I am updating my review: As of now, unfortunetly we are still living here. This is because they sneakingly make you sign your lease and in there states that when you leave, you have to give a 60 day written notice. OK, we all know that when you move and if you rent, that new renter wants someone to move in right away so they are not loosing money. Which means, You have to give 60 day notice and pay 2 months rent while paying 2 months rent in the new place, honestly, in this economy who can afford that? RENTER BEWARE: if you rent here know that!!! This property has just recently gone under new management, everything is going worse downhill. The upkeep around the grounds is filthy, leaves everywhere, fallen trees everywhere. You used to be able to place a maintenance call and have a 48 hour turn around. Now, be willing to wait about 10 days and make about 4 phone calls to then realize your work order "slipped through the cracks" The office staff is starting to be friendly a little (mind you they are under new management, so they are all minding their P's and Q's) For now. NOW, let me start about the sexual molesters and predators that live here. There is 1 other review that individually lists all of their offenses. PLEASE BELIEVE they are ALL true, sadly. I am raising a child here and now fear for their life and my life everytime I truck in from my carport that is pretty far from my apartment. I no longer leave at night alone or walk or run on the complex as I could easily be picked up by one of the "predators" that is living here that has been convicted of "RAPE" and "RAPE BY FORCE AND FEAR" and "SODOMY" and "SODOMY" of a "FOREIGN OBJECT" Please someone explain to me how anyone would want to raise a family here in this "Family Friendly" environment. HA HA not even close. I live in fear now, I live watching over my shoulder and afraid to look at anyone. I just found my "CARPORT" neighbor that I talk to on several occasions on MEGANS LAW WEBSITE for lewd acts with a minor under 14. Please tell me how I should sleep at night! Please, I know times are really tough, and the economy is in the toilet, but unless this is your last resort, I highly advise to keep looking. The management team should really be ashamed of themselves. ALSO, it is "our" responsibility and due diligence to look up on the websites for these people and decide where we want to live. These people have taken precious things of innocent people and are living foot loose and fancy free as I have to live in fear for my safety and life. I hope that this has been helpful. As to the laundry facilities, still a joke. You would be lucky to have 1 or 2 of the 3 machines working. People are slobs here and leave their clothes in the machines and lint all over. The only laundry rooms that have new machines are the ones by the leasing office. This is because they show this to you on your tour so you are "impressed" Ask to see multiple facilities. There are people that come here that do not live here and use the gym. So keep in mind, that you maybe talking to people that are not your "neighbors" its very scary how easy it is to get into this place. All of the reviews you are reading are correct. They get you in by showing you the glamour of the models and the pools. The staff tells you what you want to hear. The laundry machines are always broken. It does not matter how many time you call in the machines, they do nothing to contact the company that runs them. When they come out they just switch the macines around. The club house and smaller gym are a joke, the machines never work. No one is helpful. They have a very minimal screening process. They let sex preditors live here, its very very creepy. So much vandilisom. When you call in the complaints, they just say ok thanks for letting us know, i will let management know. Someome tried to take my gas last weekend from my car. The people who live here and nothing but inconsiderate and loud. The buildings are very old and not updated at all, so you can hear you neighbors up stairs walking around at all hours of the night. Woodchase, Parkside commons, or the raquet club are much better then this dump, look into them before you really have to choose this place. The staff in the office and liars. I am only giving 1 star because you can not go lower. We are trying to leave now. This place is not safe, and the staff or the "management" team does nothing to insure your safety. I had some woman banging on my door at like 3 in the morning, they said they would send someone to my place, that did not happen, I had to call 911. read more

Worst rental experience ever. When we first moved in in 2008, the complex was owned by different owners. The grounds were immaculate - never saw a piece of trash. Maintenance was speedy. They had community activities such as an annual crab dinner, easter eggs for the kids, etc. The tenants were very nice. All of this changed by 2009. They were bought by another owner and over time everything went to s***. Trash all over the grounds. Cars broken into all the time. Apartments broken into. The place truly is filled with drug addicts, gang bangers, prostitutes, and sex offenders. The pools are a filthy nightmare and when they are used it is by huge groups of bangers who keep regular residents out of the pools. The noise is unbelievable. Any complaints to the office about noise, unsafe conditions, or seeing a break-in get referred to the San Leandro PD (who never come). With a couple of exceptions the office staff are rude, unpleasant, and downright dishonest. We finally managed to leave, but not before we noticed that they tried to stiff us for the $400 move-in special we'd gotten. Since we lived there for 3 years, we were entitled to this money. It took 12 messages to the manager who never called back and finally a call to the regional manager before they corrected this. This was after they sent us a bill demanding payment within 4 days or they would send us to collections. They owed us money, not the other way around. The laundry machines are always broken. I have seen washers sit there with filthy water in them for months. The dumpsters are always full and don't get emptied nearly often enough. There are rats everywhere. The balcony railings have dry rot - it took us 8 months to get this fixed. There are 14 sex offenders living here - here's a list of their individual offenses: CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILD 2. CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILD, SEXUAL PENETRATION OF VICTIM WITH FOREIGN OBJECT, LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE, ORAL COPULATION WITH A MINOR UNDER 8 YEARS 3. CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILD, ORAL COPULATION WITH A MINOR UNDER 8 YEARS, LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE 4.LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD 14 OR 15 YEARS OF AGE AND OFFENDER 10 OR MORE YEARS OLDER THAN VICTIM, SEX PENETRATION WITH FOREIGN OBJECT OF VICTIM UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE 5, LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE 6. SODOMY WITH PERSON UNDER 14 YEARS OR WITH FORCE, ORAL COPULATION WITH A MINOR UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE OR BY FORCE OR FEAR 7. LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE 8.LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE, SEXUAL BATTERY 9.LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD 14 OR 15 YEARS OF AGE AND OFFENDER 10 OR MORE YEARS OLDER THAN VICTIM 10. CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILD 11. CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILD, LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE 12. LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD 14 OR 15 YEARS OF AGE AND OFFENDER 10 OR MORE YEARS OLDER THAN VICTIM 13. RAPE, PRIOR CODE - SODOMY, LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE, SEXUAL PENETRATION OF VICTIM WITH FOREIGN OBJECT 14. RAPE BY FORCE OR FEAR 15. CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILD If you have children this doesn't look like a safe place for them to be. This can be found on the Megan's Law website. As tenants with a 100% on-time rent payment, I would've expected some basic customer service, but never received it. DO NOT RENT HERE. read more

Hello, Watch out for move out scam at Lakeside village. 1. Even if you keep everything in very good condition, they are not going to return your single penny deposit and they will charge left and right. 2. Carrier posts will be stolen and complaint to lakeside management is waste and they will not help you. 3. Half of the time in an year, wall painting and mold issues most of the October to April timeframe. 4. Check your apartment power unit and they will connect to outside area and make you pay the bill without knowing you. 5. Heater fixed at most of the apartment is very old. If you switch-on for an hour or two, you get $100 PGE bill for sure. 6. Caution! It is not over and is just beginning. They will not tell you the complete procedure to vacate apartment. First they will prepare a balance sheet of your deposit and the fake charges for the apartment you lived. That ends up with no deposit return. 7. Again, if you are not familiar with PGE, water account closure, they will make you to pay everything for the electricity bill for cleaning apartment, repair apartment appliances, Fridge and all other carpet cleaning motor running in your electricity bill along with the additional water and other utility bill until you realize that you have not closed the account. You will be end up with paying another 1 month rent without actually living in the apartment(Believe me I did not know I have to close this account soon after I vacate apartment, I have paid $175 PGE bill for them and then b*ood*y b**ch leasing manager who replaced Holly did not even care to show concern or to meet me or pick up the call when I called). 8. If you go and ask them to reimburse, they will not do as they don't have procedure to return money policy. 8. It is waste of your time if you try to contact Freidkin management complaint etc. 9. Horrible Apartment manager who replaced Holly (who was the only gem of the person in the whole team rest all are fake) sits at Lakeside leasing apartment and she doesn't even care of seeing you if you try to discuss with them. They ask their subordinates to inform you to leave if you walk-in to the leasing office. 10. But don't worry, when you are trying to sign lease, they won't make you feeling that. You will realize only when you start living in that apartment. 11. Security is another issue. Car parts stolen, someone else parking in your reserved areas are common thing. Management does not care about it. Hope this information is good for you to decide before moving here. Never ever think of Lakeside and that too with horrible B*t*h leasing manager. Mark read more

DO NOT MOVE TO THIS GHETTO DUMP. I'm a POC so this is not a race thing period. It's a thing of they let all the criminals in the east bay move in. I literally had a couple that was on REAL HARDCORE drugs live right under me and you can imagine the noise they make at all times. I had to call the office as if maintenance/ leasing office doesn't see the BS they do or cause when i see them walking right past doing whatever they're doing, they let ANYONE live here. Tires being stolen, cars broken into 24/7! SERIOUSLY!! Garbage is always all over the place, they even have a garbage bin behind a residents car, like seriously? They have to move it every time to leave! I can't make this up. maintenance GOES INSIDE YOUR HOME WHEN YOU'RE NOT THERE, put up a camera! Office workers, such as TOMMY and LINDA are scammers and will charge you upon move out even when the place is CLEAN as ever for '' SMOKE FEE'' BS. I lived on Creekside dr and Waterfall way, both ratchet as ever. Total of 6 years lived here, over the past 3 years I felt like I was in west Oakland, moved out 6/2020! Do not move here thinking it looks nice and is affordable because it's a trick and it's not worth it. These people want me to pay them, on top of my $700 deposit(they kept) an additional $300 just for smoke fee BS, make it make sense right?. Money hungry, TERRIBLE people. I moved because I couldn't take anymore parking lot parties and FIGHTS, POLICE is there at least 4 times a week maybe more, I'm not lying at all. HOMELESS people run in and out all day and night. Tommy, who just says anything not thinking if it makes sense, will try to charge you extra for prorated rent. Good thing I have a brain and knows when something isn't right! Linda will make it seem as if she's trying to help but she full of it, she's trying to help get money. Dail, dil or whatever her name is, is rude and picks up the phone as if it's her cell phone, they're ALL RUDE AND HAVE NO CUSTOMER SERVICE, Linda had the best customer service and it was still BAD. This is a honest, serious review. I tell all my friends and people, DO NOT MOVE THERE. If you want a decent looking apartment w/ trash everywhere in sight, in the ''HOOD'' of SL, this is the place. If you love THUGS being out all night/day, police every other day, broken into cars, crappy office team and weird maintenance men, lakeside is your dream. Don't move here expecting anything different from what I said, I wish someone would've told me! SAVE YOURSELF PEACE, TIME AND MONEY, FIND A DIFFERENT PLACE! read more

i definitely do not recommend this place. This place sucks and i regret living here i'm just counting my days til i move out of here. if i could only put zero star at all i would do it. This place has turned my life into a living hell. DO NOT BE FOOLED ON SIGNING IN A LONG TERM LEASE BECAUSE OF A DISCOUNT OR YOU WILL BE LIKE ME STUCK. I SHOULD HAVE GOT THE MONTH TO MONTH RENT FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW IM STOCK HERE. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE POND AND GAZZIBO. the stuff that works here are rude and not very helpful. THEY ARE ONLY NICE WHEN YOUR INTERESTED IN RENTING THERE PLACE. my apartment got broken into and stole a lot of my stuff and one of my neighbor behind me. the door lock is easy to break and they went to the front door during day time when i was at work. management has no control of this place. this place has turned into a low income apartment complex. IF YOU HAVE KIDS STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. THERE IS A LOT OF SEX OFFENDERS LIVING IN THIS AREA GO LOOK IT UP IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME. I'VE BEEN HERE 9 MONTHS 3 CARS GOT BROKEN INTO THAT I KNOW OF AND I'M GLAD MY CAR IS NOT ONE OF THEM. A LOT OF DRUG ADDICTS ARE LIVING HERE AND YOU WOULD SEE THEM IN THE AFTERNOON AND AT NIGHT SELLING DRUGS. IF YOU HAVE A SECOND CAR GOOD LUCK WITH THE PARKING THIS IS A NIGHTMARE YOU WILL HAVE TO PARK REALLY FAR JUST TO FIND ONE. THIS PLACE IS UNSAFE THERE WAS A LADY THAT WAS WALKING THAT GOT ROB. CARS GETTING STOLEN. IF YOU WANT A PIECE OF MIND DO NOT LIVE HERE. THEIR IS A LOT OF GHETTO PEOPLE AND THUGS THAT LIVES HERE. LIVING HERE IS LIKE LIVING IN THE HOOD. MY NEIGHBOR WOULD BLAST MUSIC AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING IM TIRED OF CALLING THE MANAGEMENT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THIS PLACE IS VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THE PRICE I'M PAYING I CAN FIND A LOT BETTER PLACE AND SAFE LIVING CONDITION THAN THIS. PLUS I CAN A HAVE MY PIECE OF MIND WHEN I'M NOT AT HOME AND ALSO FOR MY FAMILY. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW GARBAGE AND SEWER ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THE RENT THIS PLACE IS A JOKE. I ALSO HATE LIVING HERE BECAUSE ITS TOO NOISY BEING NEXT TO THE FREEWAY AND SPECIALLY AT NIGHT YOU CANT SLEEP. WHEN TRUCKS PASS BY. THE FLOOR AND WALLS WOULD SHAKE. FOR FUTURE RENTERS HERE JUST AN ADVISE DONT LEAVE YOUR LAUNDRY IF YOU DONT WANT IT TO GO MISSING. I SUGGEST YOU DRIVE HERE DURING DAY TIME AND NIGHT TIME SO YOU'LL SEE HOW BAD THIS PLACE REALLY IS. 9 MONTHS LIVING HERE I EXPERIENCED AND HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS A LOT OF BAD STUFF ABOUT THIS PLACE. read more

YHave you ever felt uncomfortable in yours apartment while you had the black guy Anthony in your apartment? this place is not safe for women. theys got a woman abuser workin here. this place dont do background checxs on workers. I used to work with Anthony lee back in early 90s for marven j buddermen in oakland. and me and lee used to case units out to rob. I got caught did my time and lee got caght severly beating a tenant who caght him in his apartment. lee would only case units with old womens living alone. I have heard that their is complaints about lee at lakeside now.but hes still their. buddemen alowd him to work even tho he had no high scooling. if this place did background cheks this wuld show up. protect your wife daughter or moms from this guy. dont take my word do a background before someone esle gets robbed hurt. YUO HAVE BENE WARNED. I AM LETING THE NEWS NO ABOT THIS GUY ALSO our review helps others learn about great local businesses. Please don't review this business if you received a freebie for writing this review, or if you're connected in any way to the owner or employees. read more

WARNING!!!! DO NOT RENT HERE AT RAPESIDE VILLAGE. This dump has a numerous sexual offenders!!! Why the hell do they even do a background checks on you if they allow all these child molesters and rapist to live there. Cars are always broken into. Always smell marijuana on the property. This place has terrible parking but PLENTY of cockroaches and bugs that live with you in your apartment. This place is simply nasty and unsanitary. This place is now a low income place so you have a bunch of hoodlums and molesters living it up. The damn walls and floors are so thin you can hear KNUCKLES and PEDRO all night long. Even their child CURIOUS GEORGE can be heard all night long jumping up and down eating her bananas. Also goodluck on getting your deposit back when you move out.. You can kiss that hard earned cash goodbye. There staff there are a bunch of morans who dont return calls. You're better off renting in the hood in oakland. At least you wont over pay to live in a bad environment.. GOODBYE RAPESIDE VILLAGE!!!! I FEEL SO SORRY FOR YOUR FUTURE TENANTS/ VICTIMS!!!! read more