Laurels at North Park
155 Estancia Drive, San Jose, CA 95134
866-570-5030  WEBSITE save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
21%

overall rating:
2.5
2.6
2.6 Parking:
2.7
2.72 Maintenance:
3.0
2.95 Construction:
2.5
2.47 Noise:
3.5
3.49 Grounds:
2.9
2.93 Safety:
2.3
2.3 Office Staff:
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Good choice albeit a bit expensive and with some caveats

From: biggeek
Date posted: 1/21/2006
Years at this apartment: 2005 - 2006
User Response is available. 3 responses
 
- Avoid units facing the construction sites. My interior courtyard-facing unit is pretty quiet but your mileage may vary.

- They allow pets (w/ $50 "Pet Rent") so be aware. I haven't had any problems with pet owners so far.

- Lots of Cisco/dotcom employees...Meaning lots of Indian and Asian families that tend to segregate and/or keep to themselves.

- Floors are coated in concrete treatment, so they are very solid...Insulates noise very well. Double-paned windows muffle noise as well as seal the apartment very well.

- Brand new apartments available as they complete contruction in phases...Ask to see those units first if you want a new unit.

- Central heat/air and in-apartment laundry. Very nice.

- Front office people busy but helpful. They sign for packages. Repair requests aren't tracked as well as I like, but they've never failed to fix the few problems w/ my unit.

- North Park is isolated and surrounded by office parks. Nice for keeping the riff-raff away, but it also means 30-45mins to drive to/from the nearest Safeway to pick up any last minute items.

- SBC/Yahoo is the only authorized physically wired DSL provider. You can get less expensive service via satellite broadband with your own dish.

- SBC Home Entertainment ( a rebranded DirectTV Service) is the only cable TV service allowed in the area. Comcast does not serve the complex. You can get cheaper DirectTV service with your own dish through a third-party reseller.

Recommended: YES
Overall Rating
4 out of 5
Parking:
5 of 5
Maintenance:
4 of 5
Construction: 5 of 5
Noise:
4 of 5
Grounds: 4 of 5
Safety: 5 of 5
Office Staff:
4 of 5
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User Responses

From: j_knight Date: 03/28/2006
There is a Safeway is 3 lights down from North park (at Rivermark)- When I drive it takes 5 minutes. Can't imagine why it would take you 30-45 minutes. Are you walking? This just goes to show how fabricated these review are!
From: Anonymous Date: 09/18/2007
dude! we India-ns are Asians too. And we keep ourselves from ppl like you who have such racial prejudice.
From: biggeek Date: 10/26/2008
>dude! we India-ns are Asians too. And we keep ourselves from ppl like you who have such racial prejudice. YOU=Typical India-n racism. Sad.
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