Pacific Place Apartments

1. If you don't like mold, don't live here! Of course they don't disclose that to you until they take your deposit and you are all moved in. Then, they want you to hurry up and sign the lease papers, that's when they casually throw the mold notice in there. It is so wrong for them to do this. Moving is not easy and it can be costly for some people as well.

2. The pools are always dirty and unmaintained. It's really sad that during the heatwave nobody could use the pool. It's full of slime and... moss
3. No grounds-keeper. The stairs and hallways leading to the garbage bins are riddled with garbage and flies. The whole alley is disgusting, full of trash and broken asphalt. The fountains in the courtyard only get turned on when they showing units for rent.The patio furniture is all dirty and dusty and one of the laundry rooms is infested with flies. They raise the rent but they don't maintain the property.
4. No Central AC.and poor insulation. Each apt. only comes with one outdated wall air conditioner in the living room. Even the apartments with multiple rooms only get one and it doesn't even work well. Definitely does not cool down all the rooms and it's very costly to use. In the winter, it's freezing; not all the heaters in the apartment work and the ones that do, cost an arm and a leg to use. The windows are cheap and old so the heat comes in during the summer and the cold in the winter. The bedroom during a heat wave, easily gets up to 90°plus, even with a fan on high.
5. Cheapest appliances they could get. The stove/ ovens are flimsy and don't heat evenly. Refrigerator and dish washer are old and don't work well. Bathrooms either don't have a fan or if it does its old, loud, painted over so it's hard to clean all the dust and sucks in heat in the summer.
6. Bad plumbing- In the middle of a shower the water will switch to really hot or really cold without you switching it yourself. Poor water pressure also and the toilets barely flush.
7. Poorly painted and neglected interior maintenance. Instead of cleaning and/ or replacing, they paint over everything including the bathroomshower/tubs. They don't even use the correct kind of paint because it starts chipping off right away and then old mold and rust are exposed.
You can see dust balls and hair that has been painted over on some of the walls.
8. They raise the rent but don't properly maintain the property.
9. The workout room is blazing hot..No air circulation.
10. Parking is a nightmare. Read More

Resident of 6 years here. Management has upgraded the amenities and the building looks great. The 2 pools, gym and game room are definitely big upgrades. Would love to see more parking but hey it’s Fullerton...???????

And at first things were great. I mean, it's right down the street from CSUF Frat Row, so weekends are horribly crowded and sometimes loud, but for the most part it was a very nice apartment in a great location at a reasonable rate. But things have changed since management changed. They are so impersonal now, and rent has increased 300 dollars since they've made some policy changes. Also, they recently decided to enforce their "no satellite" lease clause (after many unenforced years with only... one week's notice) forcing me to break my contract and incur a fee which they did not want to cover and I had to fight for the HALF they finally did offer me.

The manager himself is an okay guy, but the new company and their money grabbing ways have turned what used to be a good place to live into just barely tolerable. All of the benefits (location, price, understanding management) used to outweigh drawbacks (terrible parking, loud/drunk college students). Not so much anymore. The benefit (location) is vastly outweighed by the drawbacks (terrible parking, loud college students, impersonal management, and continually raised price).
I'm making moves in my life to find me a better apartment, at a better price, in a comparable location situation, on a quieter street, with friendlier owners.

And a heads up, the office hours here are out of date. The new management company hired a new manager, and changed the office hours. They are now Tuesday-Saturday from 10a-2p. Read More