The apartment was dirty they should have waited to show it until after they fixed it up. The condo otherwise was a nice size and has a lot of potential read more

I am a property manager for over 100 units through out the Bay Area and I have to say that this HOA is the finest I have come across. They have regular business hours, answer the phone when you call, and answer your questions all within the same day... which if you know anything about the way most HOA's operate, is an amazing service. They have a nice office and are fully staffed. I can understand how a tenant or owner may have had one bad experience, but I have dealt with them on multiple occasions over the last few years and they are incredibly responsive and professional. read more

Amazingly convenient location - minutes to 280/87, San Jose downtown and San Jose State University. Good amenities with fitness center, and pool, hot tub and BBQ grills. The complex is calm and quiet. Friendly residents. The neighborhood around the area is average but personally I had not encountered problems while I was living there. Many of the residents work in tech companies like Cisco. Very reasonable rent - best value for the buck! read more

I feel I have to leave two reviews for how disappointing this place is. The HOA is a joke. There have been lots of recent thefts from the mailroom and even the front door was broken. They ask for residents to report things and even go as far as stating that packages will no longer be permitted to be left in the mailroom. On top of that. The garage gate was left open for almost a week and a half. Instead of fixing and strengthening the doors they paint nonessential doors and condemn mail carriers to have to lug the packages to the residents doors around the complex. The HOA is trash and Grayson Management. read more

The complex itself is great. The layout of the condos also very well done, but the problem is people who own pets here do not pick up after their pets. There's pet poop in some of the grassy areas where there shouldn't be. I mean c'mon people. They provide doggie trash bags for a reason. Parking for guests is pretty much street parking and for some odd reason, third street gets fairly packed so it's hard to get your VIP in front of the complex. For the people that live here, there's a gated parking unit under the complex, but be careful because the dip is really steep so go really really slowly. read more

Brickyard is getting better and better and I love it. Recently Brickyard enhanced security, including access to the mailroom with key fob, and security patrol. Also the new community manager is much better in terms response to requests. read more

I love the complex itself. But we'd been here less than TWO weeks and had BOTH our bikes stolen from inside the parking garage. That's ludicrous. If you're considering living here and have bikes, either keep them in your apartment or try getting access to the bike cage inside the parking garage, it looks at least a bit more secure than the garage itself has proven to be. If only I had a bike to put in there to see... The BBQ and pool area is lovely. The gym is fine, some of the equipment could use an update and they could do with a couple more machines but really its fine. All the meeting rooms are great to use too. The apartment itself is really nice with pretty good quality fixtures etc. read more

This place is a crap. I've been living here for the past few years and it's nothing but torture. I'm glad to be finally be moving out. Too bad for the new owner of my unit. :/ - There are lots of electrical and plumbing issues in the building. The plumbing was linked to the electrical system 2-3 years ago so whenever the power goes out or the electrical system shorts, the water also stops running. This happens every 2-3 weeks during prime hours (ex- morning when everyone is getting ready for the day). It also impacts the underground garage gate so you're likely to get stuck trying to get out. - The hot water system also shuts off every other weekend (or so) for a day. - The insulation is not that great. Your AC/heater will be constantly running which means large electric bills. - The parking or the mailbox room (after renovations) are not super secure. - There is no pest control so over bug infestations are steadily increasing over the years. - The HOA website/contact is boarder line useless and have a "you're problem, not mine" attitude. You'll have to plan well in advance for things that should be trivial (ex- TV/internet installation). I recommend making friends with Roy, the local rep. He's super helpful. - The HOA also decides to test the fire alarm way too frequently so the building alarm goes off in 10-15-mins intervals for 3-5 rings between 5-8pm every 2-3 weeks. (Yes, I've lived though so many of these that I have data to describe the testing timeline and intervals.) TL;DR: While the location is great, being close the university and major highways, do not buy/rent here if you don't want to loose electricity and water randomly during prime hours and/or be woken up every few weeks in the dead of night to the fire alarm. read more

I have had nothing but problems with the HOA. I am a renter and have nothing but "tough luck attitude" with them. My bike was stolen and my key fob to get me into the mail room and the building randomly stopped working after 8 months. They said, "Sorry about the bike." and then "We will not replace the key fob, it's $45." In a building that is supposed to be safe, there are homeless people sleeping in the conference rooms, the garage door gets stuck on open, and the front door to the building doesn't shut. Also, recently they had an issue with an electrical box and the condo's HVAC went out. They did not notify me and I almost called a repair man. read more

As a homeowner, I love my Brickyard condo. The location is a little rough, but the property looks great and the price was well worth it. Extra parking and the HOA suck, but otherwise, it is a great investment or first home for someone to purchase. Most of the negative reviews seem to be from renters, not owners regarding their landlord. I have been thinking about buying more units here, but the prices are going up as the neighborhood changes. read more

I love this complex. Have had many clients buy and sell here. We have a 2 bedroom up for sale right now.

This review is a few years late... We lived in a one bedroom condo that we rented from August 2011-July 2012. If I could, I'd give this place 0 stars. The property looks very nice, and we were pretty easily sold on it after visiting. However, in just the year that we lived here, we we appalled with what went down here. These are privately owned condos, the vast majority of which are rented out to tenents by owners directly or via various property management services. We knew this going into the lease, but didn't really think anything of it at the time. However, since these are independently owned condos under an HOA, there is no regular management onsite, because they are not needed for the typical reasons such as meeting with prospective tenents/leasing apartments/fulfilling maintenance requests/etc.. Now, to be fair, I've heard they have at least somewhat increased their security during certain hours/areas since we lived there (although based on the recent reviews, it doesn't seem to have helped all that much...). Here is just a taste of what we experienced in the 11.5 months that we lived at Brickyard: In the 11 months we lived there, we had to file THREE completely different insurance claims with our renters insurance policy, all of which were results of criminal activity on the property. And that's not even including the countless other issues we dealt with on a day to day basis that just happened to not affect us directly enough to fall under our insurance policy... To put that into perspective, we've been renting homes in the Bay Area (having renter's insurance policies) for approximately the last 8-10 years. In that time, we've never once had to file any claims other than the 3 claims we had to file living at Brickyard. First, we were robbed just a couple months after moving in, right out of our (locked) hallway storage closet, which was just directly next to our front door. This happened in broad daylight, and several other storage closets on our floor were also burglarized and/or ransacked for anything of value (We lived on the 2nd floor, just one apartment away from the elevators and stairs, making for a very quick and easy escape). Among just our things that were stolen, included several, fairly new, high-quality (Makita and Dewalt brands), power tool sets, as well as my boyfriend's very nice road bike (he had purchased it from a yard sale a while back for a few hundred $, which we soon learned was actually a major bargain, as the replacement cost for the same exact bike turned out to be worth several thousand $, which was more than my car at the time was even worth....ugh). It was pretty obvious that the theives either actually lived within the complex themselves, or knew someone in the building who was giving them full access. Next, we were the unintended victims of the rage of the tenants who lived in the condo directly above us, who we later found out were reacting to being faced with an eviction notice. At the time, all we knew about them was their tendency to have frequent, loud arguments, oftentimes becoming very obviously violent. We actually had gone so far as to anonymously call the police on two different occasions, out of concern for the safety of the victim(s) in their horribly abusive home. Anyway, we had been enjoying a quiet Sunday afternoon at home, when we discovered that a major water leak had sprung in our closet ceiling. Within minutes, half of the closet (plus its contents) was completely soaked. We were frantically calling/emailing/texting anyone we could from the property management company that was leasing us the apartment, as well as our point of contact for the HOA, while scrambling to move the rest of our things out of the closet and trying to prevent further damage. Of course, our property management company was just for our condo, and had no knowledge of the rest of the building nor any of the other tenents, so it took several hours before anyone could actually pinpoint the origin of the leak causing the flood in our closet (and ultimately leaking in our bedroom right over the bed as well). We later found out that the tenents above had been notified the day prior that they were being evicted. Out of spite, they clogged their bathroom drains with towels and turned on their faucets, before leaving the property for the last time. Lovely... Our third and final claim came just 3 weeks before we were scheduled to move out. My bike (which was only about 1 year old), was stolen. I just used it a couple hours prior, and get this: not only was it locked with TWO locks (both of which were cut off and left), and was inside the the remote-key-entry-only underground garage, it also was stolen from WITHIN the locked bike cage! That means that the theives had to have had a key to the bike cage, which residents could only get via the HOA. So, yet again, they were likely fellow residents. GOOD RIDDANCE! read more

I visited Brickyard today for an open house on a 1 bedroom unit; currently there are three for sale. I drove by at night the night before. Fairly dark, quiet street. Lots of random places on the street other than this property. Looks like there are building a new one next door. There are a few houses directly across the street. It's a one-way street. Wouldn't walk around at night. Nothing in walking distance. Not far off the freeway. Further down the street toward 280 seemed to be a lot of old 2-story duplexes. I returned today for the open house at noon. Not much street parking. I wandered the property before checking out the unit. Dark hallways. Amenities are decent. As I headed to the unit, I ran into a male resident and asked him if he would recommend the property. He immediately said no. He states that he is a renter. Issues he mentioned were plumbing and burglary of bikes and packages. Coming in I had pretty much decided that I wouldn't consider buying in the area as it wasn't recommended from what I found in research and talking to a friend who knows the San Jose area. The unit was nice, staged well. Really liked that the bathroom could be accessed without going thru the bedroom. View from the balcony was just the building. Would be curious is the noise from the pool gets trapped in the inner part of the building where it might be loud for units facing inwards. I might be otherwise interested if the area was better and burglary wasn't an issue. At least the front of the building is secure but it leads me to believe that residents are possible stealing from other residents. The real estate agent said the property was 47% owner-occupied. read more

Friendly residents! Clean surroundings and well maintained property. Pet friendly is a big plus.

lived in the brickyard since 8/2014. Had a bike stolen out of the locked bike cage in the underground parking garage. The bike had two locks on it as well both of which were cut. Street parking is a pain if you do drive and there is no elevator to the third floor which makes carrying bikes which we now store inside all the more difficult. The hot tub is nice read more

yet again the thieves strike at the brickyard condo's. Because the drive through gates are left open all day and not monitored, the thieves can come and go at will. My car was broken into and belongings taken. The belongings were not in plain sight and not valuable. That being said, the workers here should be responsible for providing a security guard for the wide open drive through gate or keep it closed as it should be. This is not a one time occurrence, it is over and over and nothing is being done about it. This is not a safe place to live. Renters and buyers beware. read more

Lived here for a year. They have a lot of plumbing issues which causes them to shut off the water once a month. Other than that, I didn't have any other complaints! Great atmosphere, nice pool. read more

I just finished moving my son into the Brickyard condos. Very nice community. The people we spoke with were friendly and helpful. The HOA just changed so perhaps there will be better security for bikes and cars (see older reviews), but the community is clean and very well appointed with luxury amenities. While there are a few wrinkles, considering the massive lawsuit and resulting construction that always follows, the place seems to be finally catching it's breath. Cameras in the basement garage should now be a priority, but the cleanliness and friendliness are important. I could live here. read more