Review for Mira Monte Apartments

The biggest problem here is that security is so bad. They never keep the doors locked, so please come in off the street to do laundry (which means folks who live here have to wait in line to wash clothes). Car breakins are pretty common in the area as well. Just drive through the streets in the neighborhood and you'll see the glass on the ground from people's car windows being smashed. And the parking lots are all right against the street, so parking in a lot is really no safer than out by the curb.

They say they have a security service that drives through, but I literally never saw anything like that.

I had my car broken into several times while parked in the lots. No one at the office seemed surprised at all. the final straw was getting my car stolen. I went in to tell them about it they told me there was a thieves ring working the area. No kidding. They knew people were going to steal cars and they told us nothing. In fact the woman in the office said (exact quote), "You had a Honda Civic didn't you? They're stealing all of those."

And that's the level of service you can expect from these people. They are really very dumb, and even if they weren't, they just don't care. When I put in my 30 day notice, no one even asked why I was leaving.

As to the parking, there is a real shortage. Even with my Civic the spots were too small. And the towing is very unpredictable. I never saw anyone checking, so you probably have to just be unlucky to get towed. But I did see plenty of cars with no tags. Bottomline - Parking is a serious problem here. Try driving by 7pm when everyone is off work. You'll find the lots packed and all the street parking taken.

If you take a tour here, take note of parts of the building which aren't in plain view. They just repainted things and repaneled the elevators. But under the paint everything is falling apart. Notice that the elevators sound like something from the 1800's. When they break it takes the management weeks to fix them. We had water and power go out once and it took them three weeks to get them on fulltime. Also notice they have the fire doors blocked open, since they don't work, which is an obvious fire code violation.

Look under the sinks. You'll see plenty of mold and rotted wood. Take a look at the landscaping. The plants on the street are very nice and well kept, but the around buildings is in very sad shape. Try checking the stairwells on the ends. They never clean those, so it's common to see trash and vomit.

Not kidding about the vomit. I really think they expected us to clean it or something. We'd call the office, but it would be weeks before someone took care of it.

They also changed the locks during the "remodeling" but the new key they gave us would only work in some of the doors. This is a good example of how they manage things.

Also take note of the noise. Think about trying to sleep next to a freeway. That's just part of the charm here.