Archstone Redwood Shores

NOT Recommended From: lessonLRND Date posted: 8/24/2006 Years at this apartment: 2005 - 2006   The entire Redwood Shores area is nice, so you get to enjoy the surrounding while living here. If you're one of the rare lucky ones that move into a clean and renovated apartment, you'll write great reviews like the other two. However, for the MAJORITY of us, moving in and out was/is a HUGE nightmare. In general, appliances are old and near broken. Walls are not too thin, canât really hear neighbors unless theyâre running or their dogs are running. MOVING IN - They show you a standard model instead of the actual unit you'll move into. We fell for the model and were WAY disappointed in our actual model. Mold and rust in the dishwasher, mold along the door of the refrigerator, big hole on the ceiling of the kitchen, pubic hair from previous tenant in the dryer/washer, blinds dusty and had blood smashed bug stuck to it, chips and dents on walls, mold and rust along shower stall, kitchen cabinets had paper stuck to it - looks like previous tenant used some sort of stick on cabinet cover. And the list actually GOES ON. We complained and had to take time off work to sit with the biggest idiot in leasing office, especially the Asst. Manager. Since the unit was in such bad shape, we couldnât even unpack. We had to print, highlight, and give them copies of the California Landlord/Tenant handbook to show them what THEY are responsible for. And, wrote a STERN letter requesting repairs by a deadline or threatened to involve Housing Authority. MOVING OUT â Despite of their own substandard cleaning standards, they gave us a long laundry list of cleaning expectations and told us to be âthoroughâ. On this list are items that are so unrealistic for tenants to do like, âclean and wax floorâ, ârepair light fixturesâ, ârepair appliancesâ. These duties are technically their responsibility.

Recommended: NO Overall Rating

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