The Hillcrest has begun charging guests for parking. Much like a shopping mall, the residence now requires your guests to pay $2/hr in order to park on the property. Making matters worse, there is no reasonable street parking in the area. The meters directly next to the building are an anti-grid lock zone and the surrounding neighborhood is all permit parking. As you can imagine, this makes things incredibly difficult if you're in a relationship. Previously, my girlfriend would stay weekends with me, however, under the new scheme, it would cost at least $100 each weekend for her to leave her car in one of the guest spots. I've also heard people complain that this makes it difficult to have friends and family over. Residents must also pay for their parking spot. I pay $50/month on top of my monthly rent in order to have a spot for my own vehicle. I'm also charged $10/month to receive my packages. This is on top of the prime LA rent prices as well as a slew of other fees, such as landscaping fees and utilities. The price you get quoted for your rent, is not the true cost of living here. Myself and several other residents have brought this to managements attention and everyone has unanimously agreed: they do not care. This isn't the only reason I'm giving the facility a 1/5. If you see my original review below, the building suffers from a systematic noise issue due to poor padding in the floors and ceilings. Several times a week, I am woken up by my neighbors upstairs who get up at 5am. When they open doors / close windows, my apartment (which is below them) shakes and I am startled and woken up. See my original review, below, for details.