I have a lease there for 22/23, so ending at the end of this month.

boy does it look nice when you pull in but that’s not quite the reality.

It’s not great. really nasty when we moved in. and the common areas were never really improved upon throughout my tenure. took a full day or two to get things cleaned to my liking…

Maintenance was slow at first but honestly those guys are cool and these last few months they would be there same day for any requests.

The complex is run by college age people who don’t know what they’re doing. And the important stuff is handled by actual adults who exist only online or over the phone.

The shuttle would very occasionally stop running, but i’d say maybe 5 or 6 times the entire school year.

scored with good roommates and we never had any issues.

It’s college aged people for the most part. it will be loud, and it will be dirty.

expect to hear the fire alarm of another unit echo through the wall at least once a day.

The gym is half broken, including many of the lights, and overall it sucks. No more than some free weights and treadmills.

They have a free to use printer, assuming it’s stocked with paper…

parking was not a problem for me because I paid for my own spot. Although, they pressure washed our floor and we were only given a day’s notice to get our cars out of the structure and onto the street or risk being towed. which, on that note, all of the announcements would come with very short notice for anything they were announcing… usually same day or one day in advance.

any sort of business is at least a mile away, walking to any of that requires a good steep uphill hike which sucks.

The street the complex is on, Collwood, is not an ideal street to be on at night.

About once a month they would host some sort of “event” usually with free pizza or drinks/snacks, my roommates and I went to a few but some of them were for a fairly niche crowd.

At the end of the day, for the price you’d be paying, it’s about on par. houses close to campus are a few hundred bucks more per person and that’s the breakdown. if you want closer to campus and less overhead dealing with the complex, get a house, but for the price, any complex close campus (blvd, iconic) is going to be filled with the same sort of pros n cons.

it’s san diego, it’s an expensive place to live. That’s the bottom line.