Island Club Apartments

Lived here for 2 years. Constantly dealt with mold in the walls. We had a bookshelf pressed against one of the walls and the bookshelf became covered in mold. They denied mold being an issue and said we need to open our windows more to prevent it. Walls are so thin. You can hear EVERYTHING. They have keyless entry where you type in a password to unlock the front door and the battery died on ours. We were locked out of our apartment for HOURS and our small dog was locked inside. The company... couldn't override to unlock door. Maintenance had to literally break our door handle off so we could get in and save our poor dog. Lee mas

Want to live in a place that is constantly noisy, constant projects on the buildings, water getting turned off at least once a month, dog and trash everywhere, and the build of your apartment being awful? Boy is this the place for you! This has got to be probably the worst place I have ever lived. I do not recommend living here. There is no enforcement of rules. There are tons of dogs that are on the restricted breed list that residents owned and nothing was said to them. As soon as it came to... any dog that “slightly” looked like a pit mix they immediately get reported. What about the other restricted dogs on the list that live there? The entire place smells like poop and urine. The apartment construction is awful! It is never quiet during the days (good luck relaxing on days off or if you work nights). The actual build of the apartments is awful! Such a poor and cheap build for how expensive the rent is. I would not recommend this apartment complex to anyone! Lee mas

The manager Christy will give an attitude with any work thrown her way. Residents do not clean up after their dogs. The apartment is not cleaned or taken care of before moving in, my shower was un caulked, the cabinets have mold on the bottom, and there is a bug problem from day 1. I had to spray for ants and eat worms. Even though we pay a pest control fee. I have had to spray 4 times in the past 6 months, there has to be a hole in the foundation somewhere letting them in. Any word of this to... Christy however, gets no response or a sassy response at best. Lee mas

The apartment itself is fairly average, but there are a handful of reasons I feel this establishment is deserving of one star. First and foremost, you will never get your security deposit back. They will make sure that as many charges as possible are tacked on upon leaving as possible to ensure they either keep the entirety of your deposit or generate additional fees; cleaning charges of $125, painting charges of $80, "services" charges upwards of $150 are collected regardless of the condition... the apartment is left in. This is not personal opinion either; the staff told us upon leaving that there were no ways avoid these fees. Furthermore, the apartment is very noisy. There is a train and busy road right next to the apartment, and people driving around the parking lot with load music late at night. Parking is also sub par. If you're not paying for a covered spot, don't expect to find parking on the property after 10PM; you'll have to park in a public parking lot and walk about half mile back to your place. In comparison to the other options in the area, I don't see any reason to chose this apartment complex. Lee mas

I moved from Santa Monica, expecting to pay less for more. I've gotten less for higher cost! Island Club is truly a bait-and-switch. I was outright told lies by the rental agent I dealt with. (Internet access in all public areas, heated pools, dog friendliness, etc.)
On top of the annoyance of walking through puddles all of the time from overactive sprinklers, the grass is drowned and the water bills are ridiculous.
For a 1 bdrm with 2 full time employed, conservative users, our water/trash bill... is over $75 every month, on top of the rent...plus another $25 for the parking spot you need to pay for, unless you want to still pay $10, and have no parking after 9pm any night..ANYWHERE IN THE COMPLEX. I was told that we could park ACROSS THE 4 LANE OCEANSIDE BLVD at the TRAIN STATION if we don't find a spot! Yeah, let me just walk for 15 minutes at 10pm in basically-Vista, alone, right.

Water is often turned off, as well as power occasionally, noise made by unnecessary construction is bothersome, while necessary construction projects are neglected.

Just, don't. Lee mas