5600 Wilshire

Have lived here for years. DON'T LIVE HERE.

Look up any Essex property and all the recent reviews say the same thing - impossible to get in contact with anyone from management. Have had multiple emails and calls gone unanswered.

I'm sure new residents get the red carpet treatment, but once you become a resident - no contact, or if you do - they never follow up. Awful. I've seen reviews with uninhabitable living conditions that haven't had any follow up - so good luck if you have any other… concerns.

While Essex brags that they have had a high number of renters since Covid - they also increased the rent but completely closed off management services to existing residents. This has to be illegal. Read More

This is an apartment where you pay $55-$60 for water/trash every month even you are gone for an entire month. No matter how much you use, you will always end up paying that much for a single occupant. There was a month that I paid over $60 too. I do feel it is a significant amount to pay every month for a single occupant. The environment of the apartment is not that pleasant. My packages were stolen several times. Management team is nice when you do not have any issue. Once you bring any issue… to its attention, you will find out that it is hopeless. Read More

It is just not worth paying the high rent to get this apartment in this area. Elevator is out of service quite often; it is a big complex, with heavy bags of groceries, I had to use other elevator and walk a long way to get my suit many times. Plus, frequently, the garage entrance door does not work properly. I have lost packages delivered to my door several times. There are homeless everywhere when you go out on Wilshire, and many empty stores for lease. This area used to be nice but not… anymore. It is absolutely declining neighborhood. I hope others make a better decision. There are many options nearby areas and West LA. I am regretting my decision to rent this place. Read More

Similarly priced properties in the area will include security guards that patrol the building. You will not find security here. Homeless people break into this building so often they had to disable some of the elevators near the Wilshire side of the building. All 6 floors and 250+ families in the building share only two elevators during the pandemic. Property pictures show all of the modern amenities you cannot use. Even before the pandemic, the hot tub was not heated. Nothing here is thought… out for the tenant, the sprinklers in the dog grass area turn on at the most popular times to take your dog out. I believed the older reviews from 2015, but the building is now (2020)managed by Essex Apartment homes and seems to be in decline. The parking garage door is also constantly broken so nothing is ever really safe in there. Read More