Berkshire Terrace, goleta-cal

The guy who gave me the keys was not informed that a keypad lock had been added to the door! (Not his fault, I think it was very recent), so when I showed up, having gotten electricity and Cox internet taken care of first, with Cox Box device in hand, I couldn’t open the front door! I called after hours emergency number, was told someone would contact me Saturday morning. I was meeting the movers at storage at 9am to load up my things and move them to the apartment. At 8:20am I called the emergency line again. One gal asked me if this could wait until Monday, lol. Yeah, I didn’t want to pay the movers twice, lol. The guy who gave me the keys came in on his day off (I presume), looked on the computer, found the information, went to the apartment, made sure he could get in, and texted me the code, lol. All good. The apartment has some mold / rust issues, and the shampooed carpeting smelled musty. There are other issues that mostly just annoy me, lol, but I think I will survive. ;) If I can figure out how to get this place to cool down…

This was my first time renting an apartment after having owned a home for much of my adult life. I found the tenant manager at Harbor Village Apartments to be friendly and helpful. The apartment was very clean and ready for us to move in. The manager was flexible with move in dates and was patient with my many questions. The tenant portal website was not user-friendly, as there were required fields that should not have been required, for example. The apartments are well-situated with convenient access to restaurants and the beach nearby. The vehicle access gate does not always work; I had to call the manager for help when our moving van could not get inside the property, and I had to park on the street a couple of days later when it would not open for my own car. There is usually ample parking near my unit. The garage has no shelving, has poor lighting, and poor ventilation, as it reached about 90 ˚ inside a few days ago. So far, the neighbors are polite but not extremely friendly. Port Hueneme Road is a bit loud with semi-truck traffic from the Port of Hueneme. The apartment seems to have been recently recarpeted and repainted, and the appliances seem to have been replaced with refurbished appliances. The water pressure is good. The water heater works well. The exterior paint is an unattractive gray. The interior paint is of poor quality; it is tacky and peels off easily. There are obvious gouges in the counter tops that have been retouched poorly. The tall baseboard in the bathroom does not match the rest of the apartment, and it appears to be making an attempt to cover up a defect/hole in the drywall beside the bathtub. An obvious nail head is protruding from below the kitchen laminate flooring, causing cracks in the floor. There are no ceiling fans or overhead lighting. There appears to be central heating but no central cooling. There are three coaxial cable Internet hookups in the unit, but according to the Internet service provider technician who came out, only one is connected to service. The pool is small but well-lit and nice to look at, and the temperature has been tolerable during summer. I worry that it will be too cold for swimming outside of the warmer summer months. The hot tub is warm enough and functional. The pool hours are a bit restrictive for me given the hours that I work at my job. The laundry facilities are functional but the screen to the window in the access door is busted out, and it is quite difficult to turn the key in the locks to access the pool and laundry facilities. The laundry room trashes are frequently overflowing, but tenants seem to be as respectful as possible with the facility provided. Exterior lighting at night is poor in some places. It was quite dark on the walk to my unit a few nights ago. A number of lights are burnt out. There are couple of steps to access my unit that need to be painted with reflective paint for safety, as I’ve already nearly fallen a couple of times in the 10 days I’ve been here. The trash and recycling bins are not far from my unit, but I’ve noticed bits of garbage on the ground here and there on some days.

I was so thankful to De De and Christopher for allowing myself and my 2 adult daughters for moving into one of their home rentals. Christopher made it easy and not complicated to sign all forms necessary at his desk and explained to me the policies of Meridian Management. De De made sure that the repairs in side the home were done. The windows blinds in the home are new and clean and also the house was clean. Sincerely grateful, Mary Cook. and daughters.

Took over our complex and it went from a nice quiet place with a helpful property manager to, well, a place where the managers take advantage of the tenants. No notice on construction, water shutoff and planned power outages. Lots of notice on making sure you cant have things like plants outside. Turned our nice happy complex into a real bad place and an eyesore.

My wife and I live at the Villa Flores. The entire Meridian team is super professional, honest, and works hard and with integrity! We have made it our home and are very happy and blessed. Yessica and Javier are amazing, kind, polite, and on top of everything! Thank you Meridian for taking care of everything!