eaves Lake Forest

I just resigned for my second year. I give it a four (4) because of the noise issues above me are extremely loud and inconsiderate neighbors. I would like to say the new manager Craig is fantastic and addresses anything and everything as it needs to be. Alona & Rebecca from the front office are also very attentive and helpful. I have had a few maintenance issues and maintenance problems that the guys usually took care of professionally and quickly. However I put in a request for my dishwasher not working that was last Monday, it was determined it needs a new Motor 3 – 5 days then told it would be in by Tuesday/​today. Still hasn’t shown up or fixed. It gets frustrating because the last time I lived in an apartment was 33 years ago. Always had my own home and just sold my last one 15 months ago. It is quite an adjustment, my first house I was just 20.
However I do feel Eaves has a great team, office and maintenance. Great group of people, caring, professional, very attentive to any and all issues good or bad.
Craig the Manager is fantastic! As is Alona, Rebecca, Alfonso and Jose. I wouldn’t mind seeing a 3^rd floor 2 bed/​2 bath garage unit

It has been almost 3 years we lived at this community.
Everything worked fine. We are happy with eaves Lake Forest.
Both Leasing office team and Maintenance team are kind and professional.
They always attended our request quickly.
We like to say that a nice property itself is important, but the Good management team
is more valuable than anything else.
We are satisfied with eaves Lake Forest.
Thank you Craig, Julie, Alana, Rebecca, Jose, Alfonso, Jose !

My girlfriend and I have lived here just shy of a year now. I’ve been pretty optimistic till recently. I don’t know if it’s because of my neighbors or its always been this way, but our apartment has increased in the amount of appearances of cockroaches. I don’t mind bugs, I love to go camping! But I don’t expect that many bugs INSIDE my living space. We aren’t slobs so that’s not why we have the infestation. So if youre looking to rent? Its a beautiful place to live and it can be peaceful! Just make sure you invest in a lot of bug spray or maybe a couple of cats to decrease the appearance of pests.

I’ve been a resident here for ~1.5 years and my experience has been (for the most part) very smooth. Office employees are all kind, but definitely have days where they’re a bit stressed out/​overloaded.
Alfonso in maintenance is extremely helpful and nice. Most of the other maintenance guys seem to be fairly quiet.
I’ve recommended this place to a few friends, and I’ll likely continue to do so.

Best experience I’ve had out of all the places I’ve lived. They rushed preparing the apartment for us to move in so we didn’t have to stay in a hotel for long. Had nothing but good experiences with the office staff for the two years we lived there. They made the move out process extremely easy. We got our entire deposit back less the hundred dollars we agreed to pay to have them clean the place for us. Meaning we didn’t even have to vacuum when we left, much less go through the hours of cleaning you usually have to do when leaving a place.
The only minor complaint I might have is that only the front entrance is usable. The sidegate and the backgate can’t be used to exit or enter the complex with a vehicle. It’s an inconvenience but far from a deal breaker.

This complex is great! It has huge floor plans and nice upgrades with dual toned paint and crown moulding. It is an older complex but you can’t beat the price. I absolutely loved the staff. Super friendly and helpful! I enjoyed the community events like pizza parties. It was also really nice they send you birthday cards. Pool and gym are wonderful as well. Very pet friendly and centrally located. Bummed I had to move out but I would recommend this complex to others. Parking is always available plus there is an assigned parking spot. Wish there was more grass areas for the dog but there is a park right behind the complex so it was fine to just walk the dog across the street.

Been living here for less than a year, and so far so good. I can’t complain too much because those of us that can’t yet afford a house (lets be real, when are us college grads EVER going to be able to afford to buy a house in this area) have to accept that we are renting property that is not ours, so you get what you pay for.
HOWEVER: A few things that must be noted if you are considering this place:
They did NOT show my girlfriend and I the apartment we signed and put a deposit down on until our moving day. This to me, was odd, but maybe other places do the same. Every place we have lived so far showed us the exact apartment we ended up living in. Turns out, the turnover rate consists of the previous tenants moving out on a Friday, giving them the weekend to clean and repair, and then new tenants are in on that Monday (our last location, also an Eaves, had a 30 day turnover period to clean and repair). We went with it anyways, because this is one of the few places that allows bigger dogs. We must have lucked out based on some of the horror stories I am reading about on here, as we have not had any issues with bugs, dirty carpets, smells, or anything to that nature.
Our dishwasher did not work for the first week we were in the apartment. For 2 people that do not eat a lot at home due to our differing work schedules, it wasn’t a huge deal that it took them a week to get the part needed and fix the machine, which came as a result of them only giving themselves a day to turnover the place. Giving us 2 movie tickets as a «sorry» was nice, but nothing is ever going to justify the renters rate for apartments in this county.
Analyze and ask the right questions before moving into certain places, and this is one of those places. No central air? We looked only at units on the outside corners of buildings (for air flow when windows are open).
On the first floor? Check the balcony above the unit you want. If you see toys, scooters, bikes, etc: you got roudy kids up there. You see empty beer bottles, ashtrays and a used looking grill: roudy college kids. We lucked out with an empty balcony above us, and while we still hear upstairs every now and then, its nothing to complain to the authorities about.
Worried about noise from other tenants? Look at the units lining the outside of this complex, stay away from the middle pool areas, and for the Lord’s sake stay AWAY from the level directly above the parking garages (I have driven by numerous times close to midnight to the sound of thumping subwoofers).
I have always been able to find parking somewhere within this complex regardless of how late in evening/​morning I arrive, as have the guests I have had over.
Maintenance crew: very nice and responsive. With the typical things that need repair when renting an apartment, they have always been timely, respectful, and friendly. I have put in maintenance requests about half a dozen times so far (small things like clogged shower, toilet flusher chain snapping, other little things I can’t even remember) and they have responded promptly either that same day or the next and have fixed every issue.
Our («upgraded») appliances all work exactly how they are supposed to, our AC unit keeps our first level 2 bedroom apartment ice cold (minus the actual bedrooms, where we use portable units).
It’s hard to recommend any apartment complex in Southern California with the prices we are paying compared to other suburban areas in this country, but I haven’t had enough of an issue here to not recommend it either.

DON’T MOVE HERE! [edited. Unilocal deleted original. My stay was for two months in late 2012]
I rented month-​to-​month because I couldn’t find anything available (in time) in proximity to where I needed to be.
I chose an apartment on the third floor in the corner right next to the laundry room (mistake). The tenants are loud and inconsiderate (loud conversations that echo thru-​out the halls, stomping their feet on the stairs and in the halls, annoying barking dogs), but that’s not half the problem. A tenant across from me was yelling at a parking attendant in the middle of the night because he was told he has to move his motorcycle that he claims he’d been parking in the same spot for years (happened more than once). If there was a problem, a note or visit during appropriate hours would have sufficed. It was not an urgent matter and didn’t necessitate a late night argument in the middle of a work week.
The staff is untrustworthy. I had to call their cleaning crew upon move-​in because the place was disgusting. The listing stated it was newly renovated. It listed new carpet, appliances, recently refinished cabinetry and fresh paint.
The newly refinished cabinets were dirty and the laminate was ripped and pealing in numerous spots. The only sign of the carpet being new was carpet fuzz. I ended up meeting the old tenant from my apartment when he had something purchased from eBay arrive at my door. We talked about how they don’t fix anything and how he’s currently in court with them over false charges and not doing repairs. I was informed that the maintenance storage room is full of old parts (they don’t buy anything new, just shuffle problems from one apartment to the next) and that they actually have carpet fuzz that they lay down after they clean the carpet to give the illusion that it’s new!
The walls were supposedly painted before I moved in. There were no signs of new paint. The paint looked old and faded. I could see an old stain showing thru the last coat of paint, there was (and probably still is) scribbling pen marks on the wall in the bathroom and the toilets had urine sprayed all over the seats. If the place was painted, why were there scribble marts on the wall? If it was cleaned before I moved in, why was there dry urine all over both of the cracky, flakey toilet seats? The glass shower doors were heavily caked up with soap scum and there was pubic hair and grease marks all over the shower. I tried to clean it a little myself just so I can use it once after move in, but I wasn’t prepared to fully complete the task. When the cleaning crew showed up the next day, (two women, one young, one older) the young woman told me she was just helping her mom. Great that you’re helping, but if it’s not your job then chances are you don’t know what you’re doing. They vacuumed and got the spiderwebs with a broom in addition to cleaning the bathroom (again supposedly). They didn’t clean windows or mirrors, they claimed to mop the floor but I didn’t see it happen. They stole my bottle of Clorox and never returned it!
The refrigerator wasn’t keeping food cold enough (condensation inside yogurt, runny honey, barely cold bottles of water.), but the worker that said he checked it out (while I wasn’t home) said it was operating normally. More lies to save them money. I finally got them to replace it and all they did was wheel one from another apartment to mine. I could tell immediately that it was colder than the one I was complaining about because it was plugged in before they brought it over.
The water heaters are terrible! Every time I’d take a shower, I’d either have to set it to cold enough that when it spikes, it’s normal — or set it to a comfortable temperature and get burned when it spikes; A horrible experience every time I want to get clean.
The ceiling fans were just for show. They only had one speed and it didn’t move air. When I complained, the maintenance guy told me that it works because it turns on. Weather or not it moves air and serves a purpose was irrelevant. Wow.
Not all of the windows had screens. The A/​C was only good for the living room. I had to bring a separate portable A/​C because it got so hot and stuffy in the bedroom.
Receiving packages was very hit or miss and the leasing office isn’t very helpful. I did, however, have a package delivered for a friend of mine go to the leasing office. My friend picked it up himself and I later received a notice that legal action could be taken if I have people staying with me for more than a week and aren’t on the lease.
Time Warner installed internet and before the installer left I was having trouble getting
to load. The installer told me that I’d get the runaround with the leasing office over who has to pay to rewire and they’d have to get permission from the people below me to enter. SPOT ON! Nothing was done.
They took ~$ 420 from my deposit after my two month stay and blamed me for old issues. Crooks.
I’m out of space.

I give this place three solid stars just based on the office staff alone. I have worked with Alana and she has been extremely professional and attentive in getting apartment move in done. That’s as far as the good part of living here goes. The buildings are old, they stink, the hallways have trash and food all over the place. There are only 8 guest parking spaces. Shady neighbors that honk horns all hours of the night and others that blast mariachi music day in and out. Im on third floor apartment is extremely hot and the ac in the wall while it lowers the temp by about 10 degrees its still sweltering in the apartment. I have barely any water pressure to take a shower, the water goes from freezing cold to scolding hot making it unbearable to bathe. Ive only been in the place a week and already have seen 5 cockroaches just walking around. The ac is loud, the counter tops are scratched and worn out. The sink faucet for the dishes doesnt swivel. The dishwasher has standing water in it. Plus there’s lead paint in the walls. I am using the 30 day guarantee to terminate my lease. I only recommend if youre on a extremely thin budget and are desperate, u can spend 100 more a month and get something alot better.

Someone asked what the policy was for breaking my contract. At first they told me 2 months rent extra to break lease. Then after a bit of yelling, they lowered it to 6 weeks rent to break lease. They kept saying that it says that in the lease but it actually says that the lease can be dissolved if they agree, so they are just being greedy which I saw a lot of from these folks.
That being said, they will let you out if you find someone to take over your lease. This is what I had to do.
If only they tried to fix the problems with this place, it may be better to live there. But it is obvious that the management here doesn’t care about Tennant’s. They only care about your money and IMHO they aren’t very bright. But that is just my experience and it could be that they just don’t care about other people enough to put any thought towards it.
In this terrible drought, I still see some invasive plant species growing there that need much more watering than native plant species. Another example of them caring how the place looks on the outside instead of being responsible towards the neighborhood or California as a whole. Selfish and greedy.

Do you know they offer tenant gift to leave positive feed back?!!
that’s why so many positive feedback, otherwise this place is dump
their gym feels like sauna there is a note on the wall that temperature
set to 78! there is no window or fan. go figure obviously they never
workout in their life! as for staff arrogant and ignorant, rude to the bone,
specially Cindy…
as for apartments look like they never fix anything in this place, they just paint it
and rent it out again. i could go on an on about this place but I don’t want to
waist my time for this dump.

I have lived in many apartment complexes, and the eaves Lake Forest staff is amazing. A lot of property management companies are great at blowing smoke on problems and shrouding them in the mist, however the eaves staff here is pro-​active and great at addressing issues. The staff is patient and very welcoming towards its residents and new tenants. I was especially appreciative of Cindy, and believe that her attitude and involvement within the community really makes this location shine. I read some of the past reviews and have no idea what these one and two-​star people are talking about; immature reviews I suppose because I have had nothing but good encounters with the leasing office staff.
I also want to give a shout out to the maintenance crew for helping with the needs of the community. I put in a work request on a Sunday, through the leasing site, and it was addressed on Monday and detailed the specific requests I hade made on the work ticket. I appreciate the residents and management staff. Thank you for your hard work and diligence!

This complex is TRULY a problem. I am somewhat – though let’s be honest, not very – sorry to say that this complex’s continued existence actually offends me.
I am choosing the 1-​star rating simply to alert people, to the highest extent possible, that they need to judiciously consider whether or not a minimal cost benefit in living at eaves justifies serious problems with the complex. There are positives about the complex I will discuss towards the end of my review.
I lived at eaves for exactly 2 years. The main issues I and those I knew at the complex had/​have are as follows:
Firstly, my apartment got so hot that it was absolutely unlivable. I do not exaggerate when I say I got sick several times the summer of 2014; I am positive, due to the nature of my illness, that this was because of the extreme heat in my apartment. I could not be in my apartment for more than a few hours at a time on summer evenings, and I am a normal-​bodied, rarely-​sick, perfect-​health individual that typically tolerates heat very well.
My roommate and I made 5 makeshift A.C. units ourselves and enlisted the help of several fans, all of which barely helped. This issue was also discussed with the staff on more than one occasion; nothing, of course, could really be done, as the issue is structural.
I now live in a complex also in Lake Forest that is SO IMMENSELY BETTER not only in that it has central A.C. (eaves does NOT have central A.C. and the A.C. there is absolutely pitiful), but is generally designed in such a way as to not suffocate people with poor construction choices that entrap heat.
Secondly, residents are exceedingly discourteous. Trash litters the ground in several locations. I was absolutely disgusted by the amount of garbage present everywhere; it went beyond what you might expect for a reasonable-​quality complex. It was truly embarrassing to bring people over to my apartment because of the lack of cleanliness. This was the kind of dirtiness you would expect to see in a low-​income, inner-​city complex. Furthermore, people stole things left outside my apartment (packages and gifts). My friend had her car broken into in its designated spot, which was 3 spaces away from my spot. When we approached the staff with this problem together, nothing noticeable resulted to alert residents about thefts. It is clear eaves (I also can’t stand the fact that «eaves» doesn’t capitalize its name. did I just go there? yep.) does not have a good screening process for residents. I feel that anyone could live here provided the staff gets reasonable enough assurance they can pay for lodging.
Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, parking is absolutely atrocious. I cannot emphasize this point enough. A good portion of my general stress during the 2 years I lived at eaves was due to PARKING, which is such a petty concern in general that it shouldn’t even be a factor in my well-​being. My guests could not park anywhere with ease (no, not even «guest» spots, which needed to be reserved using an archaic, horrendous system). My boyfriend, who visited me often, would have to park a block away. People would CONSTANTLY prevent my car from getting both in and out of my designated parking spot by plopping themselves in a designated «no parking» zone, causing me to have to make several calls to eaves and to towing companies and therefore squandering a great deal of my time, happiness, and general energy. On one occasion, my car was scratched and dented by a pole when I attempted to maneuver around a car blocking me from getting out of my spot when I was trying to get to work on time.
I am well aware eaves is working to provide additional parking, but I guarantee it cannot be done quickly or thoroughly enough. You will also hear people say «parking at any complex in O.C. sucks,» which is simply not true; my current complex is WORLDS better, as are many complexes in Irvine I am familiar with.
****I have lived at my new complex for almost a year and have never, ever had an issue with parking, whereas at eaves, I was having issues literally every other day. Lovely Unilocalers reading my review, do not live at this complex on the basis of parking alone, if all else I have said has not been compelling enough.
These are my 3 main complaints, but there are others I will allude to briefly: cheapness of appliances, unhelpfulness of staff regarding concerns, price given what is provided, etc.
On the pro side, the location really can’t be beat, especially if you work in Irvine. Furthermore, I was very appreciative of the maintenance staff, as they were quick and courteous in their efforts to repair the constant failings of eaves’ very cheap accommodations.
This complex needs to either be shut down and taken over by a new company or given a serious re-​do.
Look elsewhere for an apartment. I guarantee you can do much better; I am 10 0000x happier with my new complex, which is not much more expensive and also in Lake Forest.
Best of luck to all!!!

DO NOT MOVE IN HERE. ALL THE GOOD REVIEWS ARE FROM THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
all the one star reviews are absolutely right and they all mention the same issues so I wouldnet want to say all that again.
All the units are dirty and disgusting. the one they show you is for display and completely different from the one you will be renting.
carpets are dirty as hell. nothing works fine. maintenance sucks and their timing and appointment times sucks even more.
roaches, spiders and flies are very common that they’re a part of my life now! I just have to deal with it because they can’t get rid of it.
Cindy is a b*** and she does not give a crap about any of the tenants or the problems you have. the absolure worse human being I have ever met in my life. She answers the phone when you are at her desk talking to her, and totally ignores you. F’IN RUUUUUUDE. They act nice at first but once you sign the lease they turn to the terrible rude creatures that they normally are.
I DON“T HAVE ANY THING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT THIS PLACE.

Hands down best place to live, very attentive staff, very affordable, very friendly staff. I loved living here at Eaves of Lake Forest.

I had moved to Eaves LF in 2013. SO far so great. Edgar, one of the maintenance team really took care of us. When we have issue we would call in for the order and it would be done in the same day if not the next day.
The place is very quiet. We are very lucky to be facing the housing area.
So, far we are very pleased with this place.

Here for 3 months now… and I am still so thankful I chose to move my family here. Such great space, super location and fantastic staff. We have only had normal issues, but nothing that wasn’t handled swiftly and with great care. Now, I can’t imagine leaving. Hope to stay a good long time.
I don’t understand some of the negative reviews posted here about Eaves Lake Forest. It’s like we aren’t reviewing the same complex.
Don’t be deterred. Move on in! That is, if there is room… this place has gotten pretty popular. :)

First I would like to give a special thanks to Cindy Ramirez. I relocated from Chicago Illinois little over a year ago and was blessed to find the eaves by Avalon for my first apartment home in Southern California. Cindy Ramirez walked me through and after her special attention to my needs I was able to find the perfect unit for myself. After one year of living here I am happy to say that it is very convenient to many things in southern Orange County and my most favorite being Laguna Beach. If you’re looking for an apartment that actually has a nice layout with huge rooms for the money along with a beautiful pool then do yourself a favor and call Cindy! It is very expensive to live in South OC and again for the money and the quality attention that you shall receive you can not even come close to a second choice!

STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. DO NOT MOVE IN. My husband and I couldn’t last for more than a few months and had to look for a new place and move out so do yourself a favor and look for a better place at the first point. Here is what’s wrong with this place:
1. They don’t show your unit until the moving day. They show you another complex and emphasize that the map of your complex will be just the same. But they never say that your unit will be dirty, stinky, and filled with bugs!
2. Carpets: they don’t clean the carpets when the old tenants move out! There were huge stains on the carpet and they were all over the place. They look like big spills of black coffee, oil and bleach. And when you ask them to clean the carpet they simply tell you that they won’t and if you’re not happy just don’t move in!
3.Bugs: they’re all over the place. All kinds. And they’re pest control sucks.
4. Broken mirrors, broken doors, and things that don’t work are pretty common.
5. Thin walls: you can hear the next door neighbor sneeze. That’s how thin the walls are. So even if you’re just talking with a couple friends watching tv, you’ll have a bunch of noise complaints for a few days. So say goodbye to get togethers, having friends over, or hanging out with your girl/​boy friend in your apartment. No socializing!
6. MANAGEMENT IS THE WORST part. You can talk to every manager and none of them gives a crap about you and your problems. All of them tell you the same thing: IT IS WHAT IT IS AND YOU CAN MOVE OUT IF YOURE NOT HAPPY. They want you to understand that and that they don’t give a s… If you’re unhappy.
7. Maintenance: they’re good for nothing. If you want something to be fixed immediately and properly you have to pay someone from the outside to fix it for you. The maintenance people that the company provides are good for nothing.
8. Shower does not work properly. If you’re on second or third floor the water pressure would be terrible.
9. Parking: no guest parking! They have a few visitor parkings that your guests can use during the most inconvenient hours. Let me emphasize that they’re just a few. If you’re guest is lucky to find a space in visitor parking, they have to move they’re car some else where 8 in the morning or they will be towed. They make it impossible for any guest to stay over for the night. As I said before, say goodbye to your social life if you move in here.
And now let’s talk about good things., THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THIS PLACE.
10.Oh and btw when you move out they won’t return most of your deposit because of the damage that you didn’t cause and was already there when you first moved in, and the huge stains on the carpet!
Long story short… The worst apartment complex of all the time.

Vivir en estos departamentos es genial el personal que rige esta nueva comunidad es muy amigable y sobre todo profesionales tal es el caso de un trabajador de nombre edgar siempre que he tenido algun problema lo ha resulto muy profesional y no he tenido que volver a poner el mismo problema dos veces como en otras comunidades que he vivido ademas ya voy a cumplir 5 años viviendo aqui se los recomiendo.

Looking for a great place to live? Look no further. The staff here make it well worth it. Super attentive to your apartment needs here. Maintenance team is well put together and very friendly and professional.