Rasa Apartments

Chelsea Reaves

I lived at RASA for 1 year and I feel pretty neutral. I ultimately decided not to resign my lease because I definitely believe I can get a better bang for my buck elsewhere in Downtown Oakland. Pros: Luxury, Modern, Rooftop, Gym, Maintenance is great, walkable Cons: Extremely loud due to location and non stop construction in the area, large homeless population, leasing staff isn’t the best with communication, lack of security, floorplans are a bit odd, super tiny closets, overpriced. Overall, it just wasn’t for me. Updating my review to 1 star: RASA charged us $300 for a cleaning fee although we cleaned our apartment from top to bottom before move out. I was told to email the pictures we took to Katie, the community director. It's been about a month and Katie has been unresponsive. Always take pictures when you move out or you'll get scammed!

Courtney Condon

I was really excited about the Rasa apartments - great location, amenities, vibe. After seeing quite a few apartments, it felt like a good option for what we were looking for. Our leasing agent was really helpful in answering questions and helped us to match concessions we found in other complexes. We decided to apply and place a hold on the apartment. After we applied, things went south. We got an immediate email from their staff asking for documentation and information that was already provided in the application. We never heard from FPI management that our application was approved or any additional information about the apartment until we requested it. I had to reach out several times to get information corrected in our welcome letter and lease because they did not include the concessions or pricing discussed upfront. I found communication to be sparse and unresponsive when we tried to schedule a walk through of our specific apartment before we signed the lease. As a result of this poor experience, we are not moving forward with leasing at Rasa.

Ratidzo Venton

I’ve been living here for 6 months now and I can’t stress how amazing these apartments are! They are new and right in the heart of downtown Oakland. The staff is really amazing and helpful. I had an issue with a misplaced package once and they helped me locate it as it had been delivered to the wrong box. I highly recommend living here!!

James H.

I had to break my lease and waste over $5k almost immediately. Despite living in NY for 5 years, these were the noisiest apartments I’ve ever been to. The studios face a small street where homeless people will scream until 3am every night, which was expected. However, the waste and recycling companies come every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7am. On Mondays 3 different trucks come at 7am, which vibrate the entire building on the studio side. Don’t believe me? Call waste management and ask for their schedule or go schedule to see the apartments at 7am or anytime at late hours in the evening. Please consider The Hive instead, they are so much more quiet and peaceful. I will say that the management staff is wonderful and responsive, every person I worked with was very pleasant, but the studio apartments are unlivable if you want to sleep at night and their inability to mention any of this was shady.