The Plaza-UCR Student Housing

About 5 minutes walk away from campus if you take the shortcut from Bannockburn. A little pricy for a single room, shared with 2 other roommates. Maintenance is alright, they usually deal with the work order within 2 days, but the problem isn’t guaranteed fixed. We had a leaky faucet in the kitchen, and maintenance fixed it for a while, but then it came back after a few weeks. Water runs well, hot water usually comes on within a minute. However, the water in the sink is white for some reason. The kitchen is a little cramped, since usually 2 – 4 people share it. Maximum of two people can use the kitchen at a time, and the fridge space and kitchen cabinet space is limited. Mailboxes are a little complicated to get to, since I had to ask the RSO where they were. Swimming pool is a little small and dirty even though the staff cleans it daily (could be the residue that it accumulates over the day), but UCR has their own swimming pool too. Internet isn’t covered, so you have to get your own router and set it up and pay for it monthly (it isn’t billed to your Growl account). Other than that, great area, gated community, safer than the other campus apartments.