Sunset View Apartments

Very very terrible apartment, very old building, everything inside are very old. I guest they are over 100 years
No parking separate for each renter. We have to reservation each parking lot cost $ 25/​month. It is happen every day. Especially in weekend, we can not find empty space. The security will come at night time and call towing every cars that are not park in the line. It cost $ 300/​car for towing.
We have to pay for trash, water. It is not free.
Cars’ window will break if for get something in side
I lost my car 3 time in this apartment
I am totally NOT RECOMMEND people to rent this apartment.
PLEASE DO NOT RENT THIS.

One star is being generous for this apartment complex. For the 18 months I lived there the gym was available for perhaps 3 months and pool opened for maybe a month. When the pool was open they should’ve posted warnings regarding the broken glass that surround the pool area. I was threatened for having a hanging plant and a wind chime on my patio. Only acceptable patio furniture allowed. Yet others around me had a barrage of junk piled high on theirs, i.e. car tires, overflowing trash bags, boxes of whatever, and motorcycles parked in patios, and it was ongoing. A neighbor had particle board strung up around his patio to imprison his 8 cats. Even though pets limits were stated in the lease, clearly it was not enforced. But, clearly had something against hanging plants and wind chimes. Unreal! Had my car broken into once, which I should be thankful that it was only once, as well as many others and their priority was placing a camera at the leasing office. That shows how much they care about their tenants. This apartment complex is an abomination! If you value your safety and dignity stay as far away as you can.

We have lived here for over 2 years and between the frequent piles of dog shit on the stairs and grounds in general, the frequent shutting off of utilities (water, electricy, etc) with little to explanation, in addition to the lack of access for prolonged periods to promised «amenities» such as gym, pool, etc and the abysmal parking situation (charging you for a spot near your own unit?)…and if you’re lucky, your car may not be subject to repeated break-​ins and/​or theft.
This is one of the worst apartments I have ever seen, let alone lived in. You’d think it was a slum, except for the unreasonably high monthly rent. It’s a shithole masquerading as a «luxury» complex. Don’t be fooled. Run. Fast.

When we first moved into the building, it wasn’t… terrifying. It has some pros that made the age of the building and the dated look of the apartments not such a big deal. We moved out almost a year ago and I STILL can’t believe we lived there a full lease.
Here are our pros and cons:
Love:
Our view. We lived in one of the higher up units and have a gorgeous view of Mount Rainier on a clear day.
Size. For the money, I felt like we have a ton of space. It’s an old building with very little remodeling or anything, so if you are expecting really nice appliances and such, you won’t find it here.
Light. We got tons of natural light in the living spaces when, you know, we actually have sunshine.
HATE:
The Office. The people that work there are nice and helpful, but they were closed randomly. Their hours are sporadic and every once in a while they would just be closed all day with no notice. This makes it kind of difficult to deal with problems or packages. It seems like every time I went up there for some reason they were closed. When one of us called about an issue, they don’t answer or return messages.
Parking. It was a nightmare. They don’t have the spaces labeled very well or clearly. We paid for a spot but people were always parking in it. We left notes and sometimes called the towing company for multiple offenders. I felt bad doing it because honestly it’s hard to tell but after a note was left once and the same car was in our paid spot again and again, we’d call.
Price increase. Renewed our lease for another year and they jacked the price up on us. We didn’t get any sort of rent discount when we moved in, so it was just a price increase to reward us for renewing.
The mail area. Or, really, the dog walking area. This is why we can’t have nice things. Clean up after your dogs, people. It isn’t hard. I deigned myself to pick up my dog’s feces. It’s part of being a dog owner. I wish the office would have put another bag station up or something. The one that was there was always filled to the brim with dog crap and stinky. I don’t know if it’s just people having no care about where they live or just laziness.
Noise. Yes. There was noise. We had a toddler and it was a challenge during nap times and bed times, ESPECIALLY in the summer when the windows were open. The bedrooms are on the side of the building where people walk to get to their apartments. The young, drunk folks could be rather obnoxious. The walls seem to be super thin. We can always smell other people’s cigarette and pot smoke. I heard my trashy upstairs neighbor yell at her kids and their subsequent crying ALL THE DAMNED TIME. Every move she made sounded like she was stomping in anger. We referred to her as the «raging meth elephant.» The guy downstairs apparently offered music lessons so we were constantly hearing his piano and vocal scales. Noise is a part of apartment life, so we sucked it up. It would be nice if the office would at least try to enforce some sort of noise rules, though.
Don’t even get me started on the human feces and vomit that I’ve seen in the stair wells and other places on the grounds, including the gym. These are the kind of people that will be your neighbors.
The buildings are old. The plumbing is terrible. If you take a crap in your toilet, even a tiny one, expect to have to plunge it every flush. Maybe that’s why people took theirs in the hallway?
The concrete processing plant makes everything dusty, so don’t leave anything on your balconies. Expect your car to have a constant film of concrete dust.
I was asked a couple of questions that I feel like responding to. First, we renewed our lease once and there was only a slight increase. We had a two year old child and moving isn’t always easy or cost effective on the one income we had at the time. When we went to talk with them about renewing again, they wanted to raise the rent by almost $ 500 and they weren’t renewing leases. Probably because they hoped to get full at that rate. I feel sad for anyone who got suckered into that. We didn’t stay an extra year because at first, it wasn’t awful. Our upstairs meth elephant moved in during our second year, office staff turned over, and the building was sold. It became an absolute nightmare.

I wish I could give less than one star. This complex is the most pathetically run business I’ve ever seen in my life.
I moved here because I started a new job in Maple Valley and needed a place to live that was close by. I posted an ad on craigslist looking for roommates that didn’t have a lot of furniture (as I was moving out of a 3 bedroom house) and no pets. They already lived here.
I’ve been here a total of four months and I have nothing good to say about this complex whatsoever.
Let’s start with the minimal pros:
* If you get into one of the apartments near the top of the hill, you’ll likely have a good view of Mt. Rainier on a clear day.
* The maintenance guy is nice and came to fix everything I complained about as soon as he was able.
Now onto the cons:
* The amount of rent you’re asked for is absolutely ridiculous. My 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment w/​o WD goes for over $ 1200 per month. I’m still grandfathered in at $ 1050 because I refuse to sign a new lease. I would never, ever pay $ 1200 for this sh*thole.
* I get them a check for my rent on the first of every month. It has never been cashed before the 15^th. Ever. First thing I learned when I got a checking account was the importance of check etiquette and never holding on to a check for too long because other people’s finances could be depending on it.
* The management team consists of 3 women who don’t seem to have a clue to anything. The office has been closed and locked during business hours a number of times (with the «will be back at» sign posted for the next day)
* There is not enough parking for the amount of people that live here. People constantly park in illegal spots or invent their own parking spaces because there are no available spaces. This includes fire lanes.
* The garbage is on a valet system. In a perfect world, your garbage gets picked up between 6pm-​8pm Sunday-​Thursday. In reality, it gets picked up whenever the hell they feel like it. Sometimes I’ll put out the garbage on Tuesday and it’s not picked up for days. It’s honestly more reliable to walk down to the ONLY dumpster on the property and do it yourself (assuming it’s not absolutely overcrowded with other people’s garbage)
* The way the apartments are designed make for a limited ability to get furniture in. I was not able to get my full-​size couch into my apartment because of unnecessarily narrow hallway leading to my front door. We were also unable to hoist the couch over the balcony because it’s so rickety that it would have jeopardized the lives of everyone involved.
* The dishwasher is a joke. I use it only for it’s ability to handle hotter water than my hands can, but the dishes themselves are scrubbed entirely clean before even entering the machine because it can’t handle removing the simplest of foods.
* Our entire building has 4 washers and dryers. One of the dryers on my floor has been broken since I moved in, despite my calling the repair company twice. The other is on it’s way out and requires $ 2 ($ 1×2) to dry a single load regardless of how little you’re drying.
*On several occasions, I’ve seen garbage bags left in the street. People who look like they were considering taking their garbage to the dumpster and then stopped halfway through. I’m talking up to 5 bags littered throughout my street alone. I can’t speak for the rest of the complex.
* I’ve seen a number of illegal transactions on property. As far as drugs or sex, I couldn’t tell you, but it’s shady as f***.
* The kitchen comes with a built-​in pantry system which involves a gaping, refrigerator sized space that can’t be used for anything. It’s like a 2-​bookshelf wide space with no shelves on one side. Considering the minimal cabinet space, you could at least have a pantry that goes the whole way across.
* The dining room in unnecessary large. It seems as though the dividing wall for the kitchen and dining room is far more offset than it should be, resulting in a tiny kitchen and a huge dining room. I have a full sized 6 person dining table and it looks dwarfed in that room. As a chef, I would definitely prefer a larger kitchen and more counter space.
* Construction is happening behind the complex that I’m sure is years in the making. Be ready for tractor and dump truck noises at 8 am for the duration of your life here.
* A number of times, I’ve received notices on my door from utility companies about unpaid bills that were mailed to the office and sat there for 2 – 3 weeks before making it to my door. Most recently was a notice about my electricity being shut off that was dated on the 10^th, mailed to the office, stamped by them stating it was received on the 15^th and was posted to my door on the 30^th. Completely unacceptable.
In conclusion, I’m moving out as soon as I’m financially able to and I strongly encourage that nobody move in to this complex until they get a complete redesign as far as renovations and new management.

My family did a viewing today and we were pretty disappointed. We found posts from Sunset View Apartments on
and craigslist, and the offers looked fantastic. Newly renovated 2 BR apartments with washer and dryer, 1050 square feet for $ 925 a month? $ 100
coupon? Free month rent? Seemed too good to be true. And, unfortunately, it was. They were still posting these ads on craigslist to the minute, while they were telling us that they had actually rented out all the apartments with a w/​d (but still offering as of 12:55, 20 minutes after we left). Also, free first month’s rent was only on select units. (EEK!) What a waste of time. The apartments themselves aren’t bad, but it’s irritating to realize you’re just getting sucked in by the offers in hopes you’ll settle for something less. That’s dumb Sunset View. Very dumb. BTW, your gym smells like butt. It really needs to be cleaned in there…

since I wrote this I have noticed they put ONE (1) doggy station by the mailboxes, where the poop problem was. Not sure if it was before or after my review but yaaaa