Beach Villa Apartments

Beach Villas was one of my best experiences in apartment living. There aren’t any amenities, but the location is a good bang for your buck includes 1 parking, but still a great deal being on the ocean! Management was great, & tenants always friendly! Sadly, I had to relocate for work, but I highly recommend this place for anyone who loves to be next to the ocean! Security at the door is good & it’s not easy for strangers to get into the building. Beach Villas was a great experience. I give it five stars for great management & friendly tenants.

I love my apartment complex. Friendly people. Friendly staff. It’s super safe and quiet and peaceful. Large spacious area with below average rent. It’s amazing.

I’ve been a home owner and owner of rental units for 20+ years… so I know what’s its like to be a landlord. I’m getting re-​acquainted with being a renter after selling our home in June of 2014. Since then I have lived at Beach Villas and have been extremely happy. The place is managed by Kelly and Yianni and they keep the place very clean and well maintained and their attention to personal details are noticed. They are always helpful, polite and friendly and they make it feel like home. I could not be happier with my first rental experience in many years.

One star is too much! RUN!!! This used to be a wonderful place to live even though there are no amenities, small laundry room and old apartments that have outrageous eletric bills because none of the windows or doors have a seal, the blinds actually blow like a window is open. They need need to be remodeled. We moved here because it was right on the beach the assistant manager and Cassie the manager we’re just the sweetest people there. We were retired and just looking for an ocean view. We started in about 2010 in apartment 612 that was on the street with a partial ocean view because at the time they had a waiting list and you had to be a resident to get the ocean front apartment. 612 was noisy but luckily within 6 months a 2 bedroom 2 bath ocean front apartment opened up, we were so happy to move in except for the fact that it was on the roof and limited view. We we’re on the waiting list from the day we moved in for a two bedroom After a year and a half or so of being on the waiting list we were so excited when we found out that we would be getting 803 a two bedroom, two bath full ocean view top floor. An apartment numerous tenants wanted we were asked daily if or when we were moving. We had planned on staying at Beach Villa for the duration but that changed in February 2014. We had been used to the revolving door of managers but Paul was always there to take care of things for us. Paul is transferred and the manager from hell took over. Kelly was less than truthful more often than not and came changing everything, she claimed she was the new sheriff in town. She was rude and arrogant and soon after tenants started moving out even long term tenants of 10– 20 years. Kelly came in took one of the best apartments even though there was a waiting list of approximately for this specific apartment and claimed there would be no more waiting list. Kelly bullied tenants some handicapped which caused them to move, myself and my husband included. It was so bad we went without repairs being done because we did not want her in our apartment. The neighbors referred to them as ‘the spys’ because they always seem to pop up when you had guests or private conversations going on. Cameras were installed in the garage and lobby supposedly for safety but that didn’t stop our Corvette from being broken into with no on seeing anything!!! The caneras just let the managers know if the tenants were coming and going. We moved from our beautiful peaceful ocean view apartment back to our home in Sacramento because we could not deal with them anymore it wasn’t worth it. Even after we moved Kelly found ways to mess with us we were basically ripped off by management we paid $ 30 for an extra remote to a prior manager which we returned she said there was no record of our $ 30 and refused to refund it. Pay the extra money move further down the beach and RUN FAR AWAY from Beach Villa Apartments customer service at this place is a joke.

Overall a good complex. I lived here for 2 years (2012 – 2014). High turn over of managers so if you happen to like one, don’t get attached. On the other hand, if you get a bad manager, they’ll be out soon enough. While I was there, there were 6 different managers in a 2 year span, no joke. Don’t know if this is good or bad, it’s your call.
PROS:
#1: The building is pet friendly which is great. If you don’t own pets though, not sure how much you will like this place. Pretty much everyone has at least two dogs. I never had a problem with barking or cleanliness regarding people’s dogs. But they do charge a pet deposit ($ 500/​dog) AND pet rent ($ 50/​month PER dog). So I guess this is only ½ a pro?
#2: Parking: (Also a con, see below #2)Comes with 1 underground parking which is cool. NOT per room though, just 1 parking total for each unit regardless of how many rooms. It’s $ 100 for an extra space which sucks. So again, ½ a pro?
#3: Balconies and units are large. Views are amazing.
#4: Maintenance staff is fast and efficient. I never had a lot of issues to report though.
CONS:
#1 Tenants: Rude tenants but this is not Beach Villas’ fault. They are rude because most of the tenants are older and have lived there for many years (most are on the 8^th floor or the beach level floors). Older tenants think they own the building. There are only a few of these but the rest are usually ok.
#2: Parking: During the 2 years I lived there, there were rampant thefts. My car was broken into twice, nothing taken but my locks were and still are screwed up. All bikes were stolen at two points (I didn’t have a bike but still). Not the most secure parking being right off Ocean Blvd. They eventually found out that it was supposedly a tenant stealing all the bikes. Not sure how true that was. A lot of tenants demanded cameras be put in but that never happened. Try and request a parking near the elevator further away from the street if you can.
Another problem with my parking space was that it was right under a water pipe that leaked. There was and still is rust stains all over my car. I had to complain at least a ½ a dozen times before they finally moved my spot. Not much else for the damage that was already done. The maintenance guy just told me to get my car washed and the rust stains will go away. Not true, maintenance guy, not true.
#3: Laundry: Small, only 4 washers and 4 dryers. $ 1 to wash, 75 cents to dry. When I first moved in there were 5 washers and 5 dryers, not sure why they took one of each away, no explanation. Don’t bother washing on weekends, rude tenants (see con #1) will literally throw your clothes on the FLOOR if you are more that 5 MIN late getting them.
#4: Mail: My packages got stolen ALL the time. Eventually I just had them mailed to work instead. None of the 6 managers ever cared.
#5: No amenities. I personally don’t care about gyms and pools, but some people might. This is the main reason Beach Villas is cheaper that the other high rises on Ocean Blvd.
#6: Bugs: For my first year here I lived in a 1 bedroom on the 7^th floor. During the first 6 months, no pest problem. For some reason during the last 6 months, MAJOR roach problem. Not sure if a new tenant brought them in or what but it was odd and disgusting none the less. Maintenance tried to bomb the place several times but they just never went away.
This caused me to leave and get a 2 bedroom, still on the 7^th floor literally almost next door to the 1 bedroom roach motel. Never saw one roach in the two bedroom. Go figure. So maybe it was just that 1 unit but I’m no roach expert.
#7: Electricity: Me and several other tenants had a HUGE problem with the electricity bill in this building. Not all tenants, but several. For some reason, my bill in the 2 bedroom was CRAZY high, like $ 300-​$ 400/​month. I complained to Edison and to Beach Villas and they never found out why. Apparently a lot of tenants had this problem. They eventually credited me $ 500 but this was the ultimate reason why I left. Most people leave this building because of the high electricity bill, truth be told. Just depends on which unit you get, there is no rhyme or reason and Beach Villas has never bothered to figure out why some units matriculate high electricity and why some don’t. Hopefully you don’t get one of these units.
Edison even sent me a reading of the levels of electricity used per hour of every day and the highest levels used were during 1am-​3am most days of the week! Say what? I’m SLEEPING between 1am-​3am ALL days of the week. It was A LOT of back and forth with management and this issue even went up to the President of Gardner Management. It was NOT easy to get that $ 500 credit from them.
OVERALL:
I’d say ⁵⁰⁄₅₀. I’d live here again if the need would arise. I’ve heard worse about newer high rises. You just need to grow a tough skin for apartment living in LA, things happen and it’s usually no one’s faul

My bf and I moved in about a month ago and we love our place! Before we moved in, I wanted a lot of changes in the apartment with new appliances, more lights, etc. Alex the manager said it was no problem and he could do everything we wanted. We were a little skeptical because we thought he was just saying that to get us to move in. We took our chances and took his word and I’m glad we did! Alex came through and he did everything we asked. Management here is very professional. Alex takes care of the tenants and takes care of every complaints/​problems right away. As long as Alex is the manager, this is the place to live.

The management is great Alex is very professional and nice .i well refer Beach Villas to everyone that is looking for a apartment