After a call from Brandie, who was super helpful, I'm changing this to 3 stars. She even came up with a semi-solution to the issue of renewing the lease and 60 day notice issue with renewing the lease. If Aimco would change the policy dealing with 60 days required for an opt-out on a lease and make it 30 days, this place would have 4 stars. The negotiation process is painstaking, mainly because you're dealing with the policies of a big corporation. All in all, it's not a bad apartment, but the way the leases are structured makes you question whether living here is worth it. The proprety manager is off-site, which isn't a huge deal, but this means you never speak with the same person when you have an issue and when there are problems off-hours (noise, smoking, etc.) you're on your own. Arturo (maintenance) is the man and is always willing to go out of his way to help you--he does a good job at responding very quickly and doing things right. Also--the photos are slightly deceptive. They're photos of Paseo Mall (15 min walk), Old Town (20 min walk) and the apartments do NOT have hardwood floors (despite that description on the website). They're laminate wood-pattern and concrete below that...in other words, get a rug and your feet will freeze. The carpet doesn't seem much better. Other gripes--the cabinets are painted white...who knows what they used to be, but some paint chipped off and revealed a 70s yellow or pink or something. Even worse is the fact that the countertops are painted white, too. This makes cleaning a pain and they don't look great after even normal wear and tear. It'd be a much better place to live if the leases weren't structured in the way that they are and the office was more willing to communicate with you like human beings. It's on me for not reading the lease more thoroughly (beware it's like 5 pages of fine print), but it's bad business to alienate and make life more difficult for the people who are keeping you in business. Again, you have options in Pasadena and can probably do better for what you pay to live here.