We just moved out of our place (due to an out of state move) and already miss it. We loved living here the past 2 years. The staff but specially Rachel, Dion and Maria... were the absolute best. Rachel runs the front office, always happy to greet us with a smile and warm hello. Dion kept our apartment running smooth and Maria kept the grounds looking amazing. You guys will sorely be missed. The apartment was small but had a very large patio with large storage room, included washer and dryer and an attached garage; and living on the ground floor made it absolutely perfect. The garage had plenty of space for our car and lots of room left over for storage. The price was reasonable and we were close to all kinds of things, including grocery, gas, freeways and shopping. I would move back here in a heartbeat if we come back to SD. read more

I have lived here for many years and the people who have written poor reviews are mainly targeting former management. While I had no issues with any of the former managers, I have to say that the current management (Rachel) is the BEST. Very professional and caring. The grounds are beautiful and well-maintained. The pool is always warm and the spa jets are nice and strong, which is nice after a long day of work. The maintenance crew is very knowledgeable and thorough. I can't imagine living anywhere else. read more

I really liked this place it's quiet and clean with great staff. If you are like me who appreciates a safe quiet neighborhood this would be a great place to live. Lastly, the views of the mountains from the apartment are beautiful and relaxing in the morning. read more

From the complex to the leasing office - these apartments so far have been superb. Amber was the nicest, most reliable agent who helped my boyfriend and I every step of the way. Everyone in the office, maintenance, etc have been very very nice and welcoming. We just moved in at the end of May but so far the apartments have been lovely! Very clean, quiet, and beautiful complex. It gives off a very homey, safe vibe. (Which coming from Escondido, we appreciate highly) Units are very high quality - from the doors to the blinds, everything! We have genuinely enjoyed coming home to our place and are "in love" with it. Parking was a big issue for us at our last complex and at Canyon View you get two spaces included with the unit. Once covered, one uncovered. The parking spaces are small, yes - but I'm pretty tiny so I do not mind it. My boyfriend has the covered spot and he gets in and out of his vehicle perfectly fine (he drives a larger vehicle as well). The only "issue", which really isn't one (due to the fact there are lots of available spaces), that I have found since moving here is that people love to park over the lines. I'm not sure if this is intentional or if they just do not know how to park their car - but other people live here as well and I understand not wanting your car to potentially get door dinged, but let's show some proper etiquette to the neighbors around us, shall we? Over all, great complex. We are really really loving it. The area is wonderful and almost secluded in a sense. Everything has been perfect so far and I really don't see that changing! (: Thank you, Canyon View and special thanks to Amber! read more

I love living at Canyon View! I have been here for a little over the year. First: Location is great! Walking distance to beautiful Cowles Mountain and Mission Trails Park, grocery store, CVS, gas station, nail salon and coffee shops. Noise: Quiet community. Amenities: Cute and well maintained pool area, hot tub, grills and great outside spots for entertaining. Full size washing machines and central A/C! Which is so hard to find in San Diego. Maintenance: Dion and the guys work so fast with any maintenance issue and are so efficient. Very professional and do a great job. Office: Amber and the office crew are super on top of work orders and follow up. They are all very friendly and easy to work with! read more

Had both kitchen sinks back up/flood and Deon (and Jayjay) came out and got both sinks flowing and running again! The maintenance team at Canyon View apartments, gotta say, always take care of the situation! Thanks guys! Stephen read more

Adam and I have been here for 1 year now and we are still so happy with our move and had no problem signing another lease. When we were prepping to move, I was so incredibly picky. I do not like to move and I don't want to move. My parents still live in the same house that I was brought home to from the hospital and it has a true feeling of home. When you move every year, you lose out on that. I am not exaggerating when I say we looked at nearly 100 apartments before we moved. We found this apartment in April but there were no openings. We continued to look around and nothing was comparing. As we continued to look around, we called every 2 weeks until they said they would have an opening, which took about 2 months. The next day we were at the office with a check and the application in order to get the apartment and we were approved a week later and moved in 6 weeks after that in August. The move in process was super easy. The day before we did our walk through with the staff and the next morning we were able to get the keys and move in. We have a 2 bed, 2 bath on the top floor. It is so nice to not have anyone above us and we never hear anyone on the sides of us. I am not sure if they ever hear us but we aren't very loud so I can't imagine they would hear us very often. We love our balcony, and got very lucky with mountain views. We are out there as often as possible. There are only 2 negatives I can think of about living here. 1st, not all of the top floor apartments have an extra storage closet as the lower levels all do. It isn't a huge deal as we have just used the closet in the second bedroom for storage but now that we are having a baby and the closet will be needed, we have been going through moving things around and purging other things which has been a little difficult. We did clear most of the closet and we are set. The 2nd is that we are on the busy road so for us, I hate leaving the windows open at night as the road noise is loud and if we are watching TV with the window open, we will have to turn the volume up. If those are the only 2 issues we have, I think we are doing pretty well. We love the pool area, the parking is easy but some of the spots are really tight. The gym area is small but effective and perfect for us. Anytime we have an issue, the office is super easy to get a hold of and the issue is taken care of right away. The maintenance staff and the office staff are both friendly. We just signed a new lease. The price went up $50 a month which was a lot better than we expected. If you do not sign a lease and switch to month to month, the price was going to go up $100. We also get to have our carpets cleaned which makes me happy and feel old all at the same time. We are very happy and we look forward to the next year here and hope we continue to have no issues. This is a great place for us and to welcome out little one into the world. I am very happy to have this be our home. read more

I want to thank Jared for his help in finding the right apartment for me. He is very professional and hard working with a great attitude.

New resident here....had a few maintenance issues that needed resolving and I have to say that the Canyon View leasing office (Jared and Amber) are very quick to respond by getting maintenance out to a) take care of the issue and b) in a professional positive manner. Ivan Padilla came out this morning and not only took care of the scheduled issues (replacing several blinds) but also took care of a few extra minor issues (no heat in the dryer, an electrical socket not screwed in) while he was here! Ivan has a great positive attitude, was very pleasant to chat with as he worked, and resolved everything quickly and professionally. I'm glad Canyon View has a great maintenance crew! read more

3 stars. Apartments are nice. Just came up for a lease renewal and told the office we were going to renew. They totally forgot. Long story short we are basically turning in the papers a day before the last lease ended. In addition, they will raise your rent $150 a year to encourage you to move. Also, one of the neighbors complained about a different neighbor leaving trash outside, which they were. Instead of addressing the issue 3/4 tenants on our floor got 'write ups.' Canyon View does not follow through with enforcing anything on the leases. People have barbecues, they use garages as storage units and not parking, people without covered parking passes park in covered parking. When brought up, they say they put those on the lease for liability and pretty much couldn't care. The parking is garbage. Spaces are extremely small. Your car is guaranteed to get trashed. Really torn on this place after being here a year. It's secure and quiet and there aren't any major issues. There are so many small issues that are not addressed by an apathetic management though that it's hard not to be annoyed. read more

Every morning between 8:15 and 8:30 some yells repeatedly over and over again, every single day (for hours). It has broken my tranquility completely. I contacted management and they said they could not give me any information regarding this situation. If you are considering renting here, I suggest you hang out in the morning at the above given time and get a sampling of what you're going to be in for every single day. read more

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE CONSIDERING TO RENT AT CANYON VIEW APARTMENTS. *****DONT RENT FROM CANYON VIEW**** My wife and I were on the search for a place to rent. We came across canyon view. It is an apartment complex located in San Carlos near Cowles Mountain San Diego. We really enjoyed some of the times spent living there, the negative interactions we had have left such a sour taste in my mouth that i feel i must warn any prospective renter looking for a place to stay. It truly pains me to write this review because it was our home for a year and a half, it was our "home". However I feel it is important to WARN any prospective renters looking for a place to stay. My hope is that you will not go through what my wife and I had to go through when renting from this apartment complex for a year and a half. I give a compliment when a compliment is due. However i feel that if you don't have anything good to say just don't say anything.. however i feel that injustice is being done and i must warn others.. My interaction with Canyon View Apartments has saddened me so much that i feel i must write this review. Specifically our interactions with the property managers named Susan has caused so much stress in our lives. She should be fired. she was rude, mean, and tried to rip my wife and I off. 3 things why you shouldn't rent from Canyon View. #1 Our security deposit was not returned even though we left the apartment in great condition. #2 We were charged a total of 700$ instead of receiving our security deposit. Their reasoning is that they were charging us to repaint and remodel the apartment due to our damages. Like i said, we left the apartment in great condition and Canyon View tried to get us to pay for their remodel of our apartment. #3 poor communication - Upon giving my final months notice, 5 attempts were maid to contact anyone in management. Our final month notice was not processed until 7 days later after 5 attempts to give final months notice. (3 phone calls and 2 personal visits to office ) Due to Canyon Views poor communication skills we were asked to pay a prorated rate of 330$. The property manager stated that since she didn't process the final months notice until 7 days after the 1st of the month we would have to pay for 7 days. After a week of fighting to get that removed we were finally able to move out and not have to pay it. also the management asked if they could enter our apartment to work on the cable system. i told them that the time they requested would not work. i left 3 voicemails. heard nothing back. Result, staff breaking into our apartment and walking in on my wife half naked at 9 am without even knocking. The management does not care about their tenants. this is very clear. All they care about is money. There are many more examples of poor communication through our 1.6 years spent living their, it would take too long to list all of them. JUST TAKE MY ADVICE AND DONT RENT FROM CANYON VIEW! During our stay at canyon the communication between the management and the tenant was basically non existent. Pro's - nice location, quite, facility is in good condition -friendly neighbors - Some of the staff were nice and friendly. Con's -poor communication - management (Susan) was rude at all interactions we had with her. -will not return security deposit, despite always paying rent on time and leaving apartment in a great condition (being good tenants) - over charged due to clerical mistakes made by staff when giving last months notice -dealing with Susan My suggestion is that it would be a poor choice on your part to rent from canyon view apartments. Sincerely, Disappointed renter read more

The management of Canyon View Apartments and/or perhaps the owner has chosen to raise the rent at the year end renewal date an extra $50 per month. This is during the pandemic where my family is struggling to make ends meet. SHAME ON YOU CANYON VIEW read more

I can't fault this apartment complex for most things you look for in a place to live. My only problem was with my downstairs neighbor, who was legitimately nuts and made it miserable to live here. MANAGEMENT: 5/5 stars (for Holly and Susan.) The managers are responsive, nice, and sympathetic; two of them live on site. Holly and Susan are both AMAZING - they go above and beyond to help tenants out and are always available to listen to and respond to complaints. MAINTENANCE: 5/5 stars They get jobs done quickly and efficiently, respect your privacy and personal space, and always clean up after themselves. I had very few maintenance issues at this apartment complex. EXTERIOR: 4/5 stars The complex is attractive and clean. One minor problem is that the parking spaces are way too narrow - clearly they tried to cram some extra spaces in to relieve parking problems. So you end up getting your car door dinged sometimes, and squeezing in and our of the car quite a bit. But that's better than the alternative, which is being left without a parking spot (this has happened to me at other apartment complexes I've lived in). LOCATION: 5/5 stars Walking distance from Cowles Mountain, from grocery stores and pharmacies, and from other amenities. Down the street (3-5 min drive) from Starbucks, Albertsons, L.A. Fitness, banks, etc. Quiet area with a nice view of the nature preserve. PRICE: 4/5 stars A bit pricy, but par for the area. The reason for the 3 star review: for the past year and a half, our downstairs neighbor has been banging on our ceiling to complain about the "noise" upstairs. My husband and I are both working professionals. I get up early every morning and go to bed early at night. We have no children, no relatives staying with us. We are quiet. We watch TV, we talk. We don't have parties, and I can't remember a single time we EVER had anyone over because we do most of our socializing out at restaurants. My point being, you could do much worse for upstairs neighbors in an apartment complex close to SDSU. To sum up: this apartment complex is great. But when you're moving in, ask whether there have been any complaints about the surrounding units. I am sure this neighbor has been the subject of many complaints from past tenants, and it doesn't look like management is able to get rid of her anytime soon. I know this is beyond their control, because eviction laws in California are very tenant-friendly, but it is frustrating. Proceed with caution. read more

This complex is too big for me to be found so I'll write a review on it. We moved in early Aug and haven't been happier. It is so nice, well maintained, managed and the neighbors are quiet. Being so close to SDSU I was a bit concerned, it's been lovely. We have a view of Cowels, and my only complaint is the road noise. Lots of first responders going code - lights/sirens. That's ok. I don't mind. We have a top unit, loving the no booming neighbors above us. The people we've met are nice and say hello, theirs no questionable characters here. Amenities are nice, a small gym, pool, jacuzzi, and outdoor fire / lounge area. Residents live close to this area and I always make sure to shut the gate quietly and be mindful with the noise levels. I'd be peeved if that gate was slamming all the time. lol Gates are remote and secure, cameras on all of them. Makes me feel safer even if hoons came in they'd be recorded and arrested promptly. Management is responsive, and really through with explaining things on paper before the move in day. I was so excited when Susan called and said you want it? It's yours! Their is a wait list, as far as I know.. but couldn't hurt to call in and ask. I am happy here. The layout of our unit is nice, bright and open. Everything works and is clean. Management is great, we pay on time and have very few requests so, it's a win win for all involved. Ha! read more

Me and my wife lived there for almost a year, but we had to move out earlier since we became homeowners :) Overall, the place is great, it looks like you are on vacations there. Great and warm swimming pool, bbq station by the pool and another one with the canyon view, the apartments are really good inside and cozy. The parking spots are a bit small for bigger cars. The staff, Jared and Susan, are really friendly and always available to help you out! read more

We just moved in a day ago and already have had wonderful service from Management and the Maintenance Staff. Ivan and Jesse in Maintenance were so helpful and made sure that we had everything up and running in our apartment. They are prompt, extremely competent, accommodating, friendly, and made us feel at home as new residents. We couldn't ask for better help from the Maintenance Staff at Canyon View. read more

Man I love it here. My kids love it too. Maintenance is pretty prompt about being there on time. And management is pretty down to earth. So far no complaints. Water seems soft also. Skin ain't crackin hahaha. The building is not old, def modern. I'm planning on signing another lease. And all my neighbors have been respectful. Trash and recycle dumpsters are located well. Plenty room for your trash! The patio is very large n the units have their own water heaters. We are getting our bang for our buck here read more

Me and my girlfriend are looking for a new place to live, so we decided to walk in and check some of their floor plans out. As soon as we walk in we say hello and the leasing agent girl walks up to us coughing in her hand with Hot Cheeto dust still on her finger tips. No hello how can I help you, just coughing. We ask about availability and she didn't seem very helpful so I grabbed a floor plan sheet and went on my way. Not sure if I want to live at a place that has employees like that. Didn't get to grab her name but she was younger.. hence, the Hot Cheeto fingers... very unprofessional. read more

I have been living here since October and I love it! The people in the office are so nice and laid back. The service guys are also very nice and take care of things promptly. The community is very clean, there is always somewhere to park and I love the neighborhood. As long as the rent doesn't sky rocket at the end of my lease, I will continue to renew here. read more

Left the apartment spotless after moved out. Still charged $125 cleaning fee for no reason.

Why would you have not one but TWO huge banners saying "NOW LEASING" and not be leasing? Got a bad vibe right away. I'll take my money some where else. read more

My roommate and I have lived here for a year and a half and we both love Canyon View. We both agree that you really are getting the most bang for your buck at this complex compared to the nearby apartment complexes (ahemmm Mission Trails). Beautiful area; Well maintained complex; Central heating and air; In unit washer/dryer; Spacious unit; and the pool area is really amazing. The neighbors have been really quiet and the staff has always been very friendly and responsive as well. read more

Place is so quiet. Clean. Frendly neighborhood. Good view apartment with large balcony. I advise it to couples. And family who has a child's . It has huge spaces for playing exactly for children read more

Management is right. Yelp reviews are not necessary, though I was hoping to find raving written reviews. This complex sells itself. Talk to any aI am going to be living here on a personal referral. Occupancy rate, as they claim, is around 98% and as a vacancy appears, the unit gets filled quickly. I thought it was rather overpriced, but the buildings were constructed in 2002 and everything is of quality. There's a model for the 2-bedroom version, gorgeous. Go see it even if you don't plan on renting, just for interior decorating ideas. Lovely people. I especially am fond of the assistant manager. Having both management members living on site says a lot for the place alone. read more

Don't move here. It's awful. The outside is pretty, but the experience is the worst. Just save yourself and move anywhere else.

The add on Apartment.com shows this as a SMOKE FREE property, it is not! If you live above someone that smokes on their patio, the smoke comes in your unit. So you can't have any open windows, unless you want your home to smell like a smoker lives there. Add also mentioned fireplaces, there are none in this complex. The review on Apartments.com was spot on about the manager tho! Nice to see someone else has/had issues with Susan! Also the walls, floors and ceilings are paper thin. You can hear every footstep, door close, toilet flush, tv program, music, discussion that your neighbors are having and if they have children, them screaming, crying and running around. Running is like a earthquake in your unit. I could even hear my neighbor snoring at night! Parking slots are made for small cars and never seems to be enough for the tenants. Visitors maybe parking in the spots too, they are lax on enforcing ALL the rules. Rules of complex do not apply to everyone, management picks and chooses who they enforce them on. Complex had only allowed cats, but now they have a lot of "companion dogs", anyone can have someone write a letter and say their dog is a companion animal, but most are not legit. There is no place to walk a dog in complex. You have to also pay all utilities, trash, sewer and water. They also ONLY have AT&T as your TV and internet provider, no choice given? Units are also priced on which floor and where you unit is in complex, so no one pays the same amount as their next door neighbors. All I can say is, there are other properties that have the same as here, without bad management, who don't seem to care about you at all. You never get your deposits back either, ever. read more

This apartment is part of a nice complex. We were attracted to it immediatly. For the most part it is a quite community, unless you live near the pool. There is no security or enforcement for the pool hours. When people are in there after hours and are being loud there is nothing you can do that will solve the problem. We have been told to call the police, which does nothing because the police have better things to do than respond to a noise complaint at an apartment complex pool. We have also been told to call the maintenance number to complain and whomever was on call would get them out, but we were never called back. We've even reported people after the fact and see no results. while the staff seems like they want to reduce the occurrence of people in the pool after hours, nothing is done. If it wasn't for the issues with the pool we would love this place, but we are really just counting down the days until we can leave. read more