I've had a great experience living here. The community is clean, quiet, and well maintained, and…read morethe staff has always been friendly, professional, and quick to help whenever I've needed assistance. Maintenance requests are handled promptly, and the common areas are kept in excellent condition. The location is another huge plus--it's convenient to shopping, restaurants, and major freeways while still feeling like a peaceful place to come home to. I also appreciate that the property feels safe and that management works hard to keep the community looking its best. Overall, I'm very happy with my experience and would definitely recommend this apartment community to anyone looking for a comfortable, well-managed place to live.

Moved in 5 days ago been busy but would spare a time to give a kudos to Tammy for making everything…read moreeasy and smooth from application to move in day. She makes sure everything is aligned. Place is clean, quiet and accessible to nearby stores. Loving the place already. Thank you so much Tammy

After living here for 8 years my family and I are moving out due to work change…read moreWe loved it! Lots of trees, nature and squirrels around. Had hummingbirds coming to my feeder on the patio. Service requests were always done ASAP. This is not luxurious here, but if you enjoy roomy apartments for a fair price (it's Bay Area!!), this is for you!

We've lived here for 6+ years now and it's been a great experience! Wonderful location (1/2 a mile…read morewalk to lake Elizabeth) and the best staff at any apartment I've ever lived in. A very family friendly and dog friendly area. Maintenance is fantastic, super quick, responsive, and helpful, and Faith at the front office is equally wonderful. Rent goes up every year, which is unfortunate, but for the price, square footage, and customer service, it's hard to justify leaving for housing elsewhere.

We lived within this community for almost 4 years. We rented a 2 bedroom 2 story townhome style…read moreapartment. I remember the first time we toured this place we fell in love with how cozy it was. It felt like a real home and an upgrade to the place we were previously staying. 1 car garage with additional driveway & street parking, in unit washer/dryer, backyard for gardening, upstairs balcony...plenty of space! I could go on about all the good qualities! They all outweigh bad. We had a couple issues with neighbor smoking in the backyard, dribbling basketballs past quiet hours, finding parking after a certain hour but I feel those issues are common things in all apartment complexes. These issues were addressed. Overall, we enjoyed our time. Safety is a priority and we did not encounter a bad experience with theft or break-ins inside the community. (Sometimes we would forget to close our garage over night and everything stayed in place the next morning hehe). Can't forget to mention how close this place is to Safeway. Super convenient. Also a good distance to lake Elizabeth as well. Last but not least, Kathy (manager) and Jason (maintenance) are truly the best people for this job. They are genuine and friendly people who really cares for their community. Quick to respond and addressed concerns promptly. We will miss living within this community. If you're looking for a spot, I highly recommend living here and calling this place home!

I have been living here for the last 22 years. Kathy and Jason are some of the best people one…read morecould ever ask for for Property Management (Kathy) and Maintenance (Jason). They are efficient, friendly, and have supported my wife and I for all those years. My wife passed early this year and they have been supportive in my efforts to downsize and re-organize. I am staying with the property, just teaming up with another tenant (who I had shared one of the units with before). Our unit was a 2 bedroom, 1 & 1/2 bath townhouse. It has a spacious living room (which I turned into a 'hospital care' space when my wife became ill), with 2 bedrooms upstairs. The full bath is upstairs, the half bath is downstairs. When we had any requests, like the reasonable accommodation request for a handicap ramp for the front stairs, they got it done.

Excellent and Always Helpful!…read more Rafi is truly one of the most helpful and dependable people in our apartment community. He has helped us arrange a cleaner, cleaned stains from our walls, and has always been willing to help whenever we need assistance. He is friendly, responsive, and goes above and beyond to make things easier for residents. We really appreciate his kindness, hard work, and willingness to help. We are very fortunate to have someone like Rafi in our community. Thank you, Rafi, for always being there to help!

Do not live here unless you enjoy having your lease agreement violated. Almost two months ago our…read morecar was towed because the leasing office made a mistake assigning parking lots. The total cost was more than $500. It took two months and chasing down the ridiculous manager ourselves, all for her to say they cannot provide a refund and that we need to speak to the third party vendor. The complex has happily taken our rent money but refuses to issue us a new lease with newly assigned parking spots. The manager should be fired.

Parking is very stressful. Only 2 cars per family are allowed to park inside. People parked on the…read morecourt are also very greedy and still choose to park outside even though they have parking access inside. So it's hard to find parking. They should allow the limit up to 3 cars at least. Keep in mind we also have to pay expensive rent and we cannot manage getting towed. Please have some compassion.

I called the office for some information. The person on the phone was extremely rude and clearly…read moredemonstrated the inability to care about her job. Promised to call back but I knew she wasn't going to! I hope this was just a one time experience, but from the confidence of her attitude it indicates a clear patten of behavior. There are so many apartment complexes around the area. Almost all of them will treat you better than the experience I had today. My recommendation, save your time and energy and be treated like a human being somewhere else. I am concerned about future experiences with this place and would need to study the tenant laws to rent here. Not in it for the disrespect!

There was an animal in our fireplace and maintenance came out right away. Evan did an amazing job…read moregetting the bird out of the chimney and releasing it outside. I appreciate the response time to my email and how efficient he was getting the bird out safely. Maintenance crew at Mariposa never disappoints.

We recently moved out of apt 4051. For those of you considering move-in, please note that you'll…read moredeal with endless termite problems. This unit is infested with termites, and last time it look us 5 months to get termite treatment. You will also deal with endless ant issues because there are foundation gaps leading into the kitchen. We kept our home extremely clean and ants would find their away in every month. If they said the yard would be taken care of? It won't be. We had to pay out of our pocket to have yard work done because the grass would grow so high. The sunlight roof in the bathroom? Same thing, there are gaps which bugs and termites can come in during high season. When the weather gets cold, there is so much condensation in that glass ceiling that drops onto the ground. Take your money and live elsewhere, or at least another unit that isn't neglected as this one.

My screen door is torn and I did request a new one but never heard back and it was never replaced…read more Everything else with my maintenance request went well. Thanks!

I've lived here for almost two years and really enjoy the environment and gym. One concern is the…read moreparking situation. For a 2-bed, 2-bath unit, we only get one parking spot, and guest parking has become very difficult. Other apartments often include two spots for similar units. Here, an extra spot costs $75/month, which feels high--almost like paying a second car insurance. A more reasonable rate might be $30-$50/month. It would be helpful to know if there are added benefits for the $75 fee. I hope management will consider revisiting the parking policy. Thank you.

Best place and location. Good thing - washer and dryer included. No additional chargers for water…read moreand garbage. Few things - rent is expected to increase at 7% YOY. Check on sunlight if it's important for you. Because the community is with redwood trees, certain apartments might not get enough sunlight during the day.

I lived at The Meadows for a little over three years, and I genuinely don't think I could have…read morelucked into a better place to live in the Bay Area. What made The Meadows so great was the combination of the people, the property, and the location. The management and maintenance teams were wonderful throughout my time here, the community was friendly, and the grounds were always exceptionally clean and beautifully maintained. There's a ton of greenery throughout the property, and it always felt like the people taking care of the community genuinely cared about making it a nice place to live. That experience started before I even moved in. The leasing staff took the time to understand what I was looking for and helped me find a unit that fit my preferences. They were even gracious enough to work with me on getting a better deal. Looking back, that first interaction was a pretty good indication of how I'd be treated over the next three years. I also really appreciated how reasonable management was when it came to renewals. Even with the rent-control limits on annual increases, my rent generally went up by less than what they could have charged. I never felt like management was trying to squeeze as much as possible out of existing residents, which unfortunately isn't something I can say about every apartment community in the Bay Area. Maintenance was excellent too, although, honestly, the fact that I only had a single maintenance request in more than three years probably says something on its own. When I did need help, everyone I interacted with was friendly and helpful. The Meadows is also easily one of the cleanest apartment communities I've ever seen. When I moved in, it was obvious that they had put real care into preparing and cleaning the unit. As someone who is pretty particular about keeping my own home clean, I appreciated that. I noticed the same attention to detail when I moved out and saw the cleaning checklist they use to prepare apartments for the next resident. It was surprisingly close to the kind of checklist I'd make myself. My apartment had wonderful natural light and became an incredibly cozy home for me. I faced the expressway, and while there was a small amount of road noise, it was never enough to really bother me. More than anything, I loved coming home every day. That may be the simplest and most important compliment I can give a place where I spent more than three years. The location was great as well. There are restaurants and grocery stores nearby, plenty of good routes for running and walking, and it's incredibly easy to get onto highways. The property itself also has great amenities, and I particularly appreciated how well the gym was maintained. Despite being so conveniently located, the community always felt comfortable and safe. I never felt uneasy living or walking around here. There were also community events throughout the year that brought residents together. I certainly didn't go to every one, but I appreciated that they existed and that management put real effort into making The Meadows feel like a community rather than just a collection of apartments. Even moving out was surprisingly easy. Everything was handled professionally and straightforwardly, without unnecessary stress or surprises. It was nice that my last experience with the management team was just as positive as my first. The only reason I moved was because I wanted to live in a different part of the Bay Area. It had nothing to do with The Meadows itself. Over the years I visited plenty of other apartment communities where friends and coworkers lived, and I honestly never came away wishing I had chosen somewhere else. It's rare to leave an apartment feeling genuinely sad to go, but The Meadows really became home for me. I looked forward to coming home every day, and I'm incredibly happy I stayed as long as I did. (ps. videos are from the day I moved out; the place looks even better after they take a pass before the next tenant's move in)

First and foremost it has been great living here in Avalon the past half year. We are in one of the…read morenewly renovated units which we loved when we took the tour and applied quick! I must say the team is WONDERFUL!! maintenance team is very responsive and gets the work done efficiently. the main office, Mariah and Derek has helped me a handful of times Their response to emails are so quick! The complex itself is nice and well clean. We go tot he gym pretty often and it always mostly clean. The pool area as well is nice except we did have a hard time with one of the grills and i think the grills should be deep cleaned. Another minor complaint is there are times where the trash area gets way too full and filthy, trash overload and sometimes laying out on the floor, which makes this complex look dirty. In my building, we have kids playing soccer near the garage area which we have received multiple emails NOT to play in that area. It would also be nice if someone maintained the leaves area and blow them away or something. when we first moved in i've only seen it once where they did that never saw it happen again. Overall, great place to live. i'd renew our lease!

Overall we really like it here. Maintenance team is wonderful and very responsive. Biggest flaw is…read morefor a DOG FRIENDLY complex of this size not have trash cans placed throughout the property, for residents to dispose of dog waste easily. People frequently do not bother to pick up after their dogs. Every complex I've lived at has dog waste bins and bags conveniently thru the entire property. Avalon has 2? And only near the front. It's crazy to me that with th amount of dogs here they wouldn't want to encourage people to pick up dogs poop and throw it away. Even just one near the mailboxes would be helpful.

Today I wanted to give a shout out to Gio. I submitted a request for maintenance this morning and…read morelater this afternoon he was able to spot by and quickly help me out with my issues. Even an additional issue that wasn't on the original request. He resolved it quickly and perfectly. This is exactly what I have come to expect from the maintenance team here at sycamore bay. They are always knowledgeable and fast!

UPDATE - TOWING DISPUTE STILL UNRESOLVED…read more I was towed from Sycamore Bay Apartments while completing a DoorDash delivery for one of their residents. The resident remotely opened the gate and allowed me into the property. I acknowledge that I was temporarily double parked while completing the delivery. My concern is the timeline and how the tow was handled. The tow paperwork says my vehicle was "observed" and dispatched for towing at approximately 1:14 AM, but around that time I was still at or near the entrance gate waiting to be let in. I have repeatedly asked management to explain how my vehicle could already have been observed inside the property at that time and to review any gate-access records. My hazard lights were on when I left the vehicle. Management later confirmed that its own exit-gate footage shows my hazards flashing while my vehicle was being towed out at approximately 1:22 AM. I have also requested tow-yard surveillance because my hazards were still flashing when I later went to retrieve my wallet from the vehicle. My husband and I returned while the tow truck was still there and tried to stop the tow. I called 911 around 1:22 AM, and the towing paperwork states the vehicle was not removed until approximately 1:24 AM. I was left stranded around 2 AM with my purse and wallet still inside the car and had to walk to the tow yard, where I paid $332 to get my vehicle back. I am a student, and the unexpected expense put me behind financially. The incident also caused significant stress, anxiety, and difficulty sleeping. Management previously responded publicly saying they were "working towards a resolution," but I still have not been reimbursed, and the key timeline questions remain unanswered. I strongly recommend that delivery drivers and visitors document their entry time, parking location, hazard lights, and any towing interaction at this property. I am continuing to pursue this matter and hope it is resolved fairly.