SOL at West Village, davis-ca

The apartments look nice and are new and modern and the amenities and proximity to campus is a plus but lowkey management is in shambles. They take a million years to get back to you on the simplest request and unless you nag them every week to remind them it will probably be complete radio silence. You'll have a good experience as long as everything in your apt is in good working condition, but if something goes wrong, good luck. This is genuinely how i feel whenever i call their leasing office

I lived there for 2 years for university. So say something fair, it is a good option if you want to live near to school. Amentities: including the pool(but not always clean enough so I never used it), hot tub, beach volleyball court, dog park, a kinda equipped gym above the leasing office. It is very convinient since sol is considered as a part of the school apartment, so you can enjoy a convinient store and a peet's coffee, and a restaurant just fews minutes walk using your aggie cash. The studying louge is large enough but the printer always doesn't work well. Staffs: most staffs at leasing office are students, so they cannot really deal with anyting complex, and trhy will usually need to ask their managers. While for some trivia thing such as open you door for you or assign a maintenance immediatelly, they are always willing to help. Safety: It is a no hallway walk-up apartmens, which means that their is no access- control gate to protect your home door from any other strangers. Packages delivered just in front of our doors are sometimes stolen, but nobody catch the thief. You can park your bikes or scooters downstairs but I suggests you to check it everyday and move your valuable scooter back home everyday though there is no elevator. One of my bikes, one scooter, one battery, one car handle was stolen and the property never holds any responsibility for that even you paid 100 dollars for parking every month. However at some level this place it safe. All the people live here are students, no homeless or outsiders. You can always freely walk around even at midnight. Location: 15 mins biking to anywhere at school. V line every 15mins from sol to silo.

Sol at West Village is an outstanding student apartment community that really gets the balance right. The location is hard to beat—easy walking distance to campus, plus a bus stop right next door for extra convenience. The amenities go beyond the basics, with pools, dedicated study spaces, and even a dog playground that makes it feel like a complete living environment rather than just housing. What stands out most is the sense of community—regular resident events and parties make it easy to meet people and unwind. On top of that, the maintenance team is responsive and reliable, which makes a huge difference in day-to-day living. Overall, it’s a well-run, thoughtfully designed place that makes student life both easier and more enjoyable. Highly recommend.

IT'S CALLED THE "SECOND YEAR TRAP'' FOR A REASON!! DO NOT (DO NOT) LIVE HERE!! Lived here for a year and from right when I moved in the place was FILTHY. Vacuumed the floor 10 times and still a dirty carpet. The vents were FULL of black fuzz and they wouldn't clean it, saying it's "not their job." So yeah I was breathing that stuff in all year. the building was STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND with the balcony peeling off the wall. I thought it might collapse if I jumped up and down. Forget hosting anything without worrying if your guests will die if they do outside (I lived on the second floor). Plus the BIRD POOP! Oh my gosh the birds roosted in the balcony ceiling and I legit had my balcony caked in 3 inched of bird crap at all times. Even after a cleaning it would get that way after a week. Health hazard so couldn't even use the balcony for many reasons. THE BUGS!! UGH! Had to caulk every window and around the tub/toilets myself because when it rains hundreds and hundreds of ants SWARMED the place. Was an absolute nightmare. Cockroaches everywhere. There was a point in the year where I was killing one every day. They jumped on my roommate's back and in my bed, I was being cursed. No more words for this. The washing machine had a good quarter inch of mold built up in the rim when I first moved in, and my clothes stank like mildew throughout the year. Basket cleaning with bleach didn't get rid of it. So I had an amazing eau de MOLD smell in all my clothes last year. Half the appliances in the place (microwave, dishwasher, desk chairs, door lock/handle) broke and had to be replaced. Wifi never worked reliably and my electronic keys to amenities broke randomly so would be locked out of places often. Overall a cookie-cutter slap-up building style and you are NOT even getting what you pay for. I paid 900/month to share a room. Seemed like a lot to me. Thanks for reading my Ted Yap

While the apartment and the amenities are nice, I do not recommend signing with this apartment complex, especially as a student. The contract is extremely predatory. Across various companies, it is a norm that you are allowed to terminate a lease with a penalty. However, no matter what emergency, or life situation, financial issues, circumstances happen, they WILL NOT let you cancel the lease. They make you go through this ridiculous lease reassignment program where tenants have to look for other tenants to take over the lease. This is extremely strange and makes no sense as to why a tenant is finding another tenant for a business. A leasing company should be looking for their own tenants. In my personal circumstance, I knew what I was signing up for. However, I ended up not going to the university and live in a completely different area. Obviously, there is no way for me to find a reliable replacement for the complete lease amount and duration. I begged and pleaded with the leasing company to release me, as there is no way I can pay for 2 apartments as a student with over 100k in loans (one apartment where I am actually going to university near). The leasing company does not care. Additionally, I was assigned to student housing. You would think that they would readily cancel the lease to offer a spot to people who are actually students and need the place more. But they insist that I have to find my own tenant. In that sense, this is not even safe. Mind you, this would be an apartment with literally no one in it. I DON'T GO TO THE SCHOOL HERE. I am completely baffled at the apartment leasing procedures. Like, i was upfront, that I will default on my payments since there is no way I can pay for 2 places, but they refused to take that into consideration. I understand that this is all mentioned in the contract. But as humans with empathy and common sense, I don't understand how they expect me handle this situation. I feel completely helpless as a student with so much loans, and I am genuinely extremely frustrated with this predatory behavior. I am not sure if any other students went through this. But my experience with this company has been the worst thing that has ever happened to me.