I moved here from out of state in June 2007. I made a trip out here to look at apartments and visited about six places. I felt the safest and most positive about Homecoming at Eastvale and even though it was a little more expensive and a little further from my new job than I wanted, I decided to come here. I figured I could move in a year after I knew the area better.

My apartment has no common walls with any other apartments. It's in a building that is actually the garages for adjacent buildings. There are only two units in this building and we aren't connected in any way. Although I do hear garages going up and down, it's not as though it's going on constantly, and it's not very loud. The only time I hear my neighbors is when they pull into their garages with their radios up too loud, but that's for only a few seconds before they turn off their cars.

The gates don't necessarily keep out anyone who is determined to get in. The common practice seems to be that someone without a remote to the gate just pulls up to it and then when a resident with a remote comes, they can't get in unless they open the gate and let the other car in too. But other than having gates with guards, I don't know that there's anything that could be done about it.

There are a lot of dairy farms around and if you're outside sometimes you really can smell them. However, I've never even noticed the smell when I'm inside and I usually have my windows open. When I first got here I was surprised that a number of flies had gotten in despite the screens. I guess the flies come from the dairy farms and they slip in any time you have your door or balcony door open. It wasn't horrible but it was surprising. A good fly swatter took care of it.

They seem to take very good care of the place. There are maintenance people all over the place in their little golf carts. They pick up garbage at the door twice a week which really helps me because I have trouble walking. I've had only one maintenance request and it did take an awfully long time to fix it but I think that's because the Santa Ana winds did a lot of damage (including blowing one of my screens away) and it just took time for them to get to everyone. (And I learned not to leave my windows open for the weekend while I go to Vegas during certain times of the year. Holy Crap! And I thought West Texas was windy!)


The UPS guy, who the apartment complex has no control over I guess, can be a pain. He almost never leaves a note that he's left a package at the office so you just sort of have to guess. If someone sends you a surprise you might not know it for months if you don't go to get some other package. Sometimes he tosses the packages up on the balcony, which would be fine if he would just leave a post-it note on the door like UPS guys everywhere else. I had an envelope with a $330 concert ticket lying out there for days simply because I didn't look out on the balcony. I'm just lucky the winds didn't kick up while it was out there.

There do see to be a lot of dogs around but they're always on leashes. I don't know whether their owners are cleaning up after them because I don't go out in the park-like areas. I have two cats and one of them is very upset about an outdoor kitty who comes around to taunt her from time to time. That's the only cat I've seen outside.

The kitchens are really nice. The stove is to die for. If I buy a house, I hope to buy one like it. I've never had any trouble with any of the appliances. However, I do think the air conditioning and heat don't seem to get back to the master bedroom for some reason. It'll be cool in the living room and warm back there with no air coming out the vent. I'll probably report that before it gets hot again. The balcony is very large so if you have an outdoor furniture set, it'll probably fit with no problem.

To sum up, I've really liked it here. I might move when my lease is up but only because the bursting of the housing bubble has made it possible to rent a nice single family house closer to where I work for the same or less than I pay for rent here. I won't be leaving here for another apartment. There's just too many risks with apartments. Here I know I've got a great apartment with no common walls in a quiet community where I feel safe and where the staff is always friendly.

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