From Sept 2006 until I finally moved out of the apartment in May 2009, I had at least a dozen rats running around in my apartment and many more living in the walls, making noises. The exterminators would come and set traps all over and I would have to live with traps and with dead, or sometimes living, rats, caught in the traps. Finally, some rats appear to have died in the walls (when the furnace came on, I could smell the rat burning), and this brought swarms of flies. These flies were huge because they were obviously living off the dead rats in the walls. The flies were swarming throughout my apartment until I finally had to move out a couple of weeks before my lease ended because the apartment was uninhabitable. No one ever offered me a temporary place to stay until the problem was finished. They did tell me I could move to a different apartment, but I had to pay the moving expenses and they would not assist my move. Throughout all this PLB even refused to compensate me for periods of time when I had to move out while rats were in my apartment. They also demanded that I pay rent for the 2 weeks left on my lease after I was forced to move out, even though the inspectors who walked through my apartment after I moved were completely grossed out after seeing all the dead flies all over. They said they would talk to management about it, but management did not care. Management was apparently tired of my "complaints," and treated me like a nuisance. They did not seem to think that a rat and fly infested apartment was such a problem. One manager stated, "well this is California, what do you expect'" Prior to living in this apartment, I lived in another PLB apartment that was infested with roaches and water bugs. Living in PLB has some good points, but overall it was a nightmare for me and worst of all, nobody seemed to care.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 10/29/2009
I'm surprised you put up with that for so long. It's the idiots that work there-- "well this is California, what do you expect'"--that will really send you over the edge. You should have pursued legal action or at least contacted the city to report this.
From: JRFrogman	Date: 10/30/2009
That is the problem with PLB, no one cares. This could be a great place to live. It looks awesome on the outside but on the inside, it SUCKS! The whole problem with this place is the lame Management. Why did you give Maintenance such high marks???? Or Parking??? Or Office staff????
From: nomorerats	Date: 10/30/2009
Living in a garden apartment at the outskirts of PLB, I really never had a problem with parking. The maintenance people were usually OK. But, you are right, I should have given lower marks to office staff.

Your thoughts? Post a response to this review. Display my response: with my username anonymously Responses appear below reviews and one response per user is permitted.

   Free estimates on moving trucks      Find apartment share/roommates