Avalon Del Rey is located in a relatively undeveloped part of West LA. It is next to Playa Vista and there are tons of both residential and commericial constructions going around it. Because it is near the Pacific Ocean and Marina Del Rey, the weather is quite moderate even by LA standards. It is less hotter in the summer and less cooler in the winter. There is a very good bike trail nearby which allows the residents to bike to all the LA beaches connected by a bike path.

As far as the apartment, it was built and completed on April of 2006. So almost everything is relatiely new and clean. Unfortunately, the apartment was not built well and with cheap materials. For example, the walls and the floors are relatively thin and there is little soundproofing. One can slightly hear the washer/dryer on the upper floor. The dryer in my apartment never quite worked well. The serviceman was very responsive yet the best he could do was make my dryer work 20% better than before so a normal dry cycle would take about 1.0 hours. This was acceptable, but hardly ideal when one needs to finish loads of laundry. Another thing was the water pressure was never quite great. The hot water was warm, but never that hot. Again, both were acceptable, but not ideal. The maintenance person looked at both but never quite fixed it to an optimal state.

The fitness room is well maintained with 3 treadmills, weights, and various other machines (which I never used). The main swimming pool is large and clean. People are overall friendly and cordial. The appliances are new and works well (except for my dryer). I liked the fact the apartment has a gas stove and a great self cleaning oven with a timer.

As people have mentioned, the apartment did have a false alarm problem which has been fixed.

Most of the problems with the apartment are related to its shoddy construction. Don't get me wrong, the apartment is still very clean, nice, and livable, and as mentioned, it is in a nice area, especially if you like to bike to the beach.

The staff is very nice and professional. The serviceman is most responsive to your needs.

If you would like to live in west LA in a nice apartment with washer/dryer included, Avalon Del Rey is definitely worth a look. Just don't expect everything to work ideally (which should for a brand new apartment).

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 02/04/2008
As far as the reviews go...this is probably the most accurate of them all. My family and I have lived here since it opened. We still love it here. We have had very minor issues (not the w/d) but common living things (not really that important to list). The only negative thing i have to say about living here is the rate increase. Because its a new apartment complex the rent was cheap in the beginning, but since its competing with the other complexes and because of playa vista growing, our rent has increased (500 since we moved in). I don't see it increasing much after whats listed now, but if you can afford it i think its worth it. But do yourselves a favor take a tour...everyone is very friendly

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