Los Arbolitos Apartments

We just picked up the keys, the entire process was easy and they took off a lot of the stress that generally comes from trying to find a place. We’re new to the area, and Christina was able to tell us where things were that we needed like stores and food. We immediately felt like part of the community and look forward to being there.

We moved in here about 4 months ago. But since we have been here, we have not had any complaints! We recently had some issues with our heater and the maintenance guy came out same day and fixed it, we also got a complimentary email as well. Office staff is nice, always smiling when I see them around. Neighbors are great, quiet and friendly. Overall, a great place to live!

I have read other posts and disagree with their review of management. I appreciate their diligence and strict rules. We are not in a Frat house and should not be subjected to unruly, loud tenants. In that, again I believe the mgmt. staff does their due diligence to insure all residents live in a low noise community. Also, the maintenance staff is cordial and quick to be dispatched. Aside from the WAY OVERPRICED rent compared to surrounding apartments with more amenities (we have no dishwasher, no air conditioner, no fitness room, no truly heated pool) I have had a positive experience here at this complex. The surrounding complexes that share the same compound, however, are less than desirable. Not a bad place to live

This complex varies depending on your priorities. I know a lot of apt reviews sound like irate residents that were evicted so I’ll just lay down the pros and cons based on our priorities.
Pros: Cheap, layout maximizes your space, the maintenance staff are amazing, good location, easy to apply and move out was super easy (received most of our deposit back). Never any issues paying rent – no lost checks etc even when using the door slot.
If you want to party with no enforcement of rules, you’ve found the right place
Cons: Office staff, parking, assigned parking, you might as well use the community rules as toilet paper, did I mention parking, laundry facilities are unreliable, significant increase in crime – police present constantly (and parole officers), new smoke shop which seems like a drug front, and some small every day annoyances.
If you value sleep or have kids – DON’T come here
Reasons for moving here:
We lived here for 4 years – we decided to stay here while we worked on saving up for a home of our own. It was OK for year one and two, eh for year three, and by the start of year year four I knew I wouldn’t renew the lease.
Reasons for leaving:
We had significant issues with a neighbor who liked to stand outside yelling until 2:00AM. Their security response is to show up an hour after you call and accomplish nothing. It took over a year before anything was done – even after the other resident was verbally abusive with multiple other residents when he thought they had called on him (I was personally called a F*ing b***, who**, b***, and every combination of those words). He spent most of the day outside on the phone with friends using similar language.
Laundry facilities, the single bedroom laundry facility is a joke now, it’s like the worst casino ever. Put in your 1.25 and see if your load will actually get washed or if it will fail to spin out again. No one takes responsibility for ensuring that broken machines are properly identified for residents or for making sure they are serviced in a timely manner. At year 4 it was rare to have more than half of the machines working.
Parking:
We had a particularly bad assigned spot, but trying to find parking in the one bedroom area is almost impossible. The two bedroom unit assigned spots are almost all empty and they take all of the spots between the two complexes – it would be nice if they would specify 1 or 2 bedroom spots so that we had a chance at a close spot. Imagine parking a full block away from your home – regularly.
Crime:
A Note on car break-​ins: I’m sorry to the other reviewer but if you leave your purse in your car, you’re an idiot. Don’t leave valuables out and you’ll be fine. 4 years 0 issues, my purse stays with me.
The day I came home to find five guys drinking and smoking pot on my front stairs was the day I knew we had to move – they didn’t even live in our building. When management is so lax that strangers know they can chill out in the middle of the day breaking laws it’s time to break your lease. The irony being that they added an amendment to the lease prohibiting smoking in public areas – didn’t mean much to anyone apparently.
The last six months we lived there we saw police and parole officers at least twice a week and there were a lot of incidents in the nearby areas. This seemed to coincide closely with the new «business» in the shopping complex, a smoke shop. We could smell weed on a daily basis and just looking at it you think «yep, that’s a drug front.
What was the point of the community rules:
We did a lot of research before moving because my spouse works nights and I get migraines regularly both of which we explained when we were considering this complex. We wanted a community with clearly defined rules and expected that they would be enforced. We learned that they mean jack unless the manager actually cares about that rule (and sometimes they try to add rules that aren’t in the lease). If you’re wondering – is this some irate resident who was evicted – no. If you want proof just get a copy of the rules and then walk around the complex. It says no bikes, storage, or trash on balconies – and yet there it is. You’re supposed to be quiet but people are constantly blaring music at night (just take a walk at 10PM and see if I’m wrong.)
Office staff:
I miss Brian, he was amazing and actually cared about the residents. He left around the time we were having major issues with that neighbor. The other staff are eh but Eileen and Diane are just plain rude – they only care about things that matter to them and don’t follow through on anything. The rest of the staff are just a little spacy – they forgot about our inspection every year (we finally figured out to just call at the time they were supposed to show up to remind them.
*the maintenance staff are amazing – super friendly, helpful, and don’t treat you like you’re stupid for not knowing how to make the toilet stop running. Way to go guys – they are the reason we stayed after year 3.

Brian –good job you got us in here and are professional
Maintenance-​awesome job
HOWEVER, it is 1am and I am posting this due to new found information. Both mine and my husbands car have been vandalized within 2 days apart. His Mercedes in broad daylight. AND my Cadillac cts at 945pm within 5 minutes of me returning home.
Several neighbors have said since January at least 12 break ins (car port area) that they know of. and that was just speaking to 3 people that came to us when we were outside with the cops.
I am very upset my purse was stolen and window shattered. the «security» that is supposed to patrol has yet to be seen tonight… yet they will sticker any car without a permit which is understandable and appreciated BUT tweekers run up in here and break car windows and steal anything they can sell and SECURITY is no where to be seen.
OXNARD PD officer that responded stated this apartment complex is horrible with car port break ins, and is designed horribly for them to patrol (beat 9 to be exact) he told us to move ASAP that management is a joke and the area is horrible for break ins. several tenants also said management is horrible.
we have 9 months left of this horrible decision BEWARE!!!
6÷7÷13 UPDATE another car across from mine got broken into… still no security improvements
6÷8÷13 UPDATE 650am I am leaving for work this sat and a car goes flying past me in the residential parking and slams into a pareked car and takes off luckily I IDd him to the owner of the car and the dumass left his license plate. I CANT BELIEVE I LIVE HERE!