Colonnade

In all honesty colonnade doesn’t deserve 4 stars it deserves 3.5 and here is why.
To everyone saying its dirty well guess what, you live right in the middle of downtown and unless you’re paying 5k for one of the brand new 1 bedroom apartments that were just built I’d expect a little wear and tear.
The hallways are gross and smell really really weird I try to avoid at all costs.
The dumpsters have been full to the brim the past few days (holiday weekend maybe) BUT Colonade allows people to throw away their entire apartments i.e. Couches, beds, mini fridges etc. and the couches that I’ve seen being thrown away are DIRTY not just old but DIRTY so I’m certain that it is the tenants who contribute to a lot of the mess.
Homeless people? Well what do you expect you’re living DOWNTOWN in a CITY with about a MILLION people. And if you don’t want homeless people inside then don’t let them in? The only way a homeless person can enter the premises is if they’re let in by someone who has a KEY aka the tenants themselves. Think people think it’s really not that hard.
Now onto my unit itself, yea it is noisy and I do get annoyed when I’m trying to sleep but I just close the windows and turn on my AC and I sleep through the night. My apartment has no problem receiving hot water and we get it quickly too. Our shower head was a bit old but we just bought a new one and bam problem solved. Roaches in our place? Nope haven’t seen one maybe it’s because I like to keep my things clean and don’t leave food hanging out or dirty dishes in the sink. Some of you guys might want to try it sometime. The microwave makes a weird noise when I use it and I’m still waiting for that courtyard to open up.
Management? Don’t really know them expect Jon who was super chill and tries to make everything run as smooth as possible.
Colonnade isn’t luxury, if you want luxury on a budget move to Idaho or something.

To start out, Shout out to Anjanette T. & M K. below for a accurate review. I too feel the same way as them so here is MY two cents.
Pro:
Thank you John, Brian & Ernest for being the real MVPs at the Colonnades. They always got my back whether it’s picking up a package, getting maintenance done, or actually being there when some serious shit happened at our apartment (keep reading). THANK YOU GUYS. Your presences is much appreciated and you guys keep this place running!
Location, Location, Location. It’s literally right across from SJSU. The Dash stops right in front of the Colonnade which brings you all the way to Cal Train which is a Plus. The postal office is right underneath and there is a decent selection of places to eat when you’re desperate and don’t care for quality food. Safeway and FedEx is walking distance, as well as bars and clubs. You’re in the heart of Down Town San Jose.
Large Spacious 2×2 bedrooms, closets and bathrooms. Pretty good apartment layouts. It fits 2 people per bed room comfortably and I’ve seen 3 people share a room and make it happen. Patio is a plus.
THE CONS:
— Cockroaches; everywhere. Literally, everywhere. Even when they came in to exterminate the whole apartment 2x, they are persistent and comes back as baby cockroaches and then BOOM! Huge juicy ones that crawls everywhere! It’s not only IN the apartments, but in the hallway, elevator, parking lot, stairways. You get the point.
— Security & Safety: Half ass security. Where were they when some guy went over our patio, open our patio screen and door in the morning intruding our apartment? Nowhere. John showed up hella early in the morning to at least show that he cared about what happened. You use to see some security guards taking pictures and whatnot but when it matters, they are not there. There isn’t enough security guards and they don’t do anything!
— Noise; It can get pretty noisy during the night time (depending on your neighbors). There has been times when security have came to our apartment threatening to call the cops on us because we were «too loud» even when we already quiet down. Majority of the time, our neighbors are louder than us!
— Construction; When I moved in, the parking lot was already «under construction» for over a year. Now (May 2016) it’s «almost» done but the Pool is going through construction. I haven’t step foot in that pool, what a waste.
— Amenities;
Gym, no weights and it’s small, but it works.
Sauna, doesn’t work whenever I try to use it
Restrooms near the gym doesn’t have running water in the shower.
— Washer/​Dryers; Works sometimes and when it doesn’t, not only do you waste your money, management asks YOU to contact the Washer company instead of doing so themselves. Washer/​Dryer card machines only accept $ 5, $ 10 & $ 20 and is sometimes broken. PLUS, they charge you $ 5 for a Washer Card! Freakin make the washers/​dryers quarter machines and we save many trips to the card machine.
— Elevators are consistently broken, so are the handles to doors. Many people do try to key the Parking Lot 1 (public Parking Lot)
— Public Parking Lot on the first floor always ALWAYS smells like piss. There’s no way around it but at least put an air fresher in the the elevator area! Efforts matters!
— The Fire Alarm always goes off and at the oddest time of the day (like around 3AM or 8AM) and for no reason. HELL there might actually be a fire, but we get these fire alarms so often, everyone just ignores it.
— Homeless people always be sleeping esp on 3^rd street stairway near the garage. You literally walk down and open the stairway and you always get a smelly surprise.
— Hot water; You pay for water, yet where is the hot water? Sometimes you got 2 days without hot water and no warning whatsoever.
— Rec room; Can be rented out. Why not let tenants uses such a big room where some of the students could go to study?! I only see the cleaning folks sit in there to take breaks. It’s never used. Such a waste of space, what a shame.
— Rent; Not only do you pay a heavy amount for rent, you need to pay water, sewage, trash, apt fees & insurance TO the Colonnade. On top of that, you also need to pay out of pocket internet & PG&E separately. You pay the luxurious price without the luxurious living.
This apartment complex is ANYTHING BUY LUXURIOUS. You pay so much and have to deal with all this crap. You know they are pretty desperate to fill up spaces when there has been tons of new signage all over the complex that says «immediate move-​ins». That public sign should already say enough.
(I have been living at the Colonnade 8 months. This review has been written and posted 5/​13/​16.)
Shout out to the management for suggesting us to write a Unilocal Review. This is my 100% honest opinion! 0=]
ALSO, look under «## other reviews that are not currently recommended» there are also other reviews that are not shown. Please read them, they are on point!

ive lived here for 2 years. the best things about this apartment complex is the office staff and its proximity to sjsu, where i go to school. it is definitely not worth the money they ask for rent. the colonnade apartments market themselves as a luxurious complex in the heart of downtown. there is nothing luxurious about this place.
— the units are infested with roaches
— the elevator closest to me has been out of service for close to a year.
— the pool which they market isnt even filled.
— parking spaces are hard to obtain if you have more than 1 car.
— bum sleep in the trashroom, stair wells, you can find bums sleeping everywhere.
— parts of the complex smells like urine.
— low water pressure for showers.
— hot water often goes out.
overall, if you are looking to live here. dont. look for any alternative spot. this place is not worth the money. you can find better.

My only stars honestly just go to Jonathan, Brian, Ernest, and Beatrice for making this place somewhat feel like «home». They never failed to let me down, whether it be me CONSTANTLY picking up packages in the office, needing maintenance within my apt complex, or simply having a lovely chat in between classes. You know you’ve established some sort of bond when they remember you by your room number and are able to communicate with them as if you’ve known them forever, and I will definitely miss that! I’d personally include the manager, Desiree; however, I would intentionally avoid going into the office whenever she’s working, for I have heard she’s quite money hungry and only makes it extremely complicated when it comes to other tenants’ needs. (I guess we’ll just have to see once and IF I even get my deposit back)
Besides the 4 staff members mentioned above, expect:
— LOTS of roaches (unless you were as lucky as me and get one of the newly renovated units)
— Noisy people (the security doesn’t care about the noise that goes on around you, but when it came to my unit making noise, we’ve encountered so many issues telling us to keep it down)
— CONSTANT fire alarms going off with no valid reason
— Homeless people sleeping in staircases or the patio area
— No early warning when there was NO hot water
— 2am fights/​car accidents that happen in front of JITB or La Vics (only applies to you if you’re balcony view faces that side)
— Overdue renovations (parking structure FINALLY finished after months of construction work, but the pool area has been down for awhile now! waste of my last months living there)
— Washer/​Dryer card machines that only allow $ 5, $ 10, $ 20 bills which is broken down every now and then
With that said, this apartment complex isn’t as luxurious as it claims to be! The only convenience it had was being across the street from State and if you work anywhere near downtown. I may have had the «better» unit when it came to comparing mines to some of my friends that also live here; however, it was nothing special, and I’m really not going to miss this place.

This one of the worse place i have lived in my life. The apartment is so dirty and its full of roaches, its not case of one apartment am talking about the whole complex but If you complain it to the management will start blaming you as if you the only person who has the problem. The management is horrible. The lady who works as the manager will be nice to you till you rent the apartment after that her tone and way of talking takes a U turn. The management even announced cash awards to people who will write good review about them.

WORST SHIT HOLE EVERY MADE!
1) Roaches
2) Homeless people
3) Noisy
4) The people working there are not helpful at all
5) They dont talk with you at all or align. They took $ 210 out of my deposit for cleaning without align with me first.
6) Nothing is working (Hot tub, elevators)
What ever you do! STAY OUT OF THIS PLACE!

I moved in two weeks ago. I am treated like a star. Whenever I ask for the smallest of thing, it is done immediately. I recommend them beyond the stars and back.

Been here for a little over a year and it has been good to me. The staff is great and things get taken care of relatively quickly. Of course like any other complex it has it own issues but i can deal with them. My apartment is very spacious. It is in the heart of downtown so places are close by. Desiree the manager is great. Very helpful and polite. Would recommend this place to anyone.

I have lived here for 2 years and now that they have new management the place is on the come up.
— fair pricing
— prime location
— pool, gym & sauna
— balconies over looking the city
***HB

I have been a resident since 2012 and I have been happy with the apartments! I started off in a two bedroom while I was in college with three roommates and I have now been in a one bedroom with one roommate for two years.
The rooms are large for downtown apartments and each have a full size kitchen, living room, and bathroom. I viewed many other apartments downtown and they weren’t even close to being this big.
The complex has laundry on site, a mini gym, pool, sauna, and hot tub. It’s worth the extra rent for the space and the accommodations.
There are many complaints of roaches but I can say we are inspected once a year and the whole complex was treated in December 2015. It’s easy to blame the managers but in reality, downtown has a lot of roaches and people bring them in. It’s hard to control the traffic so with people moving in and out and their furniture and beds it easy to get them back in. The residents are the ones that bring them in especially since many aren’t so clean. The management and maintenance team clean the lobby areas, laundry locations, and hallways everyday.
So yes, there was a roach problem but they did their best to prevent it. It wasn’t an issue until this winter for me and it’s honesty the people that bring them in. Many are so so dirty and that’s not the companies fault. They do inspections for fire alarms and general apartment inspections twice a year, so they might be able to give notices but you can’t control tenants too much. If they leave their balcony doors open, the roaches will come into from the city especially at night due to the lights and warmth. They are all over SJSU and many complexes have this issue.
In addition, the staff is very nice! They have changed management in the three/​four years I have been here and they are much better. They are very accommodating and always willing to help. I am a daily walk in for packages and they have always treated me with great customer service and are always so caring.
The parking structure is getting fixed and they remodeling the hallways and apartments.
A lot of improvements since I have been here and I hope to stay a constant resident. This is my only home with my mom, since our house I grew up in went up for sale by our old landlord, and the staff have been so welcoming and making it feel like home.
As for the other residents, you are downtown with college students. So it’s not their fault there are sometimes loud nights and not everyone is clean. But security does a good job at patrolling the area and as long as you keep your apartment clean, you won’t have any issues.
The only thing I would hope for is accommodations or incentives for long term residents. This might help with high turnover and keep serious residents like my mom and I.
We are looking to move up to a two bedroom at this complex so we are hoping for an incentive or deal being good and clean residents.
Overall 4 stars! It’s not perfect, but it’s a place my mom and I call home. If the parking structure renovation was complete and some fixing around the complex it would be a 5 star for me!

This place is fucking horrid wtf. Roaches everywhere they have «fumigated» this place 7 times now and it’s the same fucking thing. Trashes are filthy security looks like they scope the place out. They just simply walk into ur place without warning to check for leaks. Today was the last straw my kitchen sink just started to overflow out of nowhere! A bunch of different types of food started coming out, things I don’t even eat. I’m sorry look some other place, the location might be convenient but the conditions are stupid. San jose has gone down hiss charging 1800 for a studio. They need rent control because this place does not deserve what they are getting.
No stars don’t move here.

Well, I’m glad I’m going to move out of here very soon.
I’ve been living here in a one bedroom apartment for 1 year and at first I was very happy since the rent is relative low, given the location and the spacious room. But then, problems came. Here are the pros and cons:
pros:
1. Really spacious 1b1b.
2. Really close to SJSU if you are a student here
cons:
1. bugs and mostly cockroaches, almost everywhere, I even found several in the dishwasher. They did some bug control several days before, things are a little better now. But based on the history, they will come back in less than a month. We have no safe place to put our dishes and plates, have to wash them again before use. My wife even got a little nervous breakdown and dreamed about cockroaches biting her every now and then.
2. Noise. Since we live next to the street, even in fifth floor, the noise from street is very loud. And you can almost hear sirens every 10 minutes. The neighbors we have upstairs are not that nice and they watch movies in large volumes and even practice drum kit in the middle of night.
3. Homeless in the parking lot. They are not causing me trouble directly, but sometimes you can see water mark on the ground and it’s smelly, so I guess someone pees there.
4. Not enough parking space if you have a secondary car, they have construction going on since I moved in and it’s still not finished.
— — — –Update on 2016−01−25−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
OK, here is the update when I moved out and receive my check for the deposit, my deposit was 1500, and guess how much I got back? 327!!! I’m OK with the 150 cleaning fees. But 883 for carpet replacement? Wow, I’m pretty sure I didn’t damage the carpet that much.
Stay away from this place, people!!!

Where to begin? I’ll start with the most recent occurrence. We’ve had no hot water for two days. When I inquired about it this morning, I was told it might return this evening. When asked for compensation, I was told to boil water.
The bugs are everywhere. EVERYWHERE! Go ahead, take them up on their offer to fumigate; they’ll be back in a matter of hours.
I hope you’ve been doing your squats and lunges. Be prepared to take the stairs, but come equipped with your hazmat suit. You’ll be sure to come across plenty of human excrement on your journey. For those of you who aren’t sure what I’m talking about: urine, vomit, and poop. .. HUMAN SHIT. A nice little loaf waiting right by the door for to get your day started off on the right foot. More on the security of the building later. There are three elevators in the building. One is ALWAYS broken and the other two rotate out. When you are lucky enough to catch a ride, you’ll have to wait for it to pick everyone up, drop everyone off, and go up and down a few more times before it decides to settle on your floor.
Parking. When I moved in in February, I was told that they could not offer me a parking spot right away because of construction. I could pay $ 90 a month to park in the public parking garage directly below the building. Um ok, «how long will construction last?» I asked. No more than 8 weeks. Ok, I thought. I can handle two months. What they failed to mention was that it would take no more than 2 months once construction starts. It’s November. Construction has yet to start. Luckily, my car was broken into in the public garage, and I had some leverage in negotiating my way up the wait list.
On to building safety. While it is not management’s responsibility to control the homeless population or the local criminals in our little community, it it however, their duty to provide a relatively safe living environment. I’m really not asking for much. Just working locks and a garage door that doesn’t remain open for days and, on the flip side, opens when I ask it to. For weeks there was no handle (forget a lock) on a public access door. Which was really a lot of fun as I escaped a man on the street as he shouted that I was a racist slut and I could suck his dick. I pressed my body up against the door with no handle, praying he wouldn’t try to push his way in while I waited for an elevator that may or may not come. This is jut one example of one door without a working locking handle. There were several others that took weeks to fix as well.
When the «gym» equipment does work, it’s not clean. I’d post a picture of the booger on the treadmill, but I was too busy trying not to vom to snap a shot. Also some people don’t wear shoes in the gym. It’s gross. The pool is also not very clean. Tenants disregard the signage about not bringing their animals to the pool, and let them do their business all over the pool deck. I don’t know about you, but scraping dog shit off the bottom of my sandal is totally how I want to spend 15 minutes of afternoon. The same bandaid lay on the side of the jacuzzi for a week and a half.
Jonathan gets my only star. He’s nice and accommodating, but there’s really only so much he can do.

This place had potential. It’s located in a good spot near SJSU, a free shuttle stops in front taking you to Caltrain. The pool is nice, there’s parking. The problem with this place are the bugs, lots of roaches, even bedbugs and moths. They’re everywhere, they’ve crawled on me even. The staff is very very friendly and attentive and do what they can to help but it’s a greater problem that needs more attention than just the standard exterminator.

A write-​up of this complex is long overdue.
When I moved to the Colonnade ~2 years ago I found it to be (at least in my mind) the better of the apartment complex’s in the area, given the location and the price. My one bedroom two years ago only cost only $ 1400… it has substantially and unnecessarily increased since. I would expected to see money going back into the building when rent prices and rent increases occur every year but that is not the case.
Where do I begin? Rather than talk about the past, I guess I’ll just focus on the current situation as that is all that matters. Here is what you will experience if you move here, so carefully consider your options if your in the market.
I’ll start with the management. As far as who you should be talking to, in the office John is the only one that gives you the impression that he cares and seems to be honestly listening and shows a lot of empathy for the residents. A close second would be Brian, who handles the maintenance team. Both of these guys are younger, newer, but have strong work ethics and good personalities. I’ve never seen either of them have a bad day, they come to work smiling and engaging and are on top of your needs. If you end up living here, get to know them.
The current manager, I think her name is Deziree? She is difficult to read, seems to listen but not sure out of concern or because it is her job. The previous manager would regularly host community events, ensure that policies were followed, and not be afraid to deal with residences directly. It seems like the only point of interaction I see these days are notes on doors which isn’t very private. Since management changed, this doesn’t have a community feel any longer.
It is hard to write this next section without coming across as racist so skip it if you cannot read this with an open mind. This complex (and this is probably not unique to this building) has a large population Indians who are poorly assimilated. They portray themselves as arrogant, disrespectful, and rude. The hallways here are constantly pungent with the smell of curry and body odor… it is absolutely wretched, there is no other way to politely say this. It doesn’t take much to open your windows when cooking and use a vent hood, and take daily showers and use a bar of soap. I wish there was a polite way to address these issues, so it is something as a resident here you will have to deal with. If you plan on using the elevators, know that they have no ventilation and your senses will literally be overwhelmed. Maybe some people like it, but me personally, it is one of the most unpleasant odors I have ever been exposed to. Other problems with the Indians I’ve encountered here is that I’ve noticed many apartments act as a revolving door, you have no idea who is living their or how many people. While I shouldn’t care, the problem is this creates a ²⁴⁄₇ noise problem and is incredibly unsanitary.
Speaking of unsanitary, some of the finer things this place has to offer includes an abundance of cockroaches and gnats. Regardless of how clean you are, the people living around you also need to be clean as well and this is likely not going to be the case. The ventilation system here has become nothing more than a highway for pests to easily travel from apartment to apartment. You will be regularly having your apartment sprayed to no avail. We’ve battled our roaches for our entire stay and cannot win. The other pleasant guests that stay here are the homeless that find their way into the stairwells. All of them routinely have trash in them, smell like a port-​o-​potty, and on multiple occasions I have come across feces and urine as people literally use our stairwells as public restrooms… Nice. The least the management could do is pour some bleach on it. I might add, the homeless population will go through all of the dumpsters and leave large piles of trash all around, they get into the «secure» parking garage and dig through the recycling and break into vehicles, and they also sleep within the stairwells and alcoves around the building. The security here is absolutely terrible (non-​existent).
In my own apartment I have to deal with smokers beneath me, elephants upstairs, neighbors that leave their door wide open to air out their disgusting curry into the hallways, everybody slams their doors, the laundry facilities are absolutely filthy and will ruin your clothes over time, the water is unbelievably hard and I highly suggest not drinking it.
I guess Unilocal!has a character limit that I’m about to go over. So, I don’t get to say everything I want. Pity.
You can clearly see though through the history of reviews that this complex has a consistent track record. Rent with caution (and as a last resort). Until the management company starts filtering money back into this building to give it a much needed *major* renovation I expect the conditions will continue to stay the same if not get worse.

The management of this place has improved SLIGHTLY– simply because they changed management. Of course there’s plenty of things to still complain about, if you’re on good terms with Jonathan (one of the guys in the front office) he’ll do his best to help you out.
One really annoying aspect is payments. They now have it set up that you can pay online, but if you’re ever late for rent they will not give you a grace period and you’ll be stuck paying with money orders for 3 months. Additionally– the place is like a maze, if you live in the back of the apartment you probably want to take the back elevator (theres two, and one is usually more likely to be broken than the other). And as others have stated– the garage and elevator waiting area smells like piss all day long. If you don’t take the back elevator you’re going to have to walk around for awhile to get to your place.
Like most others, I moved here because it was close to campus and I knew some people who were moving out and I moved in as an add on to their lease.
Just remember, living here is supposed to be only temporary– most people here are probably college students and maybe a few working people. The roaches are not a joke, no matter how much you clean they are still all over the kitchen and bathrooms. They probably know most people are students which is why they jack up the prices each year to be about 8% more.
Here’s what I will give them credit for though: they are a pet friendly complex, they do allow people to add and take off the lease, and they are in a good location.

This apartment is REALLY REALLY shitty. You will repent today or tomorrow, if you choose to live here. They have hell lot of cockroaches, bed bugs, the elevators not working most of the times, some weird smell in the hallways.
My unit has a lot of bedbugs, and then we complained to them about it. They got the unit treated and then charged me $ 700! And guess what, the bed bugs are still there!
It was the worst decision of my life to stay here! Please Please dont ever think of staying here ! You donot need to do a mistake and then learn. Learn from mine! I just wanted to save couple of dollars and ended up paying more !!!

This place is run by slum lords who allow drunk residents to defecate in the hallway, urinate, vomit, and throw trash everywhere without penalty.
Don’t expect to get your deposit back under any circumstances.
Staff here is super incompetent. Elevator is always broken.
You can find better close to SJSU if you’re a student. If you’re not a student, why would you even bother to live in this dump? I’ve slept in hostels in Cambodia better than this place.

Wish I could take stars away. Don’t waste your time, or money. I was first excited to move in because of the location, then the price (for DTSJ), and being rushed to find my own place. Biggest mistake ever.
Where do I begin? Let’s say my move in… Had to pay a deposit for my building key, and garage door opener. Not a problem but was not expected since they didn’t mention it. Did a walk through and I was missing a cutting board and had broken blinds. She said they didn’t complete the installation and it would be done the same week. It’s been a year and still no cutting board or fixed blinds. Also, things around my apartment had broken off too, such as my sink and towel holder.
I’ve been living in Colonnade for less than a year and many problems throughout the entire time. BUGS EVERYWHERE, broken elevator every week, they never clean their garage from all the unwanted furniture, leasing office never answers the phone but when you drive by their office, they are just sitting around, business center has never been opened, and as I’ve heard, the pool never gets clean.
Now, my job is relocating me to a new city and I finally get to move out, even though I wouldn’t think twice about that after my lease is over. Whenever I tried to get a hold of the leasing office, they never knew the answer to anything. I had to wait for the manager which becomes frustrating because they can’t even tell me the policy. Finally when the manager calls me, she talks over me, of course I’m trying to talk and then she hangs up. How unprofessional, you’re a manager and can’t even remove your emotions. I’m still a resident who was given incorrect information from the apartment’s own employees. Get your team trained correctly and we wouldn’t have miss communication. BTW, you’ll never receive your deposit back because every apartment gets new carpet, paint, appliances anyways. How do I know? Because my parking and elevator was next to the area they would park and bring it up.
All in all, don’t move here. I should have taken the Unilocal reviews seriously before moving here. So trust us when we say, don’t waste your time. Keep looking.

I’ve been wanting to post a review for the Colonnade’s for the longest time… Now that I have moved out of this dump for almost a year, I think it’s time for a review.
I was looking for an apartment near SJSU when I attended school there, and of course the Colonnade’s was one of the top choices for me. It is literally located right across from campus; it’s pretty much the ideal spot in downtown San Jose. I went in for a tour and everything looked pretty nice. I decided to rent out a 2br/​1ba apartment with a couple of my friends for $ 1675/​mo (mind you this was back in 2010). It was a decent price for living in the middle of downtown San Jose. Little did we know, this place was a living hell…
I lived here from 2010 – 2013 and honestly I did not know why I didn’t move out sooner (I was actually too lazy to move all my crap to another apartment lol). The first year of living there wasn’t too bad, but after that it all went downhill. Cockroaches started infesting not just my apartment, but pretty much the whole complex. I would see cockroaches in the hallways, laundry room, and in my own apartment. Even when I cleaned out my whole apartment, there will still be cockroaches. The leasing managers did have pest control to kill the cockroaches for the whole complex, but my apartment still had cockroaches as well as the rest of the building. I literally dreaded living here. I really hate bugs, and cockroaches was the icing on the cake.
Yes they have a pool and jacuzzi, but I have never in my three years of living there seen anyone clean the pool and jacuzzi. I don’t know, maybe there was someone cleaning it. I usually tan by the pool a lot when it gets warmer, but like I said, never seen anyone clean anything. I would honestly not go in the pool. You don’t know what kind of filthy bacteria lives in there…
The gym sucks. If you’re just a cardio bunny and want to get some cardio in, there are treadmills, ellipticals, and stationary bicycles. It’s perfect for people who want to do cardio, but lacking on the weights. There is just one weight machine that is gross and broken. And tell me why Indians come in the gym working out in polos, khakis, and sandals? Are you too cool to afford actual workout clothes?
The security guards here are really nice. They change security companies often though, so I’m not sure how the new security guards are. But the old securities would tell me all the nitty gritty stuff that went on in the apartment. One of the stories they told me was that there was a mom that was arrested on the 6^th or 7^th floor for doing drugs in front of her children. Uhh super sketch. There were also a couple security guards that were a little TOO friendly… But most of them are ok. Get on their good side so if you’re having a party at your apartment, they’ll be nice about it.
Yes, hobos live in the garages. Security really do try to get them out though. Hobos just tend to find a way back in. It always smells like piss in the stairway. So gross.
The elevator NEVER worked. There was always maintenance or they were upgrading the elevator. Thank goodness I lived on the 4^th floor so it wasn’t too bad of a walk for me. I did feel bad for people who lived on the top floors though. There was one time they were upgrading the elevator for like 8 months, and it was up for a week and then they closed it down again. The elevators are a joke here.
They also raise the rent every year! I started from $ 1675 to $ 2061/​month… They raised it to $ 2150 or something like that for my last lease renewal but thank goodness I wasn’t attending SJSU anymore so I moved the hell out of that dump. The first parking permit is free here, but if you have other roommates who need a parking permit it would be $ 75/​month.
IT REALLY SUCKS LIVING HERE. Take it from me who lived here for 3 years. Don’t judge a book by its cover. The Colonnade’s do look really nice on the exterior, but you have no idea how filthy this place is… STAY AWAY!