3400 Avenue of the Arts Apartments

The boyfriend and I were very interested in looking into this place. We made an appointment for today at 1pm. Arrived on time to be told it will be a few minutes and we can wait because the tour guide just took someone else on a tour. Front desk made it seem like only several minutes until my boyfriend asked how long we will wait. She said 30 minutes. Um..... What? We said why do we need to wait 30 minutes if we booked an appointment? Her answer... "One of our people went out on lunch just now. And their lunch fell on your appointment, but it's CA Law that all employees must take a lunch." Then we asked well why did you schedule an appointment for this time? ..... She literally repeated her answer without apologizing for their scheduling error. You don't need to tell me the damn law lady, we all work and know about taking a lunch...next time you want to inconvenience a potential customer, apologize and own up to the mistake instead of spitting out fun facts. Lack of professionalism. Place looks old and no where as nice as as Irvine, Newport, and other places in Costa Mesa. There is only one guard on duty where you have to check into his little kiosk and it took almost ten minutes due to three cars infront of us. If you have guests over it would be a nightmare for them to check in. On to the next apartment complex!

If only I could give this 0 star I would. Please people think twice about moving into this apartment. They get you hook to move in but after they sign you all they care is about their money! Customer service at the office is helpless and useless. I went in crying asking for help because I fear for my life, I asked them for help and they were useless. I told them about my situation where I couldn't stay at my apartment because there was a guy trying to hurt me and he damage my whole entire apartment including all my belongings. I provided the leasing office with proof and police report of what happened they were useless and heartless. I told them I couldn't stay there anymore. The solution they were able to provide was to break the lease and pay while its vacant and while its being remolded I wouldn't be charged. Well they took a month to work on the apartment and now they expect me to pay 2 month of rent. I don't mind paying but they don't want to provide with any documentation they i ask for. And just FYI they don't allow you to do anything to the patio you get notice, elevator are constantly having issues, fire alarm always going off. Parking is awful!

I visit my buddy and his wife here on a weekly basis. Parking is horrible. Forget inviting friends and family as they will never find a spot. Sometimes takes me 15 minutes to find a spot. Car break ins are common The jacuzzi continually breaks and it smells horrible. Everyone has dogs and they poop all over the place. I have seen pet urine, feces, and barf in the elevators, in the hallways, right by the indoor mailbox, and other places. This place will never get my business!

Putrid service, unprofessional management. I would avoid this incredibly dysfunctional community like the plague. From the day I had to sign the lease online three times to the late service calls, their rude and unprofessional management staff, lack of professionalism, hidden fees and pathetic customer service. Its by far the most misleading and bizarre place to live in Orange County. Don't even bother to visit and if you do "caveat emptor" aka buyer beware!

I tried to contact them as they asked in the review and there was no return contact. This place hasn't changed at bit. They only wrote the response to make it look like they care. Hahaha. They are the worst management company ever. Thanks for proving my point.

Terrible Security!! 6 Edgars were doing nitrous loud af outside the main gate for almost 2 hours. Called Security three times and it took them an hour to show up. Next time do yourself a favor and just call the police.

Be aware! Aimco is evil! I've lived in many apartments in my life and have never experienced this much anger with any other community not even Irvine company! They have a 60 day move out notice! No other place I've lived had such rules! They will not let me move out on the date my lease ends because a 60 written notice is required and now are making me pay for one extra month at $1000 more than my regular rent! There pool is way to busy almost impossible to use during summer time! In the one year that I lived here 3 cars have been broken into, they have one person as security for the complex! They have a bunch of rules that they can't enforce! Like the no smoking! I see people smoking every day! They say no guest pets! My neighbor had a guest dog almost every weekend! All in all terrible experience! They interrogate my guest at the door, then they come in and there is no parking, again because they can't enforce their rules! But if they can get more money out of you they will for sure enforce the rules! This place sucks! Just looks nice!

Very rude leasing agent. She was not even ready to show us the model. She kept saying "it looks exactly as pictures on the website" ..........HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!

DON'T MOVE HERE!!!! All these reviews are correct.. my car was broken into, another car in my garage was stolen due to the lack of security. The entire management team has changed, for the worse and there is ZERO resident appreciation here (they bring a food truck on Fridays to make money themselves) that's LITERALLY the only thing they do and of course you pay for the food.. The common areas are nice and you will rarely use them after living here for a few months and they charge you to use the canopies at the community pool... yeah, that's lame.. The building is 35 years old and has over 700 units... Aimco is the PM company. Security is literally dog shit.. there are 2 gates to get into the property and half the time the gates are broken or the front entrance is always left open! No wonder why cars get broken into all day. You can LITERALLY hear and know where your upstairs neighbors are at due to the crappy foundation, you hear the water heater in your unit ALL day making noise, which sounds like a pop. DO YOUSELF A FAVOTR and don't move here. Thank the Lord my lease is up in December, it's been a rough 15 month lease. Oh, btw, noise complaints mean nothing here.. all your neighbors party and you call the "front desk", they send out a dude riding a trimotion scooter and they ask them from the patio if "you can possibly keep it down"? They NEVER go to the building. Or the off site call center will tell you that security is "offsite" and will try to make it there in 30 mins.. this is when you call at 3am on a Tuesday night and have work at 8. By far the longest review I've ever left and only 1 star review.. I could go on forever.. don't move here, you'll thank me later.

why I can't pick zero star! I lost more than 4 packages (more than $1500). And they don't even care about that. The neighbor alway hit the walls when I am talking to my friend( normal voice level) , the walls are just like one piece of paper. And when my smoker friend come visit me, even he didn't somke in side the community. The smell in his cloth will cause a few phone call from the office,And the office only useful in this time. Yes when you lost things in your car or you see some one broken your car windows, or lost packages, just say good luck to yourself and try to move soon.

Do not move into this place. I started living here in April of 2016 and have had terrible experiences. My roommate and I have made over 10+ service requests because something is constantly breaking. Started with my room blinds, shower door, cabinet in the kitchen, washing machine spilling out water flooding my laundry room (took 4+ visits to actually fix), sink overflowing, fridge water dispenser breaking monthly, and gross mold growing throughout my bathroom walls due to improper paint (I'm assuming). And I've had multiple experiences of service men coming into my apartment without consent. Then on top of all these problems they have towed my bfs car when he had a guest pass expired by a few hours when he visits almost daily. My roommate and I have also had a trash fee for not putting a trash bag "all the way down the chute" but when you walk into the trash room it has been FILLED with residents trash and unable to even open the door. The trash room is obviously very unsanitary and unkept. Fire alarms are going off pretty much weekly during early morning hours. We have had COCKROACHES invading our balcony and the areas surrounding our apartment. Then the worst of it all we have received harassment throughout our experience for smoking when neither my roommate nor I have even been home. Then proceeded to give us a 250 dollar fee "confirming" smoke was coming out of the apartment when the apartment was empty. And when confronted they say their patrol "confirmed it". The staff in the leasing office are completely insensitive and what seem to be attempting to hustle any money they can. Hoping to help anyone from having a terrible experience like my roommate and I have had.

My Car was broken in for the 5th time today. I won't even bother reporting this to the office. Why pay a large parking fee when there is zero security?

If you wanna waste your money and time? And wanna live with rats? This apartment is perfect for you!! 1. Living with RATS I see rats by the pool every night. Of course I reported that to the leasing office but as usual they do not do any work. 2. Homeless and useless security Frequent homeless break-ins in the parking lot trash area inside the gate. Security doesn't do there job. 3. Useless leasing office, which is the most stressful thing to living in this apartment;) While I lived there, when I go to the leasing office and they would do NOTHING, never return my emails, never return my phone calls. They will send you back to your room for the time being, saying, "Come back to the office if you can't solve the problem. " And they will put off the problem. Then they suggest you do what you are already doing. I'm in leasing-office because I haven't solved the problem by doing that. This is how they do it. lol 4. Incredibly THIN floor The floors are incredibly thin. Even when we put down carpets on the floors and wearing slippers, the downstairs residents keep complain about the noise. 5. Again, useless office and security We pay monthly for a parking spot and often have people from outside, park their cars to me and my roommates parking spot. The office, security, whoever I told, refused to do anything or call tow away and said they couldn't do it.

3400 Avenue of the Arts has been the worst complex I have ever lived at. I actually sat in the office waiting to be helped for 45 minutes yesterday due to them not returning my call or emails for a matter that was very urgent. As I sat there, I overheard them give a potential resident the same spill they gave my roommate and I when we were looking. I wanted to run after the lady when she left to tell her that half of what they just fed her was a lie. You never get someone to answer your call directly, it's an automatic recording that eventually sends you to a voicemail and then they rarely return your call. You have to go into the office and wait every time you need something. For us working professionals with busy schedules, that's a tough situation to be put in. When I first moved in, I was happy because the apartment is spacious, but over time you realize how awful their resident services are once you move in. They capture you in the original pitch and then they never do as promised after you are a resident. I wish I could say positive attributes about this place because it's the first place that I've loved based on the size. I also love the way I decorated our apartment, but DON'T DO IT! It's not worth all the headaches later. Don't you want a landlord or residential manager that is accommodating? We have been excellent tenants, rarely home due to work, quiet and friendly and just wish we were given some respect in return. I'm sad to say that hasn't been the case. We are moving out in December. I recently heard from friends that used to live there (wish I was warned prior) that 3400 Avenue of the Arts never give you your full deposit back - that they find some excuse to keep part of it. I will update my review when that time comes to let you know if that is true. Good luck on your search! NOTE: Please disregard the person that followed up with a response from my review. 1) My name is not Ryan. 2) I do live at 3400 Avenue of the Arts, currently. I don't move until December. 3) I would never live at the location of the images you posted. I have higher standards. 4) I moved from Oklahoma prior to living at 3400. Nice try though!

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE!!!! the grounds are nice and apartments are nice, but management is RUDE, disrespectful and the most unaccommodating group I have ever encountered!!! If you want the whole story read on, but run away. Go to the enclave right across the street or skyline down the street and you will see a world of difference!!! Our first appointment we had was at 430, there was traffic and we were going to be 15 minutes late, we call the office and were told that it was not problem they closed at 6. 5 minutes later we were called again informing us that the department that told us they closed at 6 was the regional office and they really closed at 5, so they would not be able to show us around. I was very frustrated!! we drove over an hour and were given incorrect information that was not our fault, they agreed to show us one model apartment but not give us a tour. we looked at the 2/2 penthouse, it was very nice, but we felt rushed and not taken care of. Still we were hoping it was a one time occurrence and made another appointment to take the tour and see the actual apartment we would rent. it was fine except for these awful plastic blinds over the skylight with a dirty copper chain hanging from the 20 ft vaulted ceiling (kind of takes away from the awe factor right). We were sitting there ready to sign a lease and check in hand when the GM was rude, condescending and just the biggest snootiest snob I have ever seen it made us walk out right theree. She refused to take down the blinds, but told use we could PAY to have them taken down (mind you the previous tenant put them up, they are not standard for the unit!). They also have a limit on how many ppl each tenant can bring to the common areas, which I have no problem with, but I asked if there was NO ONE at the pool and we were clearly not causing a problem would it be ok to have more ppl, She was unwilling to budge, and said they have security checks because the guest have to PUT UP COLLATERAL (ie DL) to get a bracelet, anyone at anytime without a bracelet will be kicked out, even if there was no one else there!!! They were rude, flakey and just plain bad. However if you don't care about customer service, good management or feeling taken care of the grounds are beautiful with amazing amenities and okay apartment interiors but really skyline beats their butts in my opinion of every level!! hope it helps

This USED to be a great place to live. I am SO happy I moved my family, who had TWO apts at this community, out of that place last spring. The corporate feel is overwhelming....money is all they care about. And yesterday the one person who TRULY made a difference and cared about real life situations was fired. REALLY Matt you knew NOTHING...REALLY!!!!???? I was right there.

Update: So after going through hell with this company and the manager, Matt. We have decided to pay the necessary fee's in order to break the lease. It is simply not worth it to live somewhere that they treat people this poorly. After I posted this review. Matt locked my girlfriend out of her portal so she could not pay her rent. Then demanded a cashier check for rent and lawyer fees made out to his personal name. This guy is a complete scoundrel and is up to something. WATCH OUT. Do not make any cashier checks out to Matthews personal name. Like he will request you to do. We are canceling the lease and running out of here as fast as possible. Do not make the same mistake we did. I am a licensed real estate agent and do this for a living so I know what I am talking about. I have never seen anything like this. BEWARE!

Based on my experience living here and interacting with the management and the parent company Amico, I will never stay at another one of their communities. Totally disorganized, apathetic and unapologetic. Read the other reviews and keep on looking.

This place has nice waterscapes and it's nice having your laundry within your unit. The maintenance personal are friendly. Unfortunately, 3400 does charge extra for parking, $55 a month per vehicle, and at least one/two vehicles get broken into because security is an absolute joke! If you get a bunch of delivers 3400 WILL NOT let you receive packages to your apartment. Instead, 3400 force tennants into a locker parcel system (which will charge you) that has only one location; I have seen many tennants carrying packages across the entire complex (3400 WILL NOT be helpful). The dog park is utterly disgusting, and they say pet friendly only to collect extra money. 3400 DOES NOT use this money to upkeep the dog park; the wood chips were not changed out once in over 15 months. Also, many of the tennants bring their dogs with fleas, and when I first moved in several tennants warned, "3400 had a giardia outbreak." If you are forced to move here enjoy the waterscapes and beware of your personal belongings. 3400 WILL ENTER your apartment WITH OUT notification!!

Zero stars if possible! First off, leasing folks lie about the noise from Sunflower and quality of tenants here. Only saving grace was the lovely lady Yolanta who was super friendly and helpful when I lived here. The free espresso machine was awesome. Other than that, I had to call police multiple times on loud neighbors who threatened me after rude parties at 2am during the week. Security is useless. I had idiots constantly parking illegal in my spot and had to have the car towed many times. Worst part- when I moved out, the place was spotless. AIMCO (Scamco!) ripped me off on the deposit and gave me only $100 out of the $800 back. Avoid this place and AIMCO!

After living here for the past few months, 3400 had made me to leave another review once more. I would like to talk about how the staff care about your request. I recently had a problem in the parking area. I have parking spot 51 in the G building, and the next one (spot 50) is for COMPACT vehicles only. It used to be a mid-size SUV, but it wasn't a big issue because it parked within his/her parking line. After it changed to a Chevy Tahoe, the car never is parked within the line (it invades to our space). Now we only have very limited parking space that we need to be careful of the pole, and the Tahoe next to us. In addition, we are checking everyday to make sure if Tahoe made any scratches by opening his/her door. I and my wife felt very unpleasant by this parking manner and brought this issue to the office. I have submitted online request regarding this issue. I talked to the parking patrol people at the gate twice, and left a voicemail three times. I couldn't spare a time to go to the office yet. The people in the main entrance gate say this issue is out of their hands. After leaving multiple voice-mails and online request, I received 0 RESPONSE!!! I am leaving this review to get a call from them to resolve this issue (I wish I can make this sentence bold and underlined). This is worse than the worst DMV stories. I understand this parking issue created by other resident is not the management's fault unless the vehicle is owned by them. However, the bigger problem is that the staff cares 0 for you!!!! P.S. I am not faking this issue.

Please please read everything if you're really considering this place. Listen to the reviews left here on yelp. The reviews on the official 3400 site are nothing but great.. haha HOW I FOUND 3400: I came across this place driving by and was wowed by the water fountains, exterior of the building where i could have a nice walk. Felt like a peaceful neighborhood. I checked out their website and booked a tour on the same day. I was wowed again for them having rock climbing, theatre, gym. Mind you none of this is open because of covid. They also have a pond/lake where you can take a walk, 2 separated Bon fire pits, a picnic area and their huge dog park which was really what convinced me. I moved in August 31st 2020. PHYSICAL TOUR: When i took the physical tour, it was great. Everything seemed to be cleaned and maintained. Saw a lot of greenery which i loved. The staff seemed very friendly. You would really think nothing is absolutely wrong with this place. Like why would you listen to the bad reviews. This place does make you feel like you're at some kind of resort. -- With the outside maintenance i would honestly give it a 5 star. ELEVATOR/ STAIRS: When you go on the tour, i suggest that you request to go up through the elevator and down the stairs because you WILL be using the stairs which for some reason just give you a bad vibe. At least on building E.They have 2 elevators but there is always one that is not working and the other is being used by others. PARKING ENFORCEMENT/SAFETY; OH MY GOD i have had the worst luck with this. I was given an outside the complex, uncovered $40 parking far from building E (my apartment building). no big deal right? Let me tell you IT IS A BIG DEAL! It's a big deal when you come home from work after a long day just to find different cars parked on your spot. if not every day , EVERY OTHER DAY. You are paying for the parking but you are not guaranteed to be parked at your own spot. You have to race someone else to your parking. IT IS ABSURD. You can find visitor spots scattered around inside the buildings and some in between resident parkings which is so weird and to me it is not the safest because really anything can happen. Damage to the car and you wont have any possible idea of who it could've been. I say that because they LACK SECURITY/CAMERAS. one of the times that my own parking was taken, I had to park at a visitor spot and MY CAR WAS BROKEN INTO. Just 2 months from when i had moved in. I contacted the leasing office and they told me to file a police report so that they can access cameras. WTF thats when i found out they don't have cameras which is why there are way too many break ins. But they don't tell you that of course. So i filed the report and that was the end of it. Absolutely nothing was done from 3400 regarding the break in. All they tell you is that they have enforced parking regulations and whatnot. ITS A LIE. i met other people and were told the same thing months before me. I think they have literally a couple security patrols to run through all sides of 3400. I have seen them at night and no they are not walking. They're on a patrol cart and they are not looking into any gaps in between any cars for suspicious activity. They are going in and out. I have noticed that plenty of times. I have another parking that was given to me because i have 2 cars. This one was underground garage parking. it was free until the end of the year. NOT MY LEASING YEAR. They said that by January 1st 2021 i should have another. YOU have to contact the leasing office for that. They will not contact you. They will just charge you the $60 that every garage cost. i contacted them 2 or 3 days before January but by that time, the charge was already on my rent statement which i was fine because i admit i was late. Right away I asked for an uncovered $40 parking to start February & to avoid another $60 charge. They freaking sent me outside of the complex again where i had the many issues and way further than the first parking which by the way i did switch. After going back and forth with them, they said I can have this # parking. i said ok thinking it was an uncovered $40 parking like i had requested. Feb came and i sent the leasing office a picture of a car that was parked on the #given. Turns out they gave me another $60 parking garage #. so now i'm stuck with that one for this month too. currently working on getting another parking. I recommend not getting a garage parking because other people park on your spot anyway and there are way more brake ins because no one can see. Your car is safer out where others can see. PAYING RENT- Best to send a check to the address they provide with an additional $10 processing fee. They charge a $78 processing fee for ANY card payment EVERY MONTH,EVERY TRANSACTION. I have tried debit & credit but there is no difference even though they say there is. But they wont tell you about that fee. Reply for any Questions

And we are back to one star. Avoid at all costs. Most faceless, evil company I have ever had the displeasure of being in contact with. Beware, this company makes it standard policy to try and illegally capture as much as your security deposit as possible. They also tack on what they consider standard fees and fines and try to evict you if you don't pay. This happens to almost EVERYONE, not just a few, it's standard practice. I imagine a lawsuit will be in their future. DO NOT LIVE HERE!

AIMCO has the WORST service I've ever encountered. I've lived at 3400 Avenue of the Arts (in Orange County, CA) for almost 2.5 years now. We are moving out around Xmas time and I couldn't be happier! In addition to rent (over $2K/mo.), I pay about $100/mo. for 2 parking spots and we have never missed a payment (including this month). For context, I have found another car parked in my spot probably 7 or 8 times since I've lived here. Every single time it's happened, I have filed a complaint and asked for the car to be towed. And every single time, 3400 Avenue of the Arts (owned by AIMCO) has said that their policy is not to tow the car illegally parked in another resident's spot until they contact the residence associated with the spot and any other residents who may have invited the person with the car to their apartment so that they can get the individual parked in the spot to personally move the car. I've had to park my car illegally for several hours on multiple occasions while they tried to track down who was illegally parked in my spot. Out of those 7 or 8 times I've had to deal with this, the car parked in my spot has only been towed once. And that was with a direct complaint from the person who paid for the spot. Now here's the kicker. My girlfriend switched cars recently and forgot to notify management about her new license plate. She's sick this weekend so parked in her spot Friday night and did not check the car until today (Sunday). She went down to get her car and it was gone and another car was parked in her spot. 3400 towed the car without any complaint from any residents and without contacting the apartment associated with the spot (me). To make matters worse, their management team doesn't work weekends and the leasing office and security personnel do not even have access to the report and cannot do anything about it until Monday. Same goes for AIMCO Corporate headquarters--no one is there over the weekend to deal with your problems. When my girlfriend told the leasing office here at 3400 that she works in Downtown LA (over an hour-long commute) Monday-Friday, 9-5, and can't go to work without her car, the leasing office essentially said you're shit out of luck. They also asked us to "keep it down" because they "are a business" and had "tours they needed to give" to potential new residents. That is how they treat long-standing residents who have never missed a payment for rent or their parking spots. The fact that no one is available to deal with your problems over the weekend is a huge issue with the way AIMCO does things and they often take advantage of the fact that no one is on site to deal with their residents' problems. I regularly find notices on my apartment around 8 or 9pm on Fridays telling me that management needs to conduct an inspection (or some other reason for needing to enter my apartment) the following Monday or Tuesday. They do this intentionally so the residents cannot say no. They don't care whether the day they want access is a huge inconvenience for you or not. BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR RESIDENTS THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT MAKING MONEY. For example, Friday night at 8pm I found a notice that said they were giving AT&T access to our apartment all day on Tuesday starting at 8am and that we needed to move certain objects around so that they can do work (we aren't even a customer of AT&T). This is unacceptable to me. As I said, my girlfriend has work in LA that entire day and I also have a law school final on that date. I don't have time to move things around for AT&T (because I'm studying for my finals) and I don't want random people in my apartment when neither me nor my girlfriend is present. And keep in mind, we are moving out like 10 days after they want access to the apartment. They could literally wait 10 days and then give unlimited access to AT&T until after we move out. But guess what? I can't speak to anyone at AIMCO or 3400 Avenue of the Arts about this until Monday (the day before they want access to the apartment). Believe me, I've tried. I left a voicemail for the property manager who works at AIMCO's headquarters as soon as I found the letter. No call back. I left a voicemail for the 3400 Avenue of the Arts Leasing Office AND Resident Services. No call back. So to recap, between Friday and Sunday of this week, not only did neither 3400 Avenue of the Arts nor AIMCO call me before they towed my own car parked in my own space (without a complaint and contrary to their own longstanding policy), but they also ignored my phone calls and voicemail about a different issue. I will never rent an apartment from AIMCO ever again and I strongly recommend that you stay away from this terrible corporation and their various properties.

Place is constantly under repair and parking is a MAJOR issue, In fact we used to have about 50 guest spots for the complex, but last week without any mention they removed the guest spots, assigned them numbers and sold them to new renters! This property is part of a REIT, in other words they only care about making money for investors and it shows. I've lived here for 4 years and it just keeps getting worse. We used to have social events like Sunday brunch by the pool, Halloween parties, cheese and wine. We went from being smoker friendly to smoke free, they have even taken out the tennis and basketball courts and replaced them with a mediocre dog park (as if the dogs didn't shit all over the complex already). And NOW we can't even enjoy a beer by the pool. I work hard for the insane amount of money it costs to live here. They will allow families to have a seemingly unlimited amount of screaming children by the pool and they will allow prostitution rings and anchor baby schemes to conduct business here, but we can't drink a beer by the pool? The rent keeps going up yet the quality of life keeps going down and besides the dog park nothing has been upgraded. We even had the pool shut down for a week because it was discovered that there were open electrical wires in the water that could possibly shock and kill someone. I've lived here for 4 years and I do not recognize a single person that has given 3400 a 5 star review. Im convinced they work for the property management AIMCO.

Unprofessional Management !!!

Want to have friends come to your place? They will have to pay BY THE MINUTE. They are charging up to 50 cents a minute. The parking area smells and that's an extra $60 to get your windows smashed in. I think Motel 6 has better security and safety.

This place has nice waterscapes and it's nice having your laundry within your unit. The maintenance personal are friendly. Unfortunately, 3400 does charge extra for parking, $55 a month per vehicle, and at least one/two vehicles get broken into because security is an absolute joke! If you get a bunch of delivers 3400 WILL NOT let you receive packages to your apartment. Instead, 3400 force tennants into a locker parcel system (which will charge you) that has only one location; I have seen many tennants carrying packages across the entire complex (3400 WILL NOT be helpful). The dog park is utterly disgusting, and they say pet friendly only to collect extra money. 3400 DOES NOT use this money to upkeep the dog park; the wood chips were not changed out once in over 15 months. Also, many of the tennants bring their dogs with fleas, and when I first moved in several tennants warned, "3400 had a giardia outbreak." If you are forced to move here enjoy the waterscapes and beware of your personal belongings. 3400 WILL ENTER your apartment WITH OUT notification!!

DO NOT MOVE HERE. we were there for 4 days and got out of that mess as fast as we could. thank god they have a 30 day period where you can decide to get out of your lease. the gym is nice and so is the pool. but to pay 2000$ and up for a shitty apartment in Costa mesa? yea right. not only that but one of the women who works there is a complete bitch. she was a major factor in why we left. and made some of the small problems much bigger, at first when we did our walk through the apartment didn't look bad. but after we moved in we noticed chipping cabinets, the shower was dirty when we moved in and had rust on the drain, the cabinets were from the 70s, the windows were cheap and stuck when i tried to close or open them, and all of the appliances are so cheap. not even a brand i have heard of. also we were told the street noise wasn't that bad...yea right cars race down that street all night and it sounded like we were in new york city. not to mention a car alarms going off in the parking garage for 30 min at 3am. the garage made it echo nice and loud. but its OK who needs sleep! also when i called corporate to complain about the rude employee who yelled at my husband, they said i would get my deposit and pre paid rent back in 7-10 days. well 12 days later i got a stupid note saying i would get it in 10 days. why not just send the check? it doesn't make sense to me. this whole experience wasn't a pleasant one and they are effecting me even after i moved out. take my advice...you can get something much nicer and cheaper a block from the beach instead of 3400 which is on the border of the ghetto in Costa mesa. RATING IS 0 STARS

DO NOT SIGN HERE! Management is terrible, they had me tour an apt, sign a lease and pay for it, then said the person living there said they want to renew for another year so they had to revoke it. Completely unprofessional, do yourself a favor and go elsewhere or you'll likely suffer a poor outcome

Basically - Very bad management and staff. - not nearly as nice as the apartments in Irvine. - Dose not feel homely at all I too wish I could give negative stars. My boyfriend and I were looking at places in Irvine, from the Rental-Living properties, before we wanted to look at the 3400 grounds. Online it was just beautiful and some of the amenities just caught my boyfriends eye. One the way back from Irvine we called in first and asked if there was anyone available to show us the grounds and apartments, and of course he said yes and to come on in. When we got there, only one girl greeted us and was barely friendly. She didn't offer anything, and the staff that was available didn't even bother to say anything like, " Thank you for waiting we'll be right with you." Nothing. After waiting for 30 minutes some girl finally helped us, but more of a rush, we weren't looking to move till December but wanted to see our options so we could put our names on the waiting list if we liked it. She was getting up to just show us the model apartments we asked if we could see the grounds too, her exact words were, "Your not even moving till December so whats the point." Does it matter ?! There rent was around $1600, of course we want to see what were paying for. What was the point of advertising on the site that they have beautiful grounds if you don't want to show it. But she did take the time to show this wealthy looking lady that was before us. We had called prior and stated that we wanted to see the grounds, they should have been trained better and tell us that they'd make and appointment if they were too busy to spend a good amount of time on us. When she said that I told her that if we paying that amount we want to see what we get. We just got up and left and my boyfriend said you just lost 2 tenants. This place is very nice, but it does not feel friendly what so ever. You can literally smell the snobbiness in the air and not just from the tenants. I wasn't too disappointed, after see there property, the 3 places we look at in Irvine was much more beautiful. It'd rather take my support too a place that know how to take care of there tenants in every way.

Very hard delivery package for this apartment.

Me and my wife filled out an application for this place as it does look really nice. I got a call from the staff stating there were major problems with my background check. This took me by surprise as I know there are no problems but thought may have been a victim of identity theft or something. The staff asked me to submit a scanned copy of my drivers license and after I did they informed I was a match to unfavorable background check. now I was irate and curious and asked them to submit a copy of this background check to me. Not only did they failed to give me a background check but was given the run around by the the Manager Matthew Comicz. Finally an employee read the results of the background check to me and stated it was all clear and that they made a mistake. I escalated this to Jill Dorflinger, the Director of Operations at AIMCO corporate office and she refused to refund us our background check fees in spite of this being their error. This corporation and the people mentioned here are not only unjust but borderline engaged in illegal trading with customers. Attorneys would love to pick up my case but I don't have the time to continue pursuing this garbage. STAY AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE AND AIMCO

I recently did a tour of the property and although it was okay at best, the customer service I was received was extremely poor. I arrived to my appointment on time and I swear the person I was supposed to meet with rolled her eyes at her colleague when I walked in. I really wanted to walk out. It was quite an awkward experience. In addition, she rushed the tour, did not make any attempt to make us feel welcome and was reluctant to show me the amenities, including their amazing gym. I get my appointment was at 5:30 but if the staff is not up to showing potential tenants in a warm, professional and welcoming manner, the why bother offering that time slot. And maybe she had a bad day but if that's the case I would have been happy to reschedule. It's common courtesy. If you are looking to tour this property, I recommend that you ask for someone else other than Neta.

Don't go here to deliver packages. It's very difficult to find the address. You can't get in or out. People who live here shouldn't order packages either. It's really harmful!

!!!! SAVE YOUR LIFE !!!! Don't make the mistake i made and do your research before signing with 3400 avenue of the arts. - the units, hallways and garages stink all the time. consider an air freshening budget for your living room, bedroom and bathroom if you wanted to move here. - bathroom vents don't have an actual pipe taking the air out, there's just a little vent circulating the air inside. so be ready to deal with moisture and stink in your living room. - there is no guaranty for you to get internet out here. Spectrum (formally Time Warner Cable) and AT&T are the *only* internet service providers here and some of the apartments aren't wired for internet access. so you may end up being the lucky one and realize you can't have internet access in your apartment after moving-in.

Moving here , was a mistake. They just keep the surface clean but since we moved in 2 months ago, we have every day new problems. Worst of all is the parking area and the entrance door. It smells and is just disgusting. No wonder it attracts pall kind of cockroach. Be aware that they allow big dogs such German shepherds and some residents walk them off leash!!!!

5 cars got broken into in one day and 3400s did nothing about it. Everyone had to file a claim with their insurance and we as tenants are left to deal with it on our own. Unfortunately for me, I had to pay for my damages out of pocket because thankfully they only shattered my glass and didn't take anything. The reason someone broke into my car, according to the vacuous manager, was because I had clothing in there. The sad part is that the clothes I had in my car were old clothes that I had in my car to give to charity. They basically shattered my glass for nothing because nothing was taken, but that was the "incentive" according to the inane manager. I was able to get photographs of some of the cars that had damage. If you pay close attention, you can also see that there is flooding in the garage due to the rain. The people who park down here pay $55 a month for parking; essentially, they are paying extra to increase their chances of having their car broken into. It's probably better for you to park outside, like I typically do, because then at least the chances of your car getting broken into drop dramatically. Unfortunately for me, I parked in the structure the day this happened due to the heavy rain, so I didn't want to walk from my SAFE parking spot back to my building. Lesson learned. I would have been ok with getting drenched as opposed to walking down to see my car was one of the FIVE that was broken into. I am not going to say the units are not nice because they are, but definitely take into consideration that car break-ins are VERY COMMON here. In fact, the manager takes pride in it. He basically said "they don't just happen in your building, they happen everywhere." Way to gloat.

Do not move in this place. They will walk you around the beautiful pool to get you to sign the contract. They will tell you the walls aren't thin. That's a lie. You can hear your neighbors from 5 apartment buildings over. They recently took away almost all the guest parking and started charging residents for the spots. The staff in the leasing office acts like they care but they really could care less. Save yourself the headache and move somewhere else! Update: If you love cuddling with cockroaches this place is for you. Sewage backups and floods are another plus. My car was broken into last night, thanks to their useless security

Still finding cockroaches everywhere. Was told last time that I was wrong and they are "water bugs," but they are obviously Roaches and a lot of them. Can't walk outside my building at night without stepping over at least a few. It disgusting. For the second time in 2 months I've had something stolen from the parking garage. The desk girl never responded to my bike being stolen with any additional info and why should I be surprised? She looked put off when I told her. Now my girlfriend's car was broken into and school books were stolen as well as a breathalyzer unit required to start the car. DO NOT MOVE HERE IF YOU VALUE SAFETY AND A BUG FREE ENVIRONMENT. OVERPRICED, UNDER MAINTAINED, HORRIBLE SECURITY.

Customer care after move-out is laughable. Another reviewer commented that they will do anything possible to keep your deposit, and it looks like that is true. About a month before our lease end date, the leasing center asked my husband and I to move out 25 days early to accommodate a new renter after we had provided notice and then slapped us with a week's worth of rental fees following our move-out as an "early termination fee"--despite moving out early at their request, and despite the fact that the lease specifically states the resident cannot elect the early termination option (giving rise to the early termination fee) within 3 months of the lease end date. Their position when pressed is literally that only parts of the early termination section should apply, when it's convenient to them. The fee patently does not apply to us and yet "Customer Care" after move-out insists that our money will not be returned. Well, enjoy your one star review, well earned.

This place is all looks. The apartments looks nice but the management is horrible. One of the worst places I have lived. For all the money you pay they take forever to respond to the work orders. There is a lot of unrest between the community as we are fed up with Matt and the complete management chain. Place go to the enclave at least. Or move to Irvine it's worth it, same price pretty much. 0 stars

Do not lease an apartment from this locations. Very bad management and service . Plumbing and electrical are very bad and we always had problems. Now is 1 am and the bathroom sinks do not drain and sewer water is over floating and coming out of the sink . We put a service request this morning and left . When we came back water was all over our floors, rugs and furniture and smelled. Very dirty, very stinky and uncentary . We had so much problems with this apartment.

I was charge all kinds of fees that were not included in the monthly fee. BE super CAREFUL look at all the fees they will charge for anything. I got charge 200 bucks for a late fee when I was enrolled on auto pay, I called then they said it was a glitch and it got fixed okay but ingot charged om my bank statement Mathew the manager is like no not on my end okay but I got charged on my bank statement no refund nothing.

Roaches, mold, vandalism, apartment burglary, car break ins in the garage, and poor security ... plus, dog crap everywhere prompted us to move out of there. Even our packages were stolen and the service indicated the employees had picked up the packages. Police called it an unsafe place to live. Management is unresponsive or offers assistance, only to no show. Every neighbor who moved out warned that they cheat you on move out fees. They lied and cheated me also. A dump.

On behalf of my daughter, I'm giving this place a 1 and would give it less for false advertising. The studio is listed for $1585-2036 which draws a lot of activity. Once you get there, the true price is 1809, so the range should start at 1809. They didn't have anything for less. It was a complete waste of her time.

as a renter: I respected by neighbor - given the tight small non-sound proof living quarters, - pre-paid my rent, and generally kept to myself. Management single handedly tainted my experience because of its unethical and illegal leasing practices. Studio: - Cracks in the foundation that would leak when it rained. Managements resolution: put a temporary sealant that did not work. Numerous calls/emails went unanswered to permanently fix this, which was never done. 1st One Bedroom: - Charged an absurd fee to transfer leases; - Required a guarantor despite the fact that I had two years of creditworthiness at the community and the guarantor being lifted from the studio; - The Manager wanted to deny lease because newly required guarantor could not produce 2018 tax returns in January 2019 - truly shows the level of competence if management does not realize that in January 2019 NO ONE can file tax returns, as the IRS has not released the 2018 Form 1040 yet. After a heated argument (no customer service) I was able to prove that it was impossible to produce the requested returns; - One bedroom had a stove/oven that did not work for over a month. After numerous service requests and emails, I finally received a replacement. Legally, the apartment was unhabitable; - Received threatening visit from security to move my car or I would be towed at my own expense. Management re-leased my parking spot to another resident, after I had pre-paid for it. Management blamed me for the incident and showed no ownership for a simple mistake. After negotiating with the new tenant, I received my spot back. (parking is VERY scarce). - Leasing actively discriminates against federally approved and licensed emotional support and service animals and charges an additional security deposit and $100 more in rent per month. 2nd One Bedroom: - There was, a now old policy at 3400, which required visitors to go to the security booth. It was a practice that residents could go down in advance and give the security officer the information. Security and the management office encouraged residents to call in advance. On one occasion I did just that. I was greeted by a security officer who informed me that he would not issue a guest a pass in advance. I inquired if the policy had changed so I would know for future visitors, but he refused to acknowledge me. Shortly thereafter when my visitor arrived, she informed me that the security officer said, "oh you are visiting that arrogant a******." I lodged a complaint with management about the incident, since security should not be calling residents paying their salary the names that I was called, not to mention that they were/are the face of the community. - In response, Management posted a handwritten note on my door stating that I was in violation of my lease, and that if I did not comply that they would initiate eviction proceedings. They cited me for having lights on my balcony, which according to them, was a violation of the lease. After reviewing the lease myself and with my attorney, we could not find a section that stated lights on a balcony was a lease violation. Nevertheless, I complied with this threatening/illegal notice. After some time, I noticed that residents had lights on their balconies. This was interesting that I received an "eviction notice" right after I lodged a complaint about the staff, yet others had "lease violations" on their balconies with no consequences. - In response to the lack of language in the lease, I started documenting lease violations and forwarding the same to the management and corporate offices. Months went by while (management ratifying 'purported lease violations'), yet I received a threatening notice. After numerous pictures and a plethora documentation, 3400 finally decided to formally revise the lease agreement of the community to specifically prohibit balcony lights, proving that the eviction notice I received was void, illegal, and a retaliatory eviction (illegal conduct).

I've lived in 6 apartments/condos in my life and the apartments at 3400 Avenue of the Arts must have the shoddiest construction I have ever experienced. I am currently on the first floor of one of the buildings in a corporate apartment. I can literally hear EVERYTHING in the apartment above me - every movement, the details of every conversation as well as the sounds of "other" activities. Seriously, there must one single piece of plywood for the ceiling. I've been on the ground floor in other apartments and have NEVER heard noise like this. It is AWEFUL and I would never rent a place in this complex unless it was on the top floor.

Living here has been a NIGHTMARE. Read all reviews from previous tenants before staying here. I first noticed red flags the day before our move-in date when I had called to inquire if there was anything we needed to bring with us to save time, and when they asked for my name to look up my leasing consultant - they said that they didn't have my name in the system for move-ins for that month. I was shocked because I was moving from a different state and we had submitted our application paperwork at least 3 months in advance. I found out that they never entered my application paperwork. They didn't know I was moving in, and I wasn't added to the lease until 3 months of paying rent and living there when I needed documentation for the DMV for proof of residency. I came to realize that none of the appliances in our unit were checked at all. We have had to replace the entire AC unit, beg maintenance every day to have a brand new water heater installed when we didn't have heating or warm water for over a week. A couple months in when it rained, we discovered a leak coming from the roof, dripping down the interior of our bedroom wall soaking a majority of the wall - leaving paint peeling. After reporting it to maintenance, I had to follow up every day with the office to ask when they would be coming to take a look. The wall was completely soaked and the wood was warped from the water damage. They came to fix it up and never offered us to stay elsewhere or to reimburse us for uninhabitable conditions while they tore off half of our wall and had us run industrial drying equipment to remove moisture from the wood. It took two weeks and then once it was finished and sealed off back to normal, the leak returned 2 DAYS LATER!! We had to undergo the entire process for another month because they never checked to make sure the leak had been completely sealed. You are paying $55/month for each parking spot. In the parking garages there is absolutely no security cameras at all. I have come home from work to a neighbor's car window smashed 3 spots away from mine. Me and my boyfriend actually caught two people on bikes with multiple backpacks on bicycles going through unlocked cars in the garage and when we went to security to report it, they said next time we should apprehend them and bring the robbers to the front gate since they explained that there is only one person working at a time and they can't leave their post. Go ahead and read through dozens of reviews of people having things stolen from their car! It's ridiculous. As soon as I posted a negative review when I moved in, the leasing manager Matthew Comicz took retaliation in any means he could with me and my roommates. He added dog deposit to our account for $600 a day before rent was due so that we needed to have someone inspect our apartment before paying rent or we would have to pay a $150 late fee for non-payment. We didn't have a dog. We had blocks put on our account online so we had to pay with money orders, we have had our names removed from email correspondence without our permission and I was made head of household while my name wasn't on the lease, all of my roommates were unrelated so it's not like we are family. We have had so many issues, I've never had to experience EVER at ANY apartment complex. I've never left a review, and I usually just bush off bad experiences, but this place is a horrendous disappointment. There are numerous other reasons why I would avoid moving here, I've just been released from my 14-month lease at 3400 Avenue of the Arts, and I am ecstatic I will never have to step foot in the leasing center ever again.

My view from apt with pool view and waterfall . Palm trees branches not trimmed in over 6 months . A homeless person sleeping on the sidewalk , Consoldated Smart Systems service failed . Water pipe from building flooding the parking structure for months you would have to walk Thur this 5 inches of water to get to your car or apart Just got an email from leasing office stating there is a bad outbreak of bedbugs here . This is the 2nd emailing from this property management stating they have bedbugs and beware . Wtf Ok besides bedbugs which are hard as heck to rid of just know every single morning at 6:55 A.M . John Wayne airport starts theirs flights out . It's so loud they fly right in this direction . EVERY SINGLE MORNING I AM WOKEN UP BY THE LOUD AIRPLANE JUST TAKING OFF . There has been 2 airplanes in the past 4 months land their airplane on the freeway near by here and killing all involved . I think this is the only apartment complex it flys over . Apartments Michaelson does not hear the planes . So if u want to hear the airplanes LOUD fly over ya several times a day your in the right place here . If you want to be woken by landscapers moving lawn at 7:50 A.M. you hear it here. This place is very old come visit and see . They have 1 part time guard at gate who is barely there. The security cameras only see when u drive in a parking garage , they don't see anything else . And parking you have to pay $100 a Month for parking garage space , on top of rent here . THERE NO VISITOR PARKING SO DONT BOTHER. You have to park at South Coast plaza and walk over here . Or you will be towed and even though you have a handicap sticker they will tow you . They towed my aunt and we had to pay $400 to get it from Santa Ana Mo's Towing who has a contract with 3400 so they charge you anything . Internet Service doesn't work in any of the buildings so don't plan to work from home , you will be fired the service goes in and out and even though you put in a service request with Spectrum , or Direct TV they only want you to sign up with Consoldated Smarts System who they are contracted with and service is horrible. After u rent here every single person in the leasing office acts like they don't know u anymore . They are friendly when they want your business, once they get it they dodge you , ignore you , and say they will get back to you and never do . Trust what you are reading here, I'm not bitter, I'm only telling you my experience here, and there are SO MANY BETTER PLACES THAN HERE. You will see. And make sure you look at the walls and corners of each apartment they tour you through . There are bugs, cobwebs and even hornet nest in the ceiling of the patio. Oh which by the way, construction is going on next door to here ( building other apartment living ) they work at night so you hear beeping from the construction trucks at night . The vertical blinds in every apartment and the bugs that are in the corners of the floors should help u decide , this place needs a lot of care . The bedbugs alone should drive you away and check your clothes when you leave , you might find brown black speckled Tiny bugs on you. That's bedbugs , and you are taking them with u from here . And the elevator is broken all the time not to mention the water that drips on your parked car in the parking garage from these rusty pipes . I'm on the top floor and I hear people below me walking on these fake hardwood floors , they designed these apartments all wrong they should never have these floors above the bedrooms of below apartment . You hear everyone walking around and you shouldn't in your bedroom anyway . Good luck on your search . Don't let the swim pool and location fool ya, like I did. I could of been off jamboree there's so many apartment complex and u don't have the airplane Loud noise wake you up daily This place is very old & unclean . Right before I moved out the leasing management sent an email to all residence that there is a serious case of BEDBUGS going around on this property . I threw out my $7000 mattress just to be safe. I had a couple black some bugs on my mattress protector and got scared . I told management I'm not moving until they investigate my unit so I don't travel with these critters. The Bugman came out , he seems very suspect because I caught him in front office talking about me with the maintenance man but he said these black bugs cane in from the palm trees which I had already complained about the tree trimming for the past 4 months . Priscilla new regional manager told me if I could forward her the emails me requesting the tree trimming she would see about getting me some of my money back that I paid for a view of pool & waterfall & got nothing but bugs from these trees. I seen rats run up and down the tree trunk onto the branches

PARKING IS TERRIBLE Okay, first of all, even if you buy the parking for $60/month, (yes $720 each year just. to. park.) you're literally parking underground and walking two flights just to get to the first floor. Don't even get me started about the guest parking! There's barely any room for guests, and when you do have a guest, they charge exorbitant amounts to your guest... why even charge for parking? This is so ridiculous

I agree with Margie's review below! This has to be the worst complex I have ever lived in. We moved here thinking how great, right across from Segerstrom. From the outside, yes it does look like a well maintained community. However, the ugly truth....There is absolutely NO security. We moved in 2 months ago and approximately a month later, my husbands car was broken into. We are super clean people, never leave food out etc...I have found flying roaches in my kitchen! There is constantly dog poop in the parking area. The elevator regularly gets stuck and is broken! My husband has been stuck in the elevator twice! All of these concerns have been brought up to management by us and we have had no response from anyone assuring us that these concerns will be addressed! There is no way to get in touch with the management office, you have to send an email which they never respond to. The phone number to the office goes directly into a generic voicemail which also never gets returned calls. We too are looking into options for moving! Buyer beware!

To start off, this apartment was the number one apartment I wanted to move into. I made a appointment and went into the apartment and I was excited. Unfortunately, I got the absolute WORST leasing agent possible-- exact name ***Neda nozari***---- at the avenue of the arts apartments- very well could be the worst leasing agent around Costa Mesa for I have been to multiple properties and have never had a worse experience than with her. If you go in for a tour make sure you DONT go with her. She will mess the whole entire leasing process up for you. She is sporadic on the phone and will NOT answer your questions but instead blame shift HER mistakes onto you. She will not only lie to you but lies to her head leasing manager Debbie about your situation without even confronting you about what she is saying to Debbie. She completely ruined my chances of getting the apartment I wanted at her own mistakes. She is rude and claims she is in it for you but will mess everything up. Stay away from her at all costs. Extremely disappointed that I didn't get another leasing agent, for I most likely would have been able to get the apartment I wanted. I will be emailing Debbie too about this horrible leasing agent.

Wish I could give zero stars. Do not be fooled. The complex seems great at first, but there are many ongoing issues that will never be addressed regardless of complaint. 1- The management refuses to answer the phone 2- stagnant water flood in parking garage for weeks at a time, must walk through water to get to your car. ongoing issue for years 3- FREQUENT water shut offs. 5 times in the past month 4- multiple tenants complaining of rats 5- Cars being broke into frequently. Complex does nothing. 6- They have made multiple "efforts to improve the community" which have been extremely unsuccessful. i.e. you must remember multiple codes, security risk, wait in a car line backed up down Ave of the Arts to get into the complex because of the "new" entry system 7- VERY loud in short, do not move here. Every other tenant I have spoken with is extremely unhappy, with some getting attorneys involved.

I HATE HATE HATE HATE living here!!! I cannot wait to move out. Unfortunately I have only been living here for 4 months and I have until November. My car AND my boyfriends car have gotten broken into. Including several other cars that park near me. And the staff of this place does NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING about it. They say they have "security" and "gated garages" but it's a lie! I have never seen a security guard once or any safety cameras. AND the gates are always open! DO NOT LIVE HERE! Way too expensive for this crappy place and "security". I wish I could give this place zero stars!!! Also they NEVER answer their phone if you need something or if you need to pick up a package. Worst place ever!

This community lures you with what appears to be a gorgeous apartment complex. Sure, aesthetically it's a pretty place but once you pull back the curtains you realize what a s***hole this place really is. Management is absolutely useless and enforce policies inconsistently and seemingly on a whim without notice to residents. We have lived here for over a year now and frequently use the pool. No pool policy has ever been conveyed to us and neither has a pool policy ever been enforced. We often see groups of 20-30 people using the cabanas and grills, none of which are residents (we know this because they ask other pool occupants to use their fobs to get inside). Well apparently yesterday while the guy that strolls the pool area (concierge) was busy trying to sleep with the residents (as he ALWAYS does), there was some altercation that led to the police coming (not an unusual occurrence in this complex). Well in light of the community getting in trouble with the police, they decided they had a pool policy limiting the number of guests. When speaking to management, they acknowledge we were never given such a policy but that they would be enforcing it. We very rarely bring guests and if we do it is one or two. In reliance on the lack of policy we were having a going away party before we move to DC next week. This small gathering of less than 15 people is now not going to happen and it's disappointing to both us and our friends that wanted to wish us goodbye. The pool policy is not where it ends. There are countless issues with this complex that would recommend all potential residents avoid future issues. Here are a few: 1) Meth addicts forcing themselves into your apartment certain shes going to be shot by her boyfriend and his roommates flash a gun at her 2) $50 to park your car in a garage that leaks sewage water all over cars 3) Garbage rooms that smell like a dead body has been rotting for decades 4) Security doors that are frequently broken or unlocked 5) Security guards that have been improperly trained to handle even the hint of an issue 6) Drunken disputes in the streets 7) Moving trucks, service trucks, and any number of other trucks parked in the fire lanes blocking free flow of traffic within the complex 8) The front gate is often left open because it is broken 9) Loud parties at the pool lasting until 11pm 10) Rats running all around the complex and cockroaches in the apartments The list could go on. I cannot wait to get the hell out of this place. Save your $2,700 and move somewhere else.

How very unfortunate to have to resort to leaving these disgraceful reviews. I had wanted to live at 3400 since I was a teenager, always mesmerized by it's external beauty when driving by. Then my dream came true last year when I moved into the 3rd floor of one of their buildings. This dream then turned into a nightmare. I am very tolerant but little by little things just added up. Please do not make the same mistake I made by renting here. Here are the issues: 1. The walls are paper! I literally hear every footstep from the neighbors above. Music, TV, talking , sex.. yep.. you hear it all. 2. The balcony is roomy, and you will want to fill it up with your patio furniture to enjoy. Unfortunately, this furniture will soon be covered in dirt, trash, spilled drinks, and dog feces from the balcony above yours. The balconies flooring are long wood panels with spacing between them allowing for everything from above to seep down. 3. Without much notice they closed one of the main attractions of this place ( a big reason why we fork over so much rent)... the main pool area. It is shut down for 3 months. It is their duty to inform you of what things will not be available to you during your lease term. I work in commercial real estate so I know that these big capital improvement projects are planned way in advance. This just speaks very negative on management and AIMCO. 4. The apartments have a lot of maintenance issues. Maybe it's the age, and maybe it's how cheap AIMCO is in the maintenance. Within a month i had two leaks from the roof!! First I had leaking and mold in my bathroom. They came to repair it, but left it open and patched up with plastic and a mess on my tub. They said they would be back the next day to patch it up. It took days, and kept putting it off. Meanwhile, the patch kept stretching down as it filled up from the leak above. I told them I did not want it like this over New Years since I was hosting a get together. They failed to deliver, and I was stuck with it until after New Years. Fast forward a week after and I wake up at 3am to the noise of water dropping. I go to the living area and there was water pouring out of a light fixture and the water sprinkler. There was damage to my personal items, and my renters insurance refused to help since it was landlords fault. I sent a message to management stating they were at fault and they ignored me. It also destroyed the ceiling paint and it took them almost a month to finally respond to my requests to get it fixed. Then there was a gas leak few weeks after that, so the issues keep coming. 5. Management has no respect for personal space. They intruded into my apartment three times! They will walk into your apartment without notice. I tell them to call me before entering my apartment. And in two occasions i would come home from work and find them inside making a repair. The third time was the last straw: my husband had just had surgery and was home resting. We had a friend over that day and all of a sudden around lunch time they hear someone opening the door and two men come in. My husband and his friend freaks out and ask them what they are doing. The men just looked surprised and said "there is never anyone here at this time" and they could not say what they came in for nor did they have any repair tools on them. Because of mainly reason number 5, we requested that they work with us in allowing us to leave after month 12 of their lease (they make you sign 15 month leases). We no longer feel safe in the apartment. They completely shut me down, and would not even offer to have the manager speak to me in person. They literally just blew me off with a... sorry but not so sorry. Whatever you do, do not sign a lease here. All they care about is money and not the well being of their tenants. AIMCO is running this community to the ground. I have met many other tenants with even worse stories than mine and I think it is time we all stood up for ourselves. Ps: there is horrible cell signal here!! What is this a third world country?!

This place is disgusting. The trash shoot is always filled and because my bedroom is attached to that wall my bedroom reeks like garbage and it comes through the crevices of the walls attached to my restroom and master bedroom. the carpets in the hallways are filthy with dog feces, dog fluids and vomit. They never deep clean the living spaces attached to our Apartments. The customer service from the manager Matt is rude, careless and yells at everyone that brings up an issue. He totally carries a chip on his shoulder and is always ready to defend himself instead of finding a solution to better the community and living standards. Do not waste your money here.

Don't live here! Unsafe, unclean, illegal activity. Look at ALL posted picture to see unclean environment.

The management of this property emails the residents and encourage them to write positive reviews on Google or Facebook and have the chance of winning a $1000 gift card in a lottery. Don't get fooled by the positive reviews here. This property is owned by a large publicly traded property management company that couldn't care less about residents' "experience" as long as they keep having the money rolling in. This property was built 30+ years ago and is just a nightmare in a lot of ways. Probably the biggest ongoing problem is how dirty everywhere is and how little the management cares about keeping the property clean and refreshing the 30+ year old look of the property. Nice amenities and good location though.

This place was a nightmare. When I moved in there was a terrible chemical smell that the management denied existed. That eventually went away on its own after several months, but a year later a loud screeching noise would emanate from the toilet every time someone in the building would flush their toilet. They never fixed it and I had to resort to soundproofing the bathroom, a tall order. Then when I finally terminated my lease they claimed that my keys were lost, when they were left on the counter, where they told me to leave them. They added insult to injury by charging me ten dollars for that. Terrible place.

Worst place I've ever lived. Huge scam when you move out.. water leaks in hallways. Worst smelling cleaning/in the elevators. Elevators always broken, front gate always broken. Keypad never works, horrible parking situation. I've been a real estate agent for 10 years and I would not recommend anyone to live here. Be aware!! Hate this place and all that it didn't offer. Beware of the move out charges, will charge $650 for countertop cleaning. Like huh? Scam scam stay away

I am currently living in this community. Sorry, to say of my three years living here, my lease has increased tremendously. Nice amenities but not worth $600 increase since I moved in. I thought they would reconsider on giving their good renter a break but bad management speaks for itself. I look forward in moving out.

Just put my 60 day notice in. Totally looking forward to moving out! So let me share a bit of my experience with you all and hopefully help you make a smarter decision! There are roaches! Which is completely unacceptable unless you live in the ghetto and are on section 8 or pay 600 for a 2 bedroom! I moved here from Newport Coast thinking I'll get for more my money, yea not so much! Loud rude neighbors. Roaches, cars broken in to and on top of cars being broken in to they want to charge 110 additional for you to park in garage parking!!!! I have never in my life lived in such horrible conditions. They're charging Newport prices for ghetto Santa Ana living! Do not be fooled by pretty pictures on the website! This place is garbage at it worst!!! Luxury living with roaches and car theft. Good luck with your search! Don't let it stop here!!!

I've lived at 3400 Avenue of the Arts for multiple years, but recent events when my lease is coming to an end have turned my experience into a nightmare. They slapped me with an $847.42 fee. The reason? I didn't give a 60-day move-out notice. They charge more than my daily rent for each day of delay--pure exploitation. To make it worse, they found a new tenant within two days, yet they're still forcing me to pay this extortionate fee. This isn't just unfair; it's downright brutal. If you are considering moving here, think twice. They will exploit you with hidden fees, offer zero support, and make your life difficult with their poor management practices.

This place is shady. They should rename their apartments "scam of the arts" because they are scamming their residents. Ridiculous fees constantly getting added to your lease. Management thinks if they just smile and nod, their residents will be okay with handing them thousands of dollars. There are so many other apartments around the area, I would not bother with these cheap apartments they try to sell to you as luxury apartments.

Someone had been parking at my spot for four days in a row, and I had contacted management, security and concierge everyday about this issue with no avail. Ultimately, they were not able to help me tow the car or notify the person to move it even though the spot was 100% mine. Keep in mind this was after FOUR DAYS of constant communication. Again this person parked in my spot last night, and contacting everybody I can again, I am informed nothing can be done until 7pm, which given their history, they just might brush off. Extremely frustrating experience. Basically, be ready to get no service for anything and to have no guarantee to what your paying for. The service has been terrible and though friendly, ultimately not able to solve a very basic issue.

Don't move here please for the love of god. Roaches, secret charges, and shady business practices. I can't stress enough how bad my experience was here. Horrible management, maintenance, and bug problems. First, secret charges: I moved parking spots to a cheaper spot, and after I spoke with management, they told me that I'm good to change spots and they'll adjust the payments to my lease. COOL. Couple months later, I get a notification telling me that I need to sign some documents from leasing office. It was to sign for the new spot plus the old spot I was paying for??? As soon as I read the print and I asked, the guy literally said "oh, my mistake, you don't need to sign", then why would you tell me I needed to sign? Roaches are a huge problem because people here are not clean. It's disgusting, I hated it. Found a ROACH nearly every day about to die in my apartment. Worst of all, trying to leave this place. 60 day notice, OK, so gotta think fast to find a new place. Gotta pay the rent, plus another two months just to leave, SO expensive. Then I don't get my SECURITY deposit back. Why? "cleaning services". A thousand dollars for cleaning? Mind you before I leave, cleaned the apartment spotless, fixtures, appliances, etc. Worst of the worst? I had to pay for the amount of time that the apartment was not occupied after I moved out. THIS is in the lease, and they don't tell you. So if you leave in JUNE, and no one leases for the month, they prorate it by day, and you still have to pay for gas, water, amenities. You will not get a hold of management after you leave because they no longer provide a product/service since you no longer pay rent. Legal robbery.

Worst place ever so frustrating nothing is easy. Don't move here. Literally every single part of this place is irritating. Stinks like dog pee everywhere in the building. Such a rip off. Been "remodeled" bullshit. Such a scam.

Just when I decided to give 3400 another chance and sign a lease for another year, they disappoint me AGAIN. Showing how much they don't care about their residents and have zero customer service skills. I have been living at 3400 for a year now, they first took away all visitors parking spots that were accessible outside the complex halfway thru the lease and decided to sell them. At this point my visitors have to call me, I come down and open the gate, then I walk them to my unit because you need a fob to get into the actual building. NOW they have decided to implement a rule I was not aware of without a single warning costing my visitor $340. 3400 wants me to call the front gate to notify every time I have a visitor coming, then my visitor will have to drive thru the complex and exit the complex to get to my corresponding garage, visitor then has to call me so I can come down with my clicker to open the gate to the garage, then I have to wait to escort my visitor into the building with my fob. Keep in mind all cellphone carriers get zero reception in my unit. Luckily I have wifi calling and will be able to receive calls if I have visitors. As expected when I called the property staff was rude, defensive and unprofessional.

I'm supposed to be moving here but my experience with the leasing agents has been extremely upsetting. We put the hold on the apartment two months ago, and now we move in 5 days and can't get anyone to call or email us back. Our first agent apparently left a month ago and we never received an update. Now we are with a new agent who is never there. We have called and left voice messages and sent numerous emails. It sounds like people have a hit or miss experience here. Just know that the staff are unorganized and don't seem to really care. I'm hoping I can update this to a better review, but I don't even know if I'll get to live there or not at this rate. Update: I did move into this complex on 7/23 but are continuing to have multiple issues with the management. They said we could bring our dog and then told us we had to remove the dog from the property after we signed the lease. The list of issues goes on and on. We have had to file a federal complaint against them to sum it up. I have found all management to be very unprofessional. Other than that it's a wonderful community! Another Update: (10/2) It is now October and we are still having major issues. I want to confirm that they verbally told us that even though our dog was initially denied he could still live at 3400. Please disregard the response to this review. In August we sent a new letter because Ave requested it be signed be a different physician and they confirmed acceptence of the letter. They didn't respond to us until today, months later, saying we needed to remove our dog within 3 days or return our keys, etc. and leave. They attached an old denial letter and ignored the fact that we had sent them updated documents months ago and are just now replying with a notice of removal. No other contact. Management here is extremely unprofessional and lacks communication. We placed this apartment on hold at the end of May 2019, moved in at the end of July 2018, and it is currently the beginning of October. Within that time we have had almost no positive experiences. Diana is the only staff that has been friendly to us. I also want anyone reading this to know that there is a valid need for an ESA animal and the physician is seen regularly and in person. The complex is continuing to say that the letter was obtained online and that's it. Although we sent updated documents they have ignored it. They actually haven't been in contact with us for months until they provided us with the notice to remove our dog. I highly recommend looking at the apartments off Anton or the Enclave instead. We have friends at both complexes and you would have a much smoother experience. Avenue of the Arts may not follow the law or the terms of your lease. Management will not respond to our emails and only wants to speak in person. We have already had issues of them telling us something verbally and denying it later. Update: (11/2) We removed our dog within the three days last month after receiving the notice. On 10/10 Ashley inspected the house and told the office that we still had our dog living with us and since then we have been Pending Eviction. No one told us. We are unable to pay rent for the month of November because of the Pending Eviction. Our washer has also been broken for a week now and they said it would be replaced in 2-3 days.

Renters beware. The only thing good about this complex is the maintenance guys are so nice. But other than that, super overpriced, the managers or rental team take days sometimes weeks to respond to any updates or request. There's always alarms going off in the buildings, you have to pay an extra fee just to get your mail. They offered no credit on the amenities during covid since we couldn't even use them. Read the fine print and good luck

I lived in this complex for 1.5 years ... .. they send letters that the neighbors complain, accuse you of having guests, then their lawyer calls and asks to vacate the apartment, you move out and you are billed in full payment until the end of the lease. deceive and say that no one evicted it was your decision. A nightmare! I will sue this complex. There are also many friends who live in it and are very dissatisfied. In the leasing office, they tell you that there is no time to discuss the current situation and offer an appointment in 10 days. Looks like a lot of work! the office workers are too busy, overworking the poor things.

I lived here for over 2 years during that period it was bearable, until my place got flooded by my upstairs neighbor. She refused to give me her insurance information because she claims it is the building fault for not taking care of her bathroom faucet when she called them about the flood. She claims her called them on multiple occasions, went to the office to complain and even called the corporate head office and nothing was done. The office said i should contact my neighbors insurance to take care of my damages. I just got tired and took care of my own damages. The office, however put put me in a hotel for a week while they were fixing my place. I shortly cancelled my lease, I had to pay for early cancellation which was two months rent plus give two months notice. I've been out for a good 6 months and tell me why I keep calling phone calls from the entrance door to my old apt every time someone try to delivery something. Unbelievable!!!!

I know what you might be thinking one star but the place looks great.... And it sure does. That's all this dump has going for it, it's looks. If you enjoy hearing everything your neighbors do and I mean everything from conversations to bathroom routines then move in. If you enjoy the smell of trash when go thru the hallways by all means move here. The "updated" apts are disguised with fresh paint and puddy, which fades way after about month living here. The apts look nothing like the show rooms. Read deep into the past reviews before moveing here.

Place sucks to live at. They will swindle you, coerce you, and lie. Can't wait till lease is up. Has perks, but management is sloppy.

DO NOT SIGN HERE! Management is terrible, they had me tour an apt, sign a lease and pay for it, then said the person living there said they want to renew for another year so they had to revoke it. Completely unprofessional, do yourself a favor and go elsewhere or you'll likely suffer a poor outcome

Where should I start?? Thin door walls where you hear your everything of people living next to you, garbage everywhere, ignorant neighbors where they left their old furniture at the alley where emergency exit doors are located, constant break-ins to your car eventhough you parked in garage (happened to me once), your apartment's temperature will most likely a lot warmer than outside...cause of the way they design this buildings? Loud Race and doughnuts noise at 2:00AM where you try to get some sleep! If you visited this community...read this review please!! It's ok to live somewhere if you find somewhere which 100sqf smaller and $200 more than what 3400 is offering you! Cause you will stuck here 12 months! At least you don't worry about ohh tomorrow morning "if I will find my car damaged with a broken window" and the people at leasing office will tell you; we can't do anything if people are bad and want to break in your car...(while they don't accept that their gate doors are always open and have problems) Don't sign a lease and run away!!!! What ever they offer you! You will be living with stress! Does it worth it? It's your call! But a home should be where you feel safe and not worry issues I listed! It's ok to pay a little extra guys (btw this place is not cheap)

Oh dear Carol from customer service. You know what kind of customer service we are talking about right? It's nice to see it forwarded to the regional for contact. But a clear example of their lack of customer service never heard from any regional. One more example why people should stay away! One more example of no follow up.

An outline of who I was as a renter: I respected by neighbors - given the tight small non-sound proof living quarters, - pre-paid my rent, and generally kept to myself. PLEASE BE WARNED, at first glance, this community looks appealing, but overtime it WILL transform into a living nightmare. I lived in a total of three different apartments over the span of 5 years, each with countless issues. Management single handedly tainted my experience because of its unethical and illegal leasing practices that are still engaged in to this day, which are being spearheaded by the manager themself. Studio: - Cracks in the foundation that would leak when it rained. Managements resolution: put a temporary sealant that did not work. Numerous calls/emails went unanswered to permanently fix this, which was never done.1st One Bedroom: - Charged an absurd fee to transfer leases; - Required a guarantor despite the fact that I had two years of creditworthiness at the community and the guarantor being lifted from the studio;- The Manager wanted to deny lease because newly required guarantor could not produce 2018 tax returns in January 2019 - truly shows the level of competence if management does not realize that in January 2019 NO ONE can file tax returns, as the IRS has not released the 2018 Form 1040 yet. After a heated argument (no customer service) I was able to prove that it was impossible to produce the requested returns;- One bedroom had a stove/oven that did not work for over a month. After numerous service requests and emails, I finally received a replacement. Legally, the apartment was unhabitable;- Received threatening visit from security to move my car or I would be towed at my own expense. Management re-leased my parking spot to another resident, after I had pre-paid for it. Management blamed me for the incident and showed no ownership for a simple mistake. After negotiating with the new tenant, I received my spot back. (parking is VERY scarce).- Leasing actively discriminates against federally approved and licensed emotional support and service animals and charges an additional security deposit and $100 more in rent per month. 2nd One Bedroom:- There was, a now old policy at 3400, which required visitors to go to the security booth and state their name, the resident they were visiting, the apartment number, and security would issue the visitor a pass. It was a long-standing practice that residents could go down in advance and give the security officer the information to make their jobs easier and more convenient for visitors. Security and the management office encouraged residents to call in advance. On one occasion I did just that.I was greeted by a security officer who informed me that he would not issue a guest a pass in advance. I inquired if the policy had changed so I would know for future visitors, but he refused to acknowledge me. Shortly thereafter when my visitor arrived, she informed me that the security officer said, "oh you are visiting that arrogant a******." I lodged a complaint with management about the incident, since security should not be calling residents paying their salary the names that I was called, not to mention that they were/are the face of the community.- In response, Management posted a handwritten note on my door stating that I was in violation of my lease, and that if I did not comply that they would initiate eviction proceedings. They cited me for having lights on my balcony, which according to them, was a violation of the lease. After reviewing the lease myself and with my attorney, we could not find a section that stated lights on a balcony was a lease violation. Nevertheless, I complied with this threatening/illegal notice. After some time, I noticed that residents had lights on their balconies. This was interesting that I received an "eviction notice" right after I lodged a complaint about the staff, yet others had "lease violations" on their balconies with no consequences. - In response to the lack of language in the lease, I started documenting lease violations and forwarding the same to the management and corporate offices. Months went by while (management ratifying 'purported lease violations'), yet I received a threatening notice. After numerous pictures and a plethora documentation, 3400 finally decided to formally revise the lease agreement of the community to specifically prohibit balcony lights, proving that the eviction notice I received was void, illegal, and a retaliatory eviction (illegal conduct).RENTERS PLEASE BEWARE: The face of this community may look great, but they engage in unethical, and illegal leasing practices. They will abuse any opportunity they have to screw you over. Go look at the enclave, 580 Anton, or the new apartment complex being built across the street from the Marriot.

You know I really did love living here. However, after the recent removal of ALL of the visitor parking throughout the community without giving any notice I have to say my opinion has changed. The entire process of removing the visitor parking spots throughout the community was a complete mess. They forced many residents to park in the fire lanes which is highly illegal and dangerous. A few times fire engines and paramedics had to get through and they could not due to the many cars parked in the fire lanes that the community managers told them to park in. Then after getting rid of all of the visitor parking they have now allowed "visitor parking" on the outside of the community. However, it is literally only 10 spots for an entire community of 300+. This is insane. These spots are now always taken and are a good half a mile away from some of the other apartment units. I now wonder if someone who has a home health nurse will do if there is no more visitor or guest parking near any of the actual apartments. What about people who hire those to help clean their apartment or perhaps a task rabbit? Where do they park? This is ridiculous. They never even gave us notice and still have yet to really inform us what is going on. As residents who pay so much in rent we deserve to at least be made aware before you make such drastic changes. I have to say if you are thinking of moving here I would suggest looking elsewhere where maybe you can have the opportunity to be able to invite guests over and not fear that they will have to walk miles to get to your home.

I currently live here with my wife but I would not recommend these apartments to anybody! The walls and ceilings are paper thin and we are still waiting for the maintenance department to install broken blinds from the last renters. The place is a patch job to say the least. They put a lot of money into their dog park and landscape but go cheap when it comes to major repairs and remodeling the buildings. The floor shakes when the neighbors simply shut their doors. The property looks decent from the outside but once you have settled in you'll know what I'm complaining about. The Leasing manager Matt has also been very rude to my wife and belittled her over a phone conversation. He is a liar and someone you certainly should not trust. Nobody on the staff seems to be on the same page and frankly if we weren't about to have a child I'd pack up and move out. There are plenty of other options in the area! Don't be fooled, LOOK ELSEWHERE!

I have lived here for several years and was happy. Recently they refinished the parking structures and decided that they would remove 100% of visitor parking without giving notice to the residents. When people complained the managerment told residents to illegally park in fire lanes. It is now coming to light that there will be visitor parking outside of the complex but residents will be charged $2 an hour to use them and it will only be 15 spots for the entire complex. DO NOT MOVE HERE! DO NOT MOVE HERE. MANAGEMENT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ITS RESIDENTS.

On Aug 31, 2019. Saturday I saw a unit I like. Available November 11th 2019. $50 for credit check 800 deposit to hold for 2 days or so I thought. Within two days I text at the office saying I don't want it give it to somebody else. I waited for my 800 deposit and has not return to me. I call and they say not refunded. I call Citibank can reverse the charges. Citibank put 800 in my account while investigation is going on. Now Citibank when's their money back because what apartment complex set. Got a copy of contract and saw signature and initial it's not mine. Went to office and she give me a number to call. It is all run around machine talking. Got no where. Will be going to small Claim Court. I have a phone call, all the text messages and my signature on a contract as proof. Looks like I see them in court no choice

I know what you might be thinking one star but the place looks great.... And it sure does. That's all this dump has going for it, it's looks. If you enjoy hearing everything your neighbors do and I mean everything from conversations to bathroom routines then move in. If you enjoy the smell of trash when go thru the hallways by all means move here. The "updated" apts are disguised with fresh paint and puddy, which fades way after about month living here. The apts look nothing like the show rooms. Read deep into the past reviews before moveing here.

I lived here for 2 years and I will not renew my upcoming lease due to the new parking restructuring. They removed all visitor parking from building B and placed 20 visitor spots on the other side of the community. And they sent an email out this week announcing that they will charge for visitor parking in the near future. I just had a baby and I have a caregiver that comes over everyday. I will have to pay for their daily parking once this new project is complete. Capitalism and greed by upper management!

The security is zero I live here for 4 years now and someone brake to my car 2 times in last 3 months it's coast me more than $1800 it's append to most of the residents in the complex we pay here enough for getting at least good security so we can sleep and not thinking that maybe go to brake your Windows and stolen everything The have a few cameras inside the garage parking but you never can see it .

I have lived here for just about 3.5 years. Let me tell you at first it was great. The property is beautiful and the amenities are great. However, if anything goes wrong in your apartment your on your own. In the last year I have had more things go wrong than I can count. And majority of the service requests are ignored and just shut out with no resolution. I had a leak in my window/wall that I reported and they left for 4 weeks without addressing by the time they did the wall and floors were stained (positive they will try to charge me for that at move out). I also had a leaking sink that they inspected and left leaking and said they completed the service request. I had to put the same request in 4 times before it was resolved 2 weeks later ruining everything under the sink. Same thing with the leaking washing machine. Unless you have the time to go to the office and be loud and angry in front of potential new residents your service requests will not be completed. This is just a short list of the complaints. So I guess my review would be if you are willing/able to fix everything and anything that goes wrong in the apartment this place is pretty nice to live, but for the money you pay they should be jumping to fix everything and you shouldn't be paying for it. I decided not to renew once all these problems started last year. I would not recommend anyone to live here despite the beautiful grounds and amenities.

My Car was broken in for the 5th time today. I won't even bother reporting this to the office. Why pay a large parking fee when there is zero security?

Like most of these comments sadly it is very true. Don't get me wrong it is a beautiful place, I love the gym, the pool and the movie theater, all the nature and Ashley. But when you sign the lease you are trap and it's like you don't exit any more. The main problem is security. My car has been broken into 3 !!! Times and I pay for the $50 dollar parking which is cover parking. I under stand it's dangerous anywhere but for a "luxury" apartment for this to keep happening and them not having any cameras or security is absurd. Don't even get me started on how bad the service request are and how long they take. I had a guy fix my sink ( they flood all the time ) and I seen that he took my towel, I let him because I wanted to see how far he would go and he ended up walking out with it until I stoped him and told him to give me my towel. But there is one service person that is really good his name is Dan, other than that they don't know what they are talking about and won't get back to you for months in what you requested. Their management is rude besides Ashley she is amazing and very very helpful. The elevators always break, they are always doing loud construction. I don't want to seem like I am hating on these apartments but there are better options around here. IMPORTANT : save up about 1k when your lease is about to end and you are about to move out, they charged me 350 for cleaning service and 600 for damages which there was non. I came and talked to their management about the 600 charge and they said it was for the paint, luckily I took a video of the apartment before and after and it was the same as when I got it, so they had to take that charge off. Also VERY IMPORTANT: look into the skyline apartments right in the same area, almost the same price with waaaaaay better management, updated apartments, great views, the pet fee is less, and you get more square feet, they have great security and lots of cameras. I would recommend skyline apartments if not then the mark apartments. Don't get trapped please it's not as great as it seems. Come to the dog park and talk to people hear their opinion, but me personally don't recommend these apartments. I had a 5 star review when I moved in because I was so exited and blinded, but after a couple of days everyone's comments on these apartments started to become a reality.

Take a stroll down avenue of the arts if you want to get SCAMMED out of all your money. And also have your car broken into multiple times and not doing a single thing about it. 0 investment into their people. This establishment is awful and I am forever upset for what they've done to all of my loved ones - how could they be okay with living like this knowing they are ruining lives??? They don't take care of their tenants, they will ring you for all the money you've got. It's all a facade. Don't put a deposit down - they will not give you money back. Nasty business, you should be ashamed.

We were very close to moving into this complex until we read the reviews. Poor reviews from irritated tenants regarding maintenance is one thing. However, they charge minimum $64 a mo. per vehicle (based on 'tier' parking - aka covered or uncovered) and to have issues with towing + break ins is ridiculous. In another review, an applicant says they denied his support animal. They responded stating that people without disabilities often take advantage of support animals and that they felt he was one of those people due to where he obtained his documentation. THAT was it for me! That is blatant discrimination. They are not doctors and do not have the right or place to validate a person's disability based on where their documents were obtained. This is a violation of the ADA - Title III. If they are openly willing to discriminate on Yelp and open themselves up for a lawsuit, I can't imagine what itd be like trying to advocate for yourself when maintenence is needed or serious issues arise. Other reviews show lack of consideration for those who were impacted by COVID-19. Such inconsideration for their tenants is heartbreaking and disappointing. During our tour, we were very interested in a penthouse house but were turned off by the yellowing of windows with neighbors who proudly display empty beer bottle stickers on their windows. So disappointing to see a beautifully landscaped complex with amazing amenities display poor attitude and discriminate against people with disabilities + support animals.

After living here for now 8 months, I think it's fair to give my honest review of the place. You will love living here if you: - Enjoy hearing every step and move your upstairs neighbors make all day, every day, because the walls and floors are so thin. - Don't like taking hot showers because the water goes cold after two minutes. - Don't mind stepping over dog poop everywhere because a lot of owners don't pick up after their furry ones (this makes me extra sad as a dog mom myself) - Not bothered by literally zero guest parking spots, even after the so-called parking renovation. - Need something from management or the leasing office? Good luck getting in touch with seriously anyone who works here. But if none of that bothers you, this might be an okay place to live!

MULTIPLE MOTORCYCLES STOLEN. There were multiple motorcycles stolen within months and the manager knows the cameras don't work and did nothing to get them fixed. I spoke to the regional manager and she did nothing either. Security is a joke. Do not live here, especially if you own a motorcycle.

They want you to pay $60 to park here on top of high rents. Their newest lovely feature is no guest parking guess now have to pay per hour to park in a visitor spot here.

The few days before we moved out (THANK GOD), my car was broken into. These buttheads stole my interlock device (breathlyzer)... for what reason, I will never know. Not only that, but they took my very nice school backpack with all my geology books, math workbook, wireless mouse... this person was obviously a very low person. What was really great was that not only was it right in front of the garage camera but it was not 100 feet from the supposed 24-hour guard house. Management was less than helpful. Never got back to me. When our bikes were stolen from the same garage, they were just as helpful. Rudely dismissed by the staff in the leasing office. Probably don't to reiterate this, but DO NOT MOVE HERE. I can't imagine that any person who pays the ungodly amount they ask for this dump wants to deal with the amount of bugs ("oh, they're just water bugs" ok, waterbugs, cockroaches and some other hybrid of both that we found in our apartment) or many levels of thievery (starting with the leasing office and working its way down to the surrounding filth) this place has to offer. To the leasing office: you sure as hell won't find my name on any lease in your system. I wouldn't tarnish my good name with your crap apartment complex.

Too bad I could not give negative stars for this place. Today I showed up at the leasing office an waited patiently while the leasing agents practically did nothing to help me. The staff is incompetent the tenants appear to be the worse type of human beings. We waited roughly about 20-30 minutes while two agents were doing nothing and this older couple (30-40) show up and demand to be assisted and claim to have an appointment, but he didn't know their appointment time nor who scheduled it. So then the receptionist explains to me that they must assist them first and to wait. I could not believe she did that when this douchebag treated her so poorly. She said that it may take a while to get any assistance and recommended that i leave and schedule an appointment for later in the day, I agreed with her to my dismay. I leave and take a look at a few other properties in the area and was treated quite well despite being more than 30 days out from moving in. I had scheduled to come back at 4:30pm to meet with an agent. I show up and a different and even more incompetent receptionist said they are unable to honor the appointment time because no tours or agents can schedule anything past 4:30 and can try to see if they can accommodate me but was unlikely as she was too busy with her FaceBook page. At this point I have seen one person walk in and was completely disgruntled with the service and maintenance of the property and seemed like a total weirdo and another person who demanded to be helped because he traveled all the way from Newport and was inconvenienced by forgetting his appointment time and who he was suppose to meet with and of course it was their fault. So there are two people, one prospective, and both individuals I wouldn't want to push out of the way from a moving bus. I would not want to live around people like this and staff that is totally worthless. The only bright spot is the call center located remotely from the property who were very helpful in rescheduling. Seriously, you're a leasing office with staff with nothing to do, you're job isn't that important, prices are already on a sheet in front of you and just tell me what you have available, I don't see any reason why I need to make an appointment, you're not consulting me for liver damage or eyeglasses. I received a call from one of the staff to say they apologize for the inconvenience, but consulted with the receptionist who begged to differ that she didn't waive us away... First of all, don't call to apologize if you're going to tell me that my story may have been false. 1) Poor Staff 2) Nice property 3) Unsavory Tenants