Californian Fountain

I had a very bad experience here with the management without even renting an apartment. First the unit I chose was sold out from under me in a few hours before I could return with the holding check. Suzy offered me another unit which I agreed upon. She called the next day to try to force me to apply for a unit I did not want just to «lock in the price» as my application hadn’t been entered into the system yet. When I called later the same day to ask to withdraw my application and return my holding fee she admitted they had run my application details and check through the system and it would be 2 weeks before I could receive my $ 200 holding fee back. These people are thieves, do not trust them…

Ugh. I have noisy neighbors and nothing is done about it. I called security at least 15 times over the past year. My neighbors make noise every night. The people who built this apartment ever so intelligently put your bedroom window about 10 feet away from your neighbors front door. So if they decide to leave their door open and the screen door shut and be loud all night you are screwed. You would think this place is safe because it is gated. But the front gate is easily reached over and opened from the inside. Not secure. I have had so many security calls that failed to fix my problem. the management won’t do a thing. I got stuck next to the biggest morons ever :(

Most important first… every lease that you renew, expect your rent to be raised no less than $ 80 a month!!!
Secondly, there is no air conditioner. I was told it was close to the ocean so I wouldn’t need it… NOT. If you live on the second story expect to have to go out and buy a portable air conditioning unit (which will increase your electric bill by $ 40 – 60 a month). Running the wall heater units will also raise your electric bill by $ 60 – 70 a month, so buy an electric blanket for nights and wear a sweater during the day.
Good things. The floors are real hardwood which is nice, but the walls and cabinets look like they’ve been painted over a 100 times. Old 1970s mirrored walls.
The grounds are beautiful, but with lots of greenery comes bugs… be prepared to stock up on ant spray and spider spray. I have seen cockroaches crawling on the trash bins but haven’t seen any in my apartment. The maintenance men are really nice.
Also, they mow and groom the grounds constantly… the atmosphere is beautiful but it is really noisy every day except weekends. If you work nightshift this is not the place for you.

This disgusting ratchet hole deserves zero stars.
The office staff are rude, unknowledgeable and an embarrassment to any establishment.
The grounds are filthy dirty, the siding probably hasn’t been washed since the building was built and inside the units the walls are as thin as paperboard and clearly they allow anyone to move into this complex. I won’t even start to tell you how disgusting their pool is! Oh dear God and do not go into The Jacuzzi unless you want to catch something!
Just be warned when you live there do not expect to get any kind of sleep even if you call for assistance. Run, run, run far away from this disgusting complex as you can.
Living out on the sidewalk in a cardboard box is better money spent then living at the Californians!

So all I did was tour the apartments. I have to give it a big fat zero. I will admit that the pool and the gym are quite nice but the rest of the place is dingy, dirty and extremely LOUD! The apartment I viewed (2 bd 1 bth) was absolutely hideous! The pictures are total lies! If you like pee colored walls and no space, then this place is for you! The windows are run down and shot to hell so you will have no insulation meaning you will either be freezing or hot depending on the weather that day. The apartments are poorly lit and don’t get a lot of air circulating through them so they smell, they’re dark, and dingy. The tile in the apartments were pretty shit stained. Nothing about this place screamed yes let’s move here. Management was rather rude, too. Considering the fact that I’m a perspective tenant, they didn’t seem too happy to have me there or excited to show me how great their apartment homes are. Also, I asked management about the rat problem another Unilocaler reviewed about and they refused to comment on it and kept saying if I ever have a pest problem, their pest control will take care of it. That came off as quite the confirmation to their pest issues. Sorry, I will go with a place that doesn’t have rats and roaches. Thanks (: Seriously, don’t waste your time. $ 1,900 for a total shoe box. WITH BUGS!

Apt G15 had rats! My son’s furniture had to be thrown away, had holes in everything!
Believe me, you just cant make this stuff up!
Good luck to all of you who love it there, hope it stays that way. After five years, it isnt fun to move out only due to rats! They did nothing about it and no compensation!

I love living here! It is very family oriented. All the neighbors are extremely friendly and the maintenance people are great! They help you instantly when ever something goes wrong! It is very pet friendly too!

Wow crazy reviews above, how do you decide right?
Well my wife and I are new here and so far love it. Management is really nice down to earth but still very professional! Maint guys are great and friendly compared to cold introvert maint guys where we used to live.
I can tell you this place is great but compared to what, right?
We just moved out of apartments from Westminster named Tres Vidas and lived there for close to 2 years and what a difference so much much better here.
Differences we discovered. The neighbors are nicer, more mixed ages from younger to middle aged. Brighter home having two sliding doors to the patio and an amazing large window in the kitchen! Where do you see an apartment have a large window? I love it.
Better pool area heated all year which is great when your close to the ocean which our last apt I could only get in the water a couple months out of the year. I love playing tennis at the old place but my wife loves to shoot baskets and this place has a half court so plus plus klaus keeping my wife happy!
Yes there are spiders, so what do you do, spray bug killer right haha.
Yes the walls are a little thin, it’s apartment living buy a house if you have to have privacy.
If you are in circumstances to live in apartments and not looking to home own at this time, this place is great, hard wood floors, stone counters in the kitchen with a large window. Washer and dryer hook ups, yes we have them and so happy about washing our clothes in our apt whenever we want without worrying about how many quarters we have. Both places have walk in closets but because of the organizers they have here we have more
Yes it’s a little high priced but consider some places charge for a second car and also charge extra monthly for pet and if you wash in home we used to spend about $ 35-​$ 40 a month in quarters to was and dry so it’s about the same.
We are in one of the best locations and live it
I will write a review in a few months but I’m sure nothing will change.

I have been living here for about 2 months now and love the location. Nearby are many stores and restaurants making the location very convenient for any needs. Main street and Huntington Beach are just about 5 to 10 minutes away as well as the 405 freeways on the opposite direction.
The price to live here is a bit pricey but the amenities are great. You are given one parking and another one called an open spot, which is first come first serve. Even parking on the street is rarely a problem. The pool/​jacuzzi area are always clean. I love to lay out on warm days to tan… it’s never too pack since most people are probably at the beach. I love that there’s also BBQ grills and 2 cabanas in the area. Another favorite place in the complex is the gym. It has flat screen tv’s on a few machines and 2 larger ones on the wall for you to enjoy during a workout. Another bonus is every Thursday, a catering company comes to the pool area and serves $ 1 tacos! Looooveeeee it.
The cons about this place are the neighbors. It seems like I’m surrounded by either drunk, mentally ill, drug addicts, and MAINLY non social-​able people. And it’s not me, I have heard from a few normal neighbors that they feel the same way. And this may depend where your apartment is located but where mine is, I have issues with Spiders. Normally, I wouldn’t care but because there is so many bushes and trees all around, they are everywhere. I don’t even need to decorate this Halloween! Ha Ha Ha. There’s already real decorations to give you the eeebie jeebies! Overall, this place is nice and I would recommend it if you are looking for an apartment in Huntington Beach.

I have lived here for two years and am only moving because of my job. I loved how my apartment got so much natural light. The amenities are great. They pool and jacuzzi are always clean and the area is landscaped well. So its great to just lay back and sun.
Also the gym was just redone recently and they have flat screens tv’s so you can watch them while you are working out.
There is ample storage as the balcony is large and has a storage closet. The only down side is the parking, but you get an assigned one. You just need to tell you friends they may be in for a walk.

I lived here for a summer (about ten weeks) while doing an internship in LA and found it to be a really nice place. Some of the neighbors are a little odd but the community is pretty nice overall. Parking is tight but you’re given your own space. The amenities are really what I loved the most about this place — the pool, hot tub, and exercise room were really nice and made my summer. The grounds are beautiful and very well-​maintained.
I loved my apartment — it was very spacious, nice hardwood floors, really big walk-​in closet, and I was able to rent my own washer/​dryer unit from the leasing office. My apartment was infested with all sorts of spiders, though. I suspect the trees and vegetation on the grounds was the cause of this problem. The walls are really really thin and I could hear everything that my neighbors were doing.
I found the apartment to be a little overpriced but I was needing a very short term lease (and needed to move in on a short notice). I really appreciated how quickly I was able to move in.
On another note, they screwed me on my security deposit, taking out a big chunk for a «cleaning fee» that they never told me about before (and I left my apartment super clean).