We have lived here for the past 5 year and Carlos is hands down the best manager this property has ever had. Everything is very clean at all times , the maintenance staff is prompt and the amenities are top notch . Carlos Silva tries to bring everyone together for holidays too with fun parties and donuts and coffee mornings , which are so appreciated ! read more

Jose from the maitnece team is great . He takes his time . And gives you a lot of information !

Moving in was seamless. Rico Cook was of great assistance in giving me the tour and answering my questions about the lease and guiding me through that process. Amanda Arroyo was extremely helpful and professional on the actual day of my move in, explaining everything clearly about the move in process and answering my questions about loading zones, mail, parking, and other small confusing details. Highly recommend the The Murphy as the facilities and units are great and the staff is friendly and helpful read more

My husband and I have lived at The Murphy since October 2019. There has been a few Management changes, except Carlos. The current group has been the best. They listen and go above and beyond to assist residents when needed. read more

Pros: Customer service rep Martina is responsive and friendly. Rico is also friendly. Short-term lease options available (albeit expensive ones) 24-hour Fitness and Business Center access Small dog park area Cons: Expensive mandatory trash pickup service, even though they don't always come by during the service period in the contract. Major repair issues take too long to fix (ie. fire alarm going off unexpectedly in the middle of the night, apartment-wide multi-day cold water issues). Outrageous move-out charges to repair/repaint damages never caused by tenant. read more

The maintenance team at Murphy is excellent! They repond very quickly to requests, and Jose and Junior have addressed everything in professional manner! read more

We moved to Murphy early part of March this year after a long search for apartments around this area. We are very pleased with our choice The property is always clean and well kept. The staff are super friendly and helpful. The property manager always responds to emails directly which is very refreshing and professional. We well recommend Murphy and are super glad to be here . read more

This is our 3rd year living at the Murphy and they changed managers and staff 4 times. We had our ups and downs at this complex. Have seen shady people, experienced storage break-in, random people trying to open our apartment door. However, these were all before Carlos Silva. We noticed a lot of good changes shortly after Carlos took over the Manager position. To name a few, storage break-ins stopped, I don't see a lot of shady people anymore, the community has been really quiet. There are activities for tenants such as group exercise, pop corn day, ice cream day, food truck, etc. Nice work to Carlos and his team! Thank you for making The Murphy a safe and quiet community. read more

BEE AWARE of $1000 rent increase after your first lease! THE MURPHY VIBE: This place is very beautiful. The apartment is very spacious and comfortable. The amenities and the pool area are exceptional! Here is how I feel about this place: If you're looking for the best location in Irvine, this is your place If you're looking for A nice quiet place, this is your place! Except for the Airbnb people that are very inconsiderate to the tenants! And have drug addictions. The hallways are always filled with marijuana smell! If you don't like people parking in your parking spot. This is not your place! If you are expecting to charge your Tesla here, this is not your place If you are expecting leasing office to do something about your problem, this is not your place If you are expecting safety because you are close to the police station. This is not your place! An armed robber threatened my girlfriend in the parking garage. He was caught after. If you don't like maintenance people creeping at your door, this is not your place! I have proof! If you are expecting to meet nice people, tweakers, and homeless people, this is your place! If you are expecting to talk to the same leasing office people, this is not your place. There's always new people at the leasing office that don't know what they're doing. Don't get me wrong. I love The Murphy vibe. The place is beautiful and I have met some great neighbors Who already moved out due to the rent increase! Everybody's moving out due to the rent increase! I don't even know what management is thinking! It is insulting to me and to all the tenants to raise rent by $1000 a month from management. I feel like I was tricked into the lease and now I have to move all over again and struggle because of that. It is humiliating to all of us! I think I already set enough. There is a lot more but I'm just going to show you the proof and the pictures I add to this post so you can make a conscious decision and not be in my situation because it is horrible I promise! read more

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Kevin is helpful and friendly. He is nice to talk to and consistently can help me. He treated everyone nicely and did well in his job. I liked Murphy a lot because of him. read more

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Absolutely love living here. I've been renting for over 15+ years and this complex by far is the best. Kevin has been amazing to work with since day one. He's super helpful and always so positive. Anytime we have a question he's quick to respond. This complex is perfect if your looking for a smaller community vibe. After living in Irvine company complex's where you had no visitor parking or lived with people who claim cabanas or lounge chairs at 8am due to complex being too big for the amenities, The Murphy is exactly we we wanted, so peaceful. There's tons of visitor parking, pool never gets full and the marketing event they run are legit Shout out to the maintenance guys onsite, they are great read more

We stopped by the Murphy first while looking for apartments to rent in OC. Kevin was extremely helpful and gave us great info about what it was like living at the Murphy. Even after we left and visited several other apartments over the course of a month, the Murphy stood out to us as the best apartment complex for our needs. The move in process was very smooth and Kevin was more than willing to help us navigate through any difficulties we encountered. Would highly recommend for anyone looking for a luxury apartment in the Irvine area. read more

Final update: Bottle of urine was found in the parking deck as I walked to my car. I'm hoping that these type of issues change for future tenants. read more

The Murphy Irvine - No need to explain what this is. - Apartments Near Me - Irvine, California

Funny. We did call management and even visited the office only to be notified no one is available because of holiday parties or vacations. Have fun paying your neighbors' rent! If you can pay your rent, watch out, they will overcharge you at any opportunity. They do not penalize those who can't don't. read more

The Murphy Irvine - 3 messages in 3 days to all residents to pay rent with past due fee notification .. even to those who paid timely. - Apartments Near Me - Irvine, California

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The Negatives: My car, parked inside what is supposed to be a security garage, was the victim of car parts theft. There is so much smoking going on here: by the pool, near the amenity rooms, in the garage, and inside the apartments. There are many AirBnB rentals here, supposedly in violation of the lease and in violation of Irvine law banning short-term rental platforms such as AirBNB and Vrbo. The AirBnB rentals are totally making this place so much more unpleasant. (I have seen people even smoking in the exercise room! And a lot of the smokers are the AirBnB renters.) And finally, there is not enough soundproofing between the apartment floors/ceilings. You can hear a lot of sounds above and/or below you. The Positives: The complex looks nice from the outside, the kitchens are nice, the exercise rooms are fabulous, and the location is good. If the owners/manager could remove and then keep the AirBnB rentals out, finally and truly enforce the nonsmoking policy, and find a way to better protect the cars in the garage, Murphy could be one of the greatest apartment complex in our area. (I did not include the soundproofing issue because there's nothing that can be done about this now, and virtually every apartment complex suffers this issue.) The owners/manager have known about the AirBnB renters for a very long time now. They refuse to do what is necessary to stop it, in spite of the fact AirBnB is a violation of Irvine law. read more

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We just renewed the lease. Murphy is an extremely beautiful and quiet place to live and I feel like I am at a resort. Amenities are great and well-maintained. Everyone at the leasing office is helpful and amazing. Although we had some negative thoughts before, Carlos is a very professional and thoughtful manager who helped us to deal with the problems. Jose is also nice and professional and solved the problems in a very timely manner. I highly recommend staying here! read more

The Murphy Apartment complex in irvine is great and best to live. Specially all staffs are great serve and kindness and handled very profeesionally to the tenents. read more

I have been a resident at The Murphy Irvine since July 2023 (Moved from Seattle area to Irvine). The Murphy Irvine is a first class operation, not just because of their great location, amenities such as great fitness center, pool and garden areas, what sets them apart is their caring and knowledge staff from management, maintenance and cleaning crew. They all are very attentive, welcoming and care for residents and community. I look forward to enjoying this community for years! read more

Things have changed due to COVID, this place was amazing, and had amazing staff. But, now the whole office team was replaced, and they are nowhere near as amazing, as the previous team. New management, definitely made an impact and now, The Murphy doesn't seem as nice as it once was. For "Luxury" apartments the soundproofing in floors and ceilings are horrible. The whole environment had changed alot. I really wish they could bring back the old staff. They were amazing people and were extremely helpful. For those looking for a place to stay, I definitely would check elsewhere before looking for an apartment here at The Murphy. read more

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We loved living here! Manar was the first person we met and she was the best! She was so responsive and attentive with all of our questions, she definitely made a lasting impression. We really enjoyed our time at the Murphy, we had a great place to stay, and the amenities were always clean and great for hosting. read more

The Murphy is a great place to live! We are very lucky to have worked with Luis on various occasion. Each time, Luis goes above and beyond to quickly resolve all of our maintenance requests in a friendly and timely manner. We truly appreciate his hard work and timeliness as well as professionalism. Thank you, Luis! read more

I've been in The Murphy for two weeks now and so far it has been very pleasant. The staff, Manar and Carlos, have been easy to communicate with, and they have been accommodating since day one. Manar particularly has been very helpful, never hesitating to show me around on multiple occasions, guide me through the features, show me how the apartment and facilities work and more. As for the apartment, it's very modern. Some surprises came with the unit, like the LED side-lit vanity mirror in the bathroom, optimized storage closets, 9 (!) sets of outlets in the kitchen, etc. Some things I would point out but are in no way dealbreakers: shelves are not soft close, hot water takes a good minute to warm up, and a single key fob for all doors and gates mean if it breaks and it's after the office closes, you may find yourself locked out for a while. If it fits your budget, def check out The Murphy. read more

The Murphy Irvine - Very clean and modern living room. Overall very optimized layout for 1BR. - Apartments Near Me - Irvine, California

I don't even know where to begin. We signed a lease at The Murphy because of the location and amenities. The building itself is great, but everything else has been extremely upsetting. The majority of the building seems to be short-term rentals. There are constantly random people roaming the premise with suitcases looking for their rental. It constantly smells like weed everywhere from our unit, to the hallways and garage. The noise level is extremely high, so don't expect to get a good nights sleep if you are a light sleeper. No one obeys the curfew time. Additionally, we have had random strangers attempt to barge into our apartment on multiple occasions, so make sure you keep your doors locked. One man claimed that "he thought it was his unit" several times, while another girl was obviously drunk and banging at our door. Since the first week we moved in, we've had an issue with other cars parking in our assigned parking spot. We would notify management and they did absolutely nothing to help resolve the issue. We have towed about 15-20 cars from our spot in the past year. Also, don't expect your car to be safe just because it's in a "gated" parking garage. Several cars wait outside of the gate for someone to open it. We have had our cars scratched and splattered with yogurt. The garage is riddled with trash. If you walk out to the common areas, I guarantee that you will see dog poop. Although the gardeners do a phenomenal job to keep the place looking nice, this place is full of very inconsiderate dog owners. If you work for home, this may not be the place for you either. Today the fire alarm went off every 5 minutes for an entire hour and the management didn't send out a notice until the very end. In general, the only notifications we get from the management office is to pay rent on time. If you submit a message to them about something else, they won't respond. Lastly, like several other reviews you should expect your rent to significantly increase. Ours also went up $1,000 per month. We cannot justify the cost to renew our lease. read more

Just signed a lease at The Murphy! Although we don't move until mid June, we are super excited for a new place with beautiful amenities! Kennith and the rest of the staff are so helpful, spent extra time showing us around the complex and multiple units. Very responsive with emails and phone calls. Looking forward to our move in date! read more

Jose is great and has taken care of everything we ask for maintenance related and is very friendly. One of the best maintenance I've had in an apartment complex. read more

This place is the MECCA of AirBNB, which is illegal in Irvine, but you can clearly tell it's being ignored. The messages from Karen/management on these reviews are all AUTOMATED / CANNED responses. They're not even reading them! I see cars here with out-of-state license plates nearly 2-3 times a week in the same spots. People rolling in with suitcases almost every single day asking for directions... you can clearly tell they don't belong here. At least when I lived in ghetto Tustin/Santa Ana area paying $1700, the people rarely moved out, but this place is like a revolving door. If I go to Airbnb.com, I see a bunch of our units for rent. I even found an airbnb magazine in the mailroom of a former tenant, who was supposedly evicted for it --- there was a huge stack of mail for him. I looked him up on FB and found it's what he did for a living, renting out rooms!! This place also uses DrakeStone, which is supposedly long-term, but wondering if, due to covid, they shortened it. Also, check the sheriff's website, you can see a couple of people were evicted, but it's definitely not being enforced very much. I didn't care the previous mgmt or staff, but it appears the new mgmt will be better (from what I've seen/heard). The apt itself is super nice, the maintenance people (Jose in particular) are great and really try to take care / listen to you. Bikes are locked up in a cage that you need a fob to open, but somehow bikes have been stolen. Maybe they were left out? Loud souped-up cars in the parking structure is sometimes annoying, but not that big of a deal. Few break-ins on storage units and vehicles, but I'm not sure how common that is in Irvine. For me, the biggest issue is short-term Airbnb, who haven't passed any kind of screening, who then invite shady looking people over, etc. I knew the place was going downhill when I saw a guy twirling a huge arrow around outside advertising in the hot sun like he worked at Subway Sandwiches. They should put cameras around the bike area and on all floors, or maybe hire some security. They need to change the locks on the storage doors. read more

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My husband and I moved in to The Murphy about a month ago. The leasing process was very smooth. Kevin from the leasing office was more than helpful in the whole move in process. The apartment themselves are beautiful, all the amenities are very accessible. I love how everything always clean, our dog love the dog park. Great place to live! read more

The Murphy is NOT ADA compliant. The Murphy also has a policy of placing garbage bags in the hallway for pickup. The bags are not picked up nightly and attract rats and rodents. The leasing office employs some of the laziest and most unconscious people I've ever encountered. Unit 16187, in particular, is poorly run and poorly managed. Mark Hoffman read more

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Update: Carlos Silva, the community manager reached out to me privately and apologized on behalf of the employee. I appreciate the effort and am happy to see management values the customer. Again, the Murphy is a beautiful apartment and would recommend. read more

if there was a 10 star rate I would click on it. The entire team and staff at The Murphy are incredible. The service they provide is beyond what you could ask for, nothing is ever too hard for the staff to ensure everything runs smoothly. From the management team to the incredible maintenance staff is a 10. Did you hear me A TEN 10. Since Carlos has taken over the management, everything has changed in the direction of what it means when they say 'it starts from the top' I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Carlos, Hosea and Monai, Thank you for all you do. you're all an asset to the Morgan group and to us residents. - Francesca & Cassandra read more

This review is long overdue for The Murphy Irvine's on-site team!! One of the first people I met when I first moved-in was Luis (maintenance technician), who's super helpful & approachable! Jose, too (haven't met him but have spoken with him a few times), is communicative, he and Luis are good about following- up on things - the requests I've made, they've fixed!! Also, they help maintain the WHOLE property - thank you!!!! Manar, Carlos, Kevin - they're great! They're professional, attentive - they'll do their best to try to help you with: your apartment/leasing needs/wants, resolving any issues that may arise, accommodating you, .. read more

My wife and I moved into Murphy about a month ago and we found the living experiences here are both relaxing and enjoyable. The amenities are modern and well-designed in this small community. Staff are friendly. Manar was very helpful in our application and signing process. The maintenance crew (lead by Jose) were very responsive to repair requests. The place is clean and well-maintained. We feel we have found a place that we can call HOME. read more

The Murphy apartment community.... they are very unprofessional. rude and will ask you if you have a disability and they clearly can see that someone is in a wheelchair. Just disrespectful and the pet deposit and screening are scammers and they work with apartments. Heard they Airbnb over 10% of the property. read more

Great community with an even better staff. Every team member is so attentive and helpful. Manar in the office does everything she can to help all tenants. I have had nothing less than a 5 star experience here. There are plenty of complexes to choose from, but the Murphy stands out from the rest, due to their support and staff. Thank you, Manar and the rest of the team. read more

After living at the Murphy apartments for a year during this pandemic, my fiancé and I must share our sour experiences to avoid others from making our mistake. At first this place offered the newness and large living spaces we needed combined with peace and quiet until the harsh realities of management's inability to properly manage this complex legitimately for the better of tenants. In the course of a year, we realized EV charging stations that were promised were never installed, thus we had no charge our Tesla elsewhere, which is extremely inconvenient. Moreover, management illegally Airbnbs over 10 apartment units throughout the complex, so we constantly dealt with noise issues from short term leasers upstairs and dealing with random people constantly roaming our halls. On top of that I was followed to my car by an armed car burglar on my way to work in the morning in the parking structure. On that note, we also dealt with homeless people living in our parking structure in tents for months. Peace was never obtained with all these safety issues in the past 14 months. We continued to remain optimistic, but things got progressively worse as we noticed the lack of customer service with leasing staff and their high turn over rates. Austin and Melody were kind leasing staff members who really did care for tenants, but quit because this place is terrible to live and work apparently. As if all the above mentioned was not enough to sour our living experience further, we just got our "renewal offer" that increased by $1,000 a month to reside in the same unit. We are already paying $2,950 a month and they want $3,900 a month to renew?! THAT IS WILD and an unmerited rent increase for tenants who have always paid rent on time and have been put through so much in the last year. We're still in a pandemic and we're being pushed out!!! Do NOT move here, they'll lure you in and spring the same rent hikes on you to keep up with their Airbnb scam pricing. It's happening to all existing tenants, endless moving trucks in the last weeks / month. MOVE ANYWHERE ELSE! read more

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I have had the opportunity of working alongside Jose, the Maintenance Supervisor, for about a year now and it has been nothing but professional. Jose is always hustling and working diligently every time I stop by. If you are or will be a resident at The Murphy Irvine I can assure you that you will receive the best quality work and service available. Highly recommend! read more

I have to say this was probably the easiest move that I have ever done and it was because of an outstanding employee, Austin. We had to get a second home in OC and I'm so glad I chose the Murphy. Austin helped me with everything when I wasn't in town and made the move in flawless. I feel like I'm on a vacation here because the property is beautiful. What I was amazed by, I Austin's first move! The customer service he showed was incredible. The maintenance guy, Jose is wonderful also. read more

I've been visiting the murphy now for a couple of months since 2021 waiting for my job transfer to finally move to Irvine. I took another tour but this time with the new manager Carlos Silva. I have to say that the class of luxury has improved and the manager change is the reason! My previous touring experience was fine but Carlos rolled the red carpet for me this time around. I hope you see this Carlos! Thank you for making feel excited to move to Irvine. read more

Great place to live! Kevin & the entire staff are super friendly, responsive, and professional.

Kevin is very helpful and we've been living here for two years. He's been a good helper whether we forgot to lock our doors or we need urgent maintenance. He is definitely one of the reasons we chose to stay one more year here at Murphy. Good job Kevin! read more