Iron Point At Prairie Oaks

Just an update. It seems my review isn’t showing up. Love these apartments. Light and airy, close to shopping, restaurants and the freeway.

I am altering my original post/​review because in light of the car vandalism and break-​ins and attempted break-​ins happening on 14-​October 2015.
Just today, this community experienced multiple instances whose apartments were gained access to and cars vandalized, and after speaking with Iron Point’s front office this evening there was an attemptto convince me what happened was not correct and no apartments were broken into. I was called personally on my mobile number to tell me I could not post to the community website of these incidents or the pictures I uploaded, and I was berated and treated unprofessionally to the point where I now have to contact Sequoia Equities to seek resolution.
The FPD officer who took our statement, and the operator on Folsom PD’s non-​emergency line who took my call when reporting the attempted break in, confirmed there *were* multiple apartments gained access to and cars vandalized, and just this evening I found Iron Point’s front office had deleted all of my posts to their community page in an attempt to cover up what I endeavored to bring light to all of us here. For the record, the call to Folsom PD’s non-​emergency line was initiated at 9:52AM, and has been documented and recorded. If this behavior wasn’t eqregious enough, when the police office asked if there was any reports of previous suspicious activity by non-​residents our front office denied I had reported any such incidents this year.
If that wasn’t infuriating enough, another front office staff member interviewed my wife this morning at our apartment (after I reported the attempted break in) she expressed her opinion in a laughable manner to another resident saying it «was funny» our apartment «was the only one broken into», when, in fact, it was confirmed by the aforementioned conversations with Folsom PD there were multiple apartments gained access to. Suffice it to say, this is NOT funny or a joke, and to have Sequoia Equities representatives laugh away these events is extremely unprofessional and revolting. The Folsom police officer took down our statement and took pictures of our apartment, along with the damage to our front door and bedroom windows, but when we took the broken glass found outside our bedroom windows in order to show and give evidence of the attempted break-​in no attention was given to this evidence or concern shown.
Iron Point Apartment residents are *not* given the security we pay for, and the blatant attempt of the front office calling me to tell me I do not need to inform our neighbors of what happened to my wife and I or to not advise others to protect themselves is appalling, unnecessary and extremely unprofessional. My wife and I are now put into a position where we have to purchase surveillance equipment in order to feel protected while away, as we cannot rely on this property to provide the services promised and paid for.

Lived here a few months and I figured it was time to get a review in for anyone looking for an apartment.
This apartment is crazy expensive! I’m paying $ 1737 for a two bedroom villa! I was unlucky enough to have moved in summer and was stuck with summer rates. If you are able to move in the off-​season (winter) the rates should be a bit lower. Either way, it’s still expensive. Move down the highway a bit (Rancho) and you can live in one of their sister properties and get a two bedroom for around $ 1300. Undoubtedly a huge portion of this price is due to location. It’s located across the street from the major high school and across the intersection from Intel, not to mention the two movie theaters and dozens of stores all within a 1 – 4 mile radius.
The complex itself is pretty nice. It’s gated and decently maintained, though, definitely some areas for improvement. In some of the more common walking areas you’ll find patches of dead grass or completely missing shrubbery, the path lights don’t always work and some are caked in bird poop. Basically, it just needs some routine maintenance done on it.
Now onto the apartment. First impressions were that it was very nice, and for the most part it is. I personally love the layout my roommate and I have as each bedroom is across from each other, so the noise we make doesn’t cause problems for us. The biggest downside to my apartment is that it’s on the second floor and the staircase up was designed by someone who just expected all of our furniture to magically appear up there. When we moved in we dinged the heck out of those walls and have still been unable to get some of our furniture up there because it was so tight. One thing that may or may not be a problem is the location of the washer/​dryer and AC. It’s near one of the bedrooms, and while it doesn’t bother us, I can definitely see it bothering some.
Separate paragraph and this is a temporary downside, but it’s a major one. There’s constructions outside of my apartment :/​I wasn’t informed of this when I moved in and at first I didn’t think anything of it. Now I’m being jolted awake every. single. morning at 7 A. M! I swear at this point these guys are just banging shit to piss me off. They even started working on Saturdays!
Few upsides.
* Apartment will hold/​sign for packages and send you an email notification about them
* Pretty nice pool/​hot tub area with two BBQs
* No problems with parking, even with everyone home on a weekend
* QUIET community with a nice family setting
* Decent online portal, needs some tweaks, but overall very nice
* Fairly responsive maintenance team (within 48 hours for my request)
* Office is open 7 days per week, but is single staffed on weekends (normally)
Downsides.
* Apartment doesn’t accept credit cards directly, you need to use a third-​party site which charges $ 32.95 fee per payment! I find this to be absolute crap, because the online portal doesn’t allow you to make partial payments. Which means if you have a roommate you’re both paying this amount just to pay your rent, or having money filtered through one person. If you’re like me and pay your rent on the 15^th then the rest when it’s due (1^st) you get to pay $ 65.90 in fees alone just for paying your rent on time
* There is a small additional fee of $ 3 called a «billing fee» that you pay each month
Neutral/​miscellaneous
* Apartment requires rental insurance.
* Utilities are $ 77 per month flat rate for sewer/​water/​trash
* Any ISP is fine here
As time goes on I’ll update the review.

Iron Point is NOW under NEW OWNERSHIP
This is not the old Iron Point that was once one of the top 3 properties in Folsom.
This is a maintenance free property — meaning there is no longer a maintenance crew.
The common areas are completely unmaintained and the service staff is unresponsive to tenant’s request for help. The Pool and Spa pumps have not worked in awhile and with no maintenance on site, even basic trash pickup has ceased. The management has been contacted many times but says there is no money in the budget for a maintenance crew due to recent ownership changes. The rumor is that this place is being bought and sold (y) so the new owners are not investing in the current property and it now shows.

Very nice apartments. Accessible to stores and high school. Love Danielle. Although all their staff is good but Danielle has been very instrumental in making our move efficient and easy from the Bay Area. Thank u Danielle and Iron point.

Love this place! I’ve never lived at a community where I actually knew those around me.
Office:Tracey & Danielle in the office are amazing, friendly and professional. They always have dog treats for Boo and accept packages/​deliveries so they don’t sit outside.
Maintenance: Clay, Charles & Fernando get work orders done ninja fast and right on the first go– always appreciated.
Attached garages are convenient and provides ample parking for guests & additional roommates.
Community is friendly and fun– BBQs, hangouts, and casual chit chat as you walk around.
My only gripe would be in the beginning of summer there are a lot of birds in the trees by the pool– and I am terrified of birds.
All in all– great spot.