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Rancho Alisal


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anonymous

Resident 2006 - 2011

4/29/2011

My husband and I have been here for over 5 years and we absolutely love it. The parking is never an issue for guests. My neighbors are excellent (i realize this isn't the case for everyone though). However if you have bad neighbors it's not the fault of the apt.community. We live on 2nd flr so we don't hear people or kids running around which is another complaint (but that's the issue with any apt with kids) again not reflective of the apt itself. If you are concerned about noise from freeway I would not live on the freeway side. We live on the El Camino Real side (super quiet). The office staff is always friendly and attentive and maintenance is quick to service problems. Very spacious as well. I have noticed that the quality of the residents here seem to have gone down (rent decreased so I would expect as much). Still we have been fortunate to have good neighbors below us and ok one to the side (we only hear them on their way into the apartment). Update: As of last night we went to the bbq grills for the FIRST time in 5 years and they were both taped up. I was told by other residents that they have been like that for 2 weeks and were told that in 2-3 weeks they would have an ETA of them being repaired WTF. And the other neighbor (who used to live in my area and moved to another side, had their mailboxes broken into and had to wait 3 months for them to get fixed...which meant they had to go to the post office to pick up their mail. I haven't had that experience so I'm not complaining. The major annoyance for me is that the laundry machines take your money and its hit or miss. The parking is now more of a challenge but you can still find a spot close to your place even if its on the street. If it continues at this rate though, I can see that being a problem soon. That may be because it seems like several families are piling into one apt. For the past 3-4 years we have had two two tenants next door and both times I could never figure out who lived there, it seemed like everyone had a key. Still the same now but they are friendly and don't bother me at all so I don't really care. The ONLY reasons we are considering moving is because: 1. We want a washer/dryer - the prices keep going up on the washers/dryers in laundry room and dryers always breaking down so you have to spend more time and money and then request refund (who has time for this?). I now go to the laundromat around the corner (much faster and half the cost). 2. We can't use our balcony (the design with the open slots allows rain, dirt and everything else so you can't have nice furniture or anything there without it getting covered in mud when it rains. So if you have anything of value, you can't leave it on your balcony. If you are on the 2nd Flr forget about washing your balcony. They tell you to mop it. Really? The leaves, dirt, rain will ruin your stuff if you don't cover it. Those are my only two major complaints and they haven't been that big of a deal considering what others have to deal with.

    Review 21 out of 57

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