So I've lived here for a number of years. Ownership keeps changing, rent keeps raising, they are…read morenow starting to charge for utilities. I've been waiting over a year for them to come fix a wall in my laundry room except the last time maintenance fixed something they did it so damn poorly. They left a gap between my shower faucet and the wall. Like an inch gap. When I pointed it out he was like that's how they are made now. I ask about mold and rot and he just kinda shrugged it off. The property manager is awesome and I understand she can only do so much but c'mon. This place has gone so down hill. Waiting on my lease to come up so I can move

Though the ladies in the front office have been exceptional and have patiently listened to my…read moreKaren-like rantings (one to follow), the apartments themselves are clean and maintained, that is where the positives end. It is very expensive to live here especially if you have pets. We have one very well-behaved cat and have had to pay a $400 non-refundable pet fee, $200 pet deposit (refundable? Our lease doesn't state) and additional $50 per month ON TOP OF our security deposit. Yep. The first year cost us $1200 just to own a cat, $600 a year after that. These fees are for anyone who owns a pet, be it a 150 lb rambunctious rottweiler or a 15lb lazy-ass cat. I have personally witnessed children in the neighborhood tear up the landscaping, throw rocks from the balconies, break the sprinklers (which are on nearly all day; what a privilege that we can be so careless with our fresh water usage to water non-native grass in a desert; rent reflects this flagrant commodity usage) and cause general havoc in the neighborhood. On one hand, I am thrilled to see children being so carefree and delight in their laughter but, on the other, I have to question why pet owners have to pay additional, exorbitant fees where parents cannot legally be charged (rightfully so.) Why not just hold anyone accountable for damage to the property? Oh, wait, that's what the security deposit is for, right? Washer and dryers and internet come with every unit but you must pay $50 and $85 respectfully for each. With all of our add-ons, fees, and water/sewage, our $1600/month rent comes to around $1880. Additionally, since we've moved in, we have been yelled at by neighbors for displaying our Pride flag, asked to remove it by the owners who live out of state (via the ladies in the front office), only have it stolen and destroyed by a kid in the neighborhood. Again, the manager was exceptional and informed the kid's mother who made him replace it. But it has since been written into our lease that displaying flags on balconies isn't allowed. Nor are signs in windows (though a BLM sign isn't allowed, apparently welcome signs and ones which display platitudes to Live, Laugh, Love are okay.) We now display our flag in our window but I can only imagine how long before the owners do a walk-through and inform us to remove it. I still can't help but feel unusually discriminated against. As long as LGBTQ folks are being harasses, terrorized and literally shot down in this country, I'm going to make my support visible even through fear of reprisal from our landlord. This is part of a much larger problem, of course. We had planned to move rent a house but, at the last minute, the owner decided to sell and we had to frantically find a place, sight unseen. The Villas was the one of the few places available. But when we found cheaper places, we found that breaking our lease is nearly impossible due to steep penalties and the required 60-day notice to vacate (who could afford to hold another property and pay for rent for 2 full months or pay double the rent for the same amount of time?) At least the manager has been flexible with resigning our new lease during the last month of our rent and has allowed us to renew anywhere from a 6 month to 12 month term but now we are on the hook for nearly another year. Landlords bank (pun literally intended) on all this and I have no problem accusing it of being predatory. But I suppose this is par for the course of profits over people. Shelter/food/water is not only a human NEED but it is a human RIGHT. Why are we paying? Follow the dollars. So many of my country brothers and sisters are living on the street - suffering not only the lack of basic necessities, but suffering our disgust and judgment - and, though it terrifies me that I may be there one day, I feel I'd be in much better company.