Please be warned: This property is not at all what it appears to be. The owners of this property are known to be very wealthy and yet very cheap and ruthless, what most would consider to be "slum lords". The management company is Property West and have to be the most heartless and horrific property managers that I've ever experienced. It's all about making them rich and letting the property deteriorate while continually raising the residents' rent until you either have to get a roommate or be forced to move out.
We have had numerous crimes on this property, the police have been here dozens of times in the year that I've lived here, and as a result several tenants begged the management to put in parking lot cameras and/or to get 24-hour security, even offering to all chip in and pay for it!! However, our outcries have gone ignored and or requests, flat turned down.
Another review by "Anthony" was right on the mark that the management is almost non-existent, and when they are rarely on the property they don't give a damn about how the property looks nor how it's run, nor keeping longterm, hardworking, good tenants. Their first priority is always focusing on marketing to get their units filled...at any cost!
In the less than two years that I've lived here the manager has changed more than three times and we never know who it is or when they are available. Work orders are always delayed, the carpeting is filthy, and the tenants that I've known to move out end up losing nearly all of their deposits for bogus reasons.
Like another poster stated, there's too much street noise, perpetually over-filled trash dumpsters, dog poop all over the place, and dog pee all over the sidewalks.
Neighbors are perpetually changing as turnover is extremely high here due to the lack of upgrades and improvements and horrible customer service to the loyal residents.
The rent goes up more than 20% each year, which basically means that I will soon be paying more for rent at Playa Mar than many of my friends pay for their home mortgages in Encinitas.
I cannot stress how much the owners and management care nothing about getting and keeping good, long lasting tenants who want to live here and create a community home life. We over-pay for what we get in return, put up with trash on the property, smokers, limited parking and criminal behavior.
My lease is coming up for renewal again and I have already heard that they're raising rent again by 20%, yet I'll get no improvements or upgrades for my increase.
Save yourself a serious headache and make a better choice than Playa Mar Encinitas!! read more