Southern Avenue Villas

I just signed my second 12 month lease and have read the reviews and would like to add my observations. One, we did get hit with ants in June/July but with the pandemic I just bought ant spray, both liquid and sprayed both outside door frames that fixed it, but am still paying $3 a month for pest control. A bigger issue are the add-ons per month ($13 for valet garbage whether you use it or not) and $3 for package drop off service (which I use all the time) plus $3 parking, plus water, sewer for me it adds up to nearly $100 a month and $1450/month in reality is $1550. My biggest complaint is the front gate. All of us are getting 10x the deliveries we used to, and there is no code for the gate. You have to take your fob in but only one phone can be attached to it, it is such a pain many residents have no code and PATIENT delivery people just follow someone in, but if we are going to allow that, then just leave the gate open in the day time, MesaPD is our next door neighbor. OR send us all a gate code. We have one for the package pickup. Besides that, I really like the apartment-- it's big and sunny. I am on first floor and I never hear my neighbors through the walls (outside you can hear). I work online very early in the morning and have asked neighbors if they can hear me talking at 3 am, and they say no, so I don't think the noise complaints are valid. I attached a photo of a first floor patio (smoking area for me).

Don't mind the 1 star reviews, they are from people who didn't read the contract or they broke the rules and had to face the consequences. That being said my stay here has been nothing but pleasant, neighbors and staff are kind, the place is beautiful and well kept. Security is here if you need it but they aren't trying to ruin someone's day, plus they are mostly off duty cops. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is because management can be hard to get a hold of once in a while. Nothing crazy, but typically its hard to get a call back from them if you leave a message. So just keep calling until you talk to someone, it never took me more than 2 calls for them to pick up. Overall I'd recommend this place to someone looking to move to the area

Been here for about 6 month now, and havent had any issues. Front office has been cool, there was a mix up with the garage remotes while moving in, the pool area is REALLY nice, and the walls arent as paper thin as most bad reviews seem to state. They were probably just dealing with bad neighbors. We've been lucky so far and don't seem to have any. Solid place of living and the area isnt bad. The Fiesta mall is closed though, so the area really isnt anything to brag about.