Mariner's Cove Apartments

Wow, WORST apartment complex I've ever lived in resulting in the worst year of my life. Don't move here. This place isn't worthy of my time or effort in explaining why, but if you read the rest of these reviews (especially the filtered ones), you'll get a good idea.

I feel like writing this review is very important, many of us who want to find a place to live want to find a place we can afford, and we can be comfortable in and this is not the place, Before moving to Mariners Cove I spent many months looking for a home for me and my son. I came across Mariners Cove because my daughter had just moved in. This complex and some of the units are being rented out for individuals on a fixed income. For example, instead of having to make 2 to 3 times the rent your income has to be less than 60,000 a year to qualify. This was great news considering how difficult it was to find housing. It was only 300 cheaper than the normal rent advertised just easier to get approved. Well, I never got to see the unit prior to moving in. I was ok with that considering I was getting a place for me and my son. That was my first mistake. Please make sure you tour your apartment. I guess since my apartment was 300 dollars cheaper, we didn't need anything upgraded. We had scratched up wood flooring, very outdated wood rotted cabinets, dishwasher that didn't fit in the hole it was made for, a refrigerator that barely closes. I can go on and on. I didn't complain because again I was grateful. When moving in I had no idea how poorly the units are built, if you have sensitivity to sound (stomping neighbors) you will go crazy. It is awful even communicating with my upstairs neighbors (we get along great) it is horrible you can hear everything possible. There is no peace in living here do not plan to relax they have leaf blowers every single day blowing nothing but air, (definitely a waste of company money) I have a downstairs unit and I cannot put anything on my patio because the leaf blowers blow all the dirt on your patio. I would not advise anyone to go swimming I was sitting at the pool with my daughter and a older man started shaving in the hot tub it was the dirtiest thing I had ever seen and then went into the pool with blood on his legs. I reached out to the management and sent her pictures and never got a response. Management is a whole other issue. Very unprofessional, she only responds to you when she feels like it. I have tried to communicate with her many times. It's pointless. She definitely plays favoritism and I definitely feel like favors her own race. I have proof of that but won't post that on here. I have many problems with management and cooperate when trying to make payments on rent. I was hurt badly at work and put on disability. I received some help with rent from some resources in our community and when attempted to pay rent they denied taking payments from my outside resources. This has made it hard for me to live here. Be aware that your total monthly rent will be higher than what you think when moving in lots of different fees. They will raise your rent 8% every year. I have dealt with so much in one year of living there. I even had maintenance come in my home without giving me notice, we have touch pad locks on the door so they can enter at any time. I still do not know to this day why they came in. My daughter moved out after a year of living here as well. My next-door neighbor moved out because he couldn't handle the neighbor upstairs and his 4 kids running and stomping all hours of the night (I could hear it in my apartment as well.) I know I sound like a total Karen in this review, and I have never felt the need to write a review on a apartment complex, but living here for me has been absolutely awful. If I can save anyone the hassle just keep looking elsewhere don't settle because the price seems good, it's all a trick to get you in. Being on disability for a year now and trying to make it work in this complex has been the worst experience ever. I really hope they can make some changes, or they will have some major lawsuits pending.

I've lived here for over a year, mainly because my wife and I have not had the time to move since we got married last summer. The worst thing that has happened to me was when the apartment above mine flooded while I was out of town- 3 inches of water throughout the apartment. I honestly felt bad for the management because they obviously had no power to make decisions- everything, from reimbursing my electric bill for all of their machines to getting a rent concession for the 2 weeks we could not live in our apartment, were all huge struggles. I have kids climbing on my motorcycle all the time, many children running around with no parents, and groups of kids who just hang out and look like trouble constantly. I will say they are one of the only places in Point Loma who allow large dogs. Overall, I feel like a bunch of monkeys in another state are making decisions for this place. Renters who have been there for years and have been no trouble are paying WAY more than new renters with 10 people living in a 2 bedroom place. Have spoken with multiple people who have had laundry stolen out of the dryer. Dog breed restrictions are OBVIOUSLY not enforced. I would NOT recommend anyone to live here under any circumstances. Read more: http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/CA-San-Diego-Mariners-Cove-Apartments-1140428.html#userresponses#ixzz163Uouw2E

This place is terrible to live. Everyone that I know that has lived here has hated it and I wish I had never moved in. Since moving in, I have had a leak in my bathroom that lasted a month, a broken refrigerator, a leak in the kitchen. I've had two leaks in the sinks and when I moved in, the dishwasher and stove were broken. The service that I have received has been awful. People are unhelpful and at times downright rude. The only really helpful one has been Melinda. This place stinks. I can't wait to move.

This place sucks. The management is so unorganized and very messy. They are doing a lot of construction right now to try and clean up the place because of all the complaining (which it's looking worse). We have to now move our car really far out of the way for a week. On Friday they didn't tell us to move the cars and so they worked on the roads. I came outside to get in my car to leave for work and my car that I just got washed had sooo much dust on it I couldn't even see on the windows. I went to the office on my way out and asked what chemicals were on my car, will it remove the paint or? And they said it was just sand, they were sandblasting the ground, my car should be ok. So then I had to get it washed again with my own money and the little sand particulars SCRATCHED my car!

Don't be fooled by the amenities, the fancy gates or the "leasing office" this place is a nightmare. They are the biggest bunch of fools I've ever seen doing a job 1 person could do. They don't communicate with each other and renting from them is a bit of a cluster-fuck. There are cockroaches all over this "wonderful community." They are rude and inconsiderate and so is the staff here. Try elsewhere before it's too late. They are rubbish and overpriced. Bad vibes coming from management.

I don't even know where to start. The leasing agents take forever to evaluate your application and you have to call them all the time to figure out you're missing pieces of your application because they didn't let you know that the last time you called. They also seem to focus on other tenants who are applying or only focus on getting people to fill out applications without regard to anyone else's timeline be theirs. If you need to move out of your other place and you're thinking about moving into Mariner's Cove PLAN AHEAD AND HAVE A PLAN B. The leasing agents are also not very knowledgeable and they are pretty condescending and rush you out the door once you've signed a lease. It's like they don't care about you anymore because you're already stuck there for a year and so they want to make sure they're available for the new suckers who sign leases here. There are a TON of kids who skateboard and ride bikes without any supervision, curse like crazy and scream and run in the streets. It's not an odd day when all of a sudden a kid jumps out in the street on his skateboard and looks at you like you're the moron for almost hitting him. The maintance of the place isn't top notch either for what you pay in rent. The gates for the "gated community" didn't work for almost six months and even now you're lucky to get a transponder device to let you in or have your phone number on the code box so you have to give people the universal code to get in which completely defeats the purpose of having a "gate community". The pools are too small and too few for 500 units to accommodate. Both are overrun with drunk people and huge parties on nice weekends. The management doesn't seem to care about random people walking through the open gates and waiting around for someone to open the pool gate for them to get in. AKA Non residents swarm this place. The laundry rooms are gross at best and half the washers and dryers eat your quarters unless you smack the machines to make the quarters drop into and be counted. Half the time their "notices to residents" don't actually come through and so you run the risk of not having water to your apartment without notice and they're response, oh we posted it in the laundry room yesterday that it would be off. Moral of that story? Do your laundry EVERYDAY so you can see they're pathetic attempts to contact residents. All in all this place has SO much potential but is really missing the mark. They charge far too much for what you actually get and they really need to do a better job of training their leasing agents and getting a consistent message and attitude out to their potential and current residents through their leasing agents. Once my lease is up I'm done with this place and going to move where the rent is cheaper, the grass is cleaner (littered with dog poop and trash here) and the residents are more hospital and older. My advice: Look elsewhere before you decide on Mariner's Cove Apartment Homes. The Gables, or Loma Palisades or The Submit would be worth checking out.

I would like to reiterate a previous review: DO NOT MOVE HERE!!! You cannot even trust what the management says. They are trained scam artists. The leasing agents definitely misrepresent the units, from billing to maintenance. One thing I noticed recently, is that we are now being charged for trash, even though we were told at signing, that this would not be the case. Our leasing agent also indicated that he had no idea what our monthly utility fees would be, despite the fact that the company has now included our conserve bill into our monthly rental bill. I'm just completely over the nickle and diming of this company. They charge us for parking, even though there is not enough parking. We have to purchase laundry cards that constantly break. The apartments themselves are full of silverfish and moths, and nothing is in working order. The amenities close early and open late. I could go on and on. With all the extra little fees, our rent jumps by over $100.00 per month. Totally unacceptable. I wouldn't be so irritated by all of this if rent wasn't so ridiculously high. I chose to rent here because I felt I would get good use of a heated pool (not) and clean jacuzzi (gross) after getting home from a crap day at work (9pm). I waste so much time looking for a parking space when I get home, that I barely get to enjoy any of this. I can't wait to move!

Worst place ever!!! My place was broken into and they stole everything, when I reported to the office they were like "too bad". Not to mention the tires to my BMW were slashed and on 2 different occasions cops were doing a drug bust! Not safe for young women or families. Its a shame since it is a great location

Aimco, who owns this complex, clearly is more interested in making money than in taking care of the place or in having happy tenants. They make the entrance and around the offices look very good, so make sure and look at everything in the apartment you visit, because the infrastructure is very bad. There was a very bad termite problem on our porch for the year lease we had it, they never took care of it, even though we reported it on several occasions. There are plants growing out of the gutters, so when it rains, the water simply pours onto area where you have to walk to get into your apartment. There is a lot of shoddy work with the drawers, cabinets, windows, and closets. A lot of the dog owners do not clean up after their dogs, so placing of your feet is an issue. The groundskeepers will blow all the cut grass wherever, including on your newly washed car. We just moved out, and they are charging us for touch up paint, which would normally come under normal wear and tear which is what the contract states. They are also charging us for cleaning the place, although we cleaned it very well. We have lived in many apartment complexes and have always received our deposit back, this place is the very first place that we won't receive it back. We found out that we had a balance for extra charges on the water bill after we received a letter threatening us with eviction or legal action, this was the first time they ever told us that we owed them. There are decent pools, that are cleaned Mondays and Thursdays. The gym's equipment is falling apart, it does get used a lot and isn't taken care of. If you choose to live in Mariner's Cove, and you do your walk through mark down any place that isn't painted. Be very exact about everything that is wrong with the place, if there is a spider web when you move in, write it down, if there is a fleck of paint off of the baseboard, write it down. Otherwise, you will be charged for it. Look elsewhere.

Not worth the money. They added 100 extra dollars to the rent with no warning due to the recent tree trimming

My whole expierence at Mariners Cove has been unsatisfying. From moving into a flea infested apartment to not having a heater the whole winter (yes, there are some cold nights) to asking maintenance to move their carts from my parking spot that I paid for. I had a maintenance issue in for the heater for months and they fixed it only to tell me I cant have my dresser on the other side of the wall (they did not disclose in my agreement) it took 3 people to move that dresser. People will always be careless with public laundry facilties but I would recommend checking if someone left bleach in the washer drawer. I had bleach all over my brand new clothes. Now I am trying to move out and they have 24-48 hours to verify I am renting there. Which means I cannot just move because most people want to verify rental addresses. shame on me for not looking at these reviews before moving. DISAPPOINTED is putting it lightly. I would recommend reading as many reviews as posssible.

I did not want to rate them a 1. If I could it would be a -10. One of the WORST Managerment I've ever come across. This property manager should not even be allowed to be in her position. There are rules in the lease about things on your patio, dogs on leash, picking up waste from your dogs, etc. nothing is enforced and residence do whatever they feel like doing and don't get reprimanded or change is not implemented. The buildings are so old they are falling apart rotted wood hangs from carports and balconies are propped up by Support's because they're falling apart. there's dog feces everywhere trash all over cigarette butts and bottles of urine lined the Fenceline. Finally when it was time to move out, they would not even call back property managers that were asking for references. They would also not respond to any emails or phone calls, but I'm sure is out of spite. This management company is crooked and deceitful. Beware!!! Do not even think about this property.

Do NOT live here! I know you're financially desperate, but please for your own sake, move somewhere else. Charge for parking but you'll rarely find an empty spot, but they have private tow truck companies literally come around and patrol for parking passes. Then if you forget to display your parking pass ONE TIME on a SUNDAY NIGHT you will get towed and they will not cover your costs even though you LIVE THERE and park there every single day, the "courtesy patrol" can't keep vehicles from being stolen but they sure can put a mean signature on that towing form! Besides that, there are mold and termite problems, laundry machines are made for elves and are filthy and out of repair, and the staff are completely unhelpful yet well-trained in corporate speak. These apartments are trash and I can't wait to leave.

Let me begin by saying that we will NEVER live at Mariners Cove. Today, my husband and I got off work and arrived at Mariners at 5:40PM as they are open until 6PM (at least that is what their office hours say). We informed Christian that we were looking for a 1 bedroom. He then told us that he had already turned the lights off in the model but could quickly show us since they were almost closed. He never even asked our names and hurriedly took us to the model apt which was not even furnished. He made us feel like we'd completely inconvenienced him even though he was still on the clock. We literally were not there more than 5 minutes and he never took down any information to follow up with us. In addition to the HORRIBLE customer service, their fees are ridiculous. Charging for street parking is unacceptable let alone a $55 per month pet rent. That is the highest we have ever seen for a 30lb dog. We are very disappointed that a leasing agent like Christian is allowed to work with potential new tenants - we can't imagine anyone wanting to live in a community with awful customer service and carelessness.

You couldn't pay me enough to say anything positive about Mariner's Cove Apartments! I left after living there 16 years, and watching it become a more and more unpleasant place to live. The third management company to buy the buildings, (The land is owned by the Federal Government.) is the worst yet. Not only are they extremely restrictive about any personalization of the outside of your apartment, they have gone so far as to throw away items that they didn't want on the ledges of the short walls around the patios. They want uniformity, conformity. They also do not want any low income people living there. Because the Federal Government owns the land, they must rent 10% of the apartments to such persons. I personally know of three people they forced to leave because those people were on Section 8 housing assistance. They are clever. What they do is to harrass these people until they give up and leave. They make it very un-pleasant for them to live there. The kinds of things they do are: Threatening to evict those people; being especially restrictive of what those people display outside their apartments, to the point of removing any of those items. I had two plants removed from the ledge around my patio, that isn't the worst of it. I'd planted a jade plant, the very same kind that is planted all over the complex, when I moved in, 16 years ago. I asked the management if it was ok, and was given guidelines for where to plant it. Because I planted it, it was dug up, chopped up, and thrown in the garbage. That was my last straw. There are many other things which were done in their attempts to make me leave. Such as sending me a 30 Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit every month, even though management has known from the day I moved in that I get my Social Security check on the third of the month and can't pay my rent until then. The initial owners of the complex understood. Besides which, a person on Section 8 has until the 5th of every month to pay their rent. Section 8 pays 75% of the rent amount on the first of every month. A guaranteed rent! Two of the three low income people I know of that were harassed died from the constant harassment. Yes, they were harassed to death. The third person has visibly aged. I left before that could happen to me. I intend to enjoy the last years of my life. I will not sit still and be harassed to death. There's more. When I first moved in there was a gardening company with many gardeners who came every week and took beautiful care of the grounds. Now there are two gardeners who try to take care of the grounds, which are extensive. The complex has 500 units. The grounds used to be park like. That's why I wanted to live there. Now many of the trees have been cut down. Of those that remain, many have been mutilated by chopping off "dangerous" large branches. There also used to be 5 maintenance men. Now there are 3. It's to the point that those 5 men can't speak, even to say "Hello," because they are overworked. There's more. There is an ongoing presence of drug dealing. About five years back, there was even a "sting." Those drug dealers were caught and arrested. Others have taken their places. I know because I saw drug deals going down on my walks. Yes, I was frightened. That's not the only kind of crime. Many times Navy personnel who go on deployment come back to find that all their belongings have been taken by burglars. I personally witnessed one such attempted burglary. Those burglars were caught. A rare occurrence. The gated community is not true. The fence along the wetland preserve is ordinary chain link fence such as you might put around your yard. At the back of the complex on the side that borders the wetlands preserve, the fence has been broken down and homeless who camp in the preserve, just walk over it. When they do, they steal small items on patios, and inside apartments if the patio door's been left open. The fence that's at the front of the complex is often breached by people who don't want to walk to the pedestrian gates. The fence isn't very sturdy, and it's easy to kick out a slat. Those slats are replaced every few months. Which brings me to the gates. The gates are set so that three or four vehicles at a time can enter. All a person has to do is wait in line to get in. If they bother. The "gate code." All that needs to be punched in is 1,2,3,4, and the "secure" gate opens. Pedestrian gates are locked. That is except the one that has been welded shut. That was done because homeless were taping the gate so that it could be opened without a key. Then they found out that all they had to do was wait in line for a car to open the gate so that they could easily ride their bicycles in, carrying their bags of cans and bottles. That's enough for me for now. All I want is for you to not move there. Even if the management is nice to begin with, believe me, they won't stay that way.

DO NOT MOVE HERE management is so sketch and we got completely screwed out of our deposit when we left the apt in mint condition. Called aimco the main office to make a formal complaint but the management at mariners left no paper trail of us paying the full deposit... Maintenance men are creepy as well as security at night... there are a bunch of addicts that live on sight and some lady literally tried to hang herself in front of our apt outside on a tree. Hot tub is always broken, our bathtub was always clogging and they would shut off water randomly all the time, washer & dryers half worked and didn't work. Pretty expensive for the actual worth of the unit.

I was giving this place the benefit of the doubt for the entire year but the truth is, rent is insanely high, the staff is extremely nice until the second you sign these lease. They are all about the deposit dollars, because once you sign, all customer service vanishes. They will ignore every call and email after you sign the dotted line. They have a great sales pitch, don't believe a word, it's false advertising. They had a great bit about how they will fight for you if you have bad neighbors, but really they just ignore you until you go away. Youll never have the chance to speak to anyone. There's a reason this place has bad yelp reviews. Honestly, the leasing staff ruins it all. The location, apartment, and grounds are great. But be prepared to pay the amount of a used car once a month to be here. The washing machines smell AWFUL and moldy and they breakdown all the time. This may seem like a small problem but you LIVE here and wear those clothes on your body...and at your job... Also, the water pressure is so bad in the kitchen that we've had to wash dishes in the bathroom. The dishwasher is cheap, disgusting, and useless so we haven't used it all year. I'm guess the water pressure is to blame there too. I just tried to go to the pool one my ONE day off in the week and it was closed for a party...no signs, just rude residents telling me I had no right to be at the pool I pay almost 2 grand a month for access to. Went to the leasing department and they were VERY rude when I told them what happened. Also, you have to pay a ridiculous amount for parking. We have 1 car but because we want a guaranteed spot , we are paying for two. Also, we are paying an extra $110 A MONTH in rent for an adult dog and adult cat who cause NO damage to the apartment. Speaking of pets, the fleas are insane here! My babies never get fleas, they are always on meds and we've never had a problem until we moved here. Be ready for that infestation. We've tried hundreds of dollars worth of treatments but nothing works. I know OB has a flea problem, but when we lived on Muir for a month when we first moved here, we had zero problems.. When we first moved in, I had to scrub the place top to bottom because it smelled like smoke. A LOT of dirt came up when I did. But I ignored that red flag because everyone was sooooooooooo nice when signing the lease. I tried to convince myself this place wasn't so bad but being treated the way I was at the leasing department today about a legit complaint was the last straw. Whatever price you think you are going to pay for your apartment here, just add a couple hundred bucks in their nickle and diming charges and horrid landlords who want to push you out for the next deposit check, then rethink your decision. Fun tip! If you call the number and press 2 for residents, they won't answer. But if you press 1, for potential residents, there's no delay in getting your call answered! How about that?

I have lived here for over 4 years.And I had a flooding of my apartment with things ruined that they did not reimburse me.For the flood was a problem of faulty pipes on their part. Now, for the last month of March 2024 I have a mouse infestation. I have caught over 30 Mice in my apartment without help from the management team. And they still have not closed the hole where the mice are getting in under my dishwasher. It is now Easter Sunday. I was supposed to have Easter at my apartment and woke up to find 2 mice in a trap this morning.marabell the manger is no help I wouldn't move here

I previously wrote a review when we first moved in. After living at Mariners Cove for a year, I wish I could take that back! We moved out about 7 months ago but I feel strongly about waening others! DO NOT LIVE AT MARINERS COVE! There are SO many rules ots ridiculous! The ammenities is how they sell this place. Let me tell you, the ammenities are hardly open and when they are there's so much rifraff you can't enjoy them! The college students they move in for the summer werenalways half naked sun bathing. I was a student not long myself but I would take my top off or wear a string bikini bottom that exposes my entire buttocks in a FAMILY environment! Numerous occasions we left the pool area due to half baked girls! Gross! The worst thing for us was that we weren't allowed to have anything on our patio! No chairs, no grill, no plants, no toys, nothing! They want everything "uniform". Well not everyone is the same and we all enjoy different things and have different tastes. If its not messy and gaudy, why cant we have plants and outdoor furniture? We had nowhere to store our bicycles and were co stantly receiving nasty letters because we kept out bikes on the porch. Its the worst place we've ever lived! Dont be fooled by the landscaping. They onky make common areas that can be seen by potential renters, look nice. They dont clean up trash behind the bushes and they waste a ton of water as their irrigation sprays sidewalks and parking lots! Way to go management! And what are the lawn guys doing blowing all the grass clippings and leaves onto porches? Lastly, there is a TON of crime!!!!! Quite a few bad apples with awful awful children that are constantly unsupervised and run amuck cussing, hitting, vandalizing, throwing trash everywhere. If you value your freedom (sitting outside and enjoying the weather, playing w ur kids) or keeping your belongings (bikes, grills, surf boards, etc) then DO NOT LIVE HERE! Its a huuuuge rip off! And don't expect to get a deposit back at all! Even if u leave it sparkling clean!!!! Money mongers with no real care for renters! The management disgusts me. The ONLY thing they have going for them is Warren, one of the leasing staff). HE should be the property manager!!!! He is the only one who was caring, unserstanding, and down to earth! The rest are mean & unprofessional! I HIGHLY recommend their competition. .. Loma Palisades or Pacific Breeze apartments! Amazing service and staff all around!!!!!!

Went to go look at the layout of the apartments today. I gets there and she asked me what I was looking for. I said 1 possible 2 bedroom depending on the layout. She states "1542" (dont remember the exact amount) I'm looking like ok. She like you still want to see it I'm like yes. We goes to a one bed room which I did not like and i ask can i see a 2 bedroom. She reply "1850". I'm like ok.. She said you want to see it I said no I'm good I'm ready to go. To me that's rude. Its the way you say things. If I told you i was looking at both apt you say well the one bedroom starts at $000 and the 2 bedroom starts at$000. Found out she was on her way to lunch so I dont think she wanted to show me around anyway.. Even if I like this place I would not stay there.

My roommate and I lived here for over three years and at first it was good but then the management company changed and it went downhill. I would give zero stars if I could! The gate almost never worked, the laundry rooms always had multiple machines that were broken, the plumbing was a nightmare, I never lived somewhere that lost power as frequently as we did here, the water temperature was either too cool or scalding hot (even if you didn't touch the faucet) and trying to get a response from the new management team was impossible. We've been moved out for almost a month now and still have yet to receive our deposit back... it was sent to the address we just moved out from, that makes zero sense and seems to coincidental to me. What would they do if tenants were no longer amicable after they move out? Sending one refund check is a terrible idea. We only stayed for three years because of the pandemic, because there weren't many other reasons to stay. Heed the warnings from all of the reviews, there's a reason there's so much turnover in this community!

This place is absolutely TERRIBLE! When I brought my items at 7:00am to move in on my first day of rent, they said they were having paperwork problems and couldn't give me the keys yet. Even though I had already paid my deposit and first month's rent, I ended up waiting at the park with a full Uhaul load of boxes and furniture until 4:30pm when I called them upset and they finally said the paperwork was done. When I moved out after a year of living in this unkempt apartment complex, I was overcharged on my monthly statement by almost $400! Even though when I had called prior to the 1st day to make sure I had enough money for my prorated month of rent and the cost for my new rental, and the office staff quoted me my rent for the month, they STILL OVERCHARGED me! I had to borrow money to move in to my new location. Additionally, I have been calling the apartment non-stop....It's been a month now and I still haven't received any money back from Mariner's Cove for their mistake.

Upon moving in everything seemed decent. I called the first day about the A/C not working only to find out that it didn't come with A/C, seems to be a trend near the coast. We quickly learned the laundry facility was quite filthy and stayed that way for a year and a half. We called when we first moved in to ask them to repaint the parking lines. It seemed a reasonable request since we were paying for parking and it wasn't like we had a guaranteed spot. A year and a half and the lines were still never repainted after several request. The gate was broken at least half the time we lived there for various reasons. We constantly had problems with neighbors. Everything from loud music to drug dealing, gas syphoning, inconsiderate pet owners, and people parking in more than one spot to give themself extra space. The first problem was the fact that it was approved for low income housing which meant we payed 1650 for an apartment when others payed 400 for the same apartment, unfortunately lower income means lower quality of people. We even learned that our neighbor next to us was broken into through the front door and the management said it wasn't there concern. Not to mention homeless people digging through the dumpsters which could have been avoided had the gates worked. I understand that management can't control how neighbors treat each other, but it was the attitude of the management seeming like they don't care and that they were annoyed that we were even bothering them with the problem. Towards the end the parking problems became worse when they made reserved parking for carports only, which is tough for people with large vehicles. There were several carports not reserved by tenants and were unavailable to anyone else making open parking even tighter. To top it all off they allowed people with reserved spots to park in open parking saying they can park wherever they want and making parking worse even still. All of the tenants concerns with parking were ignored and we were told that it would get better when they started towing, but that never happened. We drove around for long periods of time to find a spot in the whole complex, let alone near our building, 45 minutes one night. The only reason this complex even gets a star is because maintenance was friendly and helpful and our move out inspection went smooth and quickly, but that was also because of maintenance. Stay away unless you are approved for low income housing, because then you can live in an expensive complex for a quarter of the price.

Do not move here, especially if you are a college student. They do not care about you and that will become very apparent the minute you move out. All you are is a dollar sign to them. They'll make the place sound dreamy to live in when you're looking, but moving out is a nightmare and it is not worth it. They'll charge you a heinous amount of money that comes out of your deposit for cleaning and paint damages that don't exist (normal wear and tear). This has not only been my personal experience, but the experience of others that I know that have lived there. It doesn't matter if you leave the place in mint condition, they'll charge you as if you trashed the place. The management also becomes unfriendly and unwelcoming as soon as you move in and they don't have to put on the show for you anymore. They also charge a lot just to park your car and always have some large section of parking blocked due to whatever maintenance is going on that day. Seriously, go live anywhere else.

If I could give zero stars I would. Paige, the new manager, is impossible to get ahold of and could not be more unprofessional. If you look at reviews many people have had problems with management. The automated responses you get on here will never be resolved. Only combed over with an inconsiderate and placid response from management or someone else who has no idea what they're doing.

STAY AWAY! This is by far the worst place I have lived. Initially the staff is great until you sign the lease. I started renting in February and at first it was nice. Since then it has all been downhill. Here is a list of the issues I have had: Since February I have asked numerous times to get these issues fixed to date they have not 1. Kitchen sink leaks 2. Both bathroom fans are broken 3. The closet doors (not easy to open and close) broken 4. Cannot use my porch being the sprinkler sprays all dirt and leaves on it (sprinkler off but left the porch a mess) 5. Infested with spiders inside and outside the apartment 6. There are termites 7. Mold grows all over the apartment 8. Rent website goes down frequently from everyone trying to pay at same time (Since July I was told the late fee would be refunded...... I am still waiting) 9. Our dishes and groceries stick to the cabinets Here are a few small things that are irritating that I would not normally complain about but I HATE this place: 1. 10 dollars a spot (if you do not get covered parking) no guaranteed spot typically have to park 4 buildings away 2. The spas are ALWAYS dirty 3. I was told to take plants off my patio (cleaned it when I first moved in but realized quickly it was futile due to sprinkler) Apparently it is ok for some, empty alcohol bottles are also welcomed! 4. I can hear my neighbors go to the bathroom in the morning... gross! 5. The sprinklers spray the sidewalks mostly (have to walk in the road to not get sprayed if possible) Worst when you have clean laundry and have to walk through them to get to your apartment. 6. Office does not accept packages, drivers told to throw packages over porches. My roommate and I always want to yell don't do it when we see perspective renters. Also the staff is totally fake. They only acknowledge you if they are in front of perspective renters. My roommate and I are on the hunt for a new place ASAP!

I am currently a resident and I can not be happier to move out in January. If your looking for a place to move into, do not suggest this place based on my experience. I have been living here for a year and it was mostly convenient for me to get to work. Here are some major issues yes they have plenty laundry rooms around the complex but only have one machine to add money on the card although when I first moved I was told they were going to install more, its inconvenient for residents that live at the back of the complex because the complex is fairly large. Also I had issues with spiders and a couple times I seen roaches, I keep a very clean apartment so this bothered me, I reported it to the front office but I never had anyone come and spray which is also a issues since you pay a monthly fee for pest control and I have never not once seen anyone around spraying. Before I moved in there I read a review saying that the management were con-artist and this is true. Not only do they make you pay 10.00 extra for parking if you come home after 7pm you are forced to park on the street or pay an extra 20.00 for assigned parking and since there is more 20.00 spots than the other you are forced to give them more money. You would think since you lived here you would would at least get one parking spot not here you pay for a spot that your probably will not have depending on your working hours and since I'm in the military my hours change. Also they will tow your car even if you live there and sure you get a discount but why should I have to worry about getting towed at a complex I pay rent for. I went outside late around 1am and I see this guy just running around with a flash light looking for cars to tow. They only come in the wee hours of the morning so they will be sure to have a least one person to tow and I'm sure mariners cove get a little cut out of the money residents pay to get their car back. The first time I got towed, I was towed twice by the way, I talked to the front office to talk to them, I asked why don't they give the tow company a list of plate numbers of the residents she explained that they don't give out personal information but I'm sure residents would rather have the tow company have their plate number instead of waking up to no car and paying 170.00 to get it out. I also asked what would I need to do if I lost my pass and the front office was closed she told me to park on the street. I was furious I'm like really that's really how you treat your residents. Also when I first moved in the residents beside me had a issued with mold which they had people come and clean but who is to say how many other apartments may have mold that has not been seen or reported. I am choosing to move because the prices are steady going up and the apartments are not worth what they are asking for, there is no parking and the management has no problem towing resident cars. Its obvious this place does not care about their residents but more concerned with how they can get more money out of the residents pockets and into theirs.

I am really upset with the leasing office staff at Mariner's Cove Apartments. Even though this complex looks like a nice place to live, after my experience with these people (two staff members in particular), I'm thinking twice. Being disabled with mental illness, I was there to submit my application for low-income/Section-8 housing. They were nothing but rude and treated me like I didn't deserve a moment of their time. A man in the office told me he didn't deal with the low-income/Section-8 applicants and told me to visit the office adjacent to the front door and the lady there would help me. She wasn't in her office and, in fact, was across the way in the managers office for a meeting. I stood and waited quietly in the lobby, where he could clearly see me, for about 40 minutes and he did nothing - didn't even lift a finger. He knew she wasn't in her office as he walked buy me and her office several times to the copy machine. He could've just taken my completed application and placed it on her chair in her office, but didn't do that. Not a team player, I guess. The lady finally came out of the manager's office to tell me she was in a meeting, quickly turned around without taking my application, and walked back into the office where the meeting was taking place. She told me, the guy would help me submit my application. When I turned to him, he refused and reiterated that that was not his area. In tears, I finally went into her office and left my application on her chair my self! I have NEVER felt more humiliated, disrespected and made to feel like nothing, then with my experience here. These two staff members need to be fired!!! These people have no compassion or customer service skills what-so-ever and are definitely not team players!

Hey people if you looking to rent a apartment in here so be aware don't go on there big smile faces as once you sign the lease everything is gonna be over as they promise something else and deliver something else it's been almost 6 months I have requested the maintenance department to looking into my matter but there is nothing has been done until now and when I go and complain in the leasing office all they say is they gonna look into my matter I pay a good amount of rent and been living here for two years now it's been hell of journey with the management I am looking forward to complete this leasing and go to a nice place where people treat as people

If I could give this place zero stars I would. I have lived here since September and as soon as I moved in I wanted to leave. Right after signing my lease I was told I wouldn't be guaranteed a spot and no carport spots were available. They do not have enough parking spots for people living there. It also costs money to even be able to park in the complex even though you aren't guaranteed a spot. I have come home after 7pm a lot and there be literally not one spot available. They do a terrible job of monitoring "guest" parking and people parking here without permits. You are never guaranteed a spot near your apartment even if you request a carport spot. Someone also went around keying people's cars so I got a bunch of keyed markings all over my audi. The paint on the walls, cabinets and doors are so incredibly thick you can tell you do not take the time to sand down previous paint and redo it properly. My cabinets are all withered and warped at the bottom. There are giant cracks around the drain of my bathroom sink. The bathtub creeks every time I step in it and I am not a heavy person. I have to body slam my door every time I go into my apartment because the paint is STILL sticking to the wall and I've lived here for 10 months. The toilet is beyond "low flush" and just to flush toilet paper down the toilet takes two flushes. Trying to get any remourse or help form the property management is a joke. They do not care about your needs or your problems. I was told to "just pay with a credit card" when I was having financial difficulty during the COVID-19 breakout when it first started and I was unemployed. My dog was attacked by two cats with the owners present costing me over $2,000 in vet bills and the property management has done nothing to help me and nothing has happened to the tenants. They do not do a good job of enforcing the "no smoking complex" policy and people are constantly smoking weed and cigarettes by my apartment. They treat the back of the complex way worse than they do the front of the complex. There is a running joke that the back of the complex is "section 8 housing" because of how shitty it is. The grass almost never mowed and is like a foot tall most of the time. There are raccoons all that raid the trash cans at night because they do not close the dumpster lids. the dumpsters are always overflowing and people leave mattresses at the end of my street on a regular basis that just sit there for weeks. The gate is also a joke. It's broken most of the time and open so anyone can come in. They never change the gate code. Homeless people are constantly in the complex either trying to use the laundry rooms or syphening through the dumpsters for bottles and cans. Run far from this place.

Absolutely AWFUL and fraudulent business!! Do NOT trust this property with money for a deposit if you are trying to secure a rental there. My friend gave them (Warren, Maribel and Jennifer) a $500 deposit to hold a unit and they told him if his application did not clear, for whatever reason, he would receive the deposit back in his account within 5 business days. It has now been 9 business days and HE IS STILL WAITING after many calls and emails to management and supervisory personnel at Mariner's Cove Apartments. They continue to either ignore his emails and calls, or when he has gotten a response they have excuses (admitting, even, that they had not properly processed the request for a refund in the proper timing.) Interesting also to note that when he gave them the check for the deposit, the funds came out of his account that same day, and now when he wants it returned, he is having to BEG them to conduct themselves professionally and ethically. SHAMEFUL.

This place was once so great and fun to live in, now it's basically a fenced in monster. They tow resident's cars and don't notify the owners. Security drivers stalk the parking lots with a tow truck at night, while residents are SLEEPING. No maintenance of buildings and having to pay for covered parking is putting the people who can afford it on high. To even ask someone in section 8 for the very reason they can't make rent, and expect them to pay 20 extra dollars for parking is ridiculous. Don't move here unless you can utterly and completely live by such strict standards. They only care about bringing in new residents and not even their current ones. The location is all it has going for it.

Although Mariners cove offers many great amenities, Mariners cove has recently become more greedy and started charging for under cover parking, making it so that there is absolutely no parking. I drove around the complex several times last night after coming home from work, only to discover that I was going to have to park outside of the complex in the rain. There never used to be a problem with parking before, but now their greed is making impossible to just come home after work....The rent is already to high for this place, but now they want you to pay just to park!!!!! Don't waste your time, don't sign a lease here

I moved in here exactly one month ago and as of this morning we are looking for a new place. Although it looks decent from the outside, you will quickly discover that the tenants here constantly attract the San Diego PD (we have drove in to see a trio of police cars near our unit a total of FIVE TIMES in one month). There are loud tenants late at night, a constant smell of cigarettes, and insufficient guest parking. They are a pet-friendly community, which means that you may have to shoe off cats from your car every morning before you leave to work or school. Parking is another issue, since many tenants have friends that seem to ignore their restriction to "GUEST PARKING" and will park in your spots. My roommate and I have also on numerous occasions have tenants park in our RESERVED spots that we are being charged an extra $20/mo for. The only remedy is to leave a note on the car (which then makes it awkward if the vehicle belongs to a neighbor) or tow. Again, another charge for something that we are not getting value out of. If that were not enough, there were an abundance of problems upon move-in. Our carpets were not cleaned, and after they were initially cleaned, had to be re-done the next week. The bathroom power outlets were not working; one of the burners on the oven does not heat; we were without hot water for 2 hours one morning (with no explanation or apology), and WORST of all, the security gates surrounding the community have been WIDE OPEN for over 30 days. The leasing office has yet to fix the problem, despite sending out emails saying that they will be doing so. I'm sure there are worse apartment communities out there, but for the price we are paying, this is NOT WORTH IT. Please do yourself a favor and look elsewhere, and avoid having to break a lease and move out. Staff is courteous but essentially unhelpful, as the first agent we spoke with, Nalee was completely incompetent, and Jocelyn, who is nice enough, will speak to you in a way to get you off the phone or out of her office as quickly as possible. The only helpful rep. in the office is Julia. DON'T LET THE NICE LEASING OFFICE FOOL YOU - AVOID MARINER'S COVE!!!

My roomate and I moved in here in 2011 and signed a one year lease. At first glance this place looks amazing. 2 pools, gym, parks, plenty of parking, pet friendly, laundry rooms, etc. However, this is not the case. I have had my fair share of living in San Diego, as I tend to move year after year. Never once have I felt so compelled to come here and alert the community about such an awful place. To start, the customer service is beyond terrible. Everyone in the office has such a rude tone and never welcomes you with a friendly hello upon entering the office. In addition, they lost my rent check on two separate occasions and attempted to charge me a late fee. In the end, they realized they lost my check in their pile of papers. Never did I receive an apology for coming home to an eviction notice for no reason. In addition, those perks that seemed so wonderful in the beginning are only to draw you in. The 2 pools were always dirty and at least one was always broken. The parks are never crowded with children, but rather middle ages teens or adults making noise. The complex is surrounded by drug dealers, which only brings in more unsafe people enter your living community throughout the day and night. The parking is a nightmare! They tell you that it is included, and that you even have plenty of guest parking. However, they don't tell you until you sign the lease that people are able to buy "upgraded" parking under an overhang. Ultimately, this leaves others, including yourself if you don't buy the upgrade, having to park very far from your apartment in an unsafe neighborhood. The apartment itself is in good condition but be aware that it is like a cave, with no real windows to let the sun in. The apartment they showed my roomate and I before signing the lease, which was an "exact model of the one we would be taking" was a lie. We had no mirrored closets like they had showed us and our heater was smack dab in the middle of our wall in the living room. (Not off to a convenient corner like the one they showed). But of course, the lease is signed and it is already too late. Be prepared to lose your entire deposit and even owe more. Our walls and carpet were in PERFECT condition. We never painted and even had the carpets cleaned before we moved out. We still got charged $95 for wall damage and $400 for carpet damage. I am currently trying to fight these charges and alas, they have no pictures to prove these damages but refuse to give in. I have NEVER been charged for damage in all my years of renting. Like I said before, I have NEVER given such a low rating to an apartment complex or had such a bad experience. Generally I am on yelp to only rave about a company. Please do not take these reviews lightly and be careful when signing a lease with Mariner's Cove.

Definitely listen to the other reviews. Warren is the man but aside from that, this place is a no go. We have lived here less than three months and there has been toilet, sink, sliding doors and patio light issues. The parrots are loud and annoying for an hour in the morning and at dusk. A drug dealer with a backpack full of marijuana was caught just outside my front door. He's selling pot at the kids park and by the pool. My motorcycle was stolen 20 feet from my front door in a well lit assigned parking spot between 9-10pm. It is not safe. We have heard about all the break-ins and hope it doesn't happen to us. It looks nice but there is some shady stuff going on here.

I doubt this will stay up very long. BUT WARNING TO ANYONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT MOVING INTO MARINERS COVE. I'm still stuck here and its still awful. A couple of months ago, a KNOWN (Mariners Cove)neighborhood drug dealer took too much of the dope he was selling and freaked out. Scaring myself and the surrounding neighbors. The police were called, and management was on scene. Who do I see the very next week walking around talking on his cell phone in a suspicious manner... THE SAME guy who got freaked out on his own drugs! The management did not say one word to myself or other tenants that were around about what they were going to do about this, or even just reassure us that they would do whatever was in their power, so that something like this wouldn't happen again. Imagine if this guy had a gun, or what if their were children around. I'm not saying that Mariners Cove can stop people from doing drugs, I'm saying that this is most certainly NOT the first time that the police have been called about this same person...and he still lives here. Everyday I see more and more empty apartments, I can't wait to be the next to go!

Where can I start on the bad things that happened to me at Mariners Cove. 1. Within 2 months of living there I had the back end of my car spray painted along with 5-6 other cars that had a big pink spray paint mark on them. 2. I also had my right mirror hit off by someone joyriding with a baseball bat while my car was parked there. 3. I had 3 leaks in the apartment over the course of a year which were handled poorly. There was mold left in the apartment due to the leaks but nothing was ever done. 4. I had to move out of the apartments a month early because I am moving overseas to China. Usually in my experience an apartment or rental property would give someone like me a break. I pay full rent on time every month with no complaints or any problems. I explained to the manager my situation and she said that I would have to pay the full rent despite not being there because of the contract. I totally understand the contract and what it stands for but as I am moving overseas I was hoping they would be nice enough to cut me a little slack. No such luck. 5. At the end of my stay there (2-3 months) I went in and told the apartment manager about all the all the cockroaches in my apartment. Her response was " oh just run the dishwasher and the garbage disposal a little more" Lady I'm a single guy I eat out every night and have no reason to run that stuff nor do create trash that sits in the disposal that would attract bugs. Your apartments need to be sprayed. 6. Pools and Jacuzzis are disgusting. Too many kids with poor hygiene. Good luck getting last months rent from me Mariners Cove.

All the below reviews are true! We lived here back in 2007 and were recently forced to come back after a family tragedy and sudden relocation. So sad. Management is lazy very unprofessional,and rude. We negotiated our lease across state and what a mess that was, the rent ended up being more than promised and our car was towed the first day we got here! They straight forward told us we could park ANYWHERE, and tried to blame it on us when our car was towed. The property is nice in the front but very GHETTO and unkempt in the back. Buildings are dirty and mossy. Stairs are an eyesore and need repair and painting.Grass is a mess, mostly mud. Windows and door are very old!! Even in the remodeled units.They don't respect the wait list for upgraded apartments in the best local's but take the best ones for themselves Aimco is greedy and will charge you for any little thing they want. Pet rent and deposits are ridiculous.This parking situation is ridiculous and unneeded now Aimco has everyone angry! Is this how you treat customers????There is no way this should continue, this kind of service is uncalled for and taking advantage of people. Where do we all park if no one buys these new reserved spots? You don't provide enough free spots for everyone, sooo hows this going to work? And why are you painting over the handicap parking? So you can sell another spot? Our good friends were contemplating moving here next month and we begged them not too! Aimco, another customer lost, do you care?We are only here out of desperation and will not be signing another lease. One star is generous

Roaches are everywhere as soon as you move in because the whole place is infested with them. They are nice when you move in and then threaten to sew you any chance they can so that they can take your deposit towards the end of the lease. This place is full of empty units for a reason. And like a sales person there trying to make as much money off you as they can. I 100% regret moving here and you will too . If the sales staff don't get people to rent they don't get paid. Look at all the lawsuits this place has before you make a decision. We have lived in an unlivable cockroach infested apartment for too long everybody in our unit has them and they won't address this problem. We have made multiple attempts to contact the office, the only time they contact us if after we write a bad review on Yelp

I moved in blindly after Living in my own home for 30 years. I was relocated back to San Diego found them on a rental sight. When I arrived I was in shock! The arm pit of San Diego that is full of Black Mold, invested with bugs, and dendrites. Not to mention the management is incompetent uneducated in the field of rental real estate management. I switched apartments as a regular renter living in the section 8 government section. I would have better living. I paid way to much for way to long 2250 for unkempt grounds, and unkempt housing. After requesting maintenance daily for everything from un safe heater that has started fires through the complex to Black mold causing me to become very sick. They refused to repair major water problems, maintain the property. They can not even get a decent Manger to stay. We finally had one. But, the company refused to go with her recommendations. And hire a incompetent sales clerk with no training to replace her. Whom assume she is Queen of Mariners Cove Maribelle! She use staff to be her personal slaves carry in her groceries etc. When she came into the picture it went from bad to horrible. I was rob Aug 17 2012. Jump by a meth head neighbor January 23, 2013 at 845 am taking my dog to the vet.Had my personal information stolen from the main office which the reluctantly did not inform any of the tenants. Suffered major medical problems from the ex-poser to Black Mold. Had a home inspection done to show them what needed to be repaired. Which the proper manager was address. But When Queen of Getto started I showed her what the problems where. NOTHING I MEAN NOTHING WAS REPAIRED. I had pictures, test from mold air test done, thermo imaging done. They did nothing to correct the problem! Refuse to let me out of the lease.I stopped paying rent on May first 2014 ! When they would refuse to repair or fix any of the problems after 3 years of paying rent religiously. I went to court 17 days later showed there attorney the inspection report. She said you don't have to pay a dime, when do you want to leave. I said July first I had a deposit on a new apartment. She said if they want a money awarded they can take me back to court. No monies where award I agreed to leave the crap whole with wings on. But, The Queen Bee Of the Worse Place to Live in Coastal San Diego. Illegally reported false information on my credit report above and beyond. Not only did they keep my deposit she report a 10,000 debt to credit agency. Pretty funny I guess she doesn't realize wrongful reporting is against the law. But, I have a 250,000 suit against them now for personal injury. Beware of your health Mariners cove residents. And, watch your credit report. This is a perfect example of hiring uneducated personal to do a professional job. Wonder what what job she'll be qualified for next.(Burger King! Any one interested in the Class Action Suit please contact me. Beside the personal suit. I have been contacted by several current residents, and past residents on there past, and current problems. Aimco has had several Class action law suits against them for poor maintain properties. Now they have one more. Keep San Diego Clean of Slum Landlords, and Unqualified Property Management. PS CAROL the lady that is responding to all these post is not even a Mariners Cove Employee She is a Section 8 representative that works at the sight but only for Section 8 housing!

Update 8/28/24 Mariner's Cove refused to refund towing. Proceeding to small claims court despite talking to management and providing evidence. ********* I'd give this zero stars if I could. Horrible experience. Parked in spot that is allowable for visitors while visiting. Not even parked for a whole day. The complex TOWED the vehicle without a warning, yet did not tow another car. Instead, they put a nice note on the other vehicle. I never got a warning. I will not recommend this complex to anyone. Front desk staff, Achilles, was not helpful. He smirked and shrugged his shoulders. Horrible customer service.

I looked at this place the other day and decided to write a review about how bad Derek, the leasing agent who "helped" me, was. But my oh my am I happy I left with such a bad impression based on what I've read about this place. With regards to Derek, he was incredibly rude, had completely zero knowledge, and didn't seem as though he wanted to get a sale. If he's any indication of what the rest of the leasing agents are like, and how the residents are treated at this place, I will strongly advise all who are looking to for a place to rent to NOT come here. You will be wasting your valuable time.

CRIME CRIME CRIME!!! DO NOT LIVE HERE!!! I have lived in Mariners Cove for a year and a half. I am in the process of looking for something buy or I would move out immediately. It is covered in Section 8 people that sit in their houses all day, smoke weed and steal your stuff from each apartment. I have had my bike, 3 amazon packages, my car registration and parking pass stolen all within a year. I have never experienced such theft in my life. As a single woman, living on her own this is a serious problem. I do not feel comfortable in my own home. I always have to park far away from my apartment because there is never any parking. And who wants to pay an additional $30 a month for a car port? Parking has always been included in every apartment complex I have lived in. I have written emails, made phone calls and dropped by to let them know what a problem I have been having and they have said nothing but, "we are working on it." How? Because I have had so many things stolen. Even when I said I had my visitor parking pass stolen they were going to charge me $50 to replace it. All because they cannot keep their theft problem under control. You would think with the high rent they could afford a 24 hour security service. Also, the laundry rooms are always broken and work poorly. STAY AWAY!! I cannot wait to move out once my lease is up.

FRAUDULENT!!!! I went to check out this place and thought it was a good option. In talking to the leasing agent WARREN he offered some discount program and it seemed like a great deal..... .....as the saying goes, IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! When all was said and done visiting the units and property he then asked me to pay deposit to hold the unit (500dlls) and after two weeks of back and forth's finally the leasing agent told me I couldn't get in the program so I went to get my deposit back; WARREN said I will be getting it within 5 business days that was almost 2 weeks ago!!!!!! I called back to inquire about my refund and WARREN informed me the refund had not yet been processed and that it would take another 3-5 days!!! I have spoken with the Manager MARIBEL and other staff members JENNIFER and left voicemails to CUSTOMER RELATIONS. I have also written emails to their Regional offices. MARIBEL keeps making excuses and avoiding me at times. Have still not heard from her superiors and at day 10 I still haven't received my 500.00 dlls that I gave in good faith. Funnily enough the money came out of my banking account that same day and it's taking two weeks and counting to get it back! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY FROM ANYTHING MANAGED BY AIMCO and if, after reading my review, should you chose to go for it do not give any money upfront and do not believe any promises.

Do NOT move here. I had to hunt down the leasing manager by phone to get any kind of documentation / confirmation that I was secured a spot after they took my security deposit. For a second I even thought I might have gotten scammed. When move in time came, I hauled my stuff from across the country and days before move in I was told that the old tenants just decided to stay in their unit and I had nowhere to live until they decided to move out. I had to stay in a hotel and pay last minute storage fees until Mariner's Cove allowed me in. I made the ask for a discount in rent and the sentiment was "too bad, nothing we can do." I get that things happen but was taken aback by the lack of empathy. Once I moved in the place was alright. Old building but usually clean enough. Once move out time came I knew Mariner's Cove would be back for another low ball. They charged nearly $400 for a full re-paint of the place (no damage beyond typical 1-year use). Also you need a 60 days notice to move out and I believe I gave them 57 days. While I acknowledge I was late, I told them it was a little hypocritical to charge $200 when they left me homeless for a few days a year prior. They did not respond to this message after 4 working days, but I know their Google chat bot will reply quickly here to try to "resolve the concern." Don't let the low security deposit fool you, chances are you wont get it back. There are so many places to live in SD. Pay a little bit more for the piece of mind to not have to deal with this.

Theres one security guard who will stalk you and will ask you if you live here and tell you to leave the area while youre standing on your doorstep and question you if hes sees you again going to your own damn apartment overall these apartments are in a nice area but the guards and some of the neighbors are unbareable

Several issues with how quick the office is at responding. They now have each spot assigned, like every spot is paid for and bought from panic from this new parking system they started. I've talked to several people and they all hate it! The company that owns these apartments are just sucking up every dollar possible. They are making like 12 guest spots for 35 building (6-8 units a building)

if you think this is a wonderful place to live read the following article and then decide.http://www.10news.com/news/31359309/detail.html?taf=sand This arrest happened on Tuesday morning, and Wednesday afternoon there was an attempted break-in in an apartment across the parking lot. On Thursday afternoon there was another attempted break-in in the apartment across the walkway from our complex. Management has not said anything regarding the arrest. Aimco doesn't care. When you talk to upper management all you get is corporate babble. In five years that we have been here this place has slowly gone down hill. The rotation of managers (5) in five years tells me that there is something wrong with the company. We are moving in five days. I pity those that have to stay. It's not going to get any better.

For one I have learned to rely on yelp reviews, Starting I would give everyone the benefit of the doubt on this site.If I WOULD HAVE READ THEE REVIEWS ON THIS PLACE I WOULD HAVE NEVER MOVED IN.Yes, the move in deal is wonderful. The prices for water/trash/sewge that they do not inform you on a diffferent story its atleast an additional 350. Also, lets play into par that they allow ANIMALS as a vet tech that is why I supported this place. Yes san diego is full of fleas and i know theyre everywhere but this place is infested.I have a kitten who is indoor and we have a serious problem as well as my neighbors.They will con you into water/sewage/trash that you will never know thee expense and dont get me started on parking.They con you into every buck and love section 8 which I have nothing against but they thrive on it.

If I could give this place zero stars I would. I lived here last year but just recently made a yelp. Let me tell you a little story about my experience at mariners cove. I was so excited moving into them! So close to the beach and they seamed clean and safe! WRONG! There is dog crap everywhere, the staff is extremely rude. They moved us into the wrong apartment and told us in order to get the one we originally applied for we would have to pay a huge fee. Our refrigerator had a leak for two weeks before anyone came to help. There were countless of things wrong when we moved into the apartment that took WEEKS to fix. Oh and did I mention we had a spider infestation that no one would do anything about?! The moment I saw a spider crawling on the face of my TWO WEEK OLD NEWBORN we broke our lease. Mariners cove also has a flea infestation. My dog has never, and I mean never had fleas. And after moving here she got them so bad we had to give her shots for them. Parking is a nightmare. The spaces are TINY. Being 9 months pregnant and falling down because there's only a few inches to get into your car isn't fun. Not to mention there were signs up telling us to not leave anything on the patio, because people were stealing things. This place looks nice, but it's deceiving. I'm now living with my mother in law because not even that is worse than those apartments. Please please take my advise!

Terrible. Do not move here. The leasing department is a joke and there are rodents and cockroaches running ramped through out the complex. There are termites in almost all apartments and they do nothing about it. Pest control is INCLUDED in rent and they do NOTHING to help you!!! It is atrocious. Management, specifically Achilles, is an absolute joke. They do not take anything seriously, and they certainly do not care about YOU. Would give zero stars if I could.

I have lived here for a year and a half, and I can confirm the last two reviews. Overpriced, and they want to increase my rent by 50 dollars to re-sign. NOT WORTH the money. pick somewhere else.

this manager and "regional manager" never heard o the words CUSTOMER SERVICE ~!!!! STAY AWAY FOR THE HIGH PRICES THEY WANT YOU TO PAY . PLUS EVERYTHING AROUND HERE IS TORN UP

They stole my deposit with a lot of unbelievable fees, just it...

NOT A GOOD DEAL. The apartment I rented was decent but WAY overly priced. Parking in the complex is supposed to be for residents however on multiple occasions I had to park BLOCKS AWAY from the complex because there was no parking even though I paid $15 a month for. When moving out, I was hit with bullshit charges INCLUDING paying the next months rent even though my lease ended the month prior. What you communicate to the leasing office just gets lost in translation until you have to call corporate AIMCO to fix it. Not worth the headache.

I wish I could give zero stars. This is the worst place I have ever lived. I've had an ongoing mice issue for over 6 weeks, and the lack of communication, professional courtesy and responsiveness is beyond disappointing and frustrating. In fact, my complaints have escalated to their regional team who have yet to call or email me back as well. I highly advise folks against this community. Rent may seem reasonable but it causes major headaches later. To add, if you're a working professional with an 8-5, the complex staff is extremely unaccommodating. Can't wait to get out of this place!

Super expensive apartments first of all. Old property, Planes flying over you every 5 mins, Loud noisy environment, lots of robberies, my electric bike got stolen from outside my patio, my friends car was towed from outside my apartment, paid $400 AND horrible management. When you offer the right money they treat you all nice and well until you see those hidden charges. Just my moving out process has been a nightmare to deal with them. They illegally charged 3 days of the month AND charging me late fees for not paying my 3 day rent on time, i never got notified for those charges until the final deposit request, instead of returning my money they are charging for all the small stuff. We cleaned the apartment and left it in a tip top shape, they still charged us for "professional cleaning". This is a classic catch 22 situation and i got locked out of my own apartment the second day, could not even access my left over items. They are running a mafia at this place. Do yourself a favor, Please look somewhere else.

The employees here do not know how to communicate with one another! I was told by one employee that there was no breed restrictions. I called again to confirm and another person said there were no breed restrictions. I go and make an app to look at the place and when I get there I was turned away because of course there are breed restrictions. Well looking at other reviews I guess it's a good thing that we got turned away but they all employees should really be on the same page and know what's going on.

The maintenance staff is amazing - when we moved in both toilets were broken and had to be completely replaced No one, including Maribel, in the leasing office can or will help you with anything. The tennis courts are permanently closed > they are listed as an amenity in our lease. The pools are nice and the gym is ok.

DO NOT LIVE HERE!!! DO NOT LET PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT LIVE HERE!!!

Do not rent from this complex. Rooms and property are fine. They have a private tow company come and tow residents and residents guests on a nightly basis. They even have a flat rate for residents. They tow you from areas that are marked as public parking. If you are okay adding $200 every night to your rent for tows, then go ahead and rent. Otherwise, stay away. This place should be zero stars. It is a scam and awful maintenance and management. RUN

This place is not worth the money. Way overpriced for how old and outdated the complex is. I lived here for seven months and I'm never going back. The office staff is terrible. There is so much disfunction and miscommunication between the staff it's hard to know what's the truth. First of all they brag about being a "smoke free community" this is not true. I constantly smelled cigarette smoke. My neighbors blared trap music and smoked weed pretty much 24 hours a day. A lot of the neighbors are sketchy. I'm pretty sure someone was selling drugs out of one of the apartments in my building. It's a gated community but every uber driver and their mother knows the code and the gates are left open during the day. There are cops called pretty much every weekend. Parking is a nightmare. It cost $10 a month just to park in the complex and $20 on top of that for a carport which they actually blocked off a few times for no apparent reason and with no notice. The laundry rooms are pretty gross and expensive. It's a LOUD area, right next to a freeway and tons of planes from the airport flying over head all the time. And when it rains trees fall down left and right. Just hope they don't fall on you! However, what I'm most concerned about is that I moved out over 6 WEEKS AGO and I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED MY SECURITY DEPOSIT BACK. You have to give 60 days notice here when you move out which I did. I waited and about 2 weeks before my move out date and I still hadn't heard anything from the office so I went in to check what the move out procedure was since every place is different. Anthony who works in the office said I could clean the apartment myself and I would only be charged for the things I didn't clean. Or I could pay $100 and have the apartment cleaned. So I spent an entire weekend cleaning the apartment when I moved out. It was spotless. Honestly it was cleaner than it was when I moved in. It certainly wasn't professionally cleaned before my move in, there was spaghetti sauce on the wall and spiders and silverfish in all the light fixtures. When I did my walk through for my move out the guy said it has to be professionally cleaned and that I'd be charged the $100 even though I spent soooooo much time cleaning because of what Anthony had told me before. I told him that Anthony said I could clean and I wouldn't be charged and the guy replied "I really wish they'd stop telling people that". So much mis-communication on their part cost me a lot of time and money. I'm guessing I'm not the first person this has happened to. On top of that they couldn't find the paper work for my move out walk through. The one he found was dated for like 2006. Clearly they are not very organized which isn't very reassuring considering the personal info they have on all the tenants. And I would almost guarantee they won't have it professionally cleaned. I emailed Maribel the office manager to give her a forwarding address for my security deposit and let her know about the move out cleaning issue...which is what the guy who did my move out told me to do. She replied saying she updated my address but that everyone has to get the apartment professionally cleaned at move out and that it was on the notice to vacate, which I never received. I emailed her back saying I never received a notice to vacate. I'd like to see where I signed something saying it was required for the apartment to be professionally cleaned! She never replied. Anyways about 3 weeks ago, (right around the 21 days they have to send you you're deposit back) I get a call saying they need a forwarding address. Clearly Maribel didn't update it, even though I have in writing that I sent her my address. And I have her reply stating she updated it. I've emailed her numerous times since then with no response. And I still haven't gotten my money back. This place will nickel and dime you for everything but when it's time to give you your money back don't expect it.

The location of these apartments is great - close to shops, the beach and freeways. The lanscaping is always really nice too! This places charges you to do anything. When they implemented the parking fee, I just photoshopped a fake sticker and put it in my window. I suggest you all do that! That was what pretty much made me want to move out. They called it a "recovery fee" 5 bucks a car, but they never said when they would be done "recovering" fees. In fact, the management said the fee was to cover curb painting and carport lightbulbs. If you do the math, there are 500 units and at 5 bucks a car per month times 12 months that is $30,000 that AIMCO makes a year and some units have two cars!!!!!!!! BTW, did you all know that your tax dollars went to AIMCO? Yes, the stimulus plan awarded AIMCO a lot of money to make addordable housing available to dirtbag section 8 people all over the country. So essentually, they raised the rent on everyone, now charge for parking and now get my stimulus tax dollars to help the poor and lazy! YELP took down my homeless people pictures - I took them from my apartment when I lived in MC because they are always hanging around inside the dumpsters. Shame on Yelp for censuring what the Cove actually looks like. Oh, last but not least, dont expect any of your rental deposit back. Its a very low deposit so that you wont sue them in small claims court. Basically, they tell you to get touch up paint in the office and fix the walls and clean based on the inspection list and then they take all of your money and send you an invoice from the cleaning company (probably owned by AIMCO). There are PITBULLS EVERYWHERE on this property but it's your job as a resident to ensure that you notify the office of where the pitbulls live so they can do NOTHING about it. I would give this place zero stars if I could. DONT MOVE HERE, RUN AWAY FAST.

I went through the whole application process and tried to get ahold of the leasing office for over 2 weeks. Once I got ahold of them the leasing manger totally forgot who I was. Then she told me if I don't come in with all my documents she is renting the place to someone else. As I told her when I was available due to me being a full time student, single mother and full time job and told her when my availability was. She then again threatened me if I don't bring in the paper work she is canceling my application. There was a scheduling issue on her end and she had to reschedule, there was no follow up of confirmation email sent and there was a miss communication on the date and time. Once I called again to confirm she told me I missed my appointment and canceled my application to then call me rude and unprofessional. This is so frustrating and sad that they have people working here that are one unprofessional but then calling future tenants out of their name. I honestly can't believe they would have someone working here that treat people like this. I am hard working and I think for her to treat me with so little kindness or respect or even understanding. I don't know even know why she would work her. Definitely disappointed and very unprofessional. I believe there is favoritism when it comes to applicants and how she moves forward. Very unfortunate for such a wonderful location and building facilities.

What can I say? All the reviews are true. This place is just horrible. I have lived here over a year and I cannot wait to get the hell out. High speed police chases through the grounds? Yes! Get your bicycle stolen? Yes! Abandoned vehicles taking up scarce parking? Yes! Constant revenue generating add on schemes to get every last penny from residents? Oh boy yes! Water turned off without notice? Weekly! Section 8 people and problems? Plenty! Check out the photos. Cops always here, property falling apart and whatever they tell you the lease will be, the add ons will up that by $100. So far my favorite is the children with iPads out in the parking lot at night to get free internet, and break into cars. RUN RUN RUN Away from this hell hole!@ PS compared to the rest of the reviews, this is a good review. How pathetic. Please be smarter than I was and believe the reviews.

Moved here in June. Pros: swimming pools, gym, big bathroom, nice enough apartment. Cons: the plate is GHETTO. I can no longer have packages delivered here because I have gotten 3 stolen. 2 mountain bikes were stolen. There is obvious drug dealing going on and sketchy people hanging out in the laundry room and in the middle of the road. My apartment is way in the back and one time I saw like 6 punks in a van smoking a bong. Others smoking pot on park benches in bright daylight. it's pricy at $1500 for a 2 bedroom. My neighbors are weird and there's this cat that is ALWAYS outside my door and smells bad and I'm allergic to cats. Don't be fooled, everyone else is correct it seems nice at first but is just ghetto in disguise. The best thing about it is the location- close to freeway, OB, and sports arena area. Edit: I had been nice and given it 2 stars for the location. But according to the new manager, I can no longer have my 2 longboards on MY upstairs patio because they "can be seen from the street". Besides the fact that my apartment is in the way back and you actually can't see the balcony from the street at all, this is just stupid. When I asked to see where it said this in the lease agreement she pointed to the section about "common areas", but it clearly says common areas are areas that can be used by everyone. So not my balcony. I have a feeling that she is all talk and no action since many others are in "violation" of this ridiculous policy. When I singed the lease, the agent even told me about how great it would be to store surfboards on the balcony. Regardless, I'm sure they will be oh so happy to lose a $1600/month customer when our lease is up.

I personally do not live here but know someone who does..Last night I got my car towed from here and had to get it out for $400!! First of all they don't have any signs up stating that you need a Visitors Pass to park.... they leave it up to the residence to tell their guests and hand them a pass... that's insane! And just proves that by not planting signs everywhere warning people about the enforced passes needed, they want you to get towed! It's like mariners cove is in it with the tow company... I wasn't even parked there more then a hour before it got towed! Sketchy! Come on have some decency to put up some signs so this doesn't happen to others! I spent 3 hours at Western Towing in line!!! and missed work to pay $400. I'm sick to my stomach about this.. I will personally make sure to pass this along to anyone that is looking to move into this complex.

I have lived here for a year now and sadly have another 3 months left on my lease. The first 8 months or so were fine, no real complaints other than the playground near our apartment is constantly filled with teenage kids and younger children with no parental supervision. I never felt safe letting my kids go there alone. I always had an issue with parking and it became a serious issue when I began working nights. If you come home after 7pm there will be NO parking spots available. There were many times when I had to park so far away it took 5 minutes to walk home in the dark. They finally decided to do something about the parking issue last month and my car was towed because my pass wasn't "visable". Keep in mind we pay additional monthly to have our own parking spot. After $260 to get my car back they said I shouldn't have any more issues with parking because they would be towing vehicles without a parking pass. Unfortunately there are still never any passes and I have a feeling I was one of FEW that fell victim to being towed since nothing has changed. Our nice and quiet neighbors next door have been replaced by a chain smoking couple who smokes so much in their unit my apartment smells like a bar. When I called the office they said the other apartment can smoke and there is nothing they can do. I have also noticed more partying and a younger more rowdy crowd moving into more and more apartments. Overall great location and price but not worth the hassle of parking, partying, and horrible office problem management. Can't wait to move!!

We paid rent, deposit. We moved from Boston and we found this place 1 month ago. We forward our all mails, changed address. Insurance new license etc. We signed lease and before 6 days left for move in, they send us this email. They want us to wait end of September which is its happened second time. Now we dont have place to go and we have to figure out in 6 days. This people are scammer and DO NOT MOVE THERE.

Run for your life!!!! Drug dealers, theft, and the most vile management office whose evil rule you will live under! Not to mention the actual apartments are expensive ($1600/mo for 2 bedroom) and are pieces of crap and completely falling apart, roach infested, and are dark depressing caves. The pool up front and the workout facility is nice. That's where it ends. I have had my car broken into, my apartment broken into, 4 bicycles stolen off my patio (where you have to keep them as they won't let you lock them up anywhere), there was an identity theft ring being run on the property, homeless people sleeping in the back of my car, homeless people sleeping on the kids playground, homeless people bathing in our Jacuzzi, did I mention the drug dealers, and finally the cause of all of the problem's here.... the management office from hell. I hate to blame the actual people who do the work in the office, as the entire office turns over once every few months. Their indecency must trickle down from upper management who have no concept of human decency and clearly no business sense as well. You want to make more money? How about spending your time cleaning up the crime before harassing elderly tenants who have lived here for 20+ years without a single late rent payment over a few plants that actually bring some color to such a depressing place to live? Why don't you get your acts together in that office and quit being such accusatory assholes to the tenants who pay their rent because your paperwork is all f'd up? Maybe your units wouldn't turn over so much and you wouldn't have to invent more ways to make money which continuously piss off your tenants. If you took care of your tenants, you wouldn't have the worst reputation in town, and you might actually keep some and even attract some tenants you could keep paying your ridiculous rent.

Well, here is what I have to say about this place AGAIN, and I hope that people actually get to see it this time, because my reviews keep getting "filtered out." This is the last straw. After disputes with the office for not having hot water, them adding miscellaneous charges to my account and threatening to evict me within 24 hours over a few dollars (twice), and slew of other issues... I have moved out before the end of my lease (agreeing to pay what I owed for the duration of the lease) because I hate this place so bad. So what is the office doing now? Holding my security deposit until the lease is up. I gave notice in October that I was moving out on November 16th, which I did. They put into the computer that my move out date was December 30, which is conveniently the last day of the lease. Now they "can't move me out of the system until my move out date" and then they will cut the check for my security deposit. I have made numerous verbal and written requests for my deposit, citing VERBATIM lines from THEIR OWN LEASE AND CA LANDLORD/TENANT LAW, that they are Illegally keeping my money and they basically laugh at me and tell me too bad. They also clearly explain in their own "Move-Out Instructions" to schedule the shut off of utilities for your date of move out, which I did. They are now billing me third party for gas and electric for a vacant apartment. They insist that I'm financially liable for the rent and they are not allowed to rent it out until our lease expires, but they won't let us have the keys back or even let us into the apartment to make sure all lights, etc. are turned off. So, for doing what they told me to do, they are now extorting money from me by billing me third party and adding a surcharge for it. DO NOT MOVE INTO THIS PLACE, THEY WILL TAKE YOU FOR WHATEVER THEY CAN GET FROM YOU. After calling to speak with the manager Maribel over a dozen times and never receiving a single call back, writing 2 formal letters, and calling the Aimco Customer Service department 3 times, no one seems to care about what I have to say and insists it's all "company policy." I have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and am now consulting with an attorney and filing a lawsuit in small claims court. I am done letting Mariner's Cove and Aimco walk all over me!!!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!

Talk about a shit hole. They always come in to your apartment without any notice. The trash is always overflowing. The gym equipment is not even working but yes let's raise the rent when the lease renewal comes up. Honestly you should be lowering the rent to get people to stay in the shit hole.

DON'T LIVE HERE! Rent is outrageous, parking is horrible, and staff is RUDE! The management office was broken into with all my personal bank information stolen. All I got was a note on my door! After living here year and half rent got raised and had to sign another 6 month lease! Way better places to live in Point Loma!!!!!!!!!!

Have had health issues over the past month to then find we had mold in our closet due to a leak in our closet. After notifying them, we then came home to our belongings tossed in our bedroom without any consent. They then told us they would put all our belongings back and they never answered my calls or emails. After sleeping in the living room for two nights, we finally decided to do everything ourselves. The mold, spiders, LITTLE TO NO communication with this complex is horrible. Do not live here.

THIS PLACE HAS BLACK MOLD IN EVERY APARTMENT! and if you tell them it needs to be fixed they will just patch over it. There's termites. Bugs. The windows and walls are so thin you can hear the plumbing and the gardeners EVERY SINGLE DAY. Staff and management are snakes and will charge you extra rent if they have your card on auto pay. They Will harass you after move out. Lie to you about charges. Do yourself a favor and stay away from here. It's a miserable place to live and even worse to move out of.

If I could give this place no stars I would! First off they do not care about their residents one bit. They make you pay to park in unassigned spots and then tow you in the middle of the night. They basically say "F*** you" when you ask them why they towed a residents car that is registered in the lease and was parked legally. How can a business be so cruel to their paying residents. This place isn't cheap either! Cannot wait to leave this dump! They really need to get their act together before all their residents leave for good!! Management has changed like 5 times since we moved in a year ago and the office staff is never the same... Looks like their own employees cant stand them either. Like other posts have said - don't even think about moving into this place - run away and run away fast!!!

Updated 11/5/12 We've gotten new management again (shocker)! My family and I have decided to stay here ONLY because its what we call home & most of the apartments in OB & Point Loma have terrible reviews as well. The only good thing that has happened is that Harbor Patrol has been keeping this place quiet ! I feel much safer knowing they're here. Other than that , its the same. Charging high way robbery for rent for normal people while Section 8 residents pay hardly nothing. Laundry mats are cleaner but dog hair is still embedded in the washers. This place is beautiful honesty but I wish they would stop treating the great tenants like crap. ____________ I've just noticed that Yelp filtered my review posted on 2/19/2012 & I am beyond ticked off. First I'm ripped off every month & now I can't even have my voice heard on this website? Now I'm posting this review again. I've modified my review in hopes it will not get filtered again. UPDATED 4/15/2012 The parking situation has taken a turn for the worse. In addition to an high rent you have to pay these stupid fees for parking. Now neighbors are butting heads because of Mariners Cove regime. I know what they're doing though. They're trying to get all the troublesome people who can barely afford to live here out so they can make it a better place. Is that a bad thing? No. But adding on ridiculous fees? Yes. My advice is to evict the people who are causing trouble instead of making the rest of loyal tenants pay these ridiculous fees. On that note, the gate is once again broken! _______ I've lived in Mariners Cove for all my life. I didn't even realize my home of almost two decades had become a hot spot for illicit activities. The front pool is the nicest pool because it's right in the back on the leasing office. If anything, avoid the back pool because the chlorine is overpowering. The park setting was amazing until it accepted dogs. Hardly ANY of the tenants pick up the dog poop and they are bold enough to do it in front of your house and not care. Trust me, that poop will stay there until landscaping comes along. Now hoodlums run around this place because its severely unguarded. Most of them don't live here. They come here to do all their "dirt" such as dealing/using drugs, causing ruckus, fighting, and stealing. Some neighbors had to tell me about knife fights and police raids which I wasn't even aware about! There are also unsupervised children who play outside and always dart out into the street. I cannot tell you about how many times they've changed management. It was smooth sailing until about late 2007 and after that new landscaping companies and management have changed policies and upped the price on rent and now charge for parking! Today you could have a plant on your porch/balcony and the next day they want to throw anything in plain sight in a garbage can. The gated community aspect is one of the most humorous parts about this place. The front gate by the leasing office is locked open until sundown which is good for mailmen & pizza guys but not for the people who loiter around here to use all the amenities we pay for. The gate doesn't keep unwanted people out its definitely more of a deterrent. People learn the codes for this "private community" as soon as they issue them out. And if they don't, you can just wait around until someone lets you in. Because you live in an apartment community, the repairmen are supposed to keep your place in tip top shape. WRONG. It can take from a couple days to a couple of weeks to hear a response and when they finally show up, they say "I need to go get 'necessary tools'". Are you kidding me? You show up without the right tools? Don't get me started on the water tank/ heater situation. Some days the water will be pipping hot and other days it'll be a putrid lukewarm. I cannot tell you how many times they've shut off the water and don't give you a notice (the same goes for reducing water pressure). They'll leave you in the dark for any major repairs and if they happen to issue a notice, then it is usually city mandated. The laundry mats are HORRID. Their filthy and dirty. Every machine has dog hair in it so if you are allergic stay far far away. Each time I wash, I end up with a new breed of dog on my clothing and not to mention since they've added "high efficiency" washers, you have to pay top dollar to get fur covered clothes back. For the amount of money you shell out, you can live in a nicer community and have a better experience. The amenities around here almost convinced me to stay but for the price you have to pay and all the crap you'll have to deal with, you're better off in a cardboard box.

I truly wish there was 0 stars!!!! The pictures I attached were the ones of the apartment I was told I was getting. I was so horrified when I saw my apartment I ran out and wish i had taken pics to show you the comparison!! Do not move there at any price! This place is horrible and will show you an apartment that looks like a model apartment tell you at the apartment you're getting minus a few things such as a different color cabinet and no built in microwave. Thank God I came by 24 hours before I was supposed to move in to take measurements. When I walked into my actual apartment I was shocked and horrified. First of all supposed to pick up my keys Saturday morning at 10 am went to take measurements on Thursday night at 5. There was another person that took me by the palace he was not the same one that rented it to me originally. When we got up to the apartment on Thursday evening even the guy said are you sure that this is the right apartment? We made sure it was the same apartment walked in and to my dismay there was still the last tenant stuff in the apartment outside the apartment the floors were thrashed the cabinetry was 25 years old the hardwood floors look like it has not been replaced in 20 years and all old appliances. When you are charging someone $1800 a month and telling them that their apartment is going to look like those attached and you walk into this you can imagine my horror. I ran so far away from that place and I recommend you do the same the place is a dump and they just think it is okay to do this to people and they will just take it. I had to pay to move twice once into a storage because I had already booked movers and gave my notice and another to move into my awesome new place that from the get go showed me my apartment in which I am paying less and it is about 20,000 times better than Mariners sweat box. Less than 600 sq feet and no air I really feel as though it worked out for the better and I am grateful I stood up for myself. But I have no paid 2x the amount for moving because of their lies. The attached pictures are the apartment they originally showed me so if they do this to you don't believe them and don't sign anything until you see the actual apartment!!!

One star is one too many for this wretched place. THANK GOD FOR THE MILITARY CLAUSE. When we first moved here everything looked so great and for such a good price. But it's all just to lure you in. The beautiful "heated" pools are all freezing cold and dirty as hell. The hot tubs are rarely working, if they are there's bugs and crap floating in them. The beautiful trees are only in the front. The rest of the trees one has to wonder why anyone would ever plant near someone's home. Specifically the ones that drop spiked balls EVERYWHERE. I've damn near rolled my ankle at least a dozen times tripping over them. The parking situation is awful. You would think that you would at least be able to get a spot near your apartment. Just a few weeks ago they started to charge an extra monthly fee just to park in the covered areas. Now everyone who refuses, or just can't afford to buy a spot has to park on the side of the road, where there aren't enough spaces. Most of the complex is covered parking. There isn't enough uncovered to go around. Lately I've been having to park several blocks away from my apartment where the sidewalks are lined with bushes, making it extremely difficult to get my 14 month old son out of his carseat. And I can just forget about carrying groceries in. Since I have to park so far away I can't leave my son upstairs while I carry stuff inside in a decent amount of time. I have to carry as much as I can in one hand, back and forth with a kicking toddler. Awesome. Every time I call for maintenance to come fix something it usually takes about 2-3 weeks and several phone calls to get anything done. I had to sit in my apartment for 2 weeks with MICE because no one would come fix the hole in the back of my cupboard. The laundry rooms look like a war zone and on at least 2 occasions people have tried to steal my clothes. The cops are always here because of some domestic disturbance or drug deals. Idk they're always somewhere around the complex for some reason or another. Some drunk asshole is always breaking the gate. I don't know why we even have these gates, since one is always open 24/7 letting any random car drive through. I can never take my son to the park. There are either creepy adults hanging out on the benches or teenage kids taking up the whole area with their foul language and obnoxious behavior. I'm thanking my lucky stars for the military clause allowing me out of my current lease without having to pay these assholes another dime. Avoid this place like the plauge.

So far my husband and I have loved living in this apartment complex. The area is convenient, I live right by my job, and the beach is only a few miles away. The neighbors are also very friendly and the staff keeps this place clean and running smoothly. They're pet friendly too! Only two complaints I have are parking (I have a carport at least) and the fact that living in the lower apartment whenever the leaf blower comes around they blow leaves all into our patio, it's very annoying when I constantly try to keep it clean and leaves and dust just keep getting blown into our patio. Update: this community was at first a dream, we decided to stay here because it was affordable rent in a nice area. Soon after fast forward to when we move out these people are basically making up charges for everything. The whole time we lived in this community we had to use an employee access code to enter our apartment because we never received a smart hub to set up our passcodes. We contacted management twice about it and we never received any help from them so we let it go and continued using the employee passcode. After our move out we're accused of taking a smart hub we never received in the first place while renting there and they deduct $200 from our security deposit. During our last few months there our stove had a heat damage crack which we were told we wouldn't have to pay for most likely because it was heat damage. The new community manager was never in contact with us regarding this issue and they never replaced the stove for the remainder of the time we lived there causing us to minimize the use of our stove because we couldn't even cook on it so it wouldn't worsen the crack. We weren't there for the final inspection and we're being billed for many things including the stove, they took our whole security deposit and are charging us $100+ even more after taking away the whole deposit. Once your lease is coming to an end they ignore you and offer you terrible service. Avoid the future headaches and stray far away from this place that has terrible communication with its residents. They also have popcorn ceiling and if you live on the bottom floor, expect a lot of white dust everyday all over your furniture and clothing.

Such a noisy complex and rude staff. Only regrets

The resident are devastated... Instead of maintaining the beautiful trees, that give us shade. they decided to chop them down. The trees at one time ,were maintained every year. haven't been maintained for years... Rather just chop them down... My patio is so hot now, I can't sit out here during the afternoon. Devastation is all over the complex, as their shade has been taken away... Sad, all they had to do was thin and top the trees.... The grounds at one time were beautiful.....

I went to Mariner's cove, I visited an apartment with a value that would be good for me. The manager explained everything and I sent the documents to him. He replied that from my documents I could only rent another one with more value. HOW SO CAN THEY DECIDE HOW MUCH SHOULD I SPEND ON THE RENTAL ?? I arrived and I said that I could only pay up to a certain amount and that more was impossible and the manager simply didn't help. The apartment is good but the office is horrible! I do not recommend!

This is the most incompetent unprofessional group of people who I have ever tried to talk to at any type of business in my entire life. We ended our lease early here as we had to move out of state, and had been ready to pay our early termination fee, but were not given any instruction on how to do so even though we sat down with the leasing office twice. Once when we put our two month notice in, again when we turned in our keys. All payments were done through their online tenant portal, so we kept close eye to see when the fee was there to pay. We received a statement two days after our move out date that said we had a zero balace due, and that we were actually getting a refund from our deposit. A week after that they sent us another statement that said we owed over $14,000! We called to get it squared away with the leasing office, but they didn't want to work with us, and said that the termination fee is the only fee that doesn't get put on the tenant portal and we were responsible for making the payment even though they sent us a zero balance statement! They never called, never sent anything in the mail, nothing. Now they refuse to let us pay the fee. I regret ever moving into this place. These people need a course on how to communicate with the people who pay them every single month! Go elsewhere... they will find a way to screw you over!

My apartment is currently flooding and the office is not open yet. The complex website has NO emergency phone number listed, so my apartment continues to flood as I am waiting for the damn office to open. So unprofessional.

Very bad customer service my husband and I had with this lady called Gabriela:-( I dont know what got her mad to seeing us?! all we wanted is to ask her for information in detailed ...... Well some one must have set her off before us talking to her.... hey not my problem ! why in the hell she has to be rude to us i still cant understand it! I dont have to explain to her my personal stuff out loud in the hall way ....privacy is all I needed in the office to taking to her! Thats the end of it. Its a BS, they call it good customer service its a joke!

Just the worst. Non stop construction. The parking situation? Good luck. If you like peace and quiet and like having a parking spot, KEEP SEARCHING. Management has little to no care for their tenants.

It's not so much this place is beautiful and gated with pools it's the fact that despite there being science behind how carpet holds, carries and grows bacteria and anything else you track under your shoes, the refuse to replace or update our unit but they'll remodel empty apartments for NEW RESIDENTS. NO LOYALTY FOR THOSE OF US HAVIG STAYED FOR YEARS.

BEWARE Horrible property management and I mean The Worst I have ever experience especially for a decent complex such as this. I've never watched someone get mistreated in such an unprofessional/uncaring way from a complex manager before in my life. Had to move my girlfriend out a little bit ago after seeing how sketchy and concerning the property was beginning to shape up. As a current multi family property owner/investor I would highly suggest in looking elsewhere to live and even tried to contact the owners to let them know they should reconsider new management.

The worst management I've ever come across in my life. Poorly scheduled/planned maintenance and there is absolutely zero parking unless you want to pay $40.00 for a "covered" spot. It's $10.00 to have a parking permit when you can't even get a parking spot to begin with! This place is terrible. Update 8/30/2018... No one ever spoke with me about parking concerns. Also, the staff rarely enforces tenants about rules for example smoking, dogs off leash, and extremely loud music. Very unsatisfied with Mariners cove and would never recommend to anyone. Definitely not renewing my lease.