I lived in Hillcrest from Nov. 2001-April 2005. I had a 2 bedroom apartment. The apartment is 1,032 sq. feet, large bedrooms and living room. 1 very tiny bathroom. Nice sized balcony on 2nd and 3rd floors units (first floor half-underground so just a window for them).
These used to be known as the "quiet" apartments, but that changed this year. New tenants moved in who tend to be extremely loud with stereos and TVs. They don't play it all the time, but it can be annoying. (No one likes to complain becuase they're part of the maintenace staff.)
Heat and water used to be included in the rent, but now they charge separate for it, trash pick up and sewer. There are no individual weater heaters or furnances, so you really don't know if you're being charged correctly. They do put a rate cap on it, the highest bill I paid was $45 but it may have since gone up.
Not sure what the monthly rental rate is now -- when I left I discovered I'd really been rooked by the office, they were renting units for less than I was paying.
Maintenance issues were handled quickly and well. There's plenty of parking and good lighting in the lot. I never had a problem with that.
Occasionaly problems with overflowing dumpsters, mainly caused by tenants not putting in trash correctly via the side doors and just dumping it on the ground when those got blocked (instead of lifting the top lid).
Not a bad place to live.