Fayette Arms Apartments

I moved in about half years ago and wouldn’t be too happy about this place. I was told that the complex was under new management since last year and they now have brand new gym equipment, bike locker room and many more.
There are two managers onsite, Irene and Diana, and both are very nice,
Go Fayetter Arms Apartments !!

From a property management perspective, they’ve been super awesome to work with! Facilities are handled in a timely and professional manner (Lonie is the man!). My apartment itself has been clean, bug free, and stain free. Fayette Arms is actually super close to a lot of things: Target, Walmart, Food (Counter, Chef Chus, A Good Morning, Veggie Grill), Grocery stores (safeway and wholefoods within walking distance!), and gym (24). The washing machines could use a reboot though :(I know a lot of people tend to complain about the grounds, but what’s important to note is that they’re actually really changing it around to make it look modern. This takes time. It’s affordable for the area as well. Drop them a visit.

Move In: 2÷20÷2014
We (my fiancé and I) had to move to the Peninsula within the span of a week. We had looked at several apartments, some very nice, others not so nice… ranging 2200−3600/mo. That was beyond our modest budget.
We were told that Del Medio Drive (cross-​street is El Camino Real) had several apartment buildings and was rumored to be less expensive than the rest. We called Irene, the manager, saw the apartment, signed the lease within a week.
We have a 1bd/​1ba, 750 sq. ft., with wood laminate flooring in the entry/​dining/​kitchen, with a balcony running the length of the apartment. Our rent is $ 1950/​month, with a 12-​month lease.
So far, we have enjoyed the complex. Irene and Diana, the managers, are both very sweet and accomidating. Our maintenance guy, Lonnie, is amazing. The parking lots and pool/​gym area are being worked on, but the work has not been disruptive or loud. Very reasonable.
If one were to move here, I would STRONGLY suggest getting a ground floor apartment, as the 3^rd floor, which we are on, gets very hot on warm days — it is sometimes warmer in the apartment than outside. So, you may want some form of A/​C (the apartment heater is truly great, but no A/​C) but our particular apartment would only accommodate a window-​A/​C in the bedroom, as there is a large sliding glass door in the living room.
There is a plethora of shopping within walking distance-​Safeway, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, and much more, including the Milk Pail (an open-​air euro market-​awesome!!). There is also a beautiful ped/​bike trail right down the block. The Cal-​Train station is very near, as well.
The tenants mainly keep to themselves — you may never speak to your neighbors, which I dislike. I wish there was more of a community feel.
A great place to call home, for now. Will update my review upon our departure. Cheers! –Michelle Winterrowd

We moved here year and a half ago.
It was good enough place for living.
But what it became… And what it will be?
At the moment we moved in the differences where as follows (just to be objective):
The apartment we moved from:
— Junior 1 bedroom apartment
— $ 1300
— New appliances
— New windows /​doors
— Fully repaired apartment (painted wall, carpets etc). Key word here is «fully»
— Responsive manager (always responded in a matter of minutes), always available during work hours and via phone. She got bunch of Diplomas and Appreciation letter. Her team was operative as bees!
— Nice lawn, $ 1.25 laundry (coins), pool etc…
Fayette Arms:
— Studio pretending to be junior 1 bedroom apartment (no door between rooms)
— $ 1450
— Old appliances (stove, refrigerator)
— Old windows (they produce such loud and squeaky sounds when sliding!)
— NOT fully repaired apartment (not fully painted, bathtub had leaks). + promises to finish everything, fulfilled at 50%. (This and all above actually happened to some of our neighbors)
— Weak management. Two men at that moment, which seemed to be good enough…
— Larger pool, smaller lawn, laundry which operates via special cards (once we were unable to reload card due to their system’s failure and were forced to do our laundry in the city).
— During the day You can here a lot of noises — garbage truck, leaf-​blowers (+smells), managers moving trash containers…
The only real reason for us to move here was good school district.
It is Los Altos SD and schools here are good!
What it became:
— One of the managers got fired (reasons for that were … unpleasant enough) and never got replaced which resulted in inability for the second one to fulfill manager duties at 100%.
— They raised prices up to $ 1600 + utilities.
— Strange thing — utilities include admin fee which I cannot understand what is it. Billing company does not respond to my inquiries.
— They started renovation. Halls look fine thought they kept us smelling and listening repairing process over two months. Recently they cut all trees which looks terrible and you can hear lot more during the nights now. Promised updates — new landscape, gates, bicycle locker, new gym, new parking…
Well, we’ll see =)
In general our satisfaction fell from 4 to 2 stars at the moment.
Cheers!

The manager, Derek, is amazing. He’s responsive to all of our requests and extremely helpful whenever we have questions. My boyfriend and I rent a junior 1-​bedroom with water, heating, and garbage included in the rent. For the location, this is the best price in the area. The neighbors are respectful and usually quiet. The pool is always clean. Everything in our apartment always works, we’re close to everything we need — groceries, restaurants, transportation — and we are now on our second year here. For the second year, our rent went up ever so slightly; I was actually surprised by how reasonable the increase in cost was!
If you do live here though, you might need to ask USPS for a special form that allows you to specify where your packages are left. If it doesn’t fit in your mailbox, they might end up taking it back to the post office with them. If you plan on receiving packages, ask USPS for the form that allows you to tell them where to leave packages, or have all of your deliveries made by UPS or OnTrac.

Move in: 1÷3÷2011. Move out: 2÷3÷2012
Remodeled 2bed/​2bath unit. $ 2100/​month. Water, sewerage, garbage included.
— stainless steel appliances, flat-​top stove; used or second hand — had some dents and stain; GE appliances and Bosch dishwasher
— laminate cupboards; very nice but they peel
— granite counter tops
— spacious living room
— lots of closets
— master bed with 2 average sized closets and closet-​like bathroom with stand up shower only. Toilets, sinks, and tubs are relatively small.
— extremely convenient location; walking distance to Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Milk Pail, Safeway, CVS, numerous shops and restaurants.
— noise: train, car alarms, loud music, cops pulling cars over right in front of complex
— insecure lobby/​mailbox. Lobby is public-​accessible. Mailboxes were busted for a while. If a carrier leave your package in the lobby, it will likely be stolen.
— one assigned parking in underground garage; tight squeeze for even standard-​sized vehicle
— plenty of street parking
— carpeted bedrooms and living room; vinyl floor bathrooms, tiled floor kitchen and dining area.
— heat insulation sucks
— each floor of approximately 20 units share 2 washers and dryers. Laundry is $ 1.85-$ 2.10/load to wash and $ 1.50/load to dry. Used to be $ 1.25/load but their washers were frequently broken so I guess they let some laundry company take over.
I enjoyed my stay here. This was my family’s first home. This is where my baby came home to after he was born. This is where we made so many memories during his first year. I just really dreaded the noise but it really isn’t bad if you don’t have a light-​sleeping baby. The floor is concrete so it doesn’t squeak or shake when you walk. Sound insulation within the unit is not bad. The wall between the hallway and the unit is thinner so you can hear all the activities in the hallway. We had an end unit near the stairway and from one of the bedrooms you can always hear people on the stairs or slam the side door. They do have a small sized elevator but taking the stairs is faster unless you need to use an elevator like if you have a baby stroller. Our unit is also right above where trash is picked up on Monday so you can hear loud and clear of all the banging and beeping for a whole half hour or longer. Package delivery can sometimes be a pain because some carrier can’t get into the building to drop off the package at your front door. We lost some stuff because of this. Or they got stolen even though the carrier confirmed delivery.
Neighbors are nice and they mostly keep to themselves. Not much of a «community» here but everyone is very respectful of others space. Never had noise problems from the neighbors. One neighbor had a 2y/​o and we can always hear her cry around the morning and afternoon. We often confuse it with our baby crying and get a scare. Maintenance is great and quick-​responding. There are quirks that you need to learn to live with. Our dishwasher gets flooded if we forget to run the garbage disposal. The handy guy has came by to fix it but it’s no use. If the dishwasher gets really flooded it could stop working. Run the garbage disposal if you notice the drain is draining even a little slow and turn on the dishwasher button then close the door to let the dishwasher drain if you see a puddle. If you can see a puddle in there it won’t take long before it floods and water leaks out. The draining should take no more than a minute. Then you can reopen the door (don’t start the cycle) and continue to do dishes.