My husband and I are leaving the Hillcreste after 3 years. We happily rented a townhouse we own in the South Bay while living here in order to shorten our commutes. We decided to undo this decision for a number of reasons, not least among them are the growing list of extremely petty and inconvenient policies Aimco has decided to impose in a steadily increasing fashion since our move in date. Yesterday really takes the cake. We, along with most of our neighbors, received a notice that the bikes we keep in front of our cars in our assigned parking spots need to be moved or they will be thrown away at the end of the month. When so many tenants need to be warned, the policy, not the tenants, might be the problem... The sheer number of tenants in apparent violation by storing items in their parking spaces is ample evidence that management did not consider some realities about living in the center of Los Angeles: Everyone owns a car; cars need oil, antifreeze, and other dangerous substances on a regular basis; no one wants to keep such things in their living quarters or seating areas of the car; most do not want to avoid these chemicals by relying entirely on third party maintenance as rents continue to rise as well. Furthermore, no one wants to store bikes uncovered. It is completely senseless to require tenants to scuff up the elevators and apartment walls by bringing them inside when ample space exists between the hood and the wall in a garage that is bound to get damaged by oil, rubber, and the occasional broken sewer pipe as our parking space neighbor experienced. Many other elderly residents also keep small shopping baskets with wheels in front of their cars so they can move their groceries from the car to inside their apartment. What is the building's solution to this? If you take their baskets away, I guess residents will just need to call security or management every single time they need help unloading groceries from their car. The notice says items such as bikes, beach umbrellas, soccer balls or other normal items you would keep in a garage cannot be kept in the garage nor on our balconies. I'm honestly wondering where else they suggest we store these items then??? Residents pay $80 a month for their parking spots. That's money that allows you to park your personal property (cars) in an assigned space. That money should also allow you to keep reasonable items in your assigned space other than your vehicle. There are other new & terrible features management has also introduced, such as the keyless entry systems which caused me (at 17 weeks pregnant) to be locked out for OVER an hour because the batteries died and management had taken away our old fashioned keys, but this review is long enough.