Samish Ridge is hands down the best apartment complex I've ever lived at and by far the best in…read moreBellingham! Leann and Kari are the greatest. Unfortunately we graduated and my fiance was offered a job opportunity back at home so we moved. We have had a hard time finding a place down at home that compares. This complex was pet friendly, the apartments are very clean, well maintained, spacious and affordable. The staff is beyond great, they're always available to talk to, the property grounds are well kept, quiet, and safe. We never once had an issue with our place and the only time we had a small maintenance request, it was handled within the hour. We also miss their workout area and club house. They have pool table, bowflex, three cardio machines and a sauna. Rarely did it ever get busy enough to wait for anything either. The location is great, it's not too far from the University and in a great neighborhood where you're close enough to the city, but partying and noise had never been an issue. The complex is comprised of a pretty even mix of students and working professionals. You're just about a 10 minute walk to Fred Meyer or to Haggen and the park 'n ride is right across the street, so you have plenty of options. This place is rarely vacant, as we were on a waiting list and referred by some friends before first living here. So take a look and if they have a vacancy, take it! You'll thank me later! :)

I previously lived here for about 2.5 years. I have lived several places since but this is…read moreabsolutely the best apartment complex I have lived in to date. The first thing is the management. Leann and Kari are awesome, awesome managers. Nice and friendly and respond to maintenance requests in record time. I never realized just how spoiled I was until I moved away. Location, location, location. Super quiet complex away from the main campus student rentals. I lived here when I was attending WWU and it was great because it was literally a five minute walk to the park and ride. After I was out of school it was nice because it was super easy to get on the freeway to go to work - 1 minute drive to go north on I-5, less than 5 minutes to go south. The apartments themselves are spacious and a great value for the price. I lived in both a two bedroom and a one bedroom and they were both huge! The one bedroom had the largest closet I have ever seen in an apartment, ever. The cabinets/carpet/flooring are all standard apartment fare, nothing special but really well maintained. Washer, dryer, dishwasher included. There's an exercise room in the main building and you can reserve common area in the main building for events.

Brand new apartments, although they do have their ups and downs it's not terrible…read more I do love the locations and the rooms themselves are quite nice. Buying a parking spot is a MUST though. The shuttle is very convenient as well. There are problem here a there like the lack of security presence, especially when it comes to noise complaints at night. And the Internet connection can be a pain, it often cuts out. Overall the biggest thing to be said is they are new apartments, so I don't expect perfection but they are very nice and if things continue to go well I will renew my lease for sure!!

Do not move to The Lark Bellingham. This place constantly has broken, damaged, or out-of-service…read moreequipment and amenities. Garbage piled up repeatedly over the past year, and it took far too long for management to resolve it. The shuttle breaks down frequently, and residents aren't notified until it's too late--causing you to miss class or pay for parking out of pocket. Rent and utility costs have consistently increased, all for a subpar living experience. When you finally move out, you're likely to be hit with vague and confusing "damage charges" that cannot be disputed unless you want to pursue legal action. I wouldn't wish this experience on anyone. The management is negligent and unresponsive. While most of the staff are kind and do their best, there's only so much they can do under such poor leadership.

We drove through it, because it was on our list of possible places that my husband and I were…read moreconsider moving to, until we saw an overflowing dumpster full of garbage. This was a major turn off, especially in an area that is full of wildlife, as it's next to wetlands. So, this will be a definite, will not be on our list of places to consider. Since, obviously management doesn't care about keeping the place clean, if they are allowing garbage to overflow!

I have lived here for almost three years now with my wife and kids. We have been blessed with…read moreliving at regency park since day one. The staff in the front office is wonderful, the maintenance team is by far I've ever seen in any residence. You can tell they truly care about each family that lives here. They go above and beyond and try extremely hard. Thank you to every single person that works here to make it so wonderful. Bless you all!

I have been here 9.5 yrs and I liked this place when I first moved in and due to proper management,…read moreJackie, our Community Director and Joel, our Maintenance Supervisor - this place has turned into the best place!

The operations management by Jackie and the facility maintenance Joel at the Vintage in Bellingham…read moreWashington is highly professional. Their extensive backgrounds compliment each other, resulting in much appreciated dedicated service to the residents. Both Jackie and Joel exhibit respect, politeness, and kindness to all residents. They maintain and operate under strict privacy policies which fosters sincere trust with residents. My residency experience at the Vintage is superior in terms of comfort, a sense of community, ​safety, and an excellent health conscious environment. I appreciate the consistent application of Vintage rules, regulations, and policies throughout our community; which makes for a stable and peaceful lifestyle for us all.

This is a fair review, it may never see the light of day on their own site... as described in the…read moreTerms and Conditions... They own the data the moment I hit the send button. Sooo if they own it they can decide if it is published for all to see ;) WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNIING My largest hope is that prospective tenants READ the terms and conditions prior to signing a lease. The important point is that these units are rented "as is". There web portal is "as is" and they take no responsibility for it's security or integrity- if it fails any litmus, they are held harmless!!! This is all available for review in their terms and conditions. Now for the condition of the units - I say units as I have been privileged to be invited into several occupied units. PLEASE READ: 1) The units are old and worn out. 2) The appliances are old and worn out. 3) The kitchen counters are simply painted plywood. 4) There is mold, water-leaks, rotting and decaying building components, silverfish, animal feces, provided internet does not have enough bandwidth to retrieve email... Just a partial list. 5) The laundry machines (they do not own - however they get rent and or a kickback for usage) The machines are in various states of operation and when operating will cost $8 to $22 per load, that's a load of wash and the same load to dry. Ended up purchasing a drying rack for the apartment as the clothing is not dry after spending an average of $20. Also there are NO REFUNDS and NO ASSISTANCE when either the washer or dryer stops working in the middle of a cycle. 6) The apartment was FILTHY when I arrived, it was so bad, sticky, moldy, worn out that it required deep cleaning before I could move in. I took photos of the mold and other concerns - I was told that they are not responsible for mold, the implication is that I created the mold ¿? Are you serious? The photos are from prior to me moving in, how could I be responsible for existing mold? Lastly, I needed to wait for a week before it was available as they claimed they were cleaning and painting (I don't believe this at all) 7) These concerns have been reported multiple times without a timely response and without action after weeks of waiting. **The complex is on their third "management company" in less than a year.... HHmmmm, more than likely to limit their liability. Caution to future tenants, READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS before signing a lease. You may wonder why we rented this apartment if some or all of these issues existed. We were two weeks away from the start of a new school year and should have been suspicious that they had availability when almost no one else did. Also, this was done over the phone and through photos as we are from out of town and traveling round trip on short notice was not an option. Almost NO COMMUNICATION fro the front office. Probably due to the management constantly changing, no one is ever able to give you a straight answer on anything -that is if you can even reach them. You call, you email, you can visit the office. Most of the time, they will not answer your calls (even if you leave a message), and are almost never at the office during office hours.

THIS PLACE IS A SCAM! DO NOT MOVE HERE I BEG YOU! This place…read moreis an absolute nightmare, and was before we moved in, and continues to be. I couldn't scratch the surface of how bad this place was, but to give you context it was about $800 a month per person, and we lived there for about a year. -AWFUL communication from the multiple people who owned the property (I think there were 3 companies that owned in in less than a year). The emergency line (on multiple occasions) went unanswered, they just really don't care. -The apartments themselves SUCK. Not only are they small, but the design makes no sense. We had no living room/living space, and had no openable windows in the main area. -There is no upkeep to the property. This place is the definition of "don't fix it, paint over it". In the winter, there was a broken waterpipe that made accessing the parking lot dangerous -they didn't fix it for weeks. -No one who works there has any clue what they're doing (expect for Carl and Niko, who are awesome). Probably due to the management constantly changing, no one is ever able to give you a straight answer on anything -that is if you can even reach them. You call, you email, you can visit the office. Most of the time, they will not answer your calls (even if you leave a message), and are almost never at the office during office hours. -My roommates and I were tricked and lied to when it came to our lease. When we signed the lease, we were signing a lease for 5 bedrooms. AFTER we signed the lease, they told us no 5 bedroom apartments were available, so we ended up having to split up. We were totally tricked/trapped. -The security deposit was $200. After emailing and calling SEVERAL people, I finally got my deposit back about a month after moving out. When I got it, they had taken out $85 for maintenance and cleaning. WHAT?? Not only was the apartment FILTHY when we arrived, we also deep cleaned it before leaving. There was absolutely no damage, so there is no reason that money should've been taken out. -For weeks in the Winter, and Spring the fire alarms would go off for minutes at a time. Everyone would have to pack up themselves and their pets to move out into the parking -only for the fire department to tell us that there was no fire, but faulty equipment. THIS HAPPENED PROBABLY 10 TIMES ALTOGETHER. -Consistently bad wifi, no place to set up cable or internet in the main area -No circulation (food goes bad pretty fast) -Laundry cost $4 a load. The machines are disgusting and never get cleaned, same with the dryers that usually don't dry your stuff properly. It's ridiculous we have to pay at all. -Of course, rent is expensive everywhere, but to have the audacity to charge so much money for such an HORRENDOUS place to live is criminal. Please don't move here, I promise you'll regret it.

I don't wanna make a long review so here's a bullet list somewhat in order of worst to least worst…read moreparts of my experience here: - SO HOT. no ac with floor to ceiling windows. ac in the hallways tho??? - parking is SO expensive. for what? i thought this was student housing - bad experiences w/ the ppl I have talked to on the phone - terribly built - random gaps in the cupboards where cats heads can get stuck. also, random paint splatters all over the floor. not that big of a deal but so annoying - i lived in a 4 bedroom, and one of them is wayyyyy bigger than the other three (almost 3x) and this was not advertised when we toured/signed lease. the person doesn't pay more rent - i lived in the smaller building, at least one washer/dryer was out of order almost always - stove and microwave suckkkkk don't get me wrong, this place is beautiful and i was super grateful to be able to live there, but these are the things that gave me difficulties and think that stateside could improve! i would rather my expensive rent go to ac so my pets and I aren't roasting, rather than activities that I can't even attend due to my school or work schedule

Very expensive rent; lack of empathy from property management; as already noted the recent lack of…read morehot water for ten days was unacceptable. The offer of $100 rent credit insulting. No credit offered for elevators that frequently break. They charge $1.25 "convenience fee" to pay rent via automatic bank transfer! Avoid this place!

I've only been here a week...I am overwhelmed with the beauty of the interior of my apartment as…read morewell as the elegance of the newly remodeled exterior. The management team is phenomenal! I feel truly fortunate.

My partner, brother, and I called this complex to gather more information for a 2 bed/1 bath unit…read moreas we are planning to move to Washington in the next few months. We were in the process of being put on the wait list when they asked "Will it be a family moving in?" When we explained it would be us three she immediately told us that they wouldn't be able to accept us. We were confused because my partner and I have been living in other apartment units in California together for the past three years and have had no issues regarding us not being a hetero-normative married couple. We further asked why that was an issue and she explained that they've had problems with people breaking leases that made it difficult for the property management. We were trying to explain how discriminatory this sounded while explaining our situation and she said, "Well this isn't the right place for you then" and hung up. I have never had an experience quite as homophobic as this. If possible to give a 0 star I would.

Well-managed, beautiful surroundings, lovely apartments, good neighbors, allows pets. Person on…read morefront desk surly most of the time.

We lived at Padden Creek for seven months while waiting for a condo we purchased. This place is…read moreabsolutely wonderful. Quiet, beautiful, just steps from some of the best trails and just a short walk to downtown Fairhaven. The management team led by Meghan is wonderful to work with and the maintenance staff is fast and efficient. I simply can't say enough good things about this apartment community.

I was very pleased with the service I received at Utopia Management to find a rental property…read more Kyra was a delight to work with. The property listings were thorough and well photographed. The rental application and processing process were easy. Highly recommend this company for anyone looking to rent in the Bellingham area.

Joshua is an exceptionally professional, knowledgeable, and patient technician at Utopia. He…read morerepainted our front door, assisted with the showerhead issue, and addressed other minor maintenance tasks in the house. He is extremely friendly, trustworthy, and courteous, completing the work in a timely manner.