Awesome housing! Loved living here, the community was great, and the space was very accommodating.read more

I Fucking Love You…read more I didn't want to live here at first because I wanted an angsty lesbian with too much Ani DiFranco on their play list to take my spot. I wanted her to have a community she could really benefit from. Turns out I did too. The first time I came in her my future roommate Jason offered me fudge. It just made sense. For 2 years the general mess state of the house, the communal showers, the weird vegetable mush passing off as dinners were all part of your charm. Especially when most of my really good friends 3 years out of college are people I met who saw me at my weirdest, out of my mind & lived down the hall. I may be married to a wonderful man, but I won't forget my wedding vows to you.

2/20/2025 The bad…read more Old and uncomfortable furniture Old yellow lights that make the rooms hot Poor lighting- not a lot of natural light and poor ventilation Old and cheap faucets and low water pressure Old laundry machines that stink and dryers that don't dry Old appliances Old musty carpets Construction next door starts everyday at 7am won't let you sleep Party house next door won't let you sleep (They party past 12am) Close proximity to the ghetto (Telegraph Ave) The good Access to water filters 10-15 min walk to campus Shout out to the cleaning lady- she does an excellent job keeping halls and bathrooms and other common areas clean ID Card access to main gate (not side gate). You'll get regular keys for your apt and room.

138. This is the best living option through Cal Housing. You get to live independently in a not so…read moreshady environment. There's a kitchen, common area, and bathroom so you'll only have to share with three other people. Compared to the high-rises, this living situation is so much better. You don't get meal points, but you can buy an off-campus plan if you don't have time to cook. Some suites do have an ant problem, and recently, the pigeons have found a new play area on the higher floors. There are Apartment Assistants on each floor if you have any questions or concerns though. They're not always in sight, but they are really helpful when you need them!

Deducted over 2k on deposit for no reason. No pest control. Gate was broken for the entire year…read moreuntil they had to attract new tenants. Homeless can go inside as long as they want and staff won't do anything. Disgusting apartment with incredibly high rent.

Adds random fees we didn't discuss when signing the lease, didn't clean it before we moved in AT…read moreALL and then charged us for damage that was already there. Besides all that the housing is overpriced and you can follow other people into the gym anyways.

Avoid at All Costs -- Dangerous, Mismanaged, and Unethical…read more I lived at this student housing location from 2023 to 2024 (approximately 1.5 years), and I would strongly advise others to look elsewhere. The property management was completely negligent. The on-site manager was often rude, unprofessional, and discriminatory in behavior. She appeared more focused on her personal image--frequently flaunting luxury items--than on tenant safety or building maintenance. Serious issues plagued this building: * Multiple deaths occurred on-site, including one individual whose body wasn't discovered for two weeks, leaving tenants to endure the smell for months. * Security is nonexistent. There were armed robberies, break-ins by unhoused individuals during storms, and even reports of gang-related activity that management appeared to overlook or tolerate. * Rooms were illegally sublet via Airbnb by relatives of the manager, while some stayed rent-free--clearly a conflict of interest and a violation of basic housing standards. * Drugs were sold openly, and the safety of residents was never a priority. * To make matters worse, the cleaning staff were underpaid and treated poorly despite working under very difficult conditions. This was not just a bad experience--it was an ongoing trauma. If you value your safety, mental health, and basic human dignity, I urge you to consider other housing options.

Doesn't exist as student housing. Ever since the pandemic most of the students moved out. They were…read morein the process of renovating the rooms with their own bathrooms for an Airb&b but this project went belly up. There are some permanent residents there and I've stayed there because my family member stays there but the "Tenderloin " area has creeped up close to the location and until SF can push it back where it was it a bit unsavory to stay there though affordable

Lunch for students? 1. Sorry we ran out of meat. There's…read moreonly chips, white rice, and salsa for you! And yes I was already charged for entering for food! 2. Fried bacon and fried beef patty are all the options for entree! How healthy and how wonderful is the dining experience! Oh also did I mention these happen regularly?

You will make true friends here. This place is a danger for women and a gross violation of the…read moreClery Act.

Good things: I think the people in this house are fairly nice. It's very comfortable to stay with…read morethem, especially my roommates and friends. The facilities are very useful, you don't need to buy lots of things. Bad things: the landlord is greedy, and he didn't return the deposit back in time and you would lose $200 over the PayPal payment process. Think twice if you mind that.

RUN AWAY. please read if you are considering signing a contract here…read more The landlord is impossibly greedy and also very creepy and manipulative. I cannot find any reason for 5 star reviews except that he must have bribed residents to write them. The house is way too crowded (the rent control letters came in the mail and I did some digging, it seems he has every bedroom registered as its own apartment and that's how he gets away with charging so much - $1200 starting rate for a bunk in a shared room). There is a bathroom and 4 small bedrooms upstairs - a double, 2 triples, and a quad (all bunkbeds). Downstairs there is a small converted living room with 4 beds, also bunks. There is one small "bedroom" in the back that barely has room for a bed and dresser (and cannot legally be classified as a bedroom in CA due to lacking a closet). The landlord has constructed an ADU and a detached bathroom in the backyard (without filling out the proper paperwork with the city). There are 4 beds in the ADU. So in total, there are 21 beds with 3 bathrooms. There is a living room with a couch and dining table in it, gets extremely cramped at mealtimes. He has squeezed 3 fridges in the house, but there still isn't room for 21 people's food. The house would be nice with far fewer people, it has great hardwood floors and Victorian architecture, but with all the people he crams in there it is always dirty. The bathrooms are high-traffic and don't get enough ventilation so there is almost always condensation and mildew. Residents are also not allowed to leave any personal items in common space, ever. There is a nice deck in the backyard but you will never be alone, there are too many people. It is loud and cramped and the residents are not allowed to control the thermostat at all. There is nowhere to relax or study quietly. There are horrible signs about "house rules" everywhere you look and the landlord comes over (and into your room!) with no notice, often. Sometimes he would even stop by to take a shower at the house. He also did house showings with zero notice, regularly. The landlord was still getting mail there and pretending he lived there in order to get some kind of tax break. He said he needed me to take the "girly" decorations off my walls because he needed to pass my room off as his own for some kind of inspection. Bottom line, the landlord takes advantage of international students who aren't familiar with the local housing market. This is one of the only places that allows you to sign site-unseen, attracting foreign students who want to have their housing sorted before they get here. They don't realize how much of a rip-off it is and what a nightmare the house is until they get here and it's too late. The landlord is super shady and doesn't treat his tenants like people, and he seems to skirt the law quite a bit.

Great location, cool house, absurdly stressful place to live…read more In the three years I've been a tenant, we've had: -Three changes in management, all of whom are their own unique flavor of unhelpful/manipulative/inconsistent. -A flea infestation that drove many residents out within the semester and put one tenant in the hospital. -A longstanding rat infestation that the landlord was aware of and was very slow to handle. -In response to tenants' concerns-- apathy from the landlord, hostility and unrelated personal attacks from the landlady, and defensiveness from their nephew. -Landlords' personal problems and unwillingness to communicate with each other manifesting in administrative errors that affect residents. -Multiple high-profile construction projects with little warning to residents, leaving nails and piles of debris around the property for months. -Inconsistent enforcement of rules by landlord's nephew, including throwing away residents' food, laptops, instruments, and other possessions, and claiming basic items guaranteed in contract are a "luxury" we shouldn't expect. -A forced evacuation due to flooding and roof collapsing, with landlords very resistant to providing residents adequate alternative housing, even in light of students' resulting health concerns and discovery of lead, asbestos, and mold. -A legitimately illegal contract-- the landlords had prior knowledge of lead and asbestos, and knowingly failed to disclose either in the tenants' contracts. -On the plus side, we had a couple nice cats for a while. Please think twice before signing on to live here. The problem with Kluegel isn't things like rats, fleas, leaks, etc., which can understandably happen anywhere. The issue is that these concerns are hardly ever adequately addressed, and tend only to be "noticed" after they've become intolerable or dangerous. I love the location and have made some great friends here, but living in Kluegel has been such a consistent source of headaches and stress-- the last thing any student needs more of in a place they call home.

Stayed here for a semester, I had a wonderful experience! We had Rashad, a wonderful housekeeper…read morewho prepared all for us!

Great place to live, it's nested in the center of Berkeley so there's a lot of good food around.read more

From the owner: These modern apartments are built with your lifestyle in mind. URSA Berkeley is located within…read moreminutes of the Berkeley campus and a short walk to downtown Berkeley, BART, public transit restaurants and shopping.

Place is not good. I do not recommend. The place is small and old and very cramped. The owner…read moredoesnt care about the property. There is nothing nice. The kitchen is so old, like in the 90s. I think this place should permanently shut down as it is dilapidated and I warn students or Berkeley workers to stay away from this dump. The owner charges so much money too! It's like she is winning in the lottery. But the place is so DIRTY!!!! Very dirty!

From the owner: We provide sustainable move-in ready coliving, off-campus housing, and corporate housing in the Bay…read moreArea. Our fully-furnished private apartments, bedrooms, and shared occupancy rooms are ideal for academic professionals, remote workers, digital nomads, international students, visiting scholars, researchers, interns, entrepreneurs, and working professionals and their families. Our rates are affordable housing with flexible lease terms! We hope to help you find your home away from home!