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I'm going to pile on with the cons. I read the reviews before I signed my lease and found pretty much all of the "concerns' to be spot on. I signed the lease anyway, knowing I wouldn't be here long and the units are new and clean, and close to where I need to be. Here's some more detail and things others haven't mentioned: 1. Yes, San Bruno/Pacifica are windy, cold, and foggy. But that's no excuse for a brand new apartment building not to be well sealed/insulated from the elements. The closet in the master bedroom is like an ice box (it's on the exterior wall of the apartment) and I keep the door closed constantly if for no other reason than to control the cold. As another reviewer said, cold air pours in from every electrical socket, even those on interior walls. 2. The garbage and recycling bins are perpetually over-flowing and the complex isn't nearly filled to capacity (in my building, there's maybe only a dozen people total). That means there are not enough garbage areas in the complex and the dumpsters are too small. It's disgusting, unsanitary and ridiculous. 3. The sound-proofing is indeed very poor. Fortunately the person that lives next to me is very quiet and I only hear muffled conversation, and the occasional water flow of shower or toilet. However, I was home one afternoon while the vacant apartment above me was shown. It sounded like a herd of elephants walking above me. I hope I move out before it becomes occupied, or it'll be miserable!! 4. Speaking of sound, the refrigerator (although brand new) is wildly and inexplicably noisy, making all kinds of crazy sounds at all hours. I even had the maintenance guy check it out and he said it was working as it should. Ironically, I had someone in my building stop me and ask if my refrigerator was noisy. YES IT IS!! 5. Another reviewer mentioned that if you're headed North on Skyline, you have to drive well past the complex, hang a u-turn and re-approach from the other direction. But no one has mentioned that exiting the complex onto Westborough is also very challenging. The cars travel at high rates of speed, it's hard to see oncoming traffic from the angle you stop at, and the cars back up at the stoplight making it a challenge to pull onto the street. 6. The lines of the parking spaces in the garages are drawn past the frames of the garage doors, making the actual useable stall space at least 12" narrower than a standard parking space. You need a lineup of clown cars in order for everyone to be within the lines and not slamming each other's cars when trying to enter/exit your vehicle from within the garage. Given all this you'd think they'd offer more competitive pricing on their rent to offset these negatives, or would at least offer aggressive move-in specials. No such luck folks. Not gonna happen. If you sign a lease, sign it informed, as I did. There were still things I didn't know, which I've tried to share above.