doorknob eh..Talk about Luxury.. ;) Although, the majority of the time I received neighboring bills and was so happy for them that their bill was much lower than mine. Watch out when you move. They follow a checklist and if one hair is out of place, even if you follow the same checklist, a cleaning service is hired (or just said they hire) to the tune of $250 to go back over the ENTIRE place. Thinking of shampooing the carpets before you leave? why bother, they will have it done again regardless of your effort and charge to your deposit. In the year I was there, my entire building moved out. As well as witnessing other moveouts in surrounding buildings. Always wondered why.....

    The Meadows Apartments - Sunset

    The Meadows Apartments

    (124 reviews)

    I previously lived in The Meadows for 7 years until I bought a house and moved out. My workplace is…read moreclose-by, and sometimes after lunch we walk through the outside ring parking to reach Middlefield and return to the office. Today, two of us were walking through chatting, and a Meadows property manager/worker yelled at us from across the parking lot, maybe 40 yards away, asking who we were. Thinking he had mental issues or a salesman, we kept walking. He then approached and harassed us, screaming about how we were trespassing, continuing verbal abuse and harassment and followed us until we left the property. We talked quietly, did not approach anyone, hang door tags, play music, or toss trash. We didn't go into the center apartment area. We're both computer professionals. This employee could have gotten on his golf cart and quietly told us sorry we cannot walk thru his parking lot and to kindly exit the premises. Instead, he chose to yell threateningly across a parking lot and come after us with verbal abuse. A good way to judge apartment management is how they treat visitors. Because as residents, you're going to get more of that - or worse. Stay away from this complex.

    Lived in meadows apartment for a year and it was great! The greenery and all the beautiful trees…read moremade the complex feel like a little forest. Meadows is very safe and it's also in a good location - it is right off of Central expressway and it's close to 237 and 101. Apartment was spacious as well. I also thought the gym was great and bigger than a lot of other apartment gyms so amenities as good here. There is a community pool as well. The management company was very responsive with service requests. We had an issue where the central AC was spewing out dead bugs so the maintenance team quickly came in and gave us a new AC. Meadows also hosts some events every couple months (coffee station, Easter egg hunt, food trucks, etc.) which made the apartment complex feel more like a community. One of the drawbacks about this complex is the lack of natural light in the some of the apartments. Because of all the tall redwood trees and the direction of our apartment, we didn't get much light. For the most part, we had our lamps turned on all the time. And because of the trees, leaves would fall into our balcony so we had to frequently clean that up. We decided to leave once the lease was up as we found a place with more natural light closer to our offices and meadows was going to increase the rent by $250 a month. If it wasn't for the light situation, probably would have continued to stay here. Overall I enjoyed living here, and if you are ok with less natural light or you are able to get an apartment facing the right direction, then I recommend!

    Scotts Valley Property Management - This guy is a scammer.

    Scotts Valley Property Management

    (30 reviews)

    Absolutely horrible, awful company. Complained for weeks about roof, mold, rot and unlivable…read moreconditions with a "sure we'll fix it" at first. Then days, weeks, without action. Messages to them went unanswered. Moved as soon as I could but they make you sign long leases with huge deposits and money up front, with lots of promises but dont hold up their end of anything. It's unfortunate these people are still in business or allowed to manage anything.

    This company has been challenging to deal with to say the least. When my house was listed for rent…read morethey charged me over $1400 for cleaning (I'm a fairly clean and neat person so $1400 for cleaning felt like a punch in the gut). I'm certain it did not receive $1400 worth of cleaning and I'm also certain that the PM never visited the property to do an inspection of the cleaning. Fast forward to me moving back into the house 15 months later. The PM told me that I would receive the same level of cleaning ($1400 worth, right?) when the renters moved. What a joke. Cleaners left the stove a mess, filters were nasty, showers not thoroughly cleaned, basement windows not washed, basement area not swept. I was charged for all of this up front. Also, PM never came by the property to ensure the renters were following the lease and maintaining the HVAC and the water treatment system. I think PM for this company means they are going to charge you to collect the rent. So...here we are 40 days since move out and I've yet to receive any monies from them as reimbursement for the $500 deposit I gave them to cover minor repairs, money I spent on materials and labor for thoroughly cleaning when I returned. It's been 3 weeks since I sat down and went over the itemized statement with them. Also, they are holding onto a security deposit for another rental that they "managed." Why? I took over managing the rental so there is zero accounting to be done. I've stopped by their office and found the door locked during normal business hours. They do not return phone calls. It takes three emails to get them to respond. We're now at small claims because they aren't responding and issuing refunds. Property owners: Find another PM. This place is all smoke and mirrors.

    Bay Tree Apts - apartments - Updated June 2026

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