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    ************************ I recently moved back to The Lark at the end of April 2024, and it feels like coming home. It's a bit more expensive than living in Berkeley (an extra $700 per month, to be exact), but being close to Ruby is priceless. Not to mention, it's lovely to be reunited with Mr. El and Maria. Ruby takes excellent care of everyone, including our pets and watches over our apartments when we're away. She even looked after my two cats when I was on an international trip for a week and my automatic feeder suddenly stopped working. I sincerely am grateful for Ruby's prompt response to the crisis. Mr. El is always super quick to handle maintenance requests, and Maria keeps everything spotless in the common areas. So much has changed since I left a couple of years ago. The apartments and common areas have been completely transformed. We now have new amenities like filtered water dispensers in the clubroom and the gym, beautiful stone countertops and bathroom flooring in the apartments, a community vegetable garden, and even a dedicated studio for stretching and dancing. But despite all these changes, the heart and soul of The Lark remains the same - the incredible team of Ruby, Mr. El, and Maria, the regular safety checks to keep us all safe, the annual bulk waste coordination, and the fantastic neighborhood get-togethers. I've also had the pleasure of meeting the new additions to The Lark Management team, Carl and Jose, who are just as friendly and helpful. All in all, being back at The Lark fills me with excitement, a sense of safety, and a deep feeling of peace. It's good to be home.

    Ray M.

    We run a fast-growing corporate housing provider company based in Silicon Valley. When we recently had clients that needed furnished corporate housing units and requested the San Mateo area, we turned to Park 20 where Ruby is the Community Manager. From the outset, Ruby was incredibly quick, thorough and detail-oriented. We had to work directly with her to set up fully-furnished and equipped corporate housing units in time for our clients' arrivals. Typically, we have barely enough time to execute where there is almost no room for error. Ruby's move-in process is incomparable. She emailed to us a detailed set of info that no other property management company has ever provided to us. It helped us tremendously with our execution as again, there is no time to waste. I appreciate Ruby's genuine commitment to customer service. She provides to her residents the best white-glove treatment imaginable where she simply taps into a skill set that comes naturally to her. In turn, she has been able to garner rave reviews from her residents that have ushered her to the top of the property management world. Thank you for all that you do Ruby even amidst a pandemic. We appreciate you, your team, as well as the opportunity to reside at Park 20.

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    Yuta K.

    Such a wonderful community Ruby and all the great staff have been building. We lived here almost 5 years and no complaint al all. The building is very stiff and no noise at all and they organize some events regularly which help to get to know other people living here. Location is also perfect. We are sending our son to the one of the highest rated daycares which is just in front of the apartment. Thanks!!

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