Windscape Village Apartments

Renters beware of this place. I was given a list of items to be cleaned. I followed the list completely except for turning off the frig… only lived there 6 months and never hung or taped anything to the wall. Left no scuff or any evidence that I had been there. Windscape kept over half of the deposit saying they painted, cleaned carpets and fumigated (for what I do not know). If they hose every renter you may as well write off over half of your deposit when you move in .Real scam artists.

Do yourself a favor and do not move here. It really is as bad as the below reviews. I moved to Seabreeze apartments and never looked back!

I waited awhile to write this review. I’m not sure where to begin.
These are located in a great spot walking distance to restaurants, Walmart, Foodco, CVS just to name a few.
The only Reason I give 2 star is to be honest the women in the office are all very nice. They deserve a star just for being nice and the location.
The stars fall off the chart rapidly from there.
They charge more in deposits than any other complex we looked at. –1star
Let’s begin with maintenance– for months we had repairs that needed to be done and were never done it not done properly. The maintenance guy would come around and then not come back.
We did routine maintenance ourselves. –1star
On one occasion I came back to the apartment and it appeared the door had been jimmied opened as there were fresh marks around the doorjam and strangely a work order had been filled.
Odd! -.5stars
We spent a solid week cleaning before we could unpack anything as there was so much filth on an apartment that was «move in ready» When I say filth I’m talking about stuff that looks like your child just wiped snot on the the walls.
–1star
Mold/​mildew in and around Windows.
(I’ve battled upper respiratory problems since we lived there) –2stars
Holes and cracks in the shower. Loose shower fittings. Windows that rattle and leak with every wind. –1
Then you have the neighbors who are threatening to kill each other in the middle of the night, the middle of the afternoon even as they are cursing each other at the tops of their lungs. –4
The pools and spa tubs were never heated as they were said they were supposed to be. The gyms never had working equipment. 1 gym was locked and wouldn’t open. –1
The pools were supposed to be off limits after a certain time but it didn’t stop residents and their friends from being out their late at night. On weekends the music is loud and big parties until late and the resident manager doesn’t appear to do a thing. –1
Living in multiple unit living spaces you expect a certain amount of noise. Their are limits though. Windscape breaks the limits.
The walls are so thin you can hear every sentence and word spoken by your neighbors. You can only guess every other sound you hear, footsteps, cupboards etc. etc. etc. –1
The appliances in some units like what we were in were so old we were afraid to use them. They didn’t work properly anyway even after we reported it.
The stairs and landings I’m not sure how these areas meet the ADA because they are so narrow and frankly scary! They are warped and rotting. Water pools when it rains. The stairs so narrow if I was any fatter I couldn’t fit …(slight exaggeration on the fatness) but they are very narrow and rusting.
EEEKEZ! I took away so many stars they will never get them back! Maybe I shoulda used fractional stars.
Either way I think they would have been in the red. 2 stars is probably very generous.
So who’s fault is it that this property is like this? The managers? Partly because they do not enforce the rules of the the property. How much is up to them regarding repairs and upkeep I don’t know. Ultimately that is the owner and apparently the owner owns other properties that are maintained in the same manner — ghetto fashion!
The good news is the person who moved into the apartment after us moved into a much cleaner apartment than we did! We spent most of the time we lived there just trying to make it clean enough to live in.
Thankfully it was short term for us and not long term like our neighbor who had to endure living there for a couple years.
These are over priced, under cared for,
Noisy, dirty, (although just prior to our move out it appeared they were doing a more thorough cleaning got new move ins) not very safe feeling, with a great location. So if you don’t mind hearing «Everything» your neighbors do, listening to the threat of violence while someone curses as loud as possible at all hours; dealing with poor maintenance, loud outdoor activities, and facilities that are not functional.
This might be the place for you.
It wasn’t for us. I never felt safe snd I worried about health due to fighting the mold problems that were present non-​stop. Yes, I treated the mold it was present when we moved in unknown to me.

Ok so I read these reviews and I am in shock!!! I have lived here for a year and I never had any problems with anyone with any staff or maintenance workers. Cherie lupe and Susan are awesome!!! every time I need something they are right on it they are so nice so considerate and just completely just great people!!! and every time I need a situation to be handled maintenance workers are there. if I have to go to work and they know they come right before I go to work so that this situation will be solved!!! totally awesome like I said I’ve been here for a year and I’m renewing my contract again because they are the best!!! I’m safe I’m secure I’m content with everything around me and everything in this complex!!! unlike Woodstone apartments who are needy little bastards!!! They want all your money!! they don’t care about what you do! they just want the money! !! They are just plain rude and that’s why I moved away from there because they don’t work with you when your rent goes up totally bad !! So Windscape awesome awesome awesome love these girls every time I go in cheerful I make them laugh you know we have a great time everything’s cool I feel complete and content so if you want a good place to live this is the place!!! Pe@ce

Pros:
— Convenient location to VAFB and the nicer side of Lompoc. Easy access to bus stops, highways, and shopping. You can walk almost anywhere from here.
— Decent Price
— Plenty of closet space and kitchen storage
— Great placement of windows for airflow/​cooling
— Cheap electric/​gas bill
— Complex pays for water (but not sewer)
Cons:
— Large transient population of construction workers. They enjoy drinking, drugs, loud music, and don’t care what you think because they’re only around for a few months.
— Neighbors enjoy loud music. Every single day. If you like to hear bass vibrating through your floor/​walls, this is the place. I didn’t realize it was still 1995 and people actually still blast music as loud as possible. You can try and complain to the office, but nothing will happen.
— Lots of non-​resident foot traffic going through the complex. It’s a no-​brainer to keep your car windows up/​doors locked. You’d do that anywhere. However, A LOT, and I mean, A LOT, of people stroll through the complex on the way to Foods Co and Walmart. I know two people whose vehicles were vandalized, most likely by someone walking through. There’s a reason why the neighborhood across the street has an 8 foot concrete wall around it – keeps people that don’t live there OUT.
— In addition to the foot traffic, I’m positive that nonresidents use the pool regularly. On a given weekend it’s like tortilla soup down there.
— Appliances are old, but they work. Unfortunately, some of the drawers don’t open because the stove sticks out too much from the wall.
— Keep an eye on your laundry. Even though a key is required to get in the laundry room, people will steal your stuff.
— Lompoc charges you $ 25 bucks a month for garbage collection, which is ridiculous. Keep in mind that this is to empty a dumpster, they’re not coming to your door. Other places I’ve lived (not apartments) are much less, and that’s HOME pickup. Oh, and YOUR garbage bill covers the maintenance team throwing away grass clippings, which fills an entire dumpster at least twice a week.
— Post office does not use the parcel boxes. If you get a package through USPS, you have to pick it up on the other side of town at the post office.
Suggestions for management, if they read this:
— Fence or wall off the perimeter to stop the non-​resident foot traffic
— Install gates to keep non-​resident pool poachers out
— Work with the city to lower the garbage collection rate
— Actually do something about the noisy neighbors/​construction workers

worst place i’ve ever lived .i legally forced them to terminate my lease early because of our living situation and the countless problems i asked them to fix for like 6 months over and over. on top of the water getting cut off literally every month for hrs to a day for whatever reason they can think of… paid all my dues and a whole year later they mail me a letter saying i owe them money i already paid? terrible terrible management. nothing but problems and not worth it

What can I say but what management told me for 6 months; NO!!! This is what I was told every time I asked a question to management. For example, «can I upgrade to a two bedroom because my daughter is living in the dinning room?» «No!» Said management. «can I get into the fitness room?» Management said, «no!» It was always no for an answer. I had a better conversation with a wall then talking to management. They also lie to me. Saying my credit was poor and it was consider excellent. That’s when I starting to lose trust in the management.
The workers were the most helpful. Anytime I needed a question answered they were there to help. «Can you pick up the nails so my harley Davidson would not get a flat?» «Yes, I will get right on that» said the workers. They were great and made the place great. They should get a raise. They were great.
The apartment itself was not bad. I got one with new appliances in there but the rug was old and stained up throughout the apartment. It looked like it had not been replaced for years. Counter tops were used with knife marks and the patio was lacking paint. I liked the apartment and would stay in a two bedroom but the management was the problem.
For the luxury things like the pool or hot tub was okay. The pool was always cold and sometimes dirty. The hot tub stopped working and was dirty 4 months into my stay. So I used it a few times. Fitness room was never opened. The only thing in used was the business center. Free copies and faxes was great when I did not need to talk to the management. And my daughter loved the playground too.
I was there for 6 months and they raised the rent without any thing to give. Unfair to us. So I had enough and left. But if you like poor management, high rent for a place that many people sell and do drugs where management looks a blind eye and nothing works; then this is the place for you. Windscape will welcome you.
On the upside I did get most of my security back.

This is our 2^nd time living here. The first time our experience was pretty good for the most part. However moving back 5 years later the place has gone to hell to say the least. The management and staff are rude disrespectful; have no professionalism and have no business skills whats so ever.
They advertise the amenities such as the pools, hot tubs, basketball and tennis courts and the gyms. Here is what they dont tell you. The gyms have been closed down due to constant vandalism. For a long time the kept the gyms open but none of the equipment works. The pools are also constantly tore up or unavailable for use. Kids and adults are always throwing the pool chairs into the pool, broken glass and food all over, and to top it off kids peeing everywhere (in the gym around the pool, ect.). The basketball courts are a joke. There has never been any repairs done and lets put it this way, I am 5’6 and I can slam dunk from a standing position. Honestly I have never gone to the tennis courts as I figure like everything else it is just not worth the time.
When we moved in we were told if we signed a 6mon or 1 year lease and renew that lease each period that our rent would not go up. Needless to say like everything else that was a lie we just were notified that rent will be increasing $ 30 if we sign a lease or $ 80 if we do not sign a lease again. The place has termites like crazy and everything is falling apart.
Then to top it all off our car was vandalized while we went out of town for the weekend. Of course the management and staff had nothing to say about it and we requested that the replacing the lighting in the carport; that too was to much to ask. So my wife went out and purchased a light bulb and replaced the bulb herself.
Then today at about 4:30pm I go to turn on the sink to find we have no water. Call the office and they say oh yeah a line busted in another building so it will be off 3 to 4 hours. We never got any notice that they were shutting off the water; and this is not the first time this has happen.
When we needed our fridge replaced the head maintenance man said he could not help us because they have not told him who the new vendor would be and he had no access to a fridge to replace ours. I called the office then and told them this is unacceptable and i need it replaced now, because now its costing me money. Somehow they pulled one our of their a– but that’s the most help we have gotten from them. Worst place by far.
There is no way I will sign another lease with this rat trap. We are saving now to move out and find a much better place.
The crime rate, drugs and the lack of concern for who you rent to is enough to make this place a zero, but the operation of this place is horrible. I would never recommend this place to anyone.

I can’t recommend this place. The units themselves are fairly nice, but it’s very poorly run. Many of the amenities have been closed since I moved in. This week I started getting «pay or quit» notices even-​though I paid my rent in full more than a week early (they deposit the check the next day!). I will look to live elsewhere after my lease is up and wouldn’t recommend the complex to friends.
Follow up: I moved out in March. I cleaned very well (up to/​beyond standards of every other apartment I lived in) and there was no damage that I hadn’t annotated on the move in sheets. I got about $ 20 of my deposit back. Most of that went to a cleaning fee (there was nothing left to clean outside of steam cleaning the carpets), steam cleaning (I agree with this charge), and painting/​repairing walls (like they should have done to begin with). If I move back into these apartments it will be because it’s all that’s available, not because I want to.

WORST MANAGEMENT EVER DON’T MOVE HERE !
I moved into this apartment complex in October. On my application I put that I had a dog. I got a call a couple days later saying that I was approved and could move in. I went in to sign my lease and we got most of the way through it then got to the part where I had to sign that I agreed to no pets. I told her I have a dog & she told me all she had was upstairs and there are no dogs aloud on the top floor. I told her that I could not leave him then she promised me that I would move to a downstairs as soon as one is open with no extra charge. So I had my dog stay with my sister, a couple weeks later I saw a few empty first floor apartments. I went into the office to ask to move. I spoke to a different lady sitting next to the lady who promised me a downstairs. The lady then told me I could NOT move until my lease was up as the other lady pretended she never told me I could move. I then emailed the director who took over a week to respond by phone only to be rude to me. I told her not to call my phone anymore.
& even worse I have NEVER lived anywhere that the water was shut off so often !! «replacing valves» I lived in different apartments from 6months to 2years & never had my water turned off. This happens every 2 – 4 weeks in Windscape & sometimes they don’t tell you then claim it to be an accident.
I have emailed this company numerous times asking for the information of the owners never getting a response. I will just keep spreading the word of how horrible this place is.

I lived in the Windscape Village apartments for 3 years, and it was, for the most part, a pleasant experience.
The office staff was courteous and helpful, and I thought the apartments were lovely. They let so much light in, it makes the place I live in now look like a cave.
I have only one complaint with this place:
I had the unfortunate experience of being overrun by fleas on account of my cat getting outside one time. Literally, there were thousands upon thousands of fleas through the entire apartment. I tried as best as I could to get rid of them, even using foggers, carpet powder, carpet spray, all to no avail. It got to the point where I left the apartment for a week and stayed elsewhere. I finally called up the office and spoke to Uriel, and explained my issue and asked to have the place fumigated as soon as possible. He told me no problem and pest control days are on Fridays, that someone will be there Friday morning, and to cover all of my appliances to prevent damage from the chemicals. So, very excitedly, I covered everything and left until Friday afternoon when it was safe to return. I had a 2 year old son at the time by the way. So, we returned to the apartment, opened the door, walked in. No smell, nothing. I look down, and my son is COVERED head to toe in fleas, crying. I immediately phoned Uriel because they obviously hadn’t come, and he explained that he didn’t know what happened, but they’ll be there next Friday. SAME THING HAPPENED! No show. :o (I called Uriel again and left a tearful message.
My call was NEVER returned.
I had to take care of the problem myself, which is okay because it was my fault anyway. I spent about $ 100 on flea bombs and bombed the hell out of my apartment and vaccumed like a madwoman! And that was that.
But seriously, if someone’s having that bad of a problem, don’t leave them hanging!
When I moved out of the apartment, I received my full deposit minus a mere $ 60 for cleaning within 3 weeks. I’ll admit that the place wans’t perfect when I left. There were dings and holes in the walls, but they didn’t charge for that. I was surprised.
Altogether it’s a pretty decent complex. The hot tub and pool were always clean. Maintenance is quick and efficient, they would usually come the same day. They also have a little playground for the little ones. We only took advantage of it once, but it was just okay.
There is no assigned parking (at least not 2 years ago), so everyone can park where they please. But there are enough spaces close enough to each building so you won’t have to walk far anyway.
From the outside the places look very nautical, like they belong on the east coast. That’s what drew me to them.
The same management company manages the Country Oaks Apartments in Santa Maria (which are TERRIBLE). The differences between Windscape and Country Oaks are just… insane! I’m assuming it’s not a property management issue, but more of an office management issue within the complexes.
But if you live here, I highly doubt you’ll be disappointed. It’s a nice place to stay. :o)