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    The Murphy Irvine

    4.0 (74 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    tony k.

    BEE AWARE of $1000 rent increase after your first lease! THE MURPHY VIBE: This place is very beautiful. The apartment is very spacious and comfortable. The amenities and the pool area are exceptional! Here is how I feel about this place: If you're looking for the best location in Irvine, this is your place If you're looking for A nice quiet place, this is your place! Except for the Airbnb people that are very inconsiderate to the tenants! And have drug addictions. The hallways are always filled with marijuana smell! If you don't like people parking in your parking spot. This is not your place! If you are expecting to charge your Tesla here, this is not your place If you are expecting leasing office to do something about your problem, this is not your place If you are expecting safety because you are close to the police station. This is not your place! An armed robber threatened my girlfriend in the parking garage. He was caught after. If you don't like maintenance people creeping at your door, this is not your place! I have proof! If you are expecting to meet nice people, tweakers, and homeless people, this is your place! If you are expecting to talk to the same leasing office people, this is not your place. There's always new people at the leasing office that don't know what they're doing. Don't get me wrong. I love The Murphy vibe. The place is beautiful and I have met some great neighbors Who already moved out due to the rent increase! Everybody's moving out due to the rent increase! I don't even know what management is thinking! It is insulting to me and to all the tenants to raise rent by $1000 a month from management. I feel like I was tricked into the lease and now I have to move all over again and struggle because of that. It is humiliating to all of us! I think I already set enough. There is a lot more but I'm just going to show you the proof and the pictures I add to this post so you can make a conscious decision and not be in my situation because it is horrible I promise!

    Rong G.

    Kevin is helpful and friendly. He is nice to talk to and consistently can help me. He treated everyone nicely and did well in his job. I liked Murphy a lot because of him.

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    Justin M.

    Final update: Bottle of urine was found in the parking deck as I walked to my car. I'm hoping that these type of issues change for future tenants.

    3 messages in 3 days to all residents to pay rent with past due fee notification .. even to those who paid timely.
    E K.

    Funny. We did call management and even visited the office only to be notified no one is available because of holiday parties or vacations. Have fun paying your neighbors' rent! If you can pay your rent, watch out, they will overcharge you at any opportunity. They do not penalize those who can't don't.

    Cigarette Butts all over. Residents informed of policy stating no smoking of any kind, even vaping, within 25 feet of Murphy.
    Mark T.

    The Negatives: My car, parked inside what is supposed to be a security garage, was the victim of car parts theft. There is so much smoking going on here: by the pool, near the amenity rooms, in the garage, and inside the apartments. There are many AirBnB rentals here, supposedly in violation of the lease and in violation of Irvine law banning short-term rental platforms such as AirBNB and Vrbo. The AirBnB rentals are totally making this place so much more unpleasant. (I have seen people even smoking in the exercise room! And a lot of the smokers are the AirBnB renters.) And finally, there is not enough soundproofing between the apartment floors/ceilings. You can hear a lot of sounds above and/or below you. The Positives: The complex looks nice from the outside, the kitchens are nice, the exercise rooms are fabulous, and the location is good. If the owners/manager could remove and then keep the AirBnB rentals out, finally and truly enforce the nonsmoking policy, and find a way to better protect the cars in the garage, Murphy could be one of the greatest apartment complex in our area. (I did not include the soundproofing issue because there's nothing that can be done about this now, and virtually every apartment complex suffers this issue.) The owners/manager have known about the AirBnB renters for a very long time now. They refuse to do what is necessary to stop it, in spite of the fact AirBnB is a violation of Irvine law.

    Game Room (great place to hangout when you got company over)
    Eli R.

    Things have changed due to COVID, this place was amazing, and had amazing staff. But, now the whole office team was replaced, and they are nowhere near as amazing, as the previous team. New management, definitely made an impact and now, The Murphy doesn't seem as nice as it once was. For "Luxury" apartments the soundproofing in floors and ceilings are horrible. The whole environment had changed alot. I really wish they could bring back the old staff. They were amazing people and were extremely helpful. For those looking for a place to stay, I definitely would check elsewhere before looking for an apartment here at The Murphy.

    Very clean and modern living room. Overall very optimized layout for 1BR.

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    Jose from the maitnece team is great . He takes his time . And gives you a lot of information !

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    Great place to live! Kevin & the entire staff are super friendly, responsive, and professional.

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    Ask the Community - The Murphy Irvine

    Hi there is it allowed to smoke inside our apartment? as my husband is a smoker, we usually use air purifiers in our living room where my husband smoke so we won't bother our neighbors.…

    Absolutely no smoking whatsoever is permitted inside or outside the apartments. Of course, people are still doing it, in spite of the warnings. The office workers send notices that people cannot smoke, but they never really came up with a way to… Read more

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    Just finished our application, we are soo excited to move in Jazmin is absolutely amazing!!!

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    Been living in the Paloma apartments for close to two years now. Wanted to recognize how awesome…read moretheir maintenance team is. Anytime we put in a work order, they're here either the same day or the next to fix the issue, and we've never had to worry about getting someone out here! Thank you to Ricardo and the rest of the maintenance team!

    I'm really conflicted writing this because my boyfriend and I actually like our apartment and the…read moreoverall vibe here, but the amount of misinformation we've dealt with in just 4 months is honestly unacceptable. When we were apartment hunting, a huge selling point was being told that each leaseholder would get 7 guest parking permits a month. It sounded like a decent plus to the nightmare parking situation (virtually no guest spots or street parking in general; $150/month for an extra parking spot with a year-long waitlist). Instead, we found out the leasing agent completely LIED to us--it's actually 7 permits PER household, not PER person. I know we did not mishear this during the leasing process and that we were explicitly told we would receive 21 permits in total for the 3 leaseholders we had for our unit. When I brought this up, management admitted we were lied to, but they didn't even offer a single solution or credit for the $10-per-pass fee we're now stuck with. It feels like they'll say anything just to get a lease signed. The lack of communication between the office and security is just as frustrating. I've been kicked out of the "24-hour" business center TWICE by security because they weren't told the correct hours. I actually had to email a leasing agent myself and show the security guard the email on my phone just so she'd believe me--and even then, she took a photo of it like she still didn't trust me. It shouldn't be the resident's job to train the building's security on their own amenities! On top of that, we've already had to re-sign our entire lease two months after moving in because the office messed up the numbers on the original documents. While the unit itself is modern and I appreciate the gym and the package lockers, the "unseen"parts of living here are exhausting. The fire alarms go off at 3 AM for no reason, the power has flickered out multiple times, and it took around a week to get a working microwave when ours died. I still have 11 months left on my lease, and I'm genuinely worried about what else was a lie or what else will break. I'm mostly upset that they admitted we were lied to by their agent and took no action to make it right with us. If you're looking to move here, I'd suggest getting every single promise in writing, because their verbal word doesn't seem to be honest. I will keep this updated.

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    Shout out to Serena Vista--office staff, maintenance, grounds, and management--for this community's…read morefriendly atmosphere and efficient upkeep. They work hard to maintain and upgrade units. Many have in-unit washer/dryers, and refrigerators are now included as well. What a plus! A few lucky residents have private yards, and everyone enjoys the upgraded pool and gym, as well as a small dog park on the premises. Serena Vista is family and pet-friendly, and many of the residents have lived here for nearly a decade. We stay for a reason. We love it here. The entire property has been newly painted and landscaped recently. SV is secluded from busy streets and freeway-close. It's the best of all worlds!

    I lived here from 2019-2025 and I absolutely loved it. Staff was amazing Shout out to Ruth who…read moreunfortunately no longer works in the office. I initially lived in one of the outer apartments right next to the garages/dumpsters, but moved to an upstairs unit that was in the middle of the complex, Unit J1. Highly recommend both upstairs and middle complex because of the foot traffic and garages opening and closing. The walls are thin, that's just apartment living. Luckily I got one neighbor who was never home and my downstairs neighbor didn't mind my clogging practice. Really convenient having both in unit washer and dryers and multiple laundromats around. I never had an issue if I wanted to wash my duvet, the were never full. They also have a filtered water bottle filling station in the laundromat over by J1. Not sure if they have them in the others in the complex. (you're welcome). Sometimes I drive by just to reminisce on old times. The only small issue I had was with my deposit. When I moved out they tried to charge me for a cleaning fee, but I left my place spotless. Management companies in CA can charge a cleaning fee, but only to restore the unit to the same level of cleanliness it was in at the start of your tenancy. They cant cover "ordinary wear and tear". I ended up getting it refunded no problem, but just something to watch for.

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