The Orchard Apartments

This place has rude maintenance workers, and the management is horrible. When management is confronted with a problem they don’t do anything, and just laugh. Guest seem to be not welcomed too. I had a few people visiting a couple months ago, and management sent a letter saying that my visitors were parking in other peoples parking spots (this I know I’ve made clear to my guest multiple times to not park under the covered spaces, and they listened). It was as if they were trying to chase my guest away. Also, they never seem to have change for the laundry room so don’t bother asking them.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! For 900 dollars you can find something better!

Stay away!
We are current (regretful) residents. Management is very rude. For example, when maintenance was painting the building they cut down our door decoration, threw it in the flowerbed, and spray painted over it. When we brought it up to management, she laughed and refused to do anything about it.
Their were many other things, this is just what happened today.
Do yourself a favor, learn from my mistake and look somewhere else.

Do not rent apartments at the Orchard or the Meadows apartments as they belong to the same owner. I put down $ 800 for security deposit. When I moved out, the apartment was in its original condition. I even left all of my flowers and trees for the backyard that I planted for the last 5 years I lived there. They scammed to get to all of my deposits by sending me a bill to clean the apartment. They told me before I left that the place was in its good condition and would return the whole deposit to me. Much to my surprise, I received a total of $ 25 of the $ 800 deposit. I called to ask them and they never returned the call. Look else where and if you rent, don’t put down too much deposit. They are bad people.

As far as apartments in Tehachapi go these ones are nice. The grounds are really nice and if you commute out of tehachapi for work, the freeway entrance is right there. The price is reasonable, but a little high in my opinion. The apartments are on the smaller size, especially the kitchens. Most of the cabinets are too small for any pots and pans and there’s no real space for the pantry foods. The appliances are good though. The apartment comes with a gas stove that really puts out the heat. The small backyard is a bonus if you have small pets. Rent payments are really easy now, they accept check, credit and debit cards now. That came in handy when I realized all of my checks were buried in boxes. The people running the apartments are really nice too.
Ok here’s the big draw back, the trains… If you are a light sleeper you should probably look else where. We didn’t realize that despite not being right next to the tracks that the trains would be so loud. It’s not bad during the day, but at night it can be really bad. It’s not as bad as My Cousin Vinny, but it’s more than enough to wake you up.

The Orchard apartments have wonderfully landscaped grounds, lots of parking, and are very convenient to the freeway. The office staff, Diane and Melody couldn’t have been nicer to me when I was looking for a place to stay. They were good about contacting me, the paperwork was quick and I am delighted with the spacious, clean, well furnished apartment I have. The prices are very reasonable and the few requests I have made have been handled quickly and professionally. Bob, who is the after hours go-​to guy is very friendly and professional. The furnished apartments have everything you need and are very comfortable. They are near the railroad tracks and the train whistle is loud, but that is probably true for most of Tehachapi. If I could give this place 6 stars I would.