Village View Apartments

I like my apartment because it is cheap, has all the basic things that I need to live comfortably, has a good amount storage space, lots of cabinets for the size of the apartment, a decent kitchen, and a spacious bathroom. However, my 2-​star rating is for the management. It is ok if something goes wrong, such as an electric outage, water outage, leaky plumbing, etc, but it’s not ok if the management does nothing about it. If there is some repair work going on, just let us know in advance that there will be a water outage and at this time or that, because no one likes to be stranded in the shower with soap all over them, and the water supply suddenly cut off. I must mention, Josie, one of the managers is great. She is nice, very professional and personable.
My worst experiences have been with a manager (she is not even an official manager of village view) named Mariza who is the rudest person I have ever seen. The other Saturday, I was sleeping in late, and woke up in a shock as she banged on my door, ‘informing’ me that there was some paintwork to be done in the parking lot that night and I needed to park my car on the street. It’s totally fine, but say it like normal people do! She literally shouted at me and I was left wondering what I had done to make her so mad. On another occasion, she was shouting very rudely to a woman who was carrying a baby in her arm, and was holding another kid’s hand to get to her apartment upstairs, and she left her stroller on the walkway which I assume she would come back for once she had dropped her kids off at the apartment. I just politely told Mariza that the lady had 2 kids with her and she would come back for the stroller, then as if something possessed her, she started attacking me with her words in a violent tone, and I stood there with my jaw dropped. Village view owners, high time you revamp your management!

DO NOT LIVE HERE. The rent is cheap, which is nice. You honestly get what you pay for though.
I had the «senior property manager», Mariza Sanchez, come banging (literally) on my door on a Sunday morning regarding a car parked in a parking spot for a vacant unit. The tenant had just vacated three days previously so nobody was moving in quite yet, so yes, we parked there over night. She came to my door, did not introduce herself apart from her «title» of senior property manager and attacked me in a completely unprofessional, accusatory, threatening manner. When I told her it was my car, she spoke to me as if I were a child and threatened to tow my car. Of course I was going to move the car, as that was my original plan, yet she continued to threaten me. She even told me that it is okay for her to threaten me because of her title.
After telling me she has the authority to threaten me, I had to ask her to identify herself at least three times before she gave me her name, which is a complete security violation. No picture identification was offered and she is NOT the property manager for Village View as we have not even had an assigned property manager for this complex in months (by the way, the front office was broken into in December and all confidential information for all tenants was taken and the management did not offer any further explanation about a plan of action or what would be done… They only told us to «protect ourselves»).
Of course her threat was empty, as I already knew and confronted her about. She went as far as putting the apartment Parking Rules on my windshield (refused to give them to me while she attacked me at my front door). After reading these rules that I had signed to along with my lease, in particular the three rules she highlighted and was accusing me of breaking, I realized I had not broken a single rule and she was truly unnecessarily threatening me.
This is just one example of multiple negative experiences I have had with this woman. Coincidentally, she won’t give you the name of anyone above her, making it so that she has no one to answer to regarding her completely unprofessional manner… How convenient. I will say that I have had positive experiences with another property manager, Josie. She has been great and it is unfortunate that someone like Mariza can completely ruin one’s experience at this complex.
Do not move in here. It is not worth it and the bullying tactics of senior management are completely unacceptable and uncalled for. Unfortunately the majority of tenants do not know their rights and are likely compliant when approached in such a manner. However, I refuse to be bullied by someone who is supposed to have authority and I will not stand for it. Her behavior and approach reflects negatively on this property and it is no wonder people hate it here.

CON: It was my first time living in an apartment, and it was definitely not a good experience. When I first moved in, I thought to myself, what a nice, small place! The carpet is really soft and clean, and my room is very spacious! But later on in the day, I noticed how unsanitary the kitchen and bathroom was. First, with the kitchen, it is a decent size. It comes with the usual four stove burners and an oven, a good number of drawers and cabinets, and dishwasher. Sounds nice and simple right? Wrong. I’m not sure to blame my previous apartment attendee or the landowner because the kitchen was disgusting. The tiles was littered with unknown things and the dishwasher was yellow and had hair in it. It was hard to cook there without gagging. Moving on to the bathroom, I cried every time I was forced to use it because it was beyond nasty. The sink was weirdly dark and oh my gosh, the shower tub was stained with mysterious black and red stains. Last but not least, the place smelled like weird moth balls and chemicals. I would have to blame my stranger of an apartment mate for that because after she left, it didn’t smell anymore. It still stayed dirty as heck so I’m definitely never going to live here again.
PROS: Cheap and has a decent parking lot. My room was the only safe place I felt comfortable in. My walk in closet was small but I didn’t mind since it was enough space for me to change and what not.

This is not to be about the apartment itself but rather my experience with the people. Like all the other reviews say: its simple/​basic living. Complex full of ethnic families and students. So don’t expect quiet or cleanliness. We stayed for 2 ½ years cause the price was right and the living conditions tolerable. Until recently. Ive dealt with all kinds of neighbors, called cops on multiple for noise and peeing in the street during the week. Now we have a family with a small child that likes to run and scream all hours of the night actually waking me up from sleeping. While I totally understand that kids will be kids I don’t think this makes for proper living conditions at all. So I’m not complaining about noise, I’m complaining about my apartment actually shaking and moving as if it were an earthquake every night. Complain to management and the neighbors with absolutely nothing changing. Gave them a 3 day to comply but when they didn’t there was no ‘punishment’. Was actually just told by the management that there is nothing they can do about it and my action of going to my neighbors myself was illegal?! WTF?! Since when?
Long story short we are being forced to move because I cannot live like this any longer so we are breaking our lease. Instead of being understanding and working with us they are charging us for doing so and saying, «This is the law and everyone deals with noise so if you want to leave you have to pay». I thought the management here was great and actually cared about us as a tenant until now. I’m sorry I was mistaken that I wasn’t just a dollar sign. I’ve even referred people to the complex, but never again. I wasn’t even able to voice my reasons for leaving without being totally interrupted and told too bad so sad.
Side note of other things Ive dealt with: Both my car and my boyfriends have been hit in the parking lot by other tenants. Mine so bad that it was pushed into a poll by some adult who hadn’t had a license for more than 3 days and took 6 weeks to fix. (just to show the caliber of tenants) people smoking on the stairs so it comes directly into your living room.

I live here b/​c it’s the cheapest in the area and has the basics… coin washer/​dryer in the same complex, a roof, super thin walls that allows you to hear people closing their sliding windows upstairs, babies crying, footsteps, etc. That said, it does provide the basics. A refrigerator, shower, and a roof.
Obnoxiously rude hispanic sounding landlord? (not Stephanie, she’s a sweetheart and Pamela doesn’t work here anymore).
Called regarding burnt out lights in front of the building and hallways (I work 5am shifts and everything is dark… maybe 1 out of 4 hallway lights work, and 2 out of 10 lights in front of the apartment works.
Called at the OFFICE at 9PM, thinking I’ll be leaving a voicemail since it’s really late… a lady’s voice picked up. «HELLO?» in a I-​hate-​my-​job kinda of voice. Apologize that it’s late and told her I was assuming I’ll be getting the answering machine instead of having someone pick up. «IS THIS A QUESTION OR A COMMENT?!» was the angry reply. «WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?» After saying it wasn’t a problem, just a concern I gave her insight on the lights. She wouldn’t let me finish speaking and kept interrupting me. I asked for her name several times, but she ignored me, and after what she thought was the end of the conversation, ended it.
RUDE MUCH?
I mean, I guess it sucks to be carrying around that phone 24/​7, but man if that’s your job and you hate it… find another job that you love. Don’t have to be extremely mean and rude about it.
Also had a nasty encounter with the same lady on the phone a few months back… trying to turn in our monthly rent. SHE IS AN EVIL PERSON AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE RUDE TO PEOPLE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HATE YOUR JOB, OR LIFE, OR HAVE LIFE ISSUES, THERE IS NO NEED TO TAKE IT OUT ON OTHER PEOPLE.

Its aite. good street parking. really good location. very basic.

Okay – from my last 2 reviews I’m going to update. I’ve been here now for a year and a half, and yes from my other reviews why haven’t I moved out? The truth is, my standard of living lowered since I’ve lived here. This place has the basics that you will want (if you are poor and working to save for whatever it is you are saving for). This apartment is NOT flashy, not a bachelor’s pad, no stainless steel appliances here, no gas stove, no w/​d in the place. It will not be your normal high end place. But it does have the basics if you are a simple person.
I’m a simple person, i live a simple life. I don’t care for that flashy things in the house. So with that said, this place is more family oriented (Indians & Chinese families). Loud Indian kids running around on the weekend or even early morning when they are not in school, Indian smelling curry at dinner, parking is plentiful, one assigned parking spot & free spots uncovered. Landlord is there. Washer & dryer room only has 6 machines now, hard to get a washer on busy days like Sunday & Monday. Just do it other times! I havent gotten my clothes stolen because I timed it and go out to get it once it’s done. you just have to know how to do things.
Of course, this isn’t for everyone. All walls are thin, there will always be loud kids, college students, but it doesn’t bother me. The manager in La Jolla View is nice, she likes us renting here so we get a break if we sign the lease for 6 months at a time. Overall, it’s not bad if you live a simple – no flashy – no high expectation life. Good for young professional starting a career poor, paying loans/​credit card debts life.