Marina Cove Apartments

Puja Doshi

Pros: - Well connected location - lots of restaurants around - Safe area - Decent public transportation Cons: - No landscaping, tree trimming leading to pests and lack of sunlight inside apartment inspite of several followups and written request to management - Weights disappeared from the gym and no replacement or action plan from management

Vivek Purushothaman

We're new lease signers. During the tour we found the apartment to be good. Jose Alvarez is amazing. He was a pleasure to talk to, very polite, friendly and made us feel welcome. We applied for a property 2 hours after another person so our application showed an error (Request Essex to fix their website to never allow a 2nd application if the first application went through - it was painful when we thought we got it and lost it). We were really worried because we lost an apartment that we liked with a good deal. Jose understood our situation, our pain, empathized with us. He was very generous to show another property which was slightly higher with Plan A and Plan B options that he checked with corporate team to accommodate our requirements. The previous day when I went with some questions, Coryne was very accommodative in answering all of them. There was another Gentleman with more experience who patiently helped us with the answers. After discussing with Jose, we finally signed the lease and looking forward to moving in and having a good experience.

Alice Zong

I WISH WHOEVER CONSIDER MOVING IN PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EXPERIENCE AND BE EXTRA CAREFUL, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE YOU A HUGE AMOUNT OF UNREASONABLE MONEY WHEN YOU MOVE OUT. We live in here for one year and when we moved out, the property manager WITHHELD ALL OF OUR DEPOSIT and sent us AN EXTRA CHARGE OF $1127 for the “carpet replacement” and “partial paint”. They set the due date ONLY 6 DAYs after we received the statement, very pushy and unthoughtful. We are great residents, we pay rent every-month and always in ahead of time. We paid for the $200 cleaning fee as the statement shows, and also paid for the utility bills for every-month. We kept the apartment in great condition and took 2 days to clean every room and corner before moving out, there’s no damage on the carpet at all and we took videos and pictures on our move out day as proof. On the Pre-Move out Inspection day, the maintaince guy came in and checked the rooms, he never mentioned that the carpet need to be replaced, he never took pictures and none of the parties has agreed or signed on the carpet issue. We were shocked to see the extra charge on the final statement, it seems very unreasonable to us. We reached back immediately and asked for proof images or receipts of the repair on the carpet and the partial paint. They did not respond for 2 days (we only have 6 days to deal with the issue) and came back to us with a “Move-Out Photos” PDF with one single image of a small spot of the stain, under the “carpet” category. We sent out a dispute letter saying we are not responsible for it as they DID NOT SHOW ANY PROOF OR EVIDENCE of the actual need of a replacement, and NO ACTUAL RECEIPT either. And the next day then they CHANGED THEIR WORD saying “The reason for the carpet replacement wasn't solely the stain but also the fact that the carpet had multiple areas with pet urine present”, again, NO IMAGE PROOF and NO ACTUAL RECEIPT of the replacement. We only believe the solid image proof showing in the PDF file they sent over before, it seems unfaithful that they changed their word and adding fake issues to our responsibility. Since the due date they gave us is so tight, and they wouldn't corporate to solve the issue, hey left us with no choice but talked with our lawyer and file a claim on the small claim court. I will keep updating as the process is going on.

Shankar Sreerangam

Marina Cove was a good choice and very secure. Friendly maintenance staff and very responsive. Leasing staff were good. if staying on second floor. it will be way cooler in winter and too hot in summer due to high ceiling. Move out experience: the only catch is that you would need to stay for at least 3 years, the move out charges will be lesser than moving out before 3 years. Better to get your house professionally cleaned before you move out which we did. Don't expect that your rent would reduce even though market price is lesser and the newer promotional discounts will be offered to new lease signers which is commonly observed across Bay area. Stayed for almost 4 years and never had any issue. Overall, the experience was great and healthy and the rent is inline across bay area standards.