Old Monterey Apartments

The only amenity is a pool which is 2 blocks away and can be used by anyone even if they don’t live in the apartments. I’ve had management/maintenance follow me around the neighborhood until they watched me enter my apartment. Maintenance flooded my apartment while I was on vacation then unintentionally told me when I returned, a week after it had happened. They also didn’t state they would be entering my apartment to fix they caused, someone literally exited my apartment leaving water spraying... so much and so long it flood me as well as the apartment underneath, the apartment underneath had to call to report it before it was fixed and again no one called to inform it. These apartments are terrible, management as well as maintenance is disgusting. A drug dealer was living out of my neighbors apartment, management did nothing but send letters to the apartment, the person on the lease wasn’t able to do anything and management was called by multiple neighbors and still nothing was done. I could keep going and I’ve lived there for 8 months. Lee mas

Management doesn't care about you. They will blame everything on you even if it's prior to when you moved in. They never record your complaints and say "we can't address it if it's not reported." You have to provide picutre evidence and argue for 5 days before they acknowledge that there might be an issue. Go sleep under a bridge before you rent from here. Guarantee the bridge is better.

My problem is with the air conditioning. It can get up to 92 degrees from June to August and we call regularly trying to fix it. When the calls are actually taken seriously and then genuinely fix it, it only goes to a normal temperature for a day or two before it’s out again (like right now). I hope I can get my lawyer uncle to get us out of the lease so I can move as soon as possible, that’s why I’m on this site looking for a new place to live. The heat is a bit bearable once we got a fan, but... the worst part is how we live on the third floor the “older” ac unit has to work harder to get to us, which I believe caused our electric bill to go from less than 120 a month to 209, even when we were keeping it at 72 degrees (we’re keeping it at 75 now, turning it off entirely is unbearable but I might have to consider it again). My cat is suffering a ton too. I can tell the heat bothers him. I’d hate to go through the trouble of moving (and likely losing our deposit, but I doubt the people who run this place would give it back even if the place was mint condition.)

A lot of people claim there to be crime around here which I see sometimes, I’ve seen a guy get his car stolen, my boyfriend got his scooter stolen from here, and we just recently saw a cop investigating the apartment below us for a robbery but don’t have too many details there. The crime I can live with, the heat I cannot. Lee mas

I have lived at Old Monterey Apartments for over a year in the Alpine style apartments and I have been very happy with the management and cleanliness of the complexes. The ground are well kept and landscaped weekly as well as deiced and shoveled during the winter. The maintenance is timely and professional, and the complex sprays for bugs every two weeks as well as when requested for insect inside your apartment. They recently replaced the parking lot lights to make the complex safer at night... and they hire security to patrol the parking lots at night. The fixtures are slightly out dated as well as the kitchen appliances but the carpets are cleaned and the walls are painted before every apartment is rented. Unfortunately the area around the neighborhood is not great, there is a lot of crime and you tend to hear sirens often, but the complex management actively tries to make the complex safer. As far as utilities, you only pay for internet, electric and pet fees if you are in a pet friendly building. There are laundry rooms in every building but make sure you bring your own quarters. Overall good place to live for the price. Lee mas

We went through 4 different co-signers paying $20 a piece and did not get qualified to rent here. We were told as co-signers the main applicant would get a refund on ours but he would still be out his money. Now I’m calling about refund and they say sorry not refundable. STAY AWAY FROM THESE CON ARTISTS!! Matter of fact Sharon was the person we talked to and must not have known she was on speaker because my wife and I both heard her say co-signers would get reimbursed!