Tuscany Villas

We have gotten new management and wow I can see the changes happening already. The office staff is the same but they have a new energy about that. I love the atmosphere and love that this complex is commuter friendly.

I’ve been here for 10 months, and intend this to be as objective a review as possible for anyone currently considering renting here.
Firstly, it isn’t nearly as bad as some of the reviews make it out to be. There are no prostitutes or drug dealers hanging out in the parking lots. No pot parties happening in the communal areas, and no dangerous, intimidating, or «creepy» residents lurking about in the dark corners. This neighbourhood is completely safe in my experience, and I do a lot of walking in the area. The neighbours are friendly and helpful, or keep to themselves. And occasionally, on holidays, there are block parties that everyone is invited to if they so choose. The music and festivities can get loud during these parties, but if you’re not a complete Scrooge, they don’t last long and are easy to wait out. I’ve seen two of those since I’ve been here. One on New Years eve, and the other when school let out for the summer.
The apartments are clean and beautifully styled. There is little problem with bugs or vermin, and there are minimal interruptions from the rental office for work on the property, and when there is, (i.e. repaving the parking lot) they provide ample notice and instructions on what to do, where to park, and how long the work will take. Kathy and Lety in the office are friendly and helpful if you don’t slam in there with an attitude and conduct yourself like a fool. I’ve never seen them unwilling to help a resident.
There are plenty of reasons to rent here, and love it after you have. The downside is simply this: Tuscany Villas are the least sound-​proofed apartments you will ever live in. Noise transfers easily enough through the walls that you can hear every word of a neighbour’s phone conversation. All of my neighbours are quiet and respectful, so that’s less of a problem for me, but you may not get so lucky.
And here is where the maintenance department comes in. Not the worst I’ve ever seen, but largely unskilled, discourteous, and so lacking in proficiency in English, that I wish you the best of luck attempting to explain what the problem is unless you’re fluent in Spanish. One guy came in here and tried to tell me my toilet was DESIGNED not to flush to prevent hard-​water stains from building up in the bowl. I fixed the toilet myself, and haven’t called them for anything since. He seemed to have the attitude that since I was a female, I would just take his word and be done with it. A toilet designed to NOT flush. Sure.
And the leaf blowers… this is the primary reason to avoid Tuscany Villas. If you work nights, or late evenings and don’t set your alarm for the crack of dawn? This is not the place for you. No less than 4 – 5 days a week, the maintenance guys are out in the parking lots with these things. They get started at 8:30 am, and even though there are usually 3 or 4 of them, they will be out there revving those leaf blowers for FOUR HOURS straight, back and forth in front of your house. Then they come up and blow off the walkways right outside your door, and it’s literally like having someone rev a motorcycle inside your home for an entire afternoon. This is 4 – 5 days a week, year round. Yes, on weekends too. It’s terrible. If I don’t renew my lease, this will be why.
Other than that, it’s fine. If you have a day job, this place is great. If you’re handy around the house and can fix your own shit, this place is great. If you want to be close to absolutely everything, with good schools, great shopping, lots of restaurants, the beach, the mountains, and beautiful parks? This place is great. I, myself, would give it 4 stars if it weren’t for the leaf blowers, and that’s because I work evenings and need to sleep until noon.
Overall, I’ve been very happy here, and will probably renew my lease at the end the term. I may also bludgeon one of the maintenance guys to death with his own leaf blower, but that remains to be seen.
P. S. As for the young lady who posted the picture of the flooring? Only some of the apartments still have hardwood flooring. Most of them are laminate. They still look nice, but it is by no means real wood. Also, not all of the apartments have carpeting. You’ll have to ask to see all of the units they have available, and then pick the one you like best.
Good luck!

I have to say after reading all of the bad post I was a little skeptical about moving into these apartments. I still decided to go in and check it out. So far Kathy has made the experience of my boyfriend and I getting our first home together amazing. She has really gone out of her way to make sure we have everything we need. We are also in love with our newly remodeled apartment. New appliances, hardwood floors, it’s really nice! In my opinion check it out for yourself! Good luck.

This is a terrible place for normal ppl to live, if u need a quiet, nice place to stay… Never choose here, we complain about many things to manager and never change or improve, the downstairs neighbor didn’t understand they live in apartment and always turn on music like they have a party time, never care if others need quiet. Dogs will pee in front of ur apartment. Oh, does this place have manager? I don’t think so, the woman very rude and did nothing and doesn’t care about ur complain because they already got u to sign a contract for a year!!!

One of the worse apartments … Of course everything seems nice at first but in reality it’s not. Had the option to choose 9 month or 1 year made mistake of choosing the 1 year first night we slept there had neighbor screaming at top of her lungs couldn’t sleep all night. Being pregnant I was happy that it said non smoking facility boy was I wrong everyone literally smokes there not just tobacco but marijuana. Every single day baby was born and had been staying at my parents 1 hour away until lease wAs over also had complained many times they just say they give notices nothing ever changed. Loud neighbors smokers hated it. Also cleaned thoroughly apartment spotless and they still charged 100 for cleaning made no sense if I wasn’t holding my 4 month old I prbly would have slapped her .
Oh and ps terrible cockroach problem every single night they’d come out in out restroom everywhere so many !

Scheduled an appointment to take a look at this complex. When I showed up, I wasn’t even greeted by the very rude lady that I assume was management. She barely acknowledged my presence and had a look of bewilderment when I mentioned my scheduled appointment. She told me they didn’t have any openings despite her being the one that probably scheduled me. I left pretty disappointed and annoyed because they could have saved me the trip and called me to cancel the appointment. Turns out, a few hours later, the same complex is advertising available rooms again on Craigslist. Save yourself a headache and avoid.

Stay away! The ladies in the office, Lety and Kathy, will lead you to believe that this a very friendly, safe, and kind place to live. That might be true if you are a completely ghetto person and don’t care about the kind of people who live on the back half. Loud, obnoxious, and creepy. Just during the seven months we lived there, there was a prostitute, a couple of drug dealers, some junkies, a handicapped person who passes out in the parking lot in his wheelchair due to drinking too much, people digging through the trash, and constant pot smoking in the communal areas. Not to mention the fact that if you try to report a safety issue due to someone following you through the parking lot and being intimidating they do nothing about it. They refuse to give you any info regarding said person and tell you he is a «good person who is just having a bad day». «He is a father of three». So that makes someone a good person. Three children living in a one bedroom that is 400 square feet and follows people to their car because they did not want to let him in the gate without a clicker. Yeah. Sure. ZERO STARS FOR SURE. Do not rent here!!!

DON’T DO IT! We have been living here for over 6 months now and can’t wait for this lease to be up. You can here everything your neighbors do all the time, when you request maintenance they NEVER show up, and when a scary man follows you to your apartment the office refuses to tell you his name so you can point the authorities in the right direction. They need to PROTECT the privacy of their tenant. Wow. I would never recommend this place.