El Mar Apartments

It's an apartment at a "quiet" beautiful beach! The leasing team will likely tell you that's an amenity... amenities are provided by the apartment, the beach is not, but it's the only "amenity.” There's a "gym" if you can call it that. That's it. No other amenities to really speak of. There is no community here because there is no common area like a lounge, there are no get togethers. We pay as though there were all those things though.

Don't get me wrong I love the location! My neighbors I... know are awesome too. Managed like a police state though and priced too high compared to comps. I've been here two years and will be three soon, sorry I signed another year now.

Management does 1 or 2 apartment checks a month. They always have a "reason" for entering so its legal, but it's also annoying, an inconvenience, and belittling (I'm not a prepubescent teen). I don't have anything to hide but it is an inconvenience and honestly I just don't want random people in my apartment once or twice a month with as few as 12 hours notice. It's not necessary.

This place could be 4 stars but the policing has become ridiculous. But still, why 2 stars?? I come home from work at 6, apparently a third party (another random stranger) did pest control inside my apartment. THEY LEFT MY DOOR OPEN WITH THE KEYS IN THE LOCK!! A neighbor told me that they left property around 2. So they left my apartment vulnerable for at least four hours. Some of my things were out of place but I don't know if anything is stolen yet or not.

We have had homeless persons living in bathrooms and closets on property, even had a neighbor tell me a bum walked in their apartment while doing door checks (looking for unlocked apartments to loot)... with such a recent vagrant problem you'd think the apartment management wouldn't be so reckless with my living space!!

It's no wonder units just sit empty here. Read More