Whitsett Courtyard Apartments

I think the studio I saw today was so cute!
Finally a place that’s clean and unlived in unlike some of the other places I’ve searched! On top of THAT Ricketta is so sweet! She wasn’t trying to sell me a home. She let me know about her own experience there and let me make up my own mind. Plus she was VERY personable. She seemed to me very genuine as well! I only subtract a star because to me, full kitchen means oven AND fridge. But other than that, this so far is the roomiest studio I’ve found so far. Now I know what to look for or better yet, I’ll be able to be content here! We’ll see! Thank you Ricketta for your sincerity and kind heart!

Great management. Very clean. Landscaping always done. Not loud or nosiness. I recommend these apartments if your looking for a good onsite management and everything to be fixed in a timely manner.

IT ALL STARTED DECEMBER 2013. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Upon moving in many promises were made. I do appreciate all efforts per Sylver in attempting to accommodate. However, the company handles business in a very haphazardly way. At the time management didn’t live on the grounds, so it seem almost impossible to get in sync with her and Jesus (janitor). Either management blamed the owner, while Jesus blamed management. Allowing the tenant to suffer. It is now approaching May 2014 and I have yet to have ALL promises fulfilled. Now I will speak on the grounds and the upkeep (no pun intended) it’s SWEPT. under the rug. I will start with the walk up and exit gate to the grounds. Upon moving in, they were broken. This meant anyone had entry to the secure grounds. In march of 2014 the gates were repaired… IF NO ONE ELSE MENTIONED IT, I THANKED MANAGEMENT PERSONALLY. Happiness ain’t forever, it was short lived. The exit gate was not working again (for whatever the reason) within 48 hours. So still the exit gate sits wide open for anyone, as they do, to wander the premises. Couldn’t be safe! Today (⁴⁄₂₈), the walk up gate is broken. No entry or exit through it. Moving on. We the tenants are allowed to have pets. But no on enforces the rule, PICK UP YOUR DOGS SHIT! On any given day, fresh dog poop is in eye view of all. I walk over it daily. And so does management. I’ve watched her. The driveways and parking lot are common areas to find dog poop. This is also a NO SMOKING courtyard. But cigarette butts are scattered all over the grounds. The walk ways are an eyesore. Stains of old urine, chewing gum and old puddle stains live graciously there. But I was told that we have a grounds keeper. Sounds like a free paycheck to me. Once after the City of LA came to inspect the grounds, it was washed once (no stains removed). Oh but just the other night management came out in the night and use a gardening hose to spray water on the courtyard. Still wondering what that really accomplished. But I guess she tried! As of April 2014, we were informed that site management had changed, she now lives on the premises. Still hoping for better days…
NOT A PLACE TO RECOMMEND TO ANYONE…

Buckle your seat belts, I got lots to say. This is a long review but hey, it’s necessary. This isn’t a place to eat, it’s your potential home. It’s important. With that, here goes.
This place doesn’t look half bad from the street. Boy, were we wrong when we moved in here. After a miserable year in this dump, my girlfriend and I FINALLY left this shithole in early 2013. Stay AWAY from this place. 90% of the tenants in this place are inconsiderate, uneducated ghetto trash! Tenants constantly break the rules left and right. There is no smoking allowed on the property but they do it anyway. They also blatantly smoke weed out in the open like nothing. There is no bike riding allowed either, kids ride their bikes and are loud. They’d even leave them lying around under the sign that reads «NO BIKE RIDING ALLOWED».
The (former) manager, who’s initials are JW, was easily the most incompetent building manager I have ever had the displeasure of living under. She was nice at face value. But I don’t care to have a super friendly manager if they don’t get stuff DONE. People would break the building rules all the time and all she would do is post up letters on all unit’s doors reiterating the rules. None of that matters if there’s no follow through. They were empty threats basically. She is no longer there however. She actually got up, transferred to another building to manage in Torrance (or so we were told) and gave absolutely no notice to the tenants at all. We found out after we put in our 30 day notice at the end of Jan. that she had left on Jan. 1^st! I constantly complained about the «Big Worm» (have you seen «Friday»?) looking idiot across the way from our apartment who would constantly yell at his TV. Seriously, every day was the super bowl over there. From 5p (presumably he had a job) to 11:30p and all day on the weekends. His big living room window faces ours (his apt is actually a studio) and when we’d look out the window, we could see his big ass plopped down on his couch watching us. I even had the guy recorded on camera screaming and NOTHING was ever done because no one else heard him! HELLO, I have him on tape! If by some misguided reason you still decide to rent here, stay away from apt. 29. The way that big window from the apartment across the way is facing the apartment is just stupid. You can’t help but feel watched if you have your blinds open or if you install a screen door like we did. Also, it gets HOT in the summer. So it sucks to live there on any second floor (It sucks living there regardless). The one AC unit in the living room doesn’t do the job too well. It barely cools down the living room so forget about the bedroom getting cooler.
Back to the property itself. There would be fights between tenants. The cops showed up a few times. Our bedroom was next to the entrance driveway thus we had our window there also, and it never failed that we’d ALWAYS here idiots come home and talk at full volume at 1AM during the week. No consideration at all for their neighbors. There’s this real hoodrat that used to yell at her kid when they’d leave every day at around 6am, «YOU GOTTA PEE?! GO PEE PEE!!». It wasn’t an anger yell either, she’s one of those types that has to «yell speak». I heard someone yell for her to shut up and she flew off the handle cursing up a storm, at 6am.
The entrance/​exit gates didn’t work for a good 80% of the time we were there. Why? The tenants would disable them. Yea. There was this apparent ex-​con that lived there who kept disabling them out of anger for being evicted. He kept disabling them up until he left. But even a good month after he was gone, they’d be disabled again, so someone else was doing it also. I’m actually shocked that the property owners didn’t just fire the manager’s ass and that they allowed her to continue «managing» buildings for them.
The tenants basically have that attitude of «I don’t care if I trash it, it’s not mine anyways.» and «I don’t have to pick up my garbage because someone else will do it.». Which is a damn shame because within our four walls, our apartment wasn’t bad at all. The management and tenants ruined the property. This place NEVER felt like home because of that. The building will be under new management so maybe there is some sort of hope for it to be rescued, but who knows. I’d stay away. I did learn something from this experience though, if you are going to opt in on going the cheaper route on a place to live, remember that ghetto trash can afford it also. We decided to stretch our money a bit farther to find a much, MUCH better place. We definitely found it and are much happier. The extra money is worth peace of mind and peace and quiet. We actually fond a «home».