Summit Park Village

I have to give a thanks to Vanessa the leaser there. I walked in for my appt n she was ready for me. Already knew things I wanted in my new apt from the emails we had exchanged. I didn’t think she’d remember. She was awesome! Didn’t have to repeat myself like the other places I had been too. I couldn’t wait to go look at the apt. Vanessa walked me through the clubhouse n by the pool, pointed out the laundry centers. This community had everything I was looking for. I look forward to coming back with Vanessa when my lease is up.

Been a tenant in the apartment complex for about 3 weeks now, and I have nothing else to say other than Tasha B has been such great help. She promptly and thoroughly communicated via phone and email until I had all the documents I needed for the apartment. She has answers for all of your questions. Ask for her when inquiring about these apartments. The RM and the rest of the staff are also very kind and attentive. Only have a year contract but definitely plan on renewing if the opportunity presents itself!

This is an okay apartment to move into if youre looking for something cheap, are across country, and have a dog that is on any breed restrictions. They claim to have restrictions, but they really don’t. Every type of dog is here. Which is fine with me, because dogs are results of how owners train them. Unfortunately, we can’t train owners, because no one here picks up dog poop. And even IF you want to, the dog stations are out of bags more than half the time, ESPECIALLY the station by the leasing office. You’d think it’d be the most stocked.
When I moved in, our patio door lock/​handle was broken. We mentioned something about it during our inspection after signing the lease. We moved in August and they fixed it right before Christmas. We never went back down into the office until before Christmas to remind them because I know how people break into homes around that time of the year and we just finally wanted it fixed.
Our dishwasher does not wash the dishes. it just slops around the dirty water. They fixed it briefly, but it happened again. So we’re just doing dishes by hand now. Under our sink, the entire particle board is rotted out, leaving bugs and soggy «wood» crumbles all over the hallway kitchen floor. We went into the office to ask for it to be fixed, and they came and looked at it and said there was nothing they can do. Except suggested that I, MYSELF, take some nails and replay the vinyl floorboard and nail it back into place. Yeah… I’m not doing that. It’s not being fixed because they have to gut everything out and don’t feel like it is my guess. But they couldve taken some initiaive and explained that it had to be gutted out and that with us living here they can’t at the moment and tried to fix the bug problem. that wouldve been professional in my eyes. I’m a very understanding person. I just call it as it is. But this was not professional and a huge turn off to the maintenance team here.
Our toliet has had a very slow drip since they came around Christmas to «fix» the lock (lock broke and had to be re fixed). But its still dripping. The guy said there wasn’t much he could do and the drip was so small it didn’t matter. But our water bill for 2 people who work full time and are rarely home except at night, and don’t use a dishwasher is around $ 80 a month. that just doesn’t seem right to me.
Parking is awful. We paid for a pass and every get a spot. Our unit is literally next to the leasing office so we have lots of main road to park on, but the problem is, that people here park like complete jackasses. No one understands how to park right by the red curb so other cars can fit in, instead they double park, or park 6 feet away from the curb so no one else can fit.
Laundry is a joke. I’ve done laundry and had the washer not properly dispose of the water so i had to rewash my clothes in a different washer, because ringing them out wouldve been an all day task. There are signs suggesting and asking people to promptly remove their clothing, but no one does. Their stuff just sits in there so I take the liberty of taking it out and leaving it on the folding table so I can get my stuff dried, and after the 45 minutes cycle of drying, their clothes are still there.
I’ve used the pool twice now, and both times I’ve gone out there is a family out there just drinking beer and yelling at their children every 25 seconds. It’s very obnoxious, loud and hard to relax because of how loud this woman is.
Overly, people who live in these apartments are just inconsiderate, rude, and disrespectful. If you want anything fixed, it needs to be at their discression and if they feel like fixing it.
I moved here across country and was excited to with the help of Jen. she is a very nice woman who happens to be from the same state I was moving from. The process of doing everything paperwork wise over the phone and email and fax was easy but after getting here, its just been downhill. The only reason we were going to do another year lease is because of the pricing. I’ve delt with this for a year and we don’t plan on living in san diego but for another year. Howver, the great cheap deal that they give you (we paid 1515 for a 2 bedroom/​2 bath/​2 patio ((one outside masterbedrm and other outside living room)) with pet rent) But after recieving a letter on our door and in the mail about raising our rent after the first year. Yeah right. We’re totally looking for a nicer one bedroom with upgrades and a working toliet.
My advice is, more here if you can’t find anything. The first year rent is cheap and they allow anything in these apartments. But if you can take your time and look for something worth staying in for 2 years– do that instead. I was moving from Pennsylvania and my only source of finding a place was through the internet. But now that I’m out here I’m going to look around properly and find something were people actually live as a community, not self entitled assholes.

Just want to give a big shout out to Talia, actually an assistant manager there. She is soooo helpful with everything and takes time to help you no matter what. Really great person to have in the office!

I’m writing a review on behalf of maintenance! I filled in a order to fix several things in my apt and jorge responded very quickly was very courteous and address each problem in a timely fashion. I am very pleased with the results. Keep up the good work.

I’ve been a resident here for quite sometime and have absolutely no complaints. I initially walked into the leasing office with my roommates just wanting to check out the area and see what my options were. Immidiately, the staff was super friendly but more so very genuine! Robert and Tasha answered all of my questions and gave us a thorough walk through of the complex.
Maintance and the staff in general are extremely friendly and always respond in a timely manner. The area is quiet and clean and most importantly, safe! I have definitely recommended this complex to friends!

We’ve Been here for two years and the team here is very helpful. Jorge and the maintenance crew are exceptional. Anytime we have had am issue its resolved within 24 – 48 hours. Recently, I had an issue in my apartment that he fixed, then I showed him another issue in my apartment, it wasn’t what I called for, and he said he’d come back on Monday and he did fixed the shelf within mins. The maintenance team needs a raise. They are very helpful and efficient. I haven’t had a ton of interaction with the management crew but when I do they usually are very helpful and nice.
We’ve had issues with bugs (crikets and spiders) but we’ve called and they have fixed the problem.
The kitchen and bath fixtures aren’t new but are sufficient and work well.
The laundry room is usually clean when I use it, if people would clean up after themselves then it would always be clean considering the crew the cleans the premises are often busy.
The only two fall back’s is the parking it can be difficult but it’s about timing and patience, and the A/​C in the master bedroom is none existent but thankfully here the nights are cool and a breeze comes through.
When we renewed our lease recently it did go up, but it wasn’t too crazy. Hoping it will stay they same this next time around. Wink wink!
We plan to renew our lease, and look forward to it due to it being our home and feels like home. Thank you team for all the support given all of the time.

Me and my boyfriend walked in with no appt but Vanessa was very welcoming and helped us right away. She showed us the clubhouse and the pool. I loved all the amenities. She answered all our questions and made the tour awesome.

I’ve been living here for five months and I am very happy with my unit. It’s very quiet and the location is fantastic. The support staff is awesome. Most maintenance requests are handled within a day or two and Jenn at the leasing office is very helpful and always listens to my concerns. It is very pet friendly place and the neighbors I’ve met are nice. The pool and common areas are clean and well-​kept. I think it’s a good deal for the price.

I came into this office just wanting to see some apartments. No real intention on leasing, but wanted to see what my options were.
I was greeted by a lovely young lady. I believe her name was Tasha. Energic and happy to show me a few apartments. Tasha was very knowledgeable and made me feel very comfortable. I didn’t not feel pressured at all. I hate it when I’m being sold to when I already made it clear that I was only looking at this time. Its great to know my options and attributes, but don’t pressure me. And I didn’t feel pressured. Thank you Tasha.
Beautiful apartments and I’m really considering this community when I move out of my current situation.

Just wanted to leave a review on how fantastic my move out experience was from this complex. Jenn was amazing at getting my charges to me quickly and explaining everything in detail. She made me feel like a valued tenant and cared that I left their community on good terms. Great Customer service!

My friend lived here over a year, I house sat to care for his cats several times, enough to feel qualified to review this high priced slum masquerading as upscale rentals.
The buildings were shoddily constructed long ago on a hillside site with poor grading. As a result these buildings have spent decades with the forces of gravity fighting poorly driven nails. Modern construction uses screws, adhesives, etc. It affects your living experience with every step the upstairs neighbors take heard downstairs because the floors are all warped and loose. If you are upstairs you have to creep around on tiptoes or the lower neighbord bang on the ceiling! EVERYone suffers. They could fix this between tenants in each unit by driving screws in while they change carpets but like most slumlords they dont care. Its money! Also creaking and groaning in all the rooms as the temperatures decrease at night and soar in daytime.
And soar they will. Again old buildings, poor insulation, my friends unit had an A/​C built in that appeared to date back to original construction. Early ’60’s at best. Never blew cold and mgmt refused to replace it, despite repeated requests which this was explained, if it turns on and the fan blows air they consider it working. Never mind it blowing cold or adding $ 50 to your utilities bill due to its antiquity. As a result his 2^nd floor unit was like an oven 6 months out of the year.
Which is funny because ovens often attract cockroaches and the entire complex appears to be infested by them. The only way to bring it to less than disgusting levels was to keep calling their maintenance for pest control AND buy every product on the market and apply it daily. Not good for their five year old and who wants to spend an hour out of their day collectively chasing bugs with a can of raid every time they turn on a light? Myself I hate roaches enough I kind of enjoyed the hunt, watching them squirm and die. YMMV. Still I could be doing something more productive.
I could go on and on about the negatives of this place– the parking oh god they got one parking pass for a 2 bedroom unit. If not onstreet parked by 4 – 5 pm get ready for a 2 block hike up a 20 degree hill. You live in the shadow of a huge standpipe, goodbye world in any decent earthquake unless you can get out your kayak in time.
Its just a very overpriced shabby place to live run by a huge megacorporation unconcerned with your quality of life. Yes that describes most of the rentals in the city but these guys seem to have it down to a science. Look at how many reviews echo these same exact complaints which they obviously know about but will not fix because its cheaper to pay a CSR to come on Unilocal and patronize former tenants with their lame responses. With the extreme physical topography of the site combined with just bad, old buildings, and owners who have little regard for anything but the almighty dollar, you could do better almost anywhere.
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Jen, because I never divulged my friends name you couldn’t have even looked. However he no longer lives there and wouldn’t again on a bet. You people need to get a clue and not just attempt damage control after the fact. REPLACE ALL THE 50+ YEAR OLD AC UNITS (that blow warm yet consume lots of electricity) THE FIRST TIME YOUR TENANTS COMPLAIN. After every second floor tenant vacates and you replace their carpets, send a team of qualified contractors (not hourly immigrants) in to secure flooring with modern hardware. And so on. Bugs are a little more difficult and complex but all these things have solutions, and are not isolated incidents. You don’t need to «look up work orders» you hear these complaints constantly. Its like you are calling me a liar for saying these things happened but you can’t find work orders.
Fix these issues complex wide before people get pissed and move.
Your job of typing out patronizing responses may indeed evaporate but future tenants will see real quality of life improvements. These decisions are surely out of your control, and aggressively forwarding these ideas up the corporate ladder may even threaten your career. However if you’ve ever rented an apt, and who hasn’t, let this stand as an appeal to your conscience as a human being, and professionalism as a CSR. You can do better.

I have decided to update my review since the manager Jen along with the Summit Park Village team were so accommodating in helping me to solve this issue. She took the time out to speak with me personally & stayed in contact with me during this process & even gave us a credit towards our rent for what we spent on bug supplies out of pocket! I feel more at peace & at home now. We are happy now.

We had to move fast due to some repair issues at our previous apartment. Robert walked us through the whole thing and got us in that very same week! They were awesome!
So far everything has been going great. Everyone we meet is very friendly and helpful. We also have two dogs and they are in heaven. There are plenty of places for them to sniff and dog stations everywhere so you don’t have to worry too much about messes.

I moved in last fall and have been very happy with this apartment community! I love the location, it’s quiet, parking is never an issue and all the amenities are awesome! Laundry is never an issue! The staff is also very friendly; Robert, Latifah, and Jen are always so helpful and friendly when I need something or just stop by the office! Good Value for the price!

I toured the apartments with Robert Cella and was very impressed with his knowledge of the two units he showed me. He was very professional and courteous. The reason I didn’t lease was due to the distance I would need to travel to work. However I would recommend this property to anyone in search for a nice place to live and recommend They see Robert Cella.
I took several of his business cards to post on my work bulletin board.

This place is a nice quiet complex near everything you need. I live in an upstairs unit and watch the hummingbirds every morning from my balcony… It’s a great way to start my day. I worked with Robert, and Jen in setting up our lease and apartment. They were both very helpful and accommodating. It made the paperwork process so much less painful than prior experiences. I had a minor complaint that the carpet had a stain or two show up even though they cleaned it and literally the next day a carpet cleaner came and redid the whole place no charge to me. It’s been raining a lot recently and I have seen a lot of workmen pumping puddles of rain to prevent raining.- basically this place is really well maintained, at my last complex I had to beg for 3 months to get a sink fixed. I’m happy to call Summit Park Village home and hope to be residing here for a while.

I lived there for a year, they raise your rent a ridiculous amount WITH a 11 or 12 month lease and if you’re considering month to month, expect your rent to go up at least $ 500 dollars! ($ 563 Is the exact increase amount they gave me for month to month) Absolutely ludicrous. I had my pre move out inspection and was told because the apartment was intact that I would only be charged for carpet cleaning, which was $ 60. A few weeks later I get the «move out billing» and was charged $ 125 for cleaning, which I had hired a professional to clean to avoid all this non sense. The final water bill was $ 59.61 which made absolutely no sense since I was always current with the bill and even paid extra every month. I made sure to pay the final water bill before I moved out, but still got that deducted from my deposit. This place is a complete rip off. And try to have them call you back after you move. Good luck with that! I’d give it ZERO stars if I could.
On ¹¹⁄₁₉ I received a voice message to help me «resolve» this issue however, when I called back, the lady on the phone was rude, cut me off, and barely let me get a word in, rushing me off the phone. I told her I had the pictures and video to prove the apartment was pretty much move in ready, she cut me off saying to send the invoice and pictures to see what they could do. I was disappointed before but now I am absolutely disgusted.

The Good:
The management and maintenance specialist are phenomenal, not once have I brought a problem that they did not try to fix in the same week.
One of the best locations I have lived in! The streets and apartments are quiet, the neighbors are kind and the apartments are the perfect distance to restraints, shopping, and errand locations.
They allow larger dogs then most places I could find in SD. My 2 dogs are treated very well and they have 2 close dog parks and an apartment dog run.
The amenities esp. the pool and hot tub. I spend most of my summer days off there reading and taking a dip. They have bbq pits right next to the pool which make it the perfect get together location. A+
You get a parking spot
The Bad:
You only get 1 parking spot (space issue not really resolvable), and street parking after 6 is brutal, I have to warn friends prior to their arrival that «parking sucks»
The Antiquated appliances are especially the wall mounted A/​C unit. It uses an exuberant amount of electricity for little «cold» air, in a very singular location. This leaves the bedrooms and bathrooms to be sweltering hot. The temperature of the bedrooms makes them almost unlivable in the summer (Avg temp 87 outside). Opening the windows helps but it is still a balmy 70 degrees out here.
There are dog relief areas however there are rarely any bags, helping the lazy to just leave their pet’s defecation in the «yard» or dog run. With only one man to clean it, many bombs are left on the complex grounds.
The Ugly:
The bugs, more specifically the roaches are a huge problem for some of the units, mine included. I find them in the pantry, the cabinets, the dishwasher, the oven, literaly everywhere there is a hole in the unit. The management has had professional pest experts assess and «destroy» (read spray raid) the roaches multiple times in my unit to no avail. This may be only a unit specific problem however I feel when you have pest control come out Every Tuesday you know there is a problem with pests.
Overall: I have lived here almost two years which is longer than any other apartment which goes to show how much I felt this place as home. I will be moving after the lease is over but I truly believe that an appliance upgrade, a massive caulking endeavor (to stop the bugs), and a look at the small stuff will place this place at 5 stars.

My daughter and I just moved in to a two bedroom, after looking around at «pet friendly» apartments in a decent area, Summit Park Village was the best in price, amenities and suited our pet needs. The management staff was GREAT! I applied (and hustled to get the required paperwork in) on ⁷⁄₂ and had the approval to move in WITH my fur babies on ⁷⁄₆ EVEN with the closure due to the holiday. Teri was great to work with (as was everyone else but I primarily spoke with Teri). We got our keys and moved in on Monday evening. The apartment was better than I expected! We had initially toured a different unit, this is much nicer! It is very clean and very well kept. The kitchen and bathrooms have updated flooring; the carpet is fairly new and unstained, fresh paint and a spotless kitchen. We got a corner unit so we do not share walls with anyone. The upstairs tenants are pretty quiet and I haven’t heard them much. We haven’t heard much from any of the tenants to be exact. So far parking has been very easy and I have had pretty much the same area each time I have parked. The location of my apartment allows easy access to the two lots near me. The trash is close and convenient. Walking the dogs in the area is good, potty clean up baggies are readily available. The 125 is close by and easy access, there are plenty of stores convenient to the area, Cowles Mountain is close by as a few dog parks (which is important to me), all in all I am happy with our decision to move to SPV.
Oh, and NO BUGS!!!