I have lived in these apartments for nearly 3.5 years. In the beginning I had absolutely no problems. The building was very quiet and seemed to be cared for. In the past year or so I have seen in decline in many ways. They do not keep up the property, there is enough goose droppings to fill a ship, and they aren't making sure the grounds are kept up.

The worst part of all is the way they have increased the rent of late. Each time I have renewed my lease it has only increased $50. This time however it has gone up a whopping $321. I agree with other posters, in that they are not giving us anything more for our money. It is amazing to see how many apartments have been vacated in the past months.

If you can find something else in Foster City do it. Make Harbor Cove your last choice of desperation.

User Responses
From: nitefriend	Date: 10/20/2006
there are many people moving out because of the expensive rent. so, the maintenance crew is so busy trying to "clean" all those empty apts that they don't have time to properly clean them and/or maintain the facilities and grounds. all the mgmt and leasing agents care is about renting out the apt at a really high rent, probably because their bonuses are tied to getting the high rents.
From: harborcovejoe	Date: 11/18/2006
From the staff at Harbor Cove: We invite you to our community to take a tour of the real Harbor Cove. We???re proud of where we work and live and would love the opportunity to show you. As employees of Harbor Cove, we???re disappointed when a resident leaves unhappy. However, as you have noticed, the majority of the reviews for any apartment community on any apartment rating website are negative. Every day we continue to improve the community which is also home for many of us. Our maintenance team has been restructured resulting in faster response times and we???ve always had 24hr emergency maintenance service. They also ???turn over??? apartments for our new residents, this takes some time as we want each home to be spotless when you move in. We???re in the process of updating the landscaping and are looking forward to its completion this spring. Many of our residents received lease renewal offers that were significantly higher than they were used to in the recent past. However, all of the renewal offers were based on the going market rate, and often somewhat below. While this obviously is upsetting to many residents, we are still one of the most affordable Foster City rental communities. Of course, as with any rent increase, some residents unfortunately left. Fortunately though, we???ve welcomed more new residents than we???ve had to say goodbye to. If you???re looking for a wonderful place to live, we???d like you to come and see for yourself. You can contact the leasing office 7 days a week for a tour or more information. Harbor Cove Apartment Community 650.345.7300 harborcove@essexpropertytrust. E. Hillsdale Blvd. (x Edgewater Blvd.) Foster City, CA. 94404
From: T123456789abc	Date: 01/02/2007
What a joke, that letter from the staff. They don't even respond to emergency pager calls, and this is before 7pm PST.

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