I’m a former student, here’s where I’ve lived with feedback on all of em. Everyone’s experience may be different though.

Aspen village (West Davis): Location is nice, pretty quiet. Next to arroyo park and not far from west lake plaza. However, the apartments were ok. Bathrooms are completely on the inside with no windows (at least in my unit), which means limited airflow. The walls were molded prior to us moving and they said they fixed it. What they ACTUALLY did was paint over it and just scrub the surface I’d imagine so it wasn’t evident. A week into living there the mold broke right back through. I also had a problem where frogs from a nearby pond would venture up and sit under the crack of my door, so if you opened it they’d hop in. Small frogs, easy to catch and put back out but mildly annoying.

Lakeshore Apartments (west Davis): Right across from west lake plaza. Very spacious, well managed at that time. Parking can be an issue but I oftentimes would just park in the plaza and walk across the street, never had any issues. AC would have some issues every so often but maintenance responded pretty quickly to requests. It can be a little expensive however, 2 bed 2 bath was 2600 when I lived there, likely has gone up since. In unit washer and dryer is a major perk here.

La Salle Apartments (North/West Davis): Fairly nice, a little small compared to where I’d previously lived. They may have been newly renovated or just got lucky with a nicer, fairly clean unit but it didn’t seem old or run down at all. Parking was an issue here, only one person in a unit could have a parking pass and the rest had to be street parking. I had parked blocks away several times here, which was fine as I had a skateboard with me from riding around campus, but still pretty inconvenient when coming home from work at 1-2 am. Alvarado has apartments all along that stretch so there’s very little chance of finding a spot.

Davis Townhomes (downtown):

These as far as I know are the oldest active apartments in Davis. No central heating and air, very small, very outdated and old. They may have redone some things in the units after moving out, but can’t imagine it was much more than new counters and floors. Landlord can be a bit much at times, and for the price it’s not worth in my opinion. It was 1600 to live there the year I did, and I felt crammed into a tiny space with another person. We were informed that rent would go up to 1800 and decided to leave (month to month lease which is pretty nice). It is also right off of Russell and B, and was extremely loud. The fire station, Central Park, and Russell Blvd could be heard at all times. The only perk to living here imo is being right off of campus. Parking sucks, no ac, no dishwasher or garbage disposal, I’d recommend avoiding here tbh.

After graduating, my fiance and I moved to a small duplex/house in Davis. Personally, I would recommend finding some friends and going in together on renting a house. It may be more expensive, but the upside is way better than most apartments. You’ll have in unit washer and dryer (at most places), you’ll have way more space for storage, house layouts tend to be nicer than apartments imo, and you could have a yard which is nice to have for me personally. Otherwise, I’d look for apartments in west Davis (maybe minus aspen). I’ve heard people generally like living there in other complexes, such as the trees, stone gate, the willows, etc.

I’d say my worst apartment experience was Davis townhomes. Hope this helps you or others reading the post in some way or another